Thomas Braun#
| Membership Number: | 3638 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | CELL & DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY |
| Elected: | 2013 |
| Main Country of Residence: | GERMANY |
| Homepage(s): | http://www.mpi-hlr.de/index.php?id=16&L=1&l=0 |
Present and Previous Positions
- 2004 Director, Max-Planck-Institute for Heart and Lung Research, Bad Nauheim
- 2004 Full Professor, Univ. of Giessen, Dept. of Internal Medicine and
- 2000 - 2004 Elected Dean for Research, Medical Faculty, Univ. of Halle-Wittenberg
- 1998 - 2000 Full Professor, Univ. of Halle-Wittenberg, Medical Faculty, Director of the Institute of Physiological Chemistry
- 1997 - 1998 Associate Professor, Univ. of Würzburg, Medical Faculty, Inst. of Medical Radiology and Cell Research
- 1993 - 1997 Staff Scientist, Dept. of Cellular and Molecular Biology, Univ. of Braunschweig
- 1987 - 1992 Postdoctoral Associate, Dept. of Toxicology, Univ. of Hamburg
- 1991 - 1992 Visiting Scientist, Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research, Cambridge, USA
- 1989 EMBO short term fellowship, Visiting Scientist at Medical Research Council Cambridge, England
- 1989 Visiting Scientist at the Institute of Virology, Oxford, UK; elected member of the Saint Cross College Oxford
Fields of Scholarship
- Molecular control of heart and skeletal muscle development
- Epigenetic control of gene expression
- Stem cells and the regeneration of contractile tissues
- Aging und adaptation of the cardiovascular system
- Neuroendocrine Signaling
Honours and Awards
- 1988 Elected member of the Saint Cross College Oxford
- 1989 EMBO fellowship
- 2000 - 2004 Elected Dean for Research, Medical Faculty, Univ. of Halle-Wittenberg
- 2001 Elected member of the German Academy of Natural Scientists Leopoldina
- 2004 Scientific Member, Max-Planck-Society
- 2004 - 2012 Elected member of the DFG review board
- 2005 Vice-Chairman Scientific Advisory Board: Interdisciplinary Center for Clinical Research, University of Muenster
- 2005 Scientific Advisory Board: Center for Molecular Medicine, University of Cologne
- 2006 DFG senate commission on genetic engineering and stem cells
- 2006 Elected member steering board "Excellence Cluster Cardiopulmonary Research"
- 2009 Elected member steering board "University Giessen-Marburg Lung Center"
- 2010 Elected member steering board "Cell Gene Therapy Center"
- 2009 Chairman, International Max-Planck Research School for Heart and Lung Research
