Prof. Dr. Hilmar Bading

Profile

Academic positionFull Professor
Research fieldsMolecular and Cellular Neurology and Neuropathology,Molecular Biology and Physiology of Neurons and Glial Cells,Developmental Neurobiology
Keywordsnuclear signalling, calcium, transcription, CREB/CBP, hippocampus

Current contact address

CountryGermany
CityHeidelberg
InstitutionRuprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg
InstituteInstitut für Neurobiologie

Host during sponsorship

Prof. Dr. Klaus UnsickerInstitut für Anatomie und Zellbiologie, Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg, Heidelberg
Prof. Dr. Thomas RauschBotanisches Institut, Lehrstuhl für Experimentelle Ökophysiologie, Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg, Heidelberg
Start of initial sponsorship01/12/2001

Programme(s)

2001Wolfgang Paul Research Award Programme

Nominator's project description

Dr. Bading is a pioneer in elucidating the role of calcium sgnaling in the regulation of gene expression in nerve cells. Nerve cells are connected by synapses. Synaptic communication between nerve cells can undergo use-dependent modifications, which are the basis of memory and learning. Changes in the intracellular calcium concentration have emerged as the prinicipal signal for synaptic plasticity. Dr. Baidng and associate have shown how nerve cells exploit the spatial and temporal diversity of calcium signals and how theses signals activate gene transcription.

Publications (partial selection)

2002Hilmar Bading, Giles E. Hardingham, Yuko Fukunaga: Extrasynaptic NMDARs oppose synaptic NMDARs by triggering CREB shut-off and cell death pathways. In: nature neuroscience, 2002, 405-414