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Senator of the Section Gynaecology and Paediatrics
Year of election: | 2011 |
Section: | Gynaecology and Paediatrics |
City: | Berlin |
Country: | Germany |
Annette Grüters-Kieslich is renowned for her many important contributions to the field of endocrinology.
Her work has provided important scientific contributions to both the molecular pathogenesis in rare congenital developmental disorders of the endocrine system and the pathophysiology and treatment of rare forms of childhood obesity. She currently focuses her research on the transcriptional and epigenetic regulation of biodevelopmentally important genes and also studies of the structure and function of G-protein coupled receptors.