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The Wendisch lab started in 1999 at the Institute of Biotechnology, Research Center Juelich performing Genome-wide expression analysis using DNA microarrays. From 2005-2009 Volker F. Wendisch was Professor for Metabolic Engineering at the Institute of Molecular Microbiology and Biotechnology at the Westfalian Wilhelms University Münster.  In October 2009 the Wendisch Lab moved from Münster University to Bielefeld on the new Chair of Genetics of Prokaryotes. The Chair of Genetics was previously held by Prof. Alfred Pühler from 1979-2009. The Wendisch lab is a member of the Faculty of Biology and of the CeBiTec at Bielefeld University. Volker F. Wendisch is member of the board of CeBiTec and the board of CLIB2021. Since October 2016, Volker F. Wendisch was Vice-Dean and Dean of the of its Faculty of Biology. Volker F. Wendisch coordinated the BMBF collaborative research network "Genome reduction" from 2011-2014, was vice president of the CLIB2021 graduate cluster  from 2013--2016. He is c coordinating the collaborative research network "CLIB Competence Center Biotechnology" since 2018.

We perform research in the field of molecular genetics and applied microbiology with a focus on

• Characterization of global gene regulation and metabolic pathways
• Systems Biology on Escherichia coli and Corynebacterium glutamicum as model organisms
• White Biotechnology with emphasis on rational strain development for the production of industrially relevant chemicals