Harald Reuter#
| Sadly, this member passed away. | |
| Membership Number: | 346 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | PHYSIOLOGY & NEUROSCIENCE |
| Elected: | 1989 |
| Main Country of Residence: | SWITZERLAND |
Harald Reuter passed away February 23, 2022.
Positions Held
- 1999 Professor emeritus of Pharmacology, University of Bern
- 1983 - 1985 Dean of the Medical Faculty, University of Bern
- 1969 - 1999 Professor of Pharmacology, Department of Pharmacology, University of Bern, Switzerland
- 1972 - 1999 Chairman; Department of Pharmacology, University of Bern, Switzerland
- 1967 - 1968 Assistant Professor, University of Minnesota/Mayo Clinic, USA
- 1965 - 1969 Privatdozent (same Department)
- 1965 Habilitation thesis, University of Mainz
- 1960 - 1965 Assistant, Department of Pharmacology, University of Mainz
- 1960 Dissertation thesis (M.D.), University of Mainz (Germany)
Fields of Scholarship
- Calcium and signal transduction; ion channel expression in PC12 cells and Xenopus oocytes
- Excitation-contraction coupling in the heart
- Regulation, modulation and molecular structure of ion channels (discovery of calcium-channels in the heart)
- Presynaptic vesicle cycling in hippocampal neurons
- Discovery and function of cardiac sodium/calcium exchange in the heart
Honours and Awards
- 1984 "Award for Outstanding Research" of the International Society for Heart Research
- 1984 Drew Award in Biomedical Research, Drew University,Madison N.I. (USA)
- 1984 Marcel Benoist-Prize of the Swiss Government
- 1987 Schmiedeberg-Medal of the GermanSociety of Pharmacology and Toxicology
- 1988 Jonathan Magnes-Prize, Hebrew University
- 1993 K.S.Cole Award, Biophysical Society, USA
- Ernst Jung-Medal for Medicine in Gold, Jung-Foundation for Science and Research, Hamburg (2002)(Life-time Achievement Award)
- 2010 Dr. h.c. University of Basel
- Scientific Academies (elected Member):
- 1989 Academia Europaea
- 1993 Deutsche Akademie der Naturforscher, Leopoldina"
- 1995 Swiss Academy of Medical Sciences
- 1997 Academia Scientiarum et Artium Europaea,Salzburg
- 1997 National Academy of Sciences, USA, Foreign Member
- 2001 Académie Royal de Médecine de Belgique, Foreign Member
