Glossary contributors
Dirk Lankenau
Dirk wrote and edited many of our glossary and faq entries and is also a major contributor to the epigenetics and epigenomics material on Wikipedia. For the past two years, Dirk has been editor of the Springer book series: Genome Dynamics & Stability.
1984 - Diploma: University of Münster, Germany
1990 - Ph.D.: University of Nijmegen, The Netherlands
1990-1993 - Postdoctoral: Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, USA
1993-1994 - Postdoctoral: University of Wisconsin at Madison, USA
1994-2000 - German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Heidelberg, Germany
2000 - Habilitation: Molecular Biology & Zoology, University of Heidelberg, Germany
2001-2004 - Interim Professor: Institute of Zoology, University of Heidelberg, Germany
2004-present - Editor: Springer book series: Genome Dynamics & Stability
Brona McVittie
Brona read biological sciences at Oxford University and then spent some time teaching A-level and GCSE biology in Kensington, London. She has since worked as a science editor, which helped to develop her interest in communicating science to the public. She would like to combine her passion for music with her role as a communicator and hopes to organise a Europe-wide public science event.
Brona is currently the writer and editor of the NoE public website, Epigenetics?.