Prof. Dr. Eckart D. Gundelfinger

Profile

Academic positionEmeritus
Research fieldsMolecular Biology and Physiology of Neurons and Glial Cells,Biochemistry
KeywordsCellular signaling, Neuronal plasticity, Neurotransmission, Synapse assembly, Synapse function
Honours and awards

2023: Otto Loewi Medaille (Neurowissenschaftliche Gesellschaft)

2010: Otto von Guericke-Forschungspreis (Magdeburg)

2006: Neuroplasticity Prize, IPSEN Foundation (Paris)

2003: Max Planck Award for international collaborations

Current contact address

CountryGermany
CityMagdeburg
InstitutionLeibniz-Institut für Neurobiologie (LIN)
InstituteAbteilung für Neurochemie / Molekularbiologie

Host during sponsorship

Start of initial sponsorship01/01/2004

Programme(s)

2003Max Planck Research Award Programme

Publications (partial selection)

2006Eckart D. Gundelfinger, Tobias M Boeckers, Marissa Baron, James U Bowie: A role for zinc in post-synaptic density asSAMbly and plasticity?. In: Trends in Biochemical Sciences, 2006, 366-373
2006Thomas Dresbach, Viviana Torres, Nina Wittenmayer, Wilko D Altrock, Pedro Zamorano, Werner Zuschratter, Ralph Nawrotzki, Noam E Ziv, Craig C Garner CC, Eckart D. Gundelfinger: Assembly of Active Zone Precursor Vesicles: Obligatory Trafficking of Presynaptic Cytomatrix Proteins Bassoon and Piccolo via a trans-Golgi Compartment.. In: The Journal of Biological Chemistry, 2006, 6038-6047
2006Thomas Dresbach, Anna Fejtová, Eckart D. Gundelfinger: Assembly of presynaptic active zones.. In: Alexander Dityatev, Alaa El-Husseini, Molecular Mechanisms of Synaptogenesis. Springer, 2006. 235-245
2006Shlomo Tsuriel, Ran Geva, Pedro Zamorano, Thomas Dresbach, Tobias M Boeckers, Eckart D. Gundelfinger, Craig C Garner, Noam E Ziv: Local Sharing as a Predominant Determinant of Synaptic Matrix Molecular Dynamics.. In: Public Library of Science Biology, 2006, e271
2006Anna Fejtova, Eckart D. Gundelfinger: Molecular Organization and Assembly of the Presynaptic Active Zone of Neurotransmitter Release. In: Eckart D. Gundelfinger, Constanze I. Seidenbecher, Burkhart Schraven, Results and Problems in Cell differentiation (43): Cell Communication in Nervous and Immune System. Springer, 2006. 49-68
2006Susanne Schoch, Eckart D. Gundelfinger: Molecular organization of the presynaptic active zone. In: Cell Tissue Research , 2006, 379-391