Curriculum Vitae Name: Mail: Current Address: Andreas Vlachos, MD [email protected] Heinrich-Heine-University Düsseldorf Institute of Anatomy II Merowinger Platz 1a 40225 Düsseldorf Medical and Scientific Education: 2008 Licensed as Physician in Germany (Approbation) 2010 Doctoral thesis: The actin-associated protein Synaptopodin regulates the plasticity of dendritic spines of hippocampal neurons (summa cum laude) 2014 Habilitation and Venia legendi in Anatomy at Goethe-University Frankfurt. Topic: „Homeostatic synaptic plasticity following entorhinal cortex lesion (in vitro)” Research and Professional Experience: 2004-2008 MD student in the laboratory of Prof. Thomas Deller, Dr. Senckenberg Anatomy, Institute of Clinical Neuroanatomy, Frankfurt University, Germany 2006 Visiting Researcher in the laboratory of Prof. Menahem Segal, Department of Neurobiology, The Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel 2008-2010 Assistant, Dr. Senckenberg Anatomy, Institute of Clinical Neuroanatomy, Frankfurt University, Germany 2010-2105 Group leader, Dr. Senckenberg Anatomy, Institute of Clinical Neuroanatomy, Frankfurt University, Germany 2016-present Professor (W2) of Anatomy, Institute of Anatomy II, Heinrich-HeineUniversity Düsseldorf Awards and Honors: 2003 Scholarship Award, German National Academic Foundation (Studienstiftung des Deutschen Volkes) 2010 Thesis award - Promotionspreis der Hessischen Landesärztekammer 2011 Nachwuchspreis of Anatomische Gesellschaft 2012 Junior Researcher in Focus Program of Goethe-University Frankfurt 2013 Award for Excellent Teaching – Faculty of Medicine, Goethe-University Frankfurt 2014 Young Investigator Award of Anatomische Gesellschaft (109th Annual meeting) Main domain of research: Cellular and molecular mechanisms of repetitive magnetic stimulation (rTMS), denervationinduced homeostatic functional/structural plasticity, gephyrin and plasticity of inhibitory synapses, the role of synaptopodin and the spine apparatus organelle in synaptic plasticity
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