Frank Kirchhoff#
| Membership Number: | 4381 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | PHYSIOLOGY & NEUROSCIENCE |
| Elected: | 2016 |
| Main Country of Residence: | GERMANY |
| Homepage(s): | http://www.kirchhoff-lab.de |
Present and Previous Positions
- Since 2009 Full Professor (W3) and Head of the Department of Molecular Physiology, CIPMM, University of Saarland, Homburg
- 2000 - 2009 Research Group Leader, Max Planck Institute of Experimental Medicine, Göttingen
- 1997 - 2008 Lecturer at the Free University of Berlin
- 1997 Habilitation in Biochemistry, Free University of Berlin
- 1995 - 1999 Research Assistant, Cellular Neurosciences, Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine, Berlin
- 1991 - 1994 Postdoctoral fellow, Institute of Neurobiology, University of Heidelberg
- 1986 - 1990 PhD (Dr. rer. nat.), Institute of Neurobiology, University of Heidelberg
- 1985 Diploma in Biochemistry, Institute of Neurobiology, University of Heidelberg
- 1981 - 1985 Study of Biochemistry, University of Hannover
Fields of Scholarship
- Neuroscience
- Neurophysiology
- Molecular and cellular neurobiology
- Physiology of glia
- Neuron-glia communication
- In vivo two-photon laser-scanning microscopy
- Transgenic mouse models to study brain function
Honours and Awards
- Since 2016 Coordinator of the EC H2020-MSCA-ITN-2016: Training, Research and Raising of Public Awareness in Cell Biology and Pathology of Neuroglia (EU-GliaPhD)
- 2014 „Visiting Professor“ at the University of Medicine and Pharmacy of Craiova, Craiova, Romania
- 2014 „Visiting Professor“ at the University of Campinas, Campinas, Brazil
- Since 2013 Coordinator of the DFG Priority Programme SPP 1757 “Glial Heterogeneity”
- Since 2013 Member of the International Scientific Advisory Committee (ISAC) Achucarro Basque Center of Neuroscience in Bilbao-Zamudio (Spain)
- Since 2010 Editorial board member of Journal of Chemical Neuroanatomy
- Since 2009 Editorial board member of GLIA
- 1987 - 1989 PhD Fellowship of the Boehringer Ingelheim Fonds
- 1981 - 1986 Fellowship of the Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes
