Scientific Staff

Dr. phil. Margret Engelhard, Dipl.-Biol.
Project Co-ordinator: Synthetic Biology

Dr. phil. Margret Engelhard, Dipl.-Biol.

Europäische Akademie GmbH
Wilhelmstraße 56
53474 Bad Neuenahr-Ahrweiler

+49 (0) 26 41 973-305
+49 (0) 26 41 973-320

Function in the Europäische Akademie

Member of scientific staff and Project Co-ordinator for the project group “Synthetic Biology”
Project Co-ordinator: “Clinical Research in Vulnerable Populations” (1.12.2008–31.12.2010)
Project Co-ordinator: “Pharming. Genetically modified plants and animals as future production site of pharmaceuticals?”(completed)
Project Co-ordinator for the project “Incentives for organ donation” (completed)
Member of the study group “Practical Philosophy” of the Europäische Akademie GmbH
Co-ordinator of the Colloquium

Since 01/2004: Member of scientific staff of the Europäische Akademie GmbH
1997–2003: Ph.D. student and research fellow at the Botanical Institute of the University of Basle, Switzerland

08/1997–06/2004: PhD course at the Botanical Institute of the University of Basle, Switzerland with micro- and molecular biology and botany as main fields of research
11/1997–01/1998: Research stay at the Laboratoire de Biologie Moléculaire des Plantes Supérieures, University of Geneva, Switzerland
08/1995–09/1995: Research expedition to Nepal to collect microbial samples for the diploma thesis
1990–1997: Study of biology with microbiology as a main subject at the Phillipps University Marburg, Germany, at the University of Edinburgh, Scotland and with an external diploma thesis at the Max-Planck-Institute for Terrestrial Microbiology, Marburg, Germany

Books

M. Engelhard, K. Hagen, M. Boysen (Eds) 2009. Genetic Engineering in Livestock. New Applications and Interdisciplinary Perspectives. Springer-Verlag, Berlin (Volume 34 from the series “Ethics of Science and Technology Assessment”)
E. Rehbinder, M. Engelhard, K. Hagen, R. B. Jørgensen, R. Pardo Avellaneda, A. Schnieke, F. Thiele. 2009. Pharming. Promises and risks of biopharmaceuticals derived from genetically modified plants and animals. Springer-Verlag, Berlin (Volume 35 from the series “Ethics of Science and Technology Assessment”)
Margret Engelhard, Kristin Hagen, Felix Thiele (Eds) 2007. Pharming. A New Branch of Biotechnology. Graue Reihe No. 43. Europäische Akademie. Bad Neuenahr-Ahrweiler
F. Breyer und M. Engelhard (Hrg.). 2006. Anreize zur Organspende. Graue Reihe Nr. 39. Europäische Akademie. Bad Neuenahr-Ahrweiler
Breyer, F., van den Daele, W., Engelhard, M., Gubernatis, G., Kliemt, H., Kopetzki, C., Schlitt, H. J., Taupitz, J. 2006. Organmangel. Ist der Tod auf der Warteliste unvermeidbar? Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg, New York
Engelhard, M. 2004. Trehalose and the nitrogen fixing nodule symbiosis of legumes: studies on rhizobia deficient in the trehalose-6-phosphate synthase gene otsA. Basel (Dissertation)

Articles

Engelhard, M. 2006. Pharming – the next step in the debate on gene technology? Newsletter Nr. 66 (Oktober), Bad Neuenahr-Ahrweiler: Europäische Akademie, S.1–3
Engelhard, M., Breyer, F. 2006. Organspende – Krankenhäuser brauchen Unterstützung, keine Bestrafung. Arzt und Krankenhaus. Fachzeitschrift für die Krankenhausärzte und das Krankenhaus. 79 (8), 235–238. Lübeck: Hanseatische Verlagskontor GmbH
Engelhard, M.; Hurek, T.; Reinhold-Hurek, B. 2000. Preferential occurrence of diazotrophic endophytes, Azoarcus spp., in wild rice species and land races of Oryza sativa in comparison with modern races. Environmental Microbiology 2(2), 131-141. Oxford: Blackwell Publishing
Engelhard, M.; Viprey, V.; Broughton, W.J.; Wiemken, V.; Boller, T.; Müller, J. 1999. Analysis of rhizobial trehalose-6-phosphate synthase and its role in root nodule development. In Nitrogen fixation: From molecules to crop productivity. Pedrosa, F.O.; Hungria, M.; Yates, G.; Newton, W. (Hg.). Dordrecht: Kluwer Academic Publishers