Prof. Dr. Dr. med. Robert Nitsch

Prof. Dr. Dr. med. Robert Nitsch
Date of Birth:
Nationality:
Marital Status:
November 20, 1962
German
Married, two children (9, 12)
Contact:
Institut für Mikroskopische Anatomie und Neurobiologie
Universitätsmedizin der Johannes Gutenberg-Universität
Langenbeckstr. 1
55131 Mainz
Tel.
+49 (0) 6131 17-8074
Email: [email protected]
EDUCATION:
1981 – 1985
1982 – 1985
1985 – 1987
1985 – 1987
04/1987 –
09/1987
10/1987 –
05/1988
06/1988
01/1989
Medicine, University of Kiel, Germany
Philosophy, University of Kiel
Medicine, University of Frankfurt, Germany
Philosophy, University of Frankfurt
Internship, Dept. of Internal Medicine and Dept. of Neurology,
University of Frankfurt
Internship, Dept. of Surgery, University of Otago, Christchurch,
New Zealand
Medical doctor examination
Dr. med. degree (Supervisor: Michael Frotscher)
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:
1988 – 1990
1990 – 1993
1992
1993
1993 – 1994
1995 – 2009
2005 – 2009
2007 – 2009
Since Dec. 2009
2013 – 2017
Postdoctoral Fellow, Institute of Anatomy, Dept. of Neuroanatomy, University
of Frankfurt
Wissenschaftlicher Assistent, C1, Institute of Anatomy, Dept. of
Neuroanatomy, University of Freiburg, Germany
Visiting Research Scientist, Yale Medical School, Dept. of
OB/GYN and Neurobiology, New Haven, CT, USA
Habilitation, University of Freiburg. (Supervisor: Michael Frotscher)
Heisenberg Fellow, Institute of Anatomy, University of Frankfurt, Dept. of Cell
Biology and Neurobiology
C4 Professor, Head of Institute of Cell Biology and Neurobiology, Center for
Anatomy, Charité – Universitätsmedizin, Berlin
Spokesperson CRC 665: Developmental disturbances of the nervous system
(Berlin)
Governing Director Cluster of Excellence “NeuroCure”, Berlin
W3 Professor, Director of Institute for Microscopic Anatomy and Neurobiology,
University Medical Center, University of Mainz
Spokesperson CRC 1080: Molecular and cellular mechanisms of neural
homeostasis
RESEARCH INTERESTS:
Molecular mechanisms of axonal outgrowth, structural reorganization following brain lesion,
neuroimmune interaction
AWARDS/GRANTS/HONORS:
1991
1993
1994
Since 2007
2012
Albrecht Fleckenstein Preis
Heisenberg Fellow of the German Science Foundation
Wolfgang Bargmann Preis
Member of the German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina
ERC – Advanced Grant
OTHER PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES:
Advisor to the National Committee for Medical Research (since 1999)
Member of DFG Fachkollegium “Neurowissenschaften” (since 2004)
Five most important publications of the PI:
Trimbuch T*, Beed P*, Vogt J*, Schuchmann S, Maier N, Kintscher M, Breustedt J, Schuelke M, Streu
N, Kieselmann O, Brunk I, Laube G, Strauss U, Battefeld A, Wende H, Birchmeier C, Wiese S,
Sendtner M, Kawabe H, Kishimoto-Suga M, Brose N, Baumgart J, Geist B, Aoki J, Savaskan NE,
Bräuer AU, Chun J, Ninnemann O, Schmitz D*, Nitsch R* (2009) Synaptic PRG-1 modulates
excitatory transmission via lipid phosphate-mediated signaling. Cell 138(6):1222-35.
*equal contribution (Imp.Fact.31.3)
Bräuer AU, Savaskan NE, Kühn H, Prehn S, Ninnemann O, Nitsch R (2003) A new phospholipid
phosphatase, PRG-1, is involved in axon growth and regenerative sprouting. Nat Neurosci
6(6): 572-578. (Imp.Fact.16.8)
Ullrich O, Diestel A, Eyüpoglu I, Nitsch R (2001) Regulation of microglial expression of integrins by
poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase-1. Nat Cell Biol 3:1035-1042. (Imp.Fact. 17.8)
Nitsch R, Bechmann I, Deisz RA, Haas D, Lehmann TN, Wendling U, Zipp F (2000) Human brain-cell
death induced by tumour-necrosis-factor-related apoptosis-inducing ligand (TRAIL). Lancet
356:827-828. (Imp.Fact. 28.4)
Nitsch R, Frotscher M (1992) Reduction of posttraumatic transneuronal "early gene" activation and
dendritic atrophy by the NMDA-receptor antagonist MK-801. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 89:51975200. (Imp.Fact. 9.3)