Helmut Kettenmann#
| Membership Number: | 2477 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | PHYSIOLOGY & NEUROSCIENCE |
| Elected: | 2007 |
| Main Country of Residence: | GERMANY |
Present and Previous Positions
- 2002 Head of the Admissions and Examination Commission in the International Graduate Programm Medical Neurosciences, Charité Berlin
- 1993 - 2009 Coordinator of the Research Department Neurosciences at the Max-Delbrueck-Center for Molecular Medicine in Berlin-Buch
- 1992 - 1995 Head of the project group "Neurobiology" funded by the German Ministry of Research and Technology
- 1990 - 1997 Coordinator DFG Priority Program "Functions of glial cells"
- 1987 - 1992 Heisenberg Fellow at the Department of Neurobiology, University of Heidelberg
- 1982 - 1987 Assistant at the Department of Neurobiology, University of Heidelberg, with a grant from the BMFT
- 1982 PhD in Biology at University of Heidelberg
Fields of Scholarship
- Cellular properties of gliomas
- Role of astrocytes in information processing
- Response of microglial cells to brain injury
- Role of glial cells in physiology and pathology
Honours and Awards
- 1984 Heinz-Maier-Leibnitz-prize for biological research on membrane of the German Ministry for Education and Sciences
- 1991 German University Software-prize
- 2000 Member of the DANA Alliance
- 2003 Member of the German Academy of Natural Scientists LEOPOLDINA
- 2005 Zukunftspreis der Helmholtz-Gemeinschaft Deutscher Forschungszentren
- 2019 Otto Loewi Medal of the Neurowissenschaftliche Gesellschaft
- 2023 Corresponding member of the British Academy
