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Helmholtz Munich | Frau Vau

Dr. Susanne Heck

Head of Core Facilities
+49 89 3187 49004E-MailGebäude/Raum: Building 31/ Room 301

"Core facilities support and enable our center’s research by providing centralized access to cutting-edge technologies, instruments and highly skilled staff, fostering innovation and connecting scientists across disciplines"

"Core facilities support and enable our center’s research by providing centralized access to cutting-edge technologies, instruments and highly skilled staff, fostering innovation and connecting scientists across disciplines"

Educational Background and Current Interests

After studying Biology and a Masters in Microbiology, I did my PhD on developing an mRNA expression profiling scheme for differentiating neuronal cells. As a postdoc, I developed and worked with mouse models for the study hematopoietic development and lineage plasticity. After working in a Biotec company on preclinical models and site-specific knock-out mouse models for drug discovery of kinase-analoga, I moved to the New York Blood Center, setting-up and leading their research flow cytometry core. When moving to London I joined the NIHR Biomedical Research Center of Guy’s and St Thomas’ Hospital and King’s College London, where I newly established and managed one of Europe’s largest and most advanced immune monitoring core facilities, focusing on translational and clinical research. During my time in London I was appointed Senior Lecturer at King’s College, regularly teaching students and postdoctoral fellows.

When moving to Munich I first joined the research group of Prof Dr. Ziegler I participated in setting up a SARS-CoV2 public health screening scheme in children and worked on laboratory automation and digitalization. I was appointed Head of Core Facilities at Helmholtz Munich in May of 2021. My focus and ambition is to provide Helmholtz Munich Scientists with state-of-the-art, reliable and affordable core facility services so they can reach their research goals faster and easier.

 

Skills and Expertise

Molecular biologyMicrobiologyFlow CytometryCell BiologyTransgenic AnimalsGenomicsHistology and MicroscopyTranslational ResearchCore Facility Management

Professional Background

2021

Head of Core Facilities, Helmholtz Munich

2020-2021

Laboratory Manager, group of Prof. Dr. Ziegler, Institute for Diabetes Research, Helmholtz Munich

2016

Senior Lecturer in Biology, King’s College London, London, United Kingdom

2009-2019

Head of Flow Cytometry Core facility, NIHR Biomedical Research Center of Guy’s and St Thomas’ Hospital and King’s College London, London, United Kingdom

2004-2009

Head of Flow Cytometry Core facility, New York Blood Center, New York, NY, United States

2001-2004

Research Scientist, Cellular Genomics Inc, Branford, CT, United States

1997-2001

Postdoctoral Researcher, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, New York, NY, United States

1993-1997

Doctoral Researcher, University of Bremen, Germany

1989-1993

Study of Biology and Diploma, University of Saarland, Germany