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MIM - About Myself

        On May 29, 1970 I was born in Darmstadt, Germany to my parents, Sturmhild and Wolfgang Moré as second of 3 children. I grew up and attended primary school in the village of Gundernhausen (now part of Rossdorf) in southern Hessen. In 1980 my father was appointed professor of electrical engineering at the University of Applied Sciences in Hamburg, so we moved to the village of Wohltorf situated near Hamburg, close to the Saxonian Forest. I attended school in a neighbouring village, Wentorf, graduating with a high school degree in 1989. These nine years certainly were a challanging time for me.
        As for art, I mostly enjoyed art lessons at school, even though the topics we had to draw or paint, still lives mostly, were sometimes boring. However, the basic techniques were taught, as well as some understanding of what art is about. In addition I once attended an art class at evening college. But I mostly owe my interest in art as well as a lot of helpful advice and encouragement to my mother, a talented artist and teacher.

        As for music, I have always loved classical music. Until the age of 15 I listened to nothing else. Later I discovered the beauty of other styles, my favourites being rock, metal, techno, and new age type pieces. I learned how to play the flute, and even joined a local orchestra for a while. I sang in the school choir, as well. But my favourite instrument remained the piano, and now my keyboard. Although I took piano lessons for a long time, I always found it hard to read notes fluently. In general I would memorize a piece and then play it by heart. Soon I started improvising and even recorded some of my creations on CD.
As for other activities, I was member of the scouts, and went on many hiking and camping trips with them. I have always loved nature.
        As for my relation to my family, I have always been on excellent terms with them, and often spent a great time with them while I was living at home.

In fall 1989, I started studying Biology in Hamburg. After 3 terms I moved to a student's home in Hamburg-Othmarschen. My 3 years as undergraduate were a wonderful time. I immediately found some excellent friends. I also joined a fantasy roleplaying group, as well as a medieval group. Biology was a fascinating subject. I attended a lot of very interesting lectures and lab classes and studied hard for my exams. Soon, I decided that I wanted to go abroad: I applied for and sucessfully received a one-year Hamburg-Cornell direct exchange fellowship, as well as a Fulbright travel grant. So after obtaining the German Vordiplom degree in spring 1992 (a bit like Bachelor of Science), I continued studying Microbiology at Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, USA, starting fall 1992. First I did a rotation in Prof. Dr. Steve C. Winans' lab, followed by a rotation in Prof. Dr. William C. Ghiorse's lab, resulting in my first scientific publication - on the isolation of bacterial DNA from soil samples. In summer 1993, I attended a class on microbial diversity in Woods Hole. My one-year fellowship implied my subsequent return to Hamburg. However I accepted Prof. Dr. Steve Winans' offer to stay in his lab in order to continue the graduate programme. My research during the next four years concentrated on the transcriptional regulation of the conjugal transfer genes of Agrobacterium tumefacies Ti plasmids and of an IncN plasmid of enteric bacteria. Especially during the first half of my graduate studies, I also attended many lectures on microbiology and molecular biology. During all this time I found out that I greatly enjoyed scientific research, especially if the experiments were working. I completed my dissertation with a Ph.D. in microbiology in January 1997.

During my 5 years in Ithaca, NY, I moved a few times. I vey much enjoyed living with the Scientific Society, a graduate co-op in collegetown. A lot of my free time was devoted to the Ithaca SCA (Society for Creative Anachronism) group, the Dominion of Myrkfaelinn. For the last two and a half years I was leading the group as their Seneschal. I have a lot of wonderful memories of numerous events that we attended and organized.

In Fall 1997, I moved back to Germany, to work in the lab of Prof. Dr. Fritz Rathjen at the MDC in Berlin as a post-doc on a project in developmental neuroscience. The work there was very interesting and led to some important scientific results. 2004 - 2005, I worked part-time as teacher in a teaching lab for upper level high school students (Gläsernes Labor, Campus Berlin-Buch), teaching molecular biology. Currently, I am senior consultant in the regulatory affairs department of the company analyze & realize a.g. in Berlin-Hermsdorf. I am mostly involved in the writing of regulatory documents like dossiers for herbal medical products, or medical publications.

I got married in June 2000. On October 2nd, 2001, our son Dario Mavin was born. On May 3rd, 2004 our son Elrik Ingo followed. On September 23, 2007, our daugter Sylvia Yvonne was born. With three little kids to take care of, I find much less time for art, but still I wouldn't want to miss the wonderful experience of being a mother.

People sometimes ask me when I started to paint. I keep telling them that I have been painting since I was able to hold a pencil. Throughout my life art has continued to be very important to me. Moreover, I find that art is not only meant for the artist, but can also be inspiring to others. I hope that my site is a gratifying experience for you.

Thank you for visiting my art gallery.

Margret I. Moré

Pictures:
MIM aged 5, 11, 13, 15, 21 and 39 years

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