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Prof. Dr. Wilfried Weber
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In accordance with common law, BIOSS Centre for Biological Signalling Studies is responsible for contents created by employees of the university. Such content does not include cross-references to content from other websites, products and services. This foreign content, including, but not limited to, abstracts and metadata of scientific publications and 3D models of protein structures, neither originates from BIOSS Centre for Biological Signalling Studies, nor does BIOSS Centre for Biological Signalling Studies possess any influence over the content of such third party sites. The content of foreign sites with which OptoBase is associated by links does not reflect the opinion of BIOSS Centre for Biological Signalling Studies, serving merely as a source of further information and the description of connections. These remarks hold for all links and references on this website, as well as for entries in mailing lists and social media profiles, set by OptoBase. Legally responsible for illegal, incorrect, or incomplete content or especially for damages incurred as a result of the use of such information is solely the owner of the page the reference refers to.

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