Born 1955 in Thun. Studied molecular biology in Basel. Doctorate in molecular developmental genetics. Since then scientific collaborator at the Research Institute at the Goetheanum. Co-founder of the International Forum for Genetic Engineering (Ifgene) in 1993 and its coordinator until 2003. Editor of 'Elements of Natural Science' since 1993, and on the board of the Swiss Working Group on Genetic Engineering (SAG) since 2012 and collaborator at Zukunft säen! Three children. Since 2020 co-leader of the Natural Science Section.
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