About Markus Weichselbaum

Markus was born in Vienna, Austria, lives in Australia since 1994, and still speaks with a strong accent that sounds a little bit like "Arnie".

Markus founded Cherry Internet Services (CIS) in 2000 while completing his PhD thesis in the field of neuroscience. After his PhD, Markus was employed as Research Officer at the Sir Charles Gardiner Hospital. In 2003, CIS was incorporated and Markus took on the fulltime position of director of CIS.

Qualifications

Markus holds an degree in Biology, a MSc in Biophysics (Univ. of Osnabrueck, Germany, 1993) and PhD in Physiology (with distinction, Univ. of Western Australia).

Publications

Mapping the innervation of the bronchial tree in fetal and postnatal pig lung using antibodies to PGP 9.5 and SV2. M Weichselbaum, AW Everett and MP Sparrow; Am. J. Respir. Cell Mol. Biol., Vol 15, No. 6, Dec 1996, 703-710., http://ajrcmb.atsjournals.org/cgi/content/abstract/15/6/703
A Confocal Microscopic Study of the Formation of Ganglia in the Airways of Fetal Pig Lung. Markus Weichselbaum and Malcolm P. Sparrow; Am. J. Respir. Cell Mol. Biol., Volume 21, Number 5, November 1999 607-620 http://ajrcmb.atsjournals.org/cgi/content/full/21/5/607
Development of the Innervation and Airway Smooth Muscle in Human Fetal Lung. Malcolm P. Sparrow, Markus Weichselbaum, and Paul B. McCray Jr. , Am. J. Respir. Cell Mol. Biol., Volume 20, Number 4, April 1999 550-560. http://ajrcmb.atsjournals.org/cgi/content/full/20/4/550

Most recent research publication:

A confocal microscopic study of solitary pulmonary neuroendocrine cells in human airway epithelium. Respir Res. 2005; 6(1): 115. Published online 2005 October 10. doi: 10.1186/1465-9921-6-115. http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=1277851

Aug 16th 2006. ACS recognition

Markus holding up a certificate of recognition by the Australian Computer Society Foundation, for supporting the ACS Foundation Scholarship Program. Cherryis is proud to be involved with the CEED program, providing final year Computer Science students of the Edith Cowan University the opportunity to work on actual projects in a real life business environment.

Markus receiving the above certificate from the Minister for Energy; Science and Innovation, The Hon Francis M Logan, MLA.

Contact Details: Dr Markus Weichselbaum
Cherry Internet Services Pty Ltd
Suite 11, Delwyn Court
643 Newcastle Street
Leederville WA 6007
Australia
Phone: +618 9328 3008
Fax: +618 9328 3205