Herbert Zimmermann#
| Membership Number: | 2621 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | PHYSIOLOGY & NEUROSCIENCE |
| Elected: | 2009 |
| Main Country of Residence: | GERMANY |
Present and Previous Positions
- 1983 - present: Full Professor, Institute of Cell Biology and Neuroscience, University of Frankfurt; Germany
- 1980 - 1983: Full Professor, Neurobiology, Oldenburg University, Germany
- 1973 - 1979: Postdoc and group leader, Max-Planck-Institute for Biophysical Chemistry, Goettingen, Germany
- 1972 - 1973: Postdoc, Institute of Biochemistry, Cambridge University, England
- 1971: PhD, Zoology, University of Regensburg, Germany
Fields of Scholarship
- Neuroscience
- Signalling between cells
- Purinergic signalling
- Extracellular nucleotides
- Ectonucleotidases
- P2 receptors
- Synaptic transmission
- Synaptic vesicles
- Proteomics
- Neurogenesis
- Adult neurogenesis
Honours and Awards
- 1985-1989: Council Member, International Society for Neurochemistry
- 1986-1990: Council Member and Treasurer, Eur. Soc. Neurochem.
- 1987: Tokyo, Guest professor
- 1997: Italian Purine Club Lecture, Milan, Italy
- 1998-2000: Vice-President, German Neuroscience Society
- 2000-2005: Council Member, Federation of European Neuroscience Societies (FENS)
- 2000-2005: President, German Neuroscience Society
- 2000-2005: Council Member, International Brain Research Organization (IBRO)
- 2000: Johannes-Müller-Lecture, Berlin, Germany
- 2002-2003: Director, Center for Membrane Proteomics, Frankfurt
- 2003-present: Scientific Advisory Board, Interdisc. Center Clin. Res., Leipzig
- 2003-present: Scientific Advisory Board, Frankfurt Inst. Advanced Studies
- 2006: Geoffrey Burnstock Lecture, Ferrara Italy
- 2006-present: Director, Interdisciplinary Center for Neuroscience, Frankfurt
- 2007: Correspondent Academician of the Real Academia Nacional de Farmacia, Spain
- 2008-present, Chairman, German Purine Club
- 2009: Member, Academia Europaea
