Selected references

Concept development of a new Bachelor course of study at ZHAW in Biomedical Laboratory Diagnostics unique in Switzerland - from zero to implementation 2022.

Initialising and heading-up of the Competence Centre TEDD including the initiation of network projects, organisation and realization of workshops and symposia. www.icbc.zhaw.ch/tedd, TEDD-publikations

Member of the External Advisory Board of NCCR (National Center of Competence in Research) Bio-inspired Materials at the university of Fribourg. bioinspired-materials.ch

Founder member and vice president of biotechnet Switzerland and management board member of National Thematic Network NTN Swiss Biotech. Both research organisations are funded and supported by CTI (the Swiss Federal Commission for Technology and Innovation). www.biotechnet.ch, www.swissbiotech.org

Scientific board member for 3D cell culture and organization in the German association Dechema. This body convenes an international symposium on 3D cell culture every two years. dechema.de/3DCC2016.html

Course instructor for 3D cell culture-based assays for drug discovery and development during the SLAS conference in USA (Society for Lab Automation and Screening, www.slas.org) www.slas2016.org/program/shortcourses.cfm

Management board member of the association genisuisse Zürich/Ostschweiz, coaching of start-up entrepreneurs. Genilem is the leading Swiss organisation supporting innovative start-up entrepreneurs.  www.genisuisse.ch

Advisory board member of the graduate school „3D Models for Studying Microbial Infections by Human Pathogens” at the University of Würzburg, Germany. This graduate course is presently being set up.

Member of the selection panel naming the awardees of Heuberger Winterthur Jungunternehmerpreis.

Member of the foundation council of Animalfree Research. The foundation advocates the research avoiding animal experiments. www.animalfree-research.org/de/home.html

Administrative Board member of the company Mesin AG 1981 to 1993 by when the company was successfully sold.