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Institute of Physiology and Pathophysiology

Prof. Dr. med. Oliver Kann

Heidelberg University

Institute of Physiologie and Pathophysiology

Kann Lab

Im Neuenheimer Feld 326

69120 Heidelberg

Germany

phone:

+49 6221 54-4560

fax:

+49 6221 54-6364

e-mail:

oliver.kann@physiologie.uni-heidelberg.de

  Selected talks

2018

"Microglia activation and neuronal dysfunction", Neurosciences in Intensive Care International Symposium (NICIS), Institut Pasteur, Paris, France

2016

"Bioenergetis of fast neuronal network oscillations", Symposium on Brain Bioenergetis: From Behavior to Pathology, Brain Mind Institute, EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland

2014

"Energy metabolism and K+-homeostatis during fast neuronal network oscillations", The 11th International Conference on Brain Energy Metabolism, Helsinge, Denmark

2014

"Bioenergetics of fast network oscillations", 1st International Bordeaux Neurocampus/Brain Conference, Bordeaux University, Bordeaux, France

 

 Curriculum vitae

since 2010

Full Professor for General Neurophysiology (W3), Medical Faculty Heidelberg, Ruprecht-Karls-University, Germany

2009

Habilitation and venia legendi for Physiology, Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Germany

2005-2006

Guest scientist, Department of Neurobiology, Koret School of Veterinary Medicine, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Rehovot, Israel 

2004-2010

Senior Research Assistent, Neuronal Mitochondria Research Group (PI), Institute for Neurophysiology, Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin 

2003

Licence to practise medicine

2001

Conferral of doctorate (MD), Humboldt-University of Berlin 

2000-2004

Research Assistent, Institute for Neurophysiology and Department of  Neurology, Charité, Humboldt-University of Berlin, Germany

2000

State examination (Staatsexamen) in Human Medicine 

1999

Medical internship (internal medicine, surgery and neurology)

1996-1998

Experimental work for dissertation, Department of Cellular Neurosciences, Max-Delbrück-Center for Molecular Medicine, Berlin-Buch, Germany

1992-2000

Studies of Human Medicine and Philosophy, Philipps-University of Marburg and Free-University of Berlin, Germany

Honors and Awards

2010

Teaching award of reformed curriculum, Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin 

2008

Poster award, Gordon Research Conference (Andover, USA) 

2006

Poster award, Gordon Research Conference (Oxford, UK) 

2005

Minerva Short-Term Research Grant (Max-Planck-Society)

1996

Scholarship by GRK-238 (German Research Foundation)


Recent Publications

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Persistent increase in ventral hippocampal long-term potentiation by juvenile stress: A role for astrocytic glutamine synthetase. Glia. 2019 Dec;67(12):2279-2293. doi: 10.1002/glia.23683. Epub 2019 Jul 17.

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TRPC channels are not required for graded persistent activity in entorhinal cortex neurons. Hippocampus. 2019 Nov;29(11):1038-1048. doi: 10.1002/hipo.23094. Epub 2019 Apr 19.

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The C-terminal HCN4 variant P883R alters channel properties and acts as genetic modifier of atrial fibrillation and structural heart disease. Biochem Biophys Res Commun. 2019 Oct 29;519(1):141-147. doi: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2019.08.150. Epub 2019 Aug 31.

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Endothelial cell modulation of cardiomyocyte gene expression. Exp Cell Res. 2019 Oct 15;383(2):111565. doi: 10.1016/j.yexcr.2019.111565. Epub 2019 Aug 20.

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Pacemaker cell characteristics of differentiated and HCN4-transduced human mesenchymal stem cells. Life Sci. 2019 Sep 1;232:116620. doi: 10.1016/j.lfs.2019.116620. Epub 2019 Jul 7.

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Reduction of Transplant Vasculopathy by Intraoperative Nucleic Acid-based Therapy in a Mouse Aortic Allograft Model. Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2019 Sep;67(6):503-512. doi: 10.1055/s-0038-1673633. Epub 2018 Oct 23.

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The neuronal oxygen-sensing pathway controls postnatal vascularization of the murine brain. FASEB J. 2019 Aug 30:fj201901385RR. doi: 10.1096/fj.201901385RR. [Epub ahead of print]

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Characterization of the Subventricular-Thalamo-Cortical Circuit in the NP-C Mouse Brain, and New Insights Regarding Treatment. Mol Ther. 2019 Aug 7;27(8):1507-1526. doi: 10.1016/j.ymthe.2019.05.008. Epub 2019 May 16.

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Functional association of a CD40 gene single nucleotide polymorphism with the pathogenesis of coronary heart disease. Cardiovasc Res. 2019 Aug 2. pii: cvz206. doi: 10.1093/cvr/cvz206. [Epub ahead of print]

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Plants Neither Possess nor Require Consciousness. Trends Plant Sci. 2019 Aug;24(8):677-687. doi: 10.1016/j.tplants.2019.05.008. Epub 2019 Jul 3.

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Augmentation of myocardial If dysregulates calcium homeostasis and causes adverse cardiac remodeling. Nat Commun. 2019 Jul 23;10(1):3295. doi: 10.1038/s41467-019-11261-2.

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15-Deoxy-Δ12,14-Prostaglandin J2 Reinforces the Anti-Inflammatory Capacity of Endothelial Cells with a Genetically Determined Nitric Oxide Deficit. Circ Res. 2019 Jul 19;125(3):282-294. doi: 10.1161/CIRCRESAHA.118.313820. Epub 2019 Jun 19.

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Somatic mutations and promotor methylation of the ryanodine receptor 2 is a common event in the pathogenesis of head and neck cancer. Int J Cancer. 2019 May 28. doi: 10.1002/ijc.32481. [Epub ahead of print]


Institute of
Physiology and Pathophysiology

Heidelberg University

Im Neuenheimer Feld 326

69120 Heidelberg

Germany

Phone:+49 6221 54-4035
Fax:+49 6221 54-4038
E-mail:sekretariat.hecker@
physiologie.uni-heidelberg.de