Name: Günter Mayer

My Area of Interest: Chemical Biology of Nucleic Acids

My Favourite Quote: “Es gibt nichts Gutes ausser man tut es”

I am a:Habilitant (german equivalent to assistant professor)

Short Profile:

Question and Answers :

What are your future goals? Where do you see your research going?:
Development of new therapeutic strategies,
Identifcation of target associated regulatory networks and key players thereof

Technologies seem to changing faster than ever, how do you adapt to that? What are the current technologies you are using?:
Advanced screening methods,
Light-control of biological processes,
Nucleic acid synthesis,
Cell-Sorting

In the broader picture, where do you see the application for your cutting-edge research?:
New therapeutics and diagnostics,
As precise tools to investigate the funciton of biomolecules,

Fast forward to 2020. What’s your vision of Genomics in 2020?:
Rapid sequencing of genomes (one genome a day.
Understanding the “Epigenome”.
Raid provision of potent inhibitors, acting on the protein level, for any desired biomolecule.