Northbank Communications Strengthens Munich Team with New Appointment

London, Manchester, Munich – 25th October 2006   Northbank Communications Ltd, the leading consultancy in science and life science communications, has announced the appointment of Dr Robert Mayer as Account Executive in the Munich office. Robert’s appointment both expands Northbank’s team in Munich and further strengthens its scientific expertise.

Robert has recently completed a PhD in Cell Biology at the department of Human Genetics in Ludwigs-Maximilians-University, Munich. There he gained research experience that combined stem cell research with fluorescent-in-situ-hybridisation (FISH), confocal microscopy technologies and computerised data analysis on the topic of nuclear architecture. During his PhD, Robert supervised two diploma students. Robert originally graduated from the LMU with a Diploma in Human Genetics, with side subjects in biochemistry, genetics and botany.  

A native German speaker, fluent in English, Robert is responsible for account support of communication programme for public and private biotech clients handled out of the Munich Office.

Commenting on the appointment, Account Director and Munich Bureau Chief, Dr Douglas Pretsell said “Over the past six months we have been very successful in growing the Munich office with the addition of 15 clients, including mtm laboratories, Nitec Pharma, 4-antibody, ImVision Therapeutics, Fibrex Medical, Oridis, Ergomed, Affimed and LifeCycle Pharma. This expansion reflects our success and I am pleased that Robert has joined us to support our client services.”

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