| 2009 | Scientific meeting of the EU sponsored DISMAL project, Paris, France ... |
| 2008 | Scientific meeting of the EU sponsored GENINCA Project, Paris, France |
| 2007 | PhD student at the department for human genetics at the medical university of graz. |
| 2006 -2007 | diploma thesis at the technical university of graz:"Development of a new expression system in Pichia pasroris" |