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.: Nitsch, Robert

Past Treasurer of FENS (2004-2006)

Prof. Dr. med. Robert Nitsch
Charité
Institut für Anatomie
Phillipstr. 12
10115 Berlin
Germany
Phone: 030 4505 28 131
Fax: 030 4505 289 02
E-mail: robert.nitsch@charite.de

Research Interests

Molecular mechanisms of axonal outgrowth, structural reorganization following brain lesion, neuroimmune interaction

Curriculum Vitae

Education

1981-85
Medicine, University of Kiel, Kiel, Germany
1982-85
Philosophy, University of Kiel, Kiel, Germany
1985-87
Medicine, University of Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany
1985-87
Philosophy, University of Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany
04/1987-09/87
Internship, Dept. of Internal Medicine and Dept. of Neurology, University of Frankfurt, Germany
10/1987-05/88
Internship, Dept. of Surgery, University of Otago, Christchurch, New Zealand
June 1988
M.D. Examination
January 1989
M.D. Degree

Professional Experience

1988-90
Postdoctoral Fellow, Institute of Anatomy, Dept. of Neuroanatomy, University of Frankfurt, Germany
1990-93
Assistant Professor (Wissenschaftlicher Assistent, C1), Institute of Anatomy, Dept. of Neuroanatomy, University of Freiburg, Germany
1992
Visiting Research Scientist, Yale Medical School, Dept. of OB/GYN and Neurobiology, New Haven, CT, USA
1993
Ph.D. Degree equivalent (Habilitation), University of Freiburg, Germany
1993-94
Associate Professor, Institute of Anatomy, University of Frankfurt, Dept. of Cell and Neurobiology, Germany
since 1994
Full Professor, (Head of Institute for Cell and Neurobiology), Center for Anatomy, Charité University Hospital, Berlin, Germany

Other Professional Activities

1997-99
Vice Dean for Medical Education, Medical Faculty of the Humboldt University, Berlin, Germany
since 1999
Vice Dean for Financial Affairs, Medical Faculty of the Humboldt University, Berlin, Germany
since 1999
Member of the National Committee for Medical Research

Awards

Albrecht Fleckenstein Preis
Wolfgang Bargmann Preis
Heisenberg Fellow of the German Science Foundation

Selected Publications

  • Stein E, Savaskan NE, Hamscho N, Ninnemann O, Zhou R, Nitsch R, Skutella T (1999)
    A role for the Eph ligand ephrin-A3 in entorhino-hippocampal axon pathfinding. J Neurosci 19: 8885-8893
  • Nitsch R, Bechmann I, Deisz RA, Haas D, Lehmann TN, Wendling U, Zipp F (2000)
    Human brain-cell death induced by tumour-necrosis-factor-related apoptosis-inducing ligand (TRAIL). Lancet 356: 827-828
  • Skutella T and Nitsch R. (2001)
    New molecules for hippocampal development. Trends Neurosci 24: 107-113
  • Ullrich O, Diestel A, Eyüpoglu I, and Nitsch R (2001)
    Regulation of microglial integrin-expression by PARP-1. Nat Cell Biol 3: 1035-1042
  • Aktas O, Waiczies S, Smorodchenko A, Dörr J, Seeger B, Prozorovski T, Sallach S, Endres M, Brocke S, Nitsch R, Zipp F (2003)
    Treatment of Relapsing Paralysis in Experimental Encephalomyelitis by Targeting Th1 Cells through Atorvastatin. J Exp Med 197: 725-733
  • Meier S, Bräuer AU, Heimrich B, Schwab ME, Nitsch R, Savaskan NE (2003)
    Molecular analysis of Nogo gene expression in the hippocampus during development and following lesion and seizure. FASEB J 10.1096/fj.02-0453fje
  • Savaskan NE, Bräuer A U, Kühbacher M, Eyüpoglu IY, Kyriakopoulos A, Ninnemann O, Behne D, Nitsch R (2003)
    Selenium deficiency increases susceptibility to glutamate-induced excitotoxicity. FASEB J 17: 112-114
  • Bräuer AU*, Savaskan NE*, Kühn H, Prehn S, Ninnemann O, Nitsch R (2003)
    A new phospholipid phosphatase, PRG-1, is involved in axon growth and regenerative sprouting. Nat Neurosci 6(6): 572-578 *these first authors contributed equally
  • Diestel A, Aktas O, Hackel D, Häke I, Meier S, Raine CS, Nitsch R*, Zipp F*, Ullrich O* (2003)
    Activation of microglial poly(ADP-ribose)-polymerase-1 by cholesterol breakdown products during neuroinflammation: a link between demyelination and neuronal damage. J Exp Med 198(11):1729-1740 *these senior authors contributed equally
  • Nitsch R, Pohl E, Smorodchenko A, Infante-Duarte C, Aktas O, Zipp F (2003)
    Direct impact of T cells on neurons revealed by two-photon microscopy in living brain tissue. J Neurosci 24(10): 2458-2464