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Contact
| Lab: | Prof. Dr. Andreas Vlachos |
| Department: | Institute for Anatomy and Cell Biology Dept. Neuroanatomy |
| Address: | Albertstr. 17 79104 Freiburg |
| Phone: | +49 (0)761 203 5056 |
| E-mail: | This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it |
| PhD positions available: | YES |
| Research Area: | Neurosciences |
| Research Interests: | - Structural and functional plasticity of neurons and their molecular regulation. - Role of homeostatic plasticity at the interface between health and disease. - Cellular and molecular mechanisms of transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS). - Impact of neuroinflammation and neurocoagulation on neuro-glial interactions and synaptic plasticity. |
CV
| Education & Training: | 2001-2008: Medical studies, Goethe-University Frankfurt 08/2008: Licensed doctor, Goethe-University Frankfurt 02/2010: MD thesis, Goethe-University Frankfurt 06/2014: Habilitation, Goethe-University Frankfurt |
| Employment & Experience: | Since May 2017: Full Professor, Head of Department, Institute of Anatomy and Cell Biology, Department of Neuroanatomy, Albert-Ludwigs-University of Freiburg 03/2016-04/2017: Associate Professor, Institute of Anatomy II, Heinrich-Heine University, Düsseldorf 2010-2016: Group leader, Institute of Clinical Neuroanatomy, Goethe-University Frankfurt 2008-2010: Assistant, Institute of Clinical Neuroanatomy, Goethe-University Frankfurt 2006: Visiting researcher in the group of Menahem Segal, Department of Neurobiology, Weizmann institute of Science, Rehovot |
Honors
| Honors and Awards: | 2003: Scholarship Award, Studienstiftung des Deutschen Volkes |
Publications
| Selected Publications: | Shavit-Stein E, Artan-Furman A, Feingold E, Ben Shimon M, Itzekson-Hayosh Z, Chapman J, Vlachos A, Maggio N. Protease Activated Receptor 2 (PAR2) Induces Long-Term Depression in the Hippocampus through Transient Receptor Potential Vanilloid 4 (TRPV4). Front Mol Neurosci. 2017 Mar 2;10:42. Abstract Lenz M, Galanis C, Müller-Dahlhaus F, Opitz A, Wierenga CJ, Szabó G, Ziemann U, Deller T, Funke K, Vlachos A. Repetitive magnetic stimulation induces plasticity of inhibitory synapses. Nat Commun. 2016 Jan 8;7:10020. Abstract Liu X, Huai J, Endle H, Schlüter L, Fan W, Li Y, Richers S, Yurugi H, Rajalingam K, Ji H, Cheng H, Rister B, Horta G, Baumgart J, Berger H, Laube G, Schmitt U, Schmeisser MJ, Boeckers TM, Tenzer S, Vlachos A, Deller T, Nitsch R, Vogt J. PRG-1 Regulates Synaptic Plasticity via Intracellular PP2A/β1-Integrin Signaling. Dev Cell. 2016 Aug 8;38(3):275-90. Abstract Lenz M, Platschek S, Priesemann V, Becker D, Willems LM, Ziemann U, Deller T, Müller-Dahlhaus F, Jedlicka P, Vlachos A. Repetitive magnetic stimulation induces plasticity of excitatory postsynapses on proximal dendrites of cultured mouse CA1 pyramidal neurons. Brain Struct Funct. 2015 Nov;220(6):3323-37. Abstract Vlachos A, Ikenberg B, Lenz M, Becker D, Reifenberg K, Bas-Orth C, Deller T. Synaptopodin regulates denervation-induced homeostatic synaptic plasticity. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2013 May 14;110(20):8242-7. Abstract Vlachos A, Helias M, Becker D, Diesmann M, Deller T. NMDA-receptor inhibition increases spine stability of denervated mouse dentate granule cells and accelerates spine density recovery following entorhinal denervation in vitro. Neurobiol Dis. 2013 Nov;59:267-76. Abstract Vlachos A, Reddy-Alla S, Papadopoulos T, Deller T, Betz H. Homeostatic regulation of gephyrin scaffolds and synaptic strength at mature hippocampal GABAergic postsynapses. Cereb Cortex. 2013 Nov;23(11):2700-11. Abstract Vlachos A, Müller-Dahlhaus F, Rosskopp J, Lenz M, Ziemann U, Deller T. Repetitive magnetic stimulation induces functional and structural plasticity of excitatory postsynapses in mouse organotypic hippocampal slice cultures. J Neurosci. 2012 Nov 28;32(48):17514-23. Abstract Vlachos A, Korkotian E, Schonfeld E, Copanaki E, Deller T, Segal M. Synaptopodin regulates plasticity of dendritic spines in hippocampal neurons. J Neurosci. 2009 Jan 28;29(4):1017-33. Abstract Zolles G, Wenzel D, Bildl W, Schulte U, Hofmann A, Müller CS, Thumfart JO, Vlachos A, Deller T, Pfeifer A, Fleischmann BK, Roeper J, Fakler B, Klöcker N. Association with the auxiliary subunit PEX5R/Trip8b controls responsiveness of HCN channels to cAMP and adrenergic stimulation. Neuron. 2009 Jun 25;62(6):814-25. Abstract |
SGBM PhD students
| SGBM PhD students: | Dimitrios Kleidonas (since August 2018) |
