Prof. Dr.
Heiko Luhmann
Professor and director of Institute of Physiology
Contact
Institute of Physiology
University Medical Center Johannes Gutenberg-University Mainz
Duesbergweg 6
55128 Mainz
+49 (0) 6131 39 26070 or -25944
CRC 1193 PROJECTS
Expertise
Neurophysiology, developmental neurobiology
Vita
Deputy Speaker of the CRC 1080 "Molecular and cellular mechanisms of neural homoeostasis"
Speaker and coordinator of the Swiss-German Research Unit "Barrel Cortex Function" (DFG-FOR 1341)
Speaker and coordinator of the Neuroscience Graduate Program "Development-dependent and disease-induced modifications in the nervous system" (DFG GRK 1044/1), Johannes Gutenberg-University Mainz
C4/W3 Professor of Physiology at the Medical Center of Johannes Gutenberg-University, Mainz
C3-Professor of Physiology at the University of Düsseldorf
Assistant professor at the Institute of Physiology, Charité, Department of Neurophysiology, Humboldt-University Berlin
Research assistant at the Institute of Neurophysiology at the University of Cologne
Postdoctoral fellow of the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft at the Department of Neurology at Stanford University School of Medicine
Doctoral student, MPI for Brain Research, Frankfurt
Publications
Kanold PO, Luhmann HJ (2010) The subplate and early cortical circuits. Annu Rev Neurosci 33:23-48.
>> Link to PubMedDupont E, Hanganu IL, Kilb W, Hirsch S, Luhmann HJ (2006) Rapid developmental switch in the mechanisms driving early cortical columnar networks. Nature 439:79-83.
>> Link to PubMedKhazipov, R., Luhmann, H.J. (2006) Early patterns of electrical activity in the developing cerebral cortex of human and rodents. Trends in Neurosciences 29: 414-418.
>> Link to PubMedLuhmann HJ, Prince DA (1991) Postnatal maturation of the GABAergic system in rat neocortex. J Neurophysiol 65:247-63.
>> Link to PubMedGreuel JM, Luhmann HJ, Singer W (1988) Pharmacological induction of use-dependent receptive field modifications in the visual cortex. Science 242:74 77.
>> Link to PubMedCoordinating Functions
President of German Physiological Society
Committee member of the Network of European Neuroscience Schools (NENS)
Speaker and coordinator of the Swiss-German Research Unit "Barrel Cortex Function" (DFG-FOR 1341)
Member of the DFG Council of Neuroscience
Speaker and coordinator of the Neuroscience Graduate Program on "Development-dependent and disease-induced modifications in the nervous system" (DFG GRK 1044/1), Johannes Gutenberg-University Mainz
Speaker and coordinator of the Neuroscience Graduate School at the University of Düsseldorf
Editorial and Scientific Advisory Board
Member of the DFG Grants Committee for Collaborative Research Centres
Editor-in-Chief e-Neuroforum, The Journal of the German Neuroscience Society (Neurowissenschaftliche Gesellschaft)
President of German Physiological Society (Deutsche Physiologische Gesellschaft)
Committee member of Network European Neuroscience Schools (NENS) of FENS
Member of Neuroscience review panel (Fachkollegium) at DFG
Section Editor "Neuroscience" - The journal of The International Brain Research Organization (IBRO)
Member of external review board at GIGA-Neurosciences (University of Liège, Belgium)
INSERM Strasbourg (France) and Neurocentre Magendie / INSERM u862 (Bordeaux, France).
Awards, Grants and Honor
Bennigsen-Foerder Award received from Ministry of Innovation, Science and Research of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
DFG Postdoc Fellowship, Department of Neurology and Neurological Sciences, Stanford University, USA
