Dr Reiter is the author of Gene expression in hair follicle dermal papilla cells after treatment with stanozolol which was recently published in Biomarker Insights.

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What is the primary focus of your research?

qPCR analysis: gene expression studies, gene analysis in human tissues.

What are the most exciting developments arising from current research in your area?

Significant gene regulations could be recognized under anabolic steroid treatment, so that first hormone dependent biomarkers could be identified.

Single-cell analysis in qPCR is possible. Detection of single copy numbers possible. First steps toward gene expession studies in single-cells

Who are your main collaborators? Please describe your work with them

TU Munich: gene expression studies in diabetes patients; Advalytix: single cell analysis

How did you come to be working in your research area?

I started to work in this area during my PhD at the TU Munich

What do you think about the development of open access publishing? What motivated you to use it?

It is a good idea. Research results should be available for everybody so that scientific exchanges become better.

What articles and/or books have you published recently?

• Reiter, M.; Walf, V.M.; Christians A.; Pfaffl, M.W.; Meyer, H.H.D.: "Modification of mRNA expression after treatment with anabolic agents and the usefulness for gene expression-biomarkers". Analytica Chimica Acta 586 (2007) 73-81

• Reiter, M.; Pfaffl, M.: "Effects of plate position, plate type and sealing systems on real-time PCR results". Biotechnology & Biotechnological Equipment 22 (2008) 824-828

• Reiter, M.; Pfaffl, M.W., Schönfelder, M.; Meyer, H.H.D.: "Gene expression in hair follicle dermal papilla cells after treatment with stanozolol". Biomarker Insights 4 (2009) 1-8

• M. Reiter1, S. Lüderwald2, M.W. Pfaffl1, H.H.D. Meyer1: "First steps towards a new screening method for anabolic androgenic agents in human hair follicle". The Doping Journal Vol. 5, 3 (2008)

• Reiter, M.; Riedmaier, I., Pfaffl, M.W., Meyer, H.H.D.: "Monitoring gene expression in muscle tissue of macaca fascicularis under the influence of testosterone and SARM". Hormone Molecular Biology and Clinical Investigation (2009)

Other information

• Dr Reiter is CEO of BioEPS

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