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.: Huck, Sigismund

Secretary General-elect

Univ. Prof. Dr. Sigismund Huck
Center for Brain Research
Division of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Medical University of Vienna
Spitalgasse 4
A-1090 Vienna
Austria
Phone: +43 1 40160 34090
Fax: +43-1- 40160 934093
E-mail: sigismund.huck@meduniwien.ac.at
Homepage: http://www.univie.ac.at/brainresearch/

Curriculum Vitae

Academic Training

1966 Cand. Med., Medical School at the University of Vienna
1969-1971 Medical practice at several Austrian and foreign hospitals, e.g. the Royal Infirmary, Glasgow (Scotland) and the Ghana Medical School (Accra, Ghana)
1972 Dr. of Medicine

Appointments

1972 Assistant Professor at the Department of Neuropharmacology, University of Vienna
1979-1980 Visiting Research Assistant Professor, Department of Pharmacology, NYU Medical School, New York
1985 Venia docendi for Pharmacology and Toxicology
1985 Visiting Fellow, Department of Neurophysiology, Max Planck Institute of Psychiatry Munich, Germany
1989 & 1995 Visiting Associate Professor, Center for Neurobiology & Behavior, CPS Columbia University, New York
1995-present Associate Professor
1999-2003 Deputy director, Brain Research Institute, University of Vienna

Awards

1979 Max-Kade Fellowship (Austrian Academy of Sciences)
1984 Hoechst Price
1985 Humboldt Fellowship

Commissions of trust

1995-1997 President of the Austrian Neuroscience Association
1998-2002 Chairman of the FENS Schools Committee
2005-2007 Chairman, Program of FENS/IBRO European Neuroscience Schools

Selected Publications

  • David R., Ciuraszkiewicz A., Simeone X., Orr-Urtreger A., Papke R.L., McIntosh J.M., Huck S., Scholze P. (2010) Biochemical and functional properties of distinct nicotinic acetylcholine receptors in the superior cervical ganglion of mice with targeted deletions of nAChR subunit genes Eur. J. Neurosci, 31: 978-993
  • Scholze P., Orr-Urtreger A., Changeux J.-P., McIntosh J.M., Huck S (2007) Catecholamine outflow from mouse and rat brain slice preparations evoked by nicotinic acetylcholine receptor activation and electrical field stimulation Br. J. Pharmacol., 151: 414-422
  • Fischer, H., Orr-Urtreger, A., Role, L.W., Huck, S. (2005): Selective deletion of the alpha5 subunit differentially affects somatic-dendritic versus axonally targeted nicotinic ACh receptors in mouse. J. Physiol. 563, 119 – 137
  • Kristufek, D., Rudorfer, W., Pifl, C., Huck, S. (2002): Organic cation transporter (OCT) mRNA and function in the rat superior cervical ganglion. J. Physiol., 543, 117-134