!!Andreas Reichenbach \\ __Born:__ 21.04.1950\\ __Institute:__ Paul Flechsig Institute of Brain Research\\ __WWW:__ [www.uni-leipzig.de/~pfi|http://www.uni-leipzig.de/~pfi]\\ __Phone:__ +49-341-9725731\\ __Fax:__ +49-341-9725739\\ \\ \\ __Professional Development__ \\ *1970-1975 Study of Medicine at Universität Leipzig, Germany, Dipl.-Med. (Retina Physiology) *1976-1980 postgraduate education: medical specialization (Physiology) *1980 M.D. (Dr.med.): Retina Physiology; Universität Leipzig, Germany *1980-1985 Scientific assistant, Carl Ludwig Institute of Physiology, Universität Leipzig, Germany *1985-1994 Head of the Laboratory of Cellular Neurophysiology, Carl Ludwig Institute of Physiology, Universität Leipzig, Germany *1988 Habilitation: Dr.sc.med. (Dr.med.habil. 1990): Neurobiology of Retinal Glial (Müller) Cells; Universität Leipzig, Germany *1994- Professor for Neurophysiology (C3), Head of the Department of Neurophysiology, Universität Leipzig, Germany *2004- Acting Director of Paul Flechsig Institute of Brain Research \\ __Memberships, Honors, Responsibilities__ \\ *1983 Johannes-Müller-Prize (Experimental Medicine) *1990 Virchow-Prize (Experimental Medicine) *1991- Member of the Editorial Board of "Glia" *2001 Organizer of the EuroConference: "Müller Cells - 150 Years of Research Progress" (in Leipzig) *1996-2002 Speaker of the DFG Research Training Group, "INTERCELL" (Neurosciences in Leipzig) at Universität Leipzig, Germany *2005- Speaker of the DFG Research Training Group, "INTERNEURO" (Interdiciplinary Approaches in the Cellular Neurosciences) at Universität Leipzig, Germany *2006- Ordinary Member: Sächsische Akademie der Wissenschaften *2008 Cozzarelli Prize (Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, USA) *2009 Ordinary Member: Academia Europaea