Roland Seifert: Curriculum Vitae

Roland Seifert: Curriculum Vitae
Name
Roland Seifert, MD, PhD
Reseacher ID
G-3189-2013
Date and place of birth
December 5, 1960, Berlin, Germany
Nationality
German
Current position
Full Professor and Director, Institute of Pharmacology, Centre of
Pharmacology and Toxicology, Hannover Medical School (MHH)
Email
[email protected]
Homepage
Graduate and postgraduate academic
education
http://www.mh-hannover.de/pharmakologie.html
1979-1985
Medical School, Free University of Berlin, Germany
Postgraduate medical
education
Scientific career
1983-1985
Fellow of the German National Merit Foundation
1986
MD degree in Medicine (graduation with honors)
1992
PhD degree in Pharmacology (”Habilitation“) on
”Histamine receptors in HL-60 leukemia cells”.
Advisor: Prof. Dr. Günter Schultz)
Pharmacology and Toxicology, Free University of Berlin
(Prof. Dr. Günter Schultz)
1986-1995
1991
Accreditation as Specialist for Pharmacology and
Toxicology by the Medical Board Berlin
since 2005
Authorization to conduct postgraduate education in
Pharmacology and Toxicology for physicians
Postdoc with Prof. Dr. Günter Schultz, Institute of
Pharmacology, Free University of Berlin
1986-1995
1995-1998
Postdoc with Dr. Brian Kobilka (Nobel Laureate for
Chemistry 2012), Howard Hughes Medical Institute,
Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA, USA
1998-2004
Associate Professor for Pharmacology and Toxicology at
the University of Kansas (KU), Lawrence, KS
(tenure awarded in 2004)
2004-2008
Full Professor and Chairman, Department of
Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Regensburg,
Germany
since 2008
Full Professor and Director, Institute of Pharmacology,
Hannover Medical School (MHH), Germany
Courtesy Professor for Biochemistry, Univ. of Kansas
Adjunct Professor for Pharmacology and Toxicology,
University of Kansas
”New Faculty Award”, University of Kansas ($ 5,000 for
research on ”G-protein coupling of the histamine H2receptor”)
”J. R. and Inez Jay Award” of the Higuchi Biosciences
Center of the University of Kansas ($ 30.000 for research
on ”Probes of G-protein conformational states”)
”J. R. and Inez Jay Award” of the Higuchi Biosciences
Center of the University of Kansas ($ 30.000 for research
on ”Molecular and behavioral analysis of Lesch-Nyhan
syndrome”)
Adjunct faculty positions
since 1999
since 2005
Research awards
April 1999
May 1999
May 2002
Teaching awards
2002
2005
2010, 2012
2013, 2014
2015
Current research topics

G-protein-coupled receptors (histamine receptors and
2-adrenoceptors)

Cyclic nucleotides with focus on cCMP and cUMP

Lesch-Nyhan syndrome

240 Pubmed-listed original publications (first authorship: 29;
co-authorship: 78; senior authorship: 133)

51 Pubmed-listed publications in the review/editorial category (first
authorship: 25; co-authorship: 6; senior authorship: 20)

17 book articles, 11 congress contributions/reports, 117 postgraduate
educational articles for scientists, 21 scientific book reviews
Bibliometric analysis
(as per February 8, 2016)

Cumulative impact factor: 1,229.181 (reference is yr. of publication)

Average impact factor: 5.729
Citation metrics
(as per February 8, 2016
with researcherid.com)

Sum of all citations: 7,561

Average citations per article: 26.62

h-index: 45

Articles with ≥ 100 citations (citation classics): 11

Major instrumentation program of the DFG(INST 192/397-1 FUGG (2011):
AB Sciex TripleTOF 5600 mass spectrometer

DFG research training group 1441 (2009-2012)
”Histamine Receptors in Eosinophils“
1 graduate student position and 5,000 € consumables/year

DFG program project 587, project B17 (2010-2013):
”Histamine H4 Receptor in Bronchial Asthma“
1 postdoctoral position, 1 technician and 27,500 € consumables/year

LND Foundation (2010-2012) ”Adenylyl Cyclase in Lesch-Nyhan
Syndrom“ 1 graduate student position and 5,000 € consumables/year

LND Foundation (2013-2014) ”Metabolomics in Lesch-Nyhan
Syndrom“ 1 graduate student position and 5,000 € consumables/year
Publications
(as per February 8, 2016)
Extramural funding
(since 2009)
Editorial activities
Reviewing activities
Undergraduate Teaching Excellence Award, KU
Rho Chi Excellence Award, KU
Best Teacher Award from the medical students, MHH
2005
Book ”G-Protein-Coupled Receptors“
together with Prof. Wieland (Mannheim, Germany)
2007-2014
Associate Editor J. Pharmacol. Exp. Ther.
2011-2014
Academic Editor of PLoS One (~50 papers/yr.)
Since 2013
Member of “Faculty of 1000” (Molecular Pharmacology)
Since 2014
Member of the Editorial Board of J. Biol. Chem.
Since 2014
Associate Editor Naunyn Schmiedebergs Arch. Pharmacol

Reviewer for research funding organisations including the German
Research Foundation (DFG, Germany), Wellcome Trust (GB),
American Heart Association (USA), National Institutes of Health
(USA), National Science Foundation (USA), Centre National de la
Recherche Scientifique (France), Telethon Foundation (Italy)

Reviewer for leading scientific journals including Nature and Nature
journals, Science, Mol. Pharmacol., Trends Pharmacol. Sci., J.
Neurochem., J. Biol. Chem., Mol. Pharmacol., Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci.
USA, Biochem. Pharmacol (Advisory Editorial Board 2004-2007), NS
Arch. Pharmacol. (Advisory Editorial Board 2004-2007).
Mentoring activities
2007-2010
Liaison officer of the Max-Weber program within the
German Merit Foundation
Activities within the
German Society for
Pharmacology and
Toxicology (DGPT)
since 2008
Chair of the Postgraduate Education Committee of the
German Society for Pharmacology and Toxicology
(DGPT)
2011-2013
DGPT representative participating in the update of the
guideline for the treatment of anaphylaxia
since 2012
Member of the Executive Board of the German Society for
Pharmacology
since 2012
DGPT representative for Orphanet (organisation for the
diagnosis and treatment of rare diseases)
2002-2004
Radiation safety officer of the University of Kansas
2005-2007
Chief executive officer of the Institute of Pharmacy of the
University of Regensburg
since 2011
 Member of the academic section IV of the MHH
 Chairman of the Doctoral Candidate Admissions Board
for Theoretical Medicine at the MHH
 Co-founder and member of the board of trustees of the
Center for Rare Diseases at the MHH
Postgraduate teaching
since 2011
Lectures for the German Society of Pharmacy ”Drugs for
rare diseases“ and “2 adrenoceptor agonists and
bronchial asthma“
Congress organization
in Hannover
2010
cCMP and cUMP as second messengers, Hannover
2012
cCMP – a new second messenger, Hannover
2014
Congress chairman of the 80th annual meeting of the
German Society for Pharmacology and Toxicology
(DGPT), Hannover, April 1-3, 2014
2014
cCMP and cUMP as second messengers, Hannover,
October 10, 2014
2016
Non-canonical cNMPs as signaling molecules, Hannover,
October 7, 2016
since 2011
TV and radio interviews on pharmacology-related topics
since 2011
Writer of scientific paper reviews, journal club
contributions, book reviews and general science articles
for Biospektrum
since 2011
First oboist of the symphony orchestra of the MHH
2012
Founder of the MHH woodwind quintett
since 2013
Music performances at academic ceremonies and
scientific congresses related to MHH
since 2013
Senator for cultural affairs of the MHH
Academic selfadministration
Public relations activities
Academic life

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