Molecular dissection of ephrinB reverse signaling [Elektronische Ressource] / von Stefan Weinges

„Da Kriege in den Köpfen der Menschen beginnen, muss in den Köpfen der Menschen Vorsorge für den Frieden getroffen werden.“ (UNESCO-Charta) Acknowledgements Looking back at whose contribution was crucial for all this, I would like to first of all acknowledge Amparo Acker-Palmer who gave me the opportunity to work as “her” first PhD student in her research group. I want to thank her for enabling me to contribute to the development of a small start-up lab into a well-running and established group of young scientists. I greatly appreciate her scientific advice, guidance, interest and support, which have been available for me at all time. I am also grateful to Amparo for encouragement and timely discussions. In addition, I would like to thank her for teaching me the way to professionaly approach scientific questions, analyze them and, in the end, keep focused on what is really important. I am moreover very much grateful to Rüdiger Klein for providing space and equipment, in particular in the very beginning, which has been a very helpful initial support for our young and growing lab. Furthermore, I would like to thank him for all the scientific discussions and suggestions, which he has given me, not only as a member of my PhD committee. I wish to thank George Wilkinson and Inmaculada Segura for critically reading my manuscript and finally polishing it into what it is now.