Characterization and evaluation of the barrier properties of different skin models as an alternative model for human skin [Elektronische Ressource] / Khaled Ahmed. Gutachter: Alfred Fahr ; Dagmar Fischer ; Heike Bunjes

CHARACTERIZATION AND EVALUATION OF THE BARRIER PROPERTIES OF DIFFERENT SKIN MODELS AS AN ALTERNATIVE MODEL FOR HUMAN SKIN Dissertation zur Erlangung des akademischen Grades doctor rerum naturalium (Dr. rer. nat.) vorgelegt dem Rat der Biologisch-Pharmazeutischen Fakultät der Friedrich-Schiller- Universität Jena von Khaled Ahmed geboren am 03.01.1972 in El-Dakahlia, Ägypten Gutachter: Prof. Dr. Alfred Fahr Prof. Dr. Dagmar Fischer Prof. Dr. Heike Bunjes ( TU Branschweig) rdDate of defense: 3 March 2011 To the spirit of my father and to my family Acknowledgements The achievement of this thesis would not have been possible without many people‟s support. First and foremost, I would like to express my heartily appreciation and sincere gratitude to my mentor Prof. Dr. Alfred Fahr, for offering me kindly a great help by his fruitful supervision, research guidance, and valuable advice which enabled this work to be completed. I am grateful for the experience acquired from him that will help me to continue successfully in my scientific life. Many thanks to him for being all the time like a strong father to his students and for giving them advices that can help them to become successful scientists in any place of the world.