Prof. Dr. Timm Harder, PhD
Laboratory Head
Contact
Telephone: +49 38351 7-1152/1546
Fax: +49 38351 7-1174
Email contact
Address
Südufer 10
17493 Greifswald - Insel Riems
Scientific Interests
- Influenza A Viruses
- Paramyxoviruses
- Molecular Epidemiology, phylogenetic questions
- Viral infections at the human/domestic animal/wildlife interface
Research focus
- Customizable systems for expression of immunogenic influenza virus glycoproteins
- Continuing development of modern multiplex methods for pathogen detection
- Detection of influenza viruses in environmental samplesMolecular epidemiology of enzootic influenza infections in swine populations
Scientific career
- 1982–1988: Study of Veterinary Medicine in Hannover
- 1990: Doctoral thesis: "Morbillivirusinfektionen bei Pinnipeda“ at the Institute of Virology of the University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover, Prof. Dr. Bernd Liess
- 1991–1993: Staff scientist at the Institute of Virology of the University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover (Director: Prof. Dr. Bernd Liess)
- 1994–1996: Post-Doc at the Department of Virology, ERASMUS Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands (Director: Prof. Dr. Albert Osterhaus)
- 1997: PhD thesis „Morbilli- and Herpesvirus Infections in Marine Mammals“ at the Department of Virology, ERASMUS Medical Center, Rotterdam; PhD degree of the ERASMUS University Rotterdam
- 1996–2001: Staff scientist at the Institute of Medical Microbiology and Virology of the Christian-Albrechts-Universität Kiel (Director: Prof. Dr. Uwe Ullmann)
- 2001: Post-doctoral thesis at the Christian-Albrechts-Universität und Venia legendi in Experimental Virology
- 2001–2005: Staff scientist at the State Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory Schleswig-Holstein (Director: Dr. Hanke Hay)
- Since 2005: Senior scientist at the Institute of Diagnostic Virology, Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut, Insel Riems (Director: Prof. Dr. Martin Beer)
- Since 2006: Head of the O.I.E. and National Reference Laboratory for Avian Influenza at the Institute of Diagnostic Virology, Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut, Insel Riems
- 2010: Extraordinary Professor at the Faculty of Medicine of the Christian-Albrechts-Universität, Kiel, Institute of Infection Medicine (Director Prof. Dr. H. Fickenscher)