Dr. Kristian Unger - Helmholtz Zentrum München
Dr. Kristian Unger - Helmholtz Zentrum München
Dr. Kristian Unger - Helmholtz Zentrum München
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<strong>Dr</strong>. <strong>Kristian</strong> <strong>Unger</strong><br />
Biologist (cytogenetics, bioinformatics)<br />
Current position: leader Integrative Biology<br />
group, Research Unit of Radiation Cytogenetics<br />
Post secondary education<br />
Year Degree Institution and location Field of study<br />
1998-2004 Diploma<br />
2004-2007 Ph.D. (<strong>Dr</strong>. rer. nat.)<br />
Friedrich-Alexander University,<br />
Erlangen, Germany/Ludwig-<br />
Maximilians University, Munich,<br />
Germany<br />
<strong>Helmholtz</strong>-<strong>Zentrum</strong><br />
<strong>München</strong>/Ludwig-Maximilians<br />
University, Munich, Germany<br />
Employment<br />
Year Position Institution and location<br />
2007-2009<br />
Research<br />
Associate<br />
2009-2011 Bioinformaticist<br />
2011-present Group leader<br />
Membership in scientific societies<br />
International Society for Cellular Oncology (ISCO)<br />
Selected peer-reviewed publications:<br />
Biology<br />
Radiation<br />
cytogenetics<br />
Imperial College London, Department of Histopathology,<br />
Hammersmith Hospital, London, UK<br />
Imperial College London, Chernobyl Tissue Bank,<br />
Department of Surgery and Cancer, Hammersmith<br />
Hospital, London, UK<br />
Research Unit of Radiation Cytogenetics, <strong>Helmholtz</strong><br />
<strong>Zentrum</strong> <strong>München</strong>, German Research Center for<br />
Environmental Health, Neuherberg, Germany<br />
Heß J, Thomas G, Bauer V, Braselmann H, Bogdanova T, Wienberg J, Zitzelsberger H,<br />
<strong>Unger</strong> K: Gain of chromosome band 7q11 in papillary thyroid carcinomas of young patients<br />
is associated with exposure to low-dose irradiation. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U S A, in press<br />
(2011)<br />
<strong>Unger</strong> K, Wienberg J, Riches A, Hieber L, Walch A, Brown A, O'Brien PC, Briscoe C, Gray<br />
L, Rodriguez E, Jackl G, Knijnenburg J, Tallini G, Ferguson-Smith M, Zitzelsberger H: Novel<br />
gene rearrangements in transformed breast cells identified by high-resolution breakpoint<br />
analysis of chromosomal aberrations. Endocr. Relat. Cancer 17, 87-98 (2010)<br />
<strong>Unger</strong> K, Malisch E, Thomas G, Braselmann H, Walch A, Jackl G, Lewis P, Lengfelder E,<br />
Bogdanova T, Wienberg J, Zitzelsberger H: Array CGH demonstrates characteristic<br />
aberration signatures in human papillary thyroid carcinomas governed by RET/PTC.<br />
Oncogene 27, 4592-4602 (2008)
<strong>Unger</strong> K, Zurnadzhy L, Walch A, Mall M, Bogdanova T, Braselmann H, Hieber L, Tronko N,<br />
Hutzler P, Jeremiah S, Thomas G, Zitzelsberger H: RET rearrangements in post-Chernobyl<br />
papillary thyroid carcinomas with a short latency analysed by interphase FISH. Br. J. Cancer<br />
94, 1472-14775 (2006)<br />
<strong>Unger</strong> K, Zitzelsberger H, Salvatore G, Santoro M, Bogdanova T, Braselmann H, Kastner P,<br />
Zurnadzhy L, Tronko N, Hutzler P, Thomas G: Heterogeneity in the distribution of RET/PTC<br />
rearrangements within individual post-Chernobyl papillary thyroid carcinomas. J. Clin.<br />
Endocrinol. Metab. 89, 4272-4279 (2004)
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