Thomas Liehr University of Jena, Jena, Germany
Thomas Liehr, Ph.D.
Dr. Liehr is a Professor at the Friedrich-Schiller University of Jena, Germany. A graduate of the Friedrich-Alexander University of Erlangen, Germany, he became head of the Molecular Cytogenetic group at the Institute of Human Genetics in Jena in 1998. He is a cytogeneticist with a research interest and over 350 publications on inherited and acquired marker and derivative chromosomes, karyotype evolution, epigenetics including uniparental disomy, interphase architecture and probe set-developments.
In addition to being in the Editorial Board of The Journal of Histochemistry & Cytochemistry Dr. Liehr is on the Editorial Board of seven other journals including the European Journal of Medical Genetics (EJMG) and Oncology Letters. Also he is Editor of the online journal Molecular Cytogenetics. He is a past recipient of the research award for young scientists of the Friedrich-Schiller University Jena. Presently he is coordinator of the Permanent Working Group Marker Chromosomes of the European Cytogenetic Association and performs the German quality control for molecular cytogenetics.
Universitätsklinikum Jena, Institut für Humangenetik Faculty page:
http://www.humangenetik.uniklinikum-jena.de/Forschung/Molekulare+Zytogenetik/Mitarbeiter.html
