#8 - DNA craftsman: Amr Aswad
Channel: Einstein Foundation Berlin
Date: 2019-10-22

Als Einstein International Postdoctoral Fellow untersucht Amr Aswad, wie Viren in das genetische Material des Menschen eindringen können, um Krankheiten in Zukunft besser behandeln zu können. Er ist Teil der Forschungsgruppe von Prof. Benedikt Kaufer am Institut für Virologie der Freien Universität Berlin.

[EN] As an Einstein International Postdoctoral Fellow, Amr Aswad is analysing how viruses manage to infiltrate into human genetic material to enable better treatment of diseases in the future. He is part of the research group of Prof. Benedikt Kaufer at the Institute of Virology at Freie Universität Berlin.

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Amr Aswad: https://www.einsteinfoundation.de/personen-projekte/einstein-international-postdoctoral-fellows/amr-aswad/
Institute of Virology, Freie Universität Berlin: https://www.vetmed.fu-berlin.de/einrichtungen/institute/we05/index.html

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