Myriam Hemberger

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Myriam Hemberger is a German developmental biologist at the University of Calgary . She is considered a world leader in research into the development of the placenta .

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Hemberger earned a diploma in biology at the Albert Ludwig University of Freiburg and received his doctorate there and at the Max Planck Institute for Molecular Genetics in 1999 with the thesis Genetic and Molecular Approaches to the Identification of Placentation Genes .

As a postdoctoral fellow , she worked with Jay Cross at the Samuel Lunenfeld Research Institute in Toronto and at the University of Calgary . From 2004 she had her own working group at the Babraham Institute near Cambridge , England, and worked at the same time for the Wellcome - MRC Cambridge Stem Cell Institute at the University of Cambridge . In 2018 she moved to the Medical Genetics and Biochemistry / Molecular Biology departments of the University of Calgary Medical School as a professor.

Myriam Hemberger studies the interaction of genetics and epigenetics in the development of a functioning placenta , in particular the differentiation of trophoblasts and their role in the development of the blood supply to the embryo . Among other things, she was able to demonstrate connections between disorders of placenta development and congenital heart defects .

In 2018, Hemberger was awarded the Magee Prize , endowed with one million US dollars, together with Yacoov Barak and Henry Sucov . She was also the sole recipient of the March of Dimes and Richard B. Johnston, Jr., MD Prize in Developmental Biology 2019, which is endowed with $ 150,000 . According to Google Scholar, Hemberger has an h-index of 39 (as of May 2019).

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  1. ↑ DNB 959804420
  2. ↑ a b Rosalind John, Myriam Hemberger: A placenta for life. In: Reproductive BioMedicine Online. 25, 2012, p. 5, doi : 10.1016 / j.rbmo.2012.03.018 .
  3. ↑ Dr Myriam Hemberger. In: cam.ac.uk. University of Cambridge , accessed May 11, 2019 .
  4. ↑ a b c Laura Herperger: Researcher and team awarded $ 1M health prize for research on origins of congenital heart disease. In: ucalgary.ca. University of Calgary , October 17, 2018, accessed May 11, 2019 .
  5. ↑ MYRIAM HEMBERGER RECEIVES 2019 MARCH OF DIMES PRIZE FOR BREAKTHROUGH RESEARCH ON PLACENTAL BIOLOGY. In: marchofdimes.org. March of Dimes , April 29, 2019, accessed May 11, 2019 .
  6. ↑ Myriam Hemberger. In: scholar.google.de. Google Scholar , accessed May 11, 2019 .
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SURNAME Hemberger, Myriam
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German developmental biologist
DATE OF BIRTH 20th century