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Making the most of phylogeny - OPUS - Universität Würzburg

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Acknowledgements<br />

I would like to express my gratitude to my academic advisor Pr<strong>of</strong>. Dr. Thomas<br />

Dandekar for his guidance and constant support in helping me to conduct and<br />

complete this work. In addition, I want to thank Pr<strong>of</strong>. Dr. Markus Engstler for<br />

serving on my advisory committee. I am thankful to <strong>the</strong> BMBF project FUNCRYPTA<br />

(FKZ 0313838B) for funding.<br />

Thanks to my collaborators at <strong>the</strong> University <strong>of</strong> Stuttgart, <strong>the</strong> German Cancer<br />

Research Center in Heidelberg, <strong>the</strong> University <strong>of</strong> Applied Sciences in Wildau and <strong>the</strong><br />

company Oncoscience in Wedel who have contributed experimental work, advice,<br />

fruitful discussions, nice meetings and a wonderful 11 th International Symposium<br />

on Tardigrada 2009 in Tübingen.<br />

I am also grateful to <strong>the</strong> journal ‘Cell Stress and Chaperones’ for <strong>the</strong> permission<br />

to print my publication ‘Stress response in tardigrades: differential gene expression<br />

<strong>of</strong> molecular chaperones’ in this <strong>the</strong>sis. Many thanks to all <strong>the</strong> people I have met in<br />

<strong>the</strong> Department <strong>of</strong> Bioinformatics at <strong>the</strong> University <strong>of</strong> <strong>Würzburg</strong>. Special thanks<br />

to all <strong>of</strong> my roommates Dr. Roland Schwarz, Dr. Dr. Marcus Diettrich, Dr. Armin<br />

Robubi, Nicole Philippi, Michael Seidl, Gaby Wangorsch and Felix Bemm for <strong>the</strong>ir<br />

help and <strong>the</strong>ir exercised patience. I must not forget to thank our c<strong>of</strong>fee machine,<br />

which always provided me with <strong>the</strong> fuel I needed ;).<br />

Thanks to Sabine and Alexander Keller for pro<strong>of</strong>-reading this <strong>the</strong>sis. A big thank<br />

you goes to Pr<strong>of</strong>. Dr. Jörg Schultz, Dr. Matthias Wolf, Dr. Tobias Müller, Gaby<br />

Wangorsch, and Christian Koetschan for <strong>the</strong> helpful comments during <strong>the</strong> creation<br />

<strong>of</strong> this <strong>the</strong>sis.<br />

I owe everything to my family who has always supported and encouraged me<br />

over <strong>the</strong> years. I especially want to thank Sabine for her inspiration, continuous<br />

encouragement and patience (“I will leave <strong>the</strong> <strong>of</strong>fice in 5 minutes”) during my<br />

studies. Finally, I want to express my deepest appreciation to my beloved parents<br />

for <strong>the</strong>ir love, affection, and unlimited support during my life and studies.<br />

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