Osteogenic hormones acting on the environment of the hematopoietic stem cell niche [Elektronische Ressource] / von Anett Illing

Osteogenic hormones acting on the environment of the hematopoietic stem cell niche Dissertation Zur Erlangung des akademischen Grades Doktor der Naturwissenschaften doctor rerum naturalium angefertigt am Leibniz-Institut für Altersforschung - Fritz Lipmann Institut vorgelegt dem Rat der Biologisch-Pharmazeutischen Fakultät der Friedrich Schiller Universität Jena von Diplom-Biologin Anett Illing geboren am 05. März 1980 in Erlabrunn Gutachter: Professor Dr. Peter Herrlich, Leibniz-Institute for Age Research, Jena Professor Dr. Falk Weih, Leibniz-Institute for Age Research, Jena Professor Dr. Thomas Schüler, Institut für Immunologie CBF, Charité Universitätsmedizin, Berlin Tag der Verteidigung: 04. Mai 2009 - 2 - ACKNOWLEDGEMENT First of all I would like to thank Dr. Jan Peter Tuckermann, for giving me the great oppurtunity to work on this challenging project and for supporting me in every step of this thesis. He was always helping me with fruitful discussions, important instructions, developing new ideas and motivating esprit – I could not have been in a better place for my PhD. I would like to thank Prof. Dr. Peter Herrlich as member of my thesis comittee and as my official supervisor for helpful discussions und ongoing support during these four years. In this regard I thank also Prof. Dr.