George Gegelashvili#
| Membership Number: | 5506 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | PHYSIOLOGY & NEUROSCIENCE |
| Elected: | 2020 |
| Main Country of Residence: | DENMARK |
| Homepage(s): | http://www.ku.dk |
Present and Previous Positions
- 2011 - 2022 Professor, Dept. Drug Design and Pharmacology, Faculty of Health & Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen (full or part-time position)
- 2007 - 2020 Professor, Ilia State University (ILIAUNI), Institute of Chemical Biology, Tbilisi, Georgia (part-time position)
- 2009 - 2010 PI, Neuregeron Pty, Melbourne, Australia (part-time position)
- 2007 - 2009 Research Professor/ Head, Molecular Neuroscience Unit, Dept. Neurology, Bispebjerg Hospital, Copenhagen
- 2005 - 2007 Research Advisor, Neurogen Corp., Brandford, CT, USA
- 2002 - 2004 Assoc. Professor (Lektor), Dept. of Pharmacology, Danish University of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Copenhagen
- 2000 - 2001 Visiting professor, Institute for Brain Aging and Dementia, UCI, Irvine, CA, USA
- 1996 - 2002 Assoc. Res. Professor (Forskningslektor), Dept. of Pharmacology/ Biology, Royal Danish School of Pharmacy, Copenhagen, Denmark
- 1993 - 1996 Visiting professor (Gaesteprofessor) /Assoc. researcher, Protein Laboratory, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Denmark
- 1991 - 1992 Visiting researcher, Royal Danish School of Pharmacy (host: Prof. Arne Schousboe) & Institute of Biophysics, University of Aarhus, hosts: Prof. Jens Christian Skou & Jens Nørby
- 1988 - 1991 Senior researcher, Res. Laboratory of Neurochemistry, Institute of Clinical and Experimental Neurology, Ministry of Healthcare of Georgian SSR, Tbilisi, Georgia
Fields of Scholarship
- Neuron-glia interaction
- Glutamate sensing, transport and signaling
- Neuropathic pain
- Neurodegeneration
- Neural cell adhesion
- Neuroactive amino acid carriers
- Excitatory neurotransmission
Honours and Awards
- 2011 Research professorship (Lundbeckfonden)
- 2001 Bøje Benzon Award (Alfred Benzon Foundation)
- 2000 Visiting professorship award (Alfred Benzon Foundation)
- 1997 NASTRA award (Danish Medical Research Council)
- 1994 FEBS International Fellowship
- 1993 DANVIS visiting fellowship
- 1991 Denmark-USSR academic exchange fellowship
- Chairmanship of symposia at international scientific meetings:
- 2013 BIO China, Beijing (2013)
- 2009 11th International Congress on Amino Acids, Peptides and Proteins, Vienna
- 2003 19th ISN/APSN Joint Meeting, Hong Kong, China
- 2001 18th International Soc. for Neurochemistry (ISN)/ASN Joint Meeting, Buenos Aires, Argentina
- 2001 7th FEBS Meeting, Lisbon
- 2000 4th European Meeting on Glial Cell Function, Barcelona, Spain
