Dr. Silke Wissing has wide-ranging experience in the fields of virology, cell biology and cell line development, as well as molecular biology. Before joining CEVEC in 2011, she held a position as a group leader in the Gladstone Institute for Virology and Immunology, San Francisco, where she performed research in the field of HIV-1 biology, stem cell research and cell line development. Dr. Silke Wissing holds a PhD in Biochemistry from the University of Tübingen.