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Place of Birth: Freiburg im Breisgau, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
About Otmar Wiestler
- Otmar D.
- Wiestler (Born November 6, 1956 in Freiburg im Breisgau) is a German physician, a professor at the University of Heidelberg and was until recently the Director of the German Cancer Research Centre (DKFZ) until his election as President of the Helmholtz Association in 2015.
- He is not a typical basic scientist, but he successfully entered a number of highly popular fields of clinical research, including cancer research, tumor genetics and, more recently, stem cell research.
- He focuses on technology transfer of already existing technologies from basic science into clinical use, rather than developing the basic science.
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