Peter M. Schneider, Ph.D. Professor   Address: Institut für Rechtsmedizin (Institute of Legal Medicine) Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz Am Pulverturm 3 D-55131 Mainz Phone: +49 (6131) 39-32687 Fax: +49 (6131) 39-33183  e-mail: pschneid@mail.uni-mainz.de

Vita:

• Born 1955 in Berlin
• Biology studies at the University of Bonn
• Visiting research fellow at the Harvard Medical School 1984-86
• Ph.D. in Biology at the University of Mainz 1987
• Habilitation in immunology at the Faculty of Medicine 1996
• Professor at the Institute of Legal Medicine since 1996
• Executive Board member of the International Society for Forensic Genetics (ISFG) 1999-2003
• President of the ISFG since 2003

Primary research interests:

• Molecular basis and diagnostics of genetic defects of the complement system

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• Genetic basis of HLA-associated diseases
• Pathogenesis of infectious and autoimmune diseases related to complement deficiencies
• Forensic molecular genetics in paternity testing and stain analysis

Publications:

• Molecular genetics of the complement system
• MHC and disease
• Forensic DNA analysis