Prof. Dr. U. Benjamin Kaupp
'Identification, purification, and functional reconstitution of the cyclic GMP-dependent channel from rod photoreceptors.'
Proceedings of the National Academy Science USA 84 (1987) 585-589
Kaupp U.B., Niidome T., Tanabe T., Terada S., Bönigk W., Stühmer W., Cook N.J., Kagawa K., Matsuo H., Hirose T., Miyata T., Numa S.
'Primary structure and functional expression from complementary DNA of the rod photoreceptor cyclic GMP-gated channel.'
Nature 342 (1989) 762-766
Weyand I., Godde M., Frings S., Weiner J., Müller F., Altenhofen W., Hatt H., Kaupp U.B.
'Cloning and functional expression of a cyclic-nucleotide-gated channel from mammalian sperm.'
Nature 368 (1994) 859-863
Körschen H.G., Illing M., Seifert R., Williams A., Gotzes S., Colville C., Müller, F., Dosé A., Godde M., Molday L., Kaupp U.B., Molday R.S.
'A 240K protein with a bipartite structure represents the complete β-subunit of the cyclic nucleotide-gated channel from rod photoreceptor.'
Neuron 15 (1995) 627-636
Gauss R., Seifert R., Kaupp U.B.
'Molecular identification of a hyperpolarization-activated channel (Ih) in sea urchin sperm.'
Nature 393 (1998) 583-587
Körschen H.G., Beyermann M., Müller F., Heck M., Vantler M., Koch K.-W., Kellner R., Wolfrum U., Bode C., Hofmann K.P., Kaupp U.B.
'Interaction of glutamic-acid-rich proteins with the cGMP signalling pathway in rod photoreceptors.'
Nature 400 (1999) 761-766
Stevens, D.R., Seifert, R., Bufe, B., Müller, F., Kremmer, E., Gauss, R., Meyerhof, W., Kaupp, U.B., Lindemann, B.
'Hyperpolarization-activated channels HCN1 and HCN4 mediate responses to sour stimuli.'
Nature 413 (2001) 631-635
Weitz D., Ficek N., Kremmer E., Bauer P.J., Kaupp U.B.
'Subunit stoichiometry of the CNG channel of rod photoreceptors.'
Neuron 36 (2002) 881-889
Kaupp U.B., Solzin J., Hildebrand E., Brown, J.E., Helbig A., Hagen V., Beyermann M., Pampaloni F., Weyand I.
'The signal flow and motor response controling chemotaxis of sea urchin sperm.'
Nature Cell Biology 5 (2003) 109-117
Böhmer M., Van Q., Weyand I., Hagen V., Beyermann M., Matsumoto M., Hoshi M., Hildebrand E., Kaupp U.B.
'Ca2+ spikes in the flagellum control chemotactic behaviour of sperm.'
EMBO Journal 24 (2005) 2741-2752
Strünker T., Weyand I., Bönigk W., Van Q., Loogen A., Brown J.E., Kashikar N., Hagen V., Krause E., Kaupp U.B.
'K+-selective cGMP-gated ion channel controls chemosensation of sperm.'
Nature Cell Biology 8 (2006) 1149-1154
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Teaching
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| Topic of research: | sensory physiology, ion channels, chemotaxis |
Curriculum Vitae:
| 1968-1971 | Study of Chemistry and Psychology (University Tübingen) |
| 1971-1974 | Study of Chemistry and Psychology (Technical University Berlin) |
| 1974-1979 | PhD work at the Max-Vollmer-Insitute, Technical University Berlin (Prof. Dr. W. Junge) Title of PhD thesis: Blitzlichtphotometrische Untersuchungen der schnellen, licht-induzierten Kalziumfreisetzung in isolierten Rindersehstäbchen. |
| 1981 | Post-doctoral fellow at the Department of Physiology and Biophysics; SUNY Stony Brook, USA (Prof. Dr. J.E. Brown) |
| 1983 | Habilitation at the University of Osnabrück; venia legendi for Biophysics |
| 1987 | Feodor-Lynen-Award of the Alexander-v.-Humboldt-Society at the Department of Medical Chemistry, Faculty of Medicine, University of Kyoto, Japan (Prof. S. Numa) |
| since 1988 | Director of the Institut für Biologische Informationsverarbeitung 1 (Forschungszentrum Jülich) and Professor of Biophysical Chemistry (University of Cologne) |
| 1994 | Alcon Research Award |
| 1995-2005 | Member of the Scientific Advisory Board of the Institute for Science and Ethics, University Bonn |
| since 1996 | Curator of the Boehringer Ingelheim Fonds |
| since 1997 | Member of the Scientific Advisory Board, Cohn Minerva Center, Weizmann Institute, Israel |
| 1997-2003 | Coordinator of the nation-wide Special Research Programme "Molecular Sensory Physiology" of the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft |
| since 1997 | Chairman of the Advisory Board of the "Center for Molecular Neurobiology" University Hospital, Hamburg |
| since 1999 | Member of the Advisory Board of the Max-Planck-Institut für Hirnforschung, Frankfurt |
| since 1999 | Member of the Advisory Board of the Max-Planck-Institut für experimentelle Medizin, Göttingen |
| 2001 - 2002 | Vice-Chair of the Wiss. Techn. Rat and Hauptkommission, FZ Jülich |
| since 2003 | Rapporteur of the evaluation committee of Max-Planck-Institutes |
| since 2003 | Member of the Minerva Stipend-Committee |
| since 2003 | Chairman of the Scientific Advisory Board of the Wilhelm-Kühne-Minerva Center in Jerusalem, Israel |
| 2004 | Vice-Chairman of the Gordon Conference "Ligand Recognition & Molecular Gating" |
| since 2005 | Member of the Deutsche Akademie der Naturforscher Leopoldina |
| since 2006 | Member of the " Senate Committee for Collaborative Research Centres" of the German Research Foundation (DFG) |
| 2006 | Chairman of the Gordon Conference "Ligand Recognition & Molecular Gating" |
selected publications:
Cook N.J., Hanke W., Kaupp U.B.'Identification, purification, and functional reconstitution of the cyclic GMP-dependent channel from rod photoreceptors.'
Proceedings of the National Academy Science USA 84 (1987) 585-589
Kaupp U.B., Niidome T., Tanabe T., Terada S., Bönigk W., Stühmer W., Cook N.J., Kagawa K., Matsuo H., Hirose T., Miyata T., Numa S.
'Primary structure and functional expression from complementary DNA of the rod photoreceptor cyclic GMP-gated channel.'
Nature 342 (1989) 762-766
Weyand I., Godde M., Frings S., Weiner J., Müller F., Altenhofen W., Hatt H., Kaupp U.B.
'Cloning and functional expression of a cyclic-nucleotide-gated channel from mammalian sperm.'
Nature 368 (1994) 859-863
Körschen H.G., Illing M., Seifert R., Williams A., Gotzes S., Colville C., Müller, F., Dosé A., Godde M., Molday L., Kaupp U.B., Molday R.S.
'A 240K protein with a bipartite structure represents the complete β-subunit of the cyclic nucleotide-gated channel from rod photoreceptor.'
Neuron 15 (1995) 627-636
Gauss R., Seifert R., Kaupp U.B.
'Molecular identification of a hyperpolarization-activated channel (Ih) in sea urchin sperm.'
Nature 393 (1998) 583-587
Körschen H.G., Beyermann M., Müller F., Heck M., Vantler M., Koch K.-W., Kellner R., Wolfrum U., Bode C., Hofmann K.P., Kaupp U.B.
'Interaction of glutamic-acid-rich proteins with the cGMP signalling pathway in rod photoreceptors.'
Nature 400 (1999) 761-766
Stevens, D.R., Seifert, R., Bufe, B., Müller, F., Kremmer, E., Gauss, R., Meyerhof, W., Kaupp, U.B., Lindemann, B.
'Hyperpolarization-activated channels HCN1 and HCN4 mediate responses to sour stimuli.'
Nature 413 (2001) 631-635
Weitz D., Ficek N., Kremmer E., Bauer P.J., Kaupp U.B.
'Subunit stoichiometry of the CNG channel of rod photoreceptors.'
Neuron 36 (2002) 881-889
Kaupp U.B., Solzin J., Hildebrand E., Brown, J.E., Helbig A., Hagen V., Beyermann M., Pampaloni F., Weyand I.
'The signal flow and motor response controling chemotaxis of sea urchin sperm.'
Nature Cell Biology 5 (2003) 109-117
Böhmer M., Van Q., Weyand I., Hagen V., Beyermann M., Matsumoto M., Hoshi M., Hildebrand E., Kaupp U.B.
'Ca2+ spikes in the flagellum control chemotactic behaviour of sperm.'
EMBO Journal 24 (2005) 2741-2752
Strünker T., Weyand I., Bönigk W., Van Q., Loogen A., Brown J.E., Kashikar N., Hagen V., Krause E., Kaupp U.B.
'K+-selective cGMP-gated ion channel controls chemosensation of sperm.'
Nature Cell Biology 8 (2006) 1149-1154
last change 08.01.2007 | | Print