Nils Brose#
| Membership Number: | 4286 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | PHYSIOLOGY & NEUROSCIENCE |
| Elected: | 2016 |
| Main Country of Residence: | GERMANY |
| Homepage(s): | http://www.em.mpg.de/site |
Present and Previous Positions
- 2006 Professor (Hon.) of Biochemistry, Biology Faculty, Georg August University Göttingen, Germany
- 2002 Professor (Adj./Apl.) of Biochemistry, Medical Faculty, Georg August University Göttingen, Germany
- 2001 Director and 'Scientific Member', Department of Molecular Neurobiology, Max Planck Institute of Experimental Medicine, Göttingen, Germany
- 1995-2001 Group Leader, Departments of Molecular Neurobiology and Neurogenetics, Max Planck Institute of Experimental Medicine, Göttingen, Germany
- 1993-1995 Research Fellow, HHMI, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, USA (Laboratory of Dr. Thomas C. Südhof)
- 1991-1993 Research Associate, Molecular Neurobiology Laboratory, The Salk Institute, La Jolla, USA (Laboratory of Dr. Stephen F. Heinemann)
- 1990-1991 Research Fellow, Department of Neurochemistry, Max Planck Institute of Psychiatry (now Neurobiology), Martinsried, Germany (Laboratory of Dr. Reinhard Jahn)
Fields of Scholarship
- Neuroscience
- Molecular Biology
- Mechanisms of synaptic transmission
- Cell biology of exocytosis
- Synaptogenesis
- Synapse function
- Molecular mechanisms of synaptopathies
Honours and Awards
- 2015 ERC Advanced Grant
- 2014 Member of the Academy of Sciences Leopoldina
- 2007 Elected Member of EMBO
- 2001 Heisenberg Fellowship, German Research Foundation
- 1997 Gerhard Hess Prize (Grant Award), German Research Foundation
- 1995 Helmholtz Fellowship 'Neurobiology', German Federal Ministry for Research and Technology
