Nitric Oxide Mediated Signal Transduction in Networks of Human ...

Acknowledgments
I thank my supervisor Prof. Dr. Gerd Bicker for allowing me to work in an exciting project and for
his excellent guidance throughout my PhD project. During my stay in your laboratory I have
learned not only how to become a good researcher but also a mentor. Thank you very much!
I also extend my sincere gratitude to my advisory group Prof. Dr. Stephan Steinlechner and Prof.
Dr. Herbert Hildebrandt for the useful discussion, suggestion and guidance throughout my doctoral
process.
I thank Prof. Dr.med. Ellen Fritsche and Dr. Thomas Dino Rockel (Group of Molecular Toxicology,
Institut für Umweltmedizinische Forschung, Heinrich Heine-University, Dusseldorf, Germany) for
permitting me to work on fetal human neural progenitor cells and continuous collaboration
throughout this project.
I thank ZSN PhD commission specially Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Löscher, Prof. Dr. Wolfgang
Baumgartner and the coordination office (Dr. Dagmar Esser, Nadja Borsum and Manuela
Chambers) for continuous support throught my doctoral study. I also sincerely thank the Ministry
for Science and Culture of Lower Saxony for giving me the Georg-Christoph-Lichtenberg
scholarship throughout my PhD study.
My stay in cell biology group could not be as fruitful as it is without the support and pleasant
environment created by present and past colleagues in the lab. I thank Dr. Micheal Stern for his
constructive comments, suggestion and discussion. I thank Saime Tan for her excellent technical
support. I am also thankful to Dr. Sabine Knipp and Dr. Grzegorz Podrygajlo for useful discussion.
My thanks also go to Arne Pätschke, Andrea Gierse, Rene Eickhoff, Nicole Böger, Frank Roloff
and Christina Lorbeer.
Last but not least I thank my family; Lydia and Betania. Thank you very much Lydia for the love,
courage and support you gave me throughout this work. Betu you helped a lot by staying long in the
kindergarten. Thank you for your patience.
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