Prof. Dr. Klaus Unsicker
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Prof. Dr. Klaus UnsickerInstitute of Anatomy & Cell Biology |
Curriculum vitae |
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| since 2009 | Guest Professor, Department of Molecular Embryology, Medical Faculty, University of Freiburg, Germany |
| 2006 | Visiting Professor, Institute of Biotechnology, University of Helsinki, Finland |
| 2000 - 2004 | Founding Member and Director, Interdisciplinary Center for Neurosciences (IZN), University of Heidelberg, Germany |
| 1992 - 2009 | Full Professor, Anatomy & Cell Biology, Director Neuroanatomy, University of Heidelberg, Germany |
| 1989 - 1990 | Visiting Professor, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratories, NIH / NCI Laboratory for Chemoprevention (M. Sporn), Bethesda, Maryland, USA |
| 1983 - 1984 | Visiting Professor, Department of Biology (S. Varon), University of California at San Diego, USA |
| 1978 - 1992 | Full Professor, Anatomy & Cell Biology, Director Neuroanatomy, University of Marburg, Germany |
| 1976 - 1977 | Associate Professor, Anatomy, University of Kiel, Germany |
| 1970 - 1975 | Postdoctoral Fellow |
| 1973 | Habilitation / Docent, Anatomy, University of Kiel, Germany |
| 1968 | M.D., Anatomy, University of Kiel, Germany |
| 1961 – 1968 | Medical School, Universities of Bonn, Munich, Kiel, Germany |
Project coordination, Membership in collaborative research projects (Selection) |
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| 2009 - 2012 | Member DFG Collaborative Research Grant (SFB) 592 “Signaling mechanisms in embryogenesis and organogenesis” |
| 2004 - 2009 | Vice Speaker SFB / DFG Collaborative Research Grant (SFB) 636 „Learning and Memory“ |
| 2003 - 2009 | Coordinator Partnership Hebrew University Jerusalem / University Heidelberg |
| 2001 - 2007 | Founding Member BIOQUANT Heidelberg, Germany |
| 1999 - 2007 | Speaker SFB / DFG Collaborative Research Grant (SFB) 488 „Molecular and Cellular Bases of Neural Development“ |
| 1998 - 2006 | Speaker DFG Collaborative Research Group “Central Aminergic Systems” |
| 1994 - 1999 |
Member DFG Collaborative Research Grant (SFB) 317 “Molecular |
Functions in Scientific Societies and Committees (Selection) |
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| 2010 - 2014 | Member Scientific Advisory Board, Neuroscience Center, University of Helsinki, Finland |
| 2009 - 2010 | President Evaluation Committee for Biology, ETH Zurich, Switzerland |
| 2005 - 2006 | Rapporteur, Neuroscience Institutes Seewiesen/Andechs, Martinsried, Göttingen, Germany |
| 2004 - 2012 | Speaker Neuroscience Panel, German Research Foundation (DFG) |
| 1998 - 2000 | President International Society for Developmental Neuroscience |
| 1995 - 1999 | Member Committees for Collaborative Research Grants, German Research Foundation (DFG) |
| 1994 - 1995 | President Anatomical Society (Anatomische Gesellschaft) |
| 1992 - 1996 | Scientific Advisory Board, Society of German Natural Scientists and Physicians (Gesellschaft deutscher Naturforscher und Ärzte, GdNÄ) |
| 1990 | Ad hoc Member National Institutes of Health USA, Neuroscience Panel B |
Honours and Awarded Memberships (Selection) |
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| 2007 | Honorary Membership Romanian Society for Cell Biology |
| 2003 | Honorary doctorate, University of Marburg, Germany |
| 2001 | Aschoff Medal, Medical Society and Faculty, University of Freiburg, Germany |
| 1997 | Max-Planck Research Award for International Cooperation |
| 1997 | Jan Swammerdam Lecture Amsterdam, the Netherlands |
| 1992 | Member of the German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina |
| 1981 | Research Medal University of Helsinki, Finland |
Publications |
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| 2013 | |
| Casanovas G, Vujić Spasic M, Casu C, Rivella S, Strelau J, Unsicker K, Muckenthaler MU. The murine growth differentiation factor 15 is not essential for systemic iron homeostasis in phlebotomized mice. Haematologica. 2013 Mar;98(3):444-7. |
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| Schober A, Parlato R, Huber K, Kinscherf R, Hartleben B, Huber TB, Schütz G, Unsicker K. Cell loss and autophagy in the extra-adrenal chromaffin organ of Zuckerkandl are regulated by glucocorticoid signalling. J Neuroendocrinol. 2013 Jan;25(1):34-47. |
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| Unsicker K, Huber K, Schober A, Kalcheim C. Resolved and open issues in chromaffin cell development. Mech Dev. 2013 Jun-Aug;130(6-8):324-9. |
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| Unsicker K. Neurotrophic molecules in the treatment of neurodegenerative disease with focus on the retina: status and perspectives. Cell Tissue Res. 2013 Aug;353(2):205-18. |
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| Charalambous P, Wang X, Thanos S, Schober A, Unsicker K. Regulation and effects of GDF-15 in the retina following optic nerve crush. Cell Tissue Res. 2013 Jul;353(1):1-8. |
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| Shtukmaster S, Schier MC, Huber K, Krispin S, Kalcheim C, Unsicker K. Sympathetic neurons and chromaffin cells share a common progenitor in the neural crest in vivo. Neural Dev. 2013 Jun 18;8:12. |
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| Stubbusch J, Narasimhan P, Huber K, Unsicker K, Rohrer H, Ernsberger U. Synaptic protein and pan-neuronal gene expression and their regulation by Dicer-dependent mechanisms differ between neurons and neuroendocrine cells. Neural Dev. 2013 Aug 20;8:16. |
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| 2014 | |
| Narayanan KL, Subramaniam S, Bengston CP, Irmady K, Unsicker K, von Bohlen und Halbach O. Role of transient receptor potential channel 1 (TRPC1) in glutamate-induced cell death in the hippocampal cell line HT22. J Mol Neurosci. 2014 Mar;52(3):425-33. |
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Carrillo-García C, Prochnow S, Simeonova IK, Strelau J, Hölzl-Wenig G, Mandl C, Unsicker K, von Bohlen Und Halbach O, Ciccolini F. |
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| Irmady K, Jackman KA, Padow VA, Shahani N, Martin LA, Cerchietti L, Unsicker K, Iadecola C, Hempstead BL. Mir-592 regulates the induction and cell death-promoting activity of p75NTR in neuronal ischemic injury. J Neurosci. 2014 Feb 26;34(9):3419-28. |
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| 2015 | |
| Dokter M, Busch R, Poser R, Vogt MA, von Bohlen Und Halbach V, Gass P, Unsicker K, von Bohlen Und Halbach O. Implications of p75NTR for dentate gyrus morphology and hippocampus-related behavior revisited. Brain Struct Funct. 2015 May;220(3):1449-62. |
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| Stubbusch J, Narasimhan P, Hennchen M, Huber K, Unsicker K, Ernsberger U, Rohrer H. Lineage and stage specific requirement for Dicer1 in sympathetic ganglia and adrenal medulla formation and maintenance. Dev Biol. 2015 Apr 15;400(2):210-23. |
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| Poser R, Dokter M, von Bohlen Und Halbach V, Berger SM, Busch R, Baldus M, Unsicker K, von Bohlen Und Halbach O. Impact of a deletion of the full-length and short isoform of p75NTR on cholinergic innervation and the population of postmitotic doublecortin positive cells in the dentate gyrus. Front Neuroanat. 2015 May 27;9:63. |
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| Wang X, Krebbers J, Charalambous P, Machado V, Schober A, Bosse F, Müller HW, Unsicker K. Growth/differentiation factor-15 and its role in peripheral nervous system lesion and regeneration. Cell Tissue Res. 2015 Nov;362(2):317-30. Jun 16. Erratum in: Cell Tissue Res. 2015 Oct;362(1):267. |
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| 2016 | |
| Saunders NR, Dziegielewska KM, Unsicker K, Joakim Ek C. Delayed astrocytic contact with cerebral blood vessels in FGF-2 deficient mice does not compromise permeability properties at the developing blood-brain barrier. Dev Neurobiol. 2016 Feb 5. doi: 10.1002/dneu.22383. [Epub ahead of print] |
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| Machado V, Haas SJ, von Bohlen Und Halbach O, Wree A, Krieglstein K, Unsicker K, Spittau B. Growth/differentiation factor-15 deficiency compromises dopaminergic neuron survival and microglial response in the 6-hydroxydopamine mouse model of Parkinson's disease.Neurobiol Dis. 2016 Apr;88:1-15. doi: 10.1016/j.nbd.2015.12.016. Epub 2015 Dec 28. |