Professor Ernst-Ludwig Winnacker

Professor Winnacker works at the University of Munich (Germany) where he is Full Professor of Biochemistry and Chairman of the Laboratory of Molecular Biology. His main fields of research are the molecular biology of DNA replication and recombination and, more recently, prion diseases. Professor Winnacker is President of the German Research Association and has served on several advisory committees. He is notably a corresponding member of a committee established by the German Bundestag to assess the opportunities and risks of recombinant DNA technology. He has published his work in over 100 scientific papers and is the author of several books.