Curriculum Vitae AV

Curriculum Vitae
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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