Laboratory of Thrombosis Research,
Department of Clinical Research,
University of Bern,
Bern, Switzerland
Biography
Manfred graduated with a PhD degree in Chemistry/Biochemistry at the University of Bern in 1994. After a postdoctoral position in New Zealand he joined the laboratory of Ruedi Aebersold at the University of Washington in Seattle, USA, for a second postdoc. Returning to Switzerland in 1999, he was involved in setting up one of the first proteomics companies (GeneProt Inc., Geneva) where he became group leader in the mass spectrometry and automation section. During his second industrial engagement with DiagnoSwiss, Monthey, he was involved in the development of the OFFGEL(TM) fractionator from Agilent. Since 2003, Manfred is running the proteomics and mass spectrometry laboratory at the University of Bern which became a core facility in 2008. In 2008, he received the habilitation in biochemistry and protein analytics at the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Bern.
Research Interest
Mass spectrometry, Proteomics, Bioinformatics, Biochemistry, Analytical techniques