E-mail: hock@weihenstephan.de

Univ.-Prof. Dr. Bertold Hock


Date and Place of Birth
September 19, 1939, Schw. Gmund, Germany

Academic Training
  • Habilitation in Biology (University of Tubingen) 1970
  • PhD in Plant Physiology (University of Freiburg) 1965
  • Diploma (M.S) in Biology (University of Freiburg) 1964

Professional Experience
  • 2000 - Chairman of the subcommittee "Endocrine effects" in the DIN NAW I.4 (Normenausschub Wasserwesen)
  • 1998 - 2002 Chairman of the subcommittee "Bioresponse-linked instrumental analysis" in the Hauptausschu? III Fachgruppe Wasserchemie of the GDCh
  • 1992 - 1997 Chairman of the Steering Committee for the Exposition Chambers at the GSF - Forschungszentrum fur Umwelt und Gesundheit
  • 1992 - 1998 Chairman of the subcommittee "Immunoassays for the detection of pesticides " in the Hauptausschub III Fachgruppe Wasserchemie of the GDCh and the DIN NAW I.4 (Normenausschu? Wasserwesen) and of the ISO
  • 1978 - present University Professor (C 4E) of Cell Biology, Technical University of Munchen at Weihenstephan
  • 1990 - 1992 Dean of the Faculty of Agriculture, Technical University of Munchen at Weihenstephan
  • 1988 - 1993 Chairman of the research group "Immunoassays for the detection of pesticides in water", supported by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft
  • 1991 Visiting Scientist, JNU at New Delhi, India, Dept. of Microbiology
  • 1989 Visiting Scientist, Gesellschaft fur Biotechnologische Forschung, Braunschweig, Germany
  • 1984 Visiting Professor, Washington State University, Program in Biophysics and Biochemistry, Pullman, WA, USA
  • 1970 - 1978 University Professor (Associate Professor), Biochemistry of Morphogenesis, University of Bochum
  • 1967 - 1979 Research Assistant, University of Tubingen
  • 1965 - 1967 Postdoctoral Fellow, Purdue University, Lafayette, Ind., USA

Role in the project
  • Head of TUM project group
  • Responsible for activities of the TUM project group
Selected Publications
  1. Riffeser, M., Hock, B. (2002): Vitellogenin levels in mussel hemolymph - a suitable biomarker for the exposure to estrogens? Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Pt. C 132, 75-84
  2. Kania, M., Hock, B. (2002): Development of monoclonal antibodies to domoic acid for the detection of domoic acid in blue mussel (Mytilus edulis) tissue by ELISA. Analytical Letters, 35, 855-868
  3. Hock, B., Seifert, M., Kramer, K. (2002): Engineering receptors and antibodies for biosensors. Biosensors & Bioelectronics 17, 239-249
  4. Rau, D., Kramer, K., Hock, B. (2002): Cloning functional expression and kinetic characterization of pesticide-selective Fab fragment variants derived by molecular evolution of variable antibody genes. Anal. Bioanal. Chem. 372, 261-267
  5. Hock, B., (ed.) (2001): Bioresponse-linkend Instrumental Analysis. 195 S., Teubner-Verlag Stuttgart-Leipzig-Wiesbaden (Buch)