!!Franz Hofmann, MD \\ __Institutional Affiliation:__ \\ \\ Chairman and Professor\\ Institut für Pharmakologie und Toxikologie,\\ Medical Faculty, Technische Universität,\\ D-80802 München, Germany \\ \\ __Education:__ \\ *1962 - 1970 Medical School and Internship at Univ. Heidelberg, Univ. München and FU Berlin *M.D. Thesis 1966 - 1968 "Über die Wirkung einiger Colchizinderivate auf den Mäuse-Ascites-Tumor“ (Adviser Professor Lettre, Heidelberg) *Examina 1968 Medical State Examen in Heidelberg *Postdoctoral Fellow 1970 - 1972 Pharmakologisches Institut, Medical Faculty, Universität Heidelberg (Prof. Dr. F. Gross) *1973 - 1975 Dept. Biological Chemistry, Med. School, Univ. California, Davis, USA (Prof. Dr. E. G. Krebs) *1975 - 1980 Pharmakologisches Institut, Medical Faculty, Universität Heidelberg (Prof. Dr. F. Gross) \\ __Academic Positions __ \\ *1981 - 1985 Associate Professor, Pharmakologisches Institut der Universität Heidelberg *1985 - 1990 Chairman and Professor, Physiologische Chemie, Medical Faculty, Universität des Saarlandes, Homburg-Saar *1990-2008 Chairman and Professor, Institut für Pharmakologie und Toxikologie, Medical Faculty der Technischen Universität München *1995 – 2004 Acting Chairman, Institut für Physiologische Chemie, Medical Faculty der Technischen Universität München *Since October 2008 retired Professor at Institut für Pharmakologie und Toxikologie, Medical Faculty der Technischen Universität München \\ __Honours __ \\ \\ *1970 – 1973 Stipend of the Paul-Martini Stiftung *1973- 1975 DFG Research Stipend *1998 Professor Honoris Causa, Tongji Medical University Wuhan *2001 full member of the Bayerischen Akademie der Wissenschaft *2002 full member German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina; National Academy *2002 Aschoff Award of the Medical Society Freiburg *2002 Max-Planck-Research Award *2003 Feldberg Award *2003 full member of the Academia Europaea *2004 Professor Honoris Causa, Shanghai Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Sciences *2004 Officer in the Order of the Federal Republic of Germany *2006 Harry van Dyke Award, Columbia Univ, New York *2008 Bavarian Order of Merit \\ __Academic Positions__ \\ *Member of the Medical Faculty Board (“Research-Dean”) 2003-2007 *Chairman of the Kuratorium of the University Leipzig 2002 – 2008 *Kurator of the University Leipzig, 2000 – 2008 *Obmann Section Pharmacology and Senator of Section Physiology and Pharmacology of Leopoldina 2007 – *Director of the Feldberg Foundation 2007 - \\ __Research Funding__ \\ *Grants by Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft, BMBF, Fond der Chemie, VW-Stiftung, EU *1986-1989 Vice-Chairman and 1990 Chairman of the Collaborative Research Center (Sonderforschungsbereich 246) „Proteinphosphorylierung und intrazelluläre Kontrolle von Membranprozessen“; Homburg-Saar *1995 - 2007 Chairman of the Collaborative Research Center (Sonderforschungsbereich 391) „Mechanismen der schnellen Zellaktivierung“; München *2007 – 2010 Chairman of the DFG Research Unit FOR 923 \\ __Awards__ \\ *Paul-Martini-Stipendiat for Clinical Pharmacology *DFG-Research Stipendiat \\ __Editorial Board Member__ \\ *Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology 1979 - 1981 Assistant Managing Editor *European J. Biochemistry 1980 - 1988 *Biochimica Biophysica Acta 1988-1995 *Naunyn-Schmiedeberg´s Archives of Pharmacology 1991-2002 *Journal of Biological Chemistry 1998-2003 *Biological Chemistry 2001-2007 *Acta Pharmacologica Sinica 2003- *Cellular Physiology and Biochemistry 2006 - *Journal of Clinical Investigation, Consulting Editor, 2002- 2008 *Scientific reviewer der Section „Clinical Pharmacology“ in German edition of Fauci „Harrison´s Principles of Internal Medicine“ 14th edition *Editor: Handbook of Experimental Pharmacology 2001- *Editor in Chief: Handbook of Experimental Pharmacology 2007- *Editor: Forth, Henschler, Rummel “Allgemeine und spezielle Pharmakologie und Toxikologie” 9th and 10th edition \\ __Grant Board Member__ \\ *Sanderstiftung 1991- *Human Frontier Science Program 1995-1997 *Kommission für Klinische Forschung; Klinikum rechts der Isar (Chair) 1996 - 2007 *Fachkollegium Neurowissenschaften DFG 2004 – 2007 \\ __Advisory Board (Beirat)__ \\ *Ethik-Kommision der Fakultät für Medizin der TU München 1994 - 2009 *Forschungsverbund der Universität Halle-Wittenberg „Myokard-Hypertrophie: Mechanismen und Risiken und Tumorbiologie“ Chairman of the Advisory Board 1991-2000 *Interdisziplinäres Zentrum für Klinische Forschung (IZKF) Ulm „Molekulare Pathomechanismen entzündlicher, degenerativer und maligner Erkrankungen: Ansätze einer verbesserten Krankheitserkennung und-behandlung“ Vice-Chairman of the Advisory Board 1995-2005 *Vice Chairman NC-IUPHAR 2002 –2006 *Zentrum für Molekularbiologische Medizin der Universität Köln (ZMMK) Chairman of the External Advisory Board 1995 - 2007 *Member of the Scientific Board of “Zentrum für Molekulare Neurobiologie" Hamburg (ZMNH) 2002-2007 *Member of the Scientific Board of Interdisziplinäres Zentrum für Neurowissenschaften (IZN) der University Frankfurt (Main) 2006 – *2008 Member of the “Selection Committees” for the Academy of Sciences of Albania \\ __Organization of Scientific Meetings__ \\ *1986-1990 Chairman Studiengruppe Biochemische Pharmakologie und Toxikologie der GBCh *1992 - 1999 Member of the Scientific Committee of European Symposium on Hormones and Cell Regulation, St.Odile, France *Member of the National Organization Committee and Chairman of the Programme Committee of the *XIIIth International Congress of Pharmacology München, 1998 *Member of the International Advisory Boards of the XIVth International Congress of Pharmacology, San Francisco, 2002 *Member of the Organization Committee of the “International Conference on cGMP” 2003; 2005; 2007; 2009