Prof. Dr. Silke Härteis

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Professional positions and PhD thesis

Since 04/2018

Professorship for Molecular and Cellular Anatomy, University Regensburg

03/2016-03/2018

Akademische Oberrätin at the Institut für Zelluläre und Molekulare Physiologie

12/2014

Title of „Fachphysiologin” awarded by the German Physiological Society (DPG)

12/2014

Title of „Privatdozent” (PD) awarded by the Medical Faculty of the Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU)

07/2014

„Habilitation“ in Physiology at the Medical Faculty, FAU

since 03/2010

Akademische Rätin at the Institut für Zelluläre und Molekulare Physiologie

11/2009-02/2010

Postdoc at the Institut für Zelluläre und Molekulare Physiologie

12/2009

Dr. rer. nat. (PhD) (excellent / with distinction) – title: „Effects of the δ-subunit and of proteolytic channel cleavage on the function of the epithelial sodium channel (ENaC)” 

09/2006-12/2009

PhD student at the Institut für Zelluläre und Molekulare Physiologie (Thesis supervisor: Prof. Dr. med.  Christoph Korbmacher), FAU

International collaborations and research visits abroad

09/2016 and 07-09/2015

Yale University (USA): Department of Cellular and Molecular Physiology (Prof. Michael Caplan):

Trafficking and possible proteolytic processing of the TRPV4 ion channel in epithelial cells (funded by the International Programme “Initiation of International Collaboration”, DFG, German Research Foundation) 

03/2015

RMIT University Melbourne (Australia): Health Innovations Research Institute (Prof. Peter McIntyre):

Regulation of disease causing mutations of the TRPV4 ion channel by PAR2 (funded by a grant from the DAAD “Project-related Exchange Programmes”)

01/2015

University of Calgary (Canada): Department of Physiology & Pharmacology, and Department of Medicine (Prof. Morley D Hollenberg):

PSA as potential regulatory protease of TRPV4 elle regulatorische Protease von TRPV4 (funded by a grant from the DAAD “Project-related Exchange Programmes”)

12/2012

Monash Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences (Australien) (Prof. Nigel W Bunnett):

PAR2-mediated sensitization of TRPV4 (funded by a grant from the Bavarian Research Alliance for the initiation of international projects)

08-09/2011

University of Cambridge (UK): Department of Pharmacology (Prof. J Michael Edwardson):Studies looking at the structure of ENaC using atomic force microscopy (funded by a research fellowship of the Bayerische Forschungsstiftung)

08/2009

University of Zurich (Switzerland): Institut für Anatomie (Prof. Johannes Loffing):

Immunohistochemical characterisation of antibodies against ENaC (funded by the International Graduate School of Science "Lead Structures of Cell Function" of the Elite Network Bavaria)

Awards and honors

05/2014-05/2015     

Schering Stiftung: „Young Leaders in Science“ Management Training

04/2014                   

Research Award, Epithelial Transport Group, American Physiological Society (500 $)

02/2014                   

2014 International Early Career Physiologist Travel Award (1000 $), American Physiological Society

01/2014                   

Caroline tum Suden/Frances A. Hellebrandt Professional Opportunity Award, American Physiological Society

07/2013                   

Travel Award (500 $), American Physiological Society

04/2011, 07/2011, 11/2012, 12/2013   

Travel Grants (500 £) of the Physiological Society

08/2011                   

1st Award for the best talk at the Young Physiologists Symposium, London (UK)

07/2011                   

Pfizer Award for the best talk at the Main Meeting of the Physiological Society, Oxford (UK)

 05/2010-12/2011     

Awardee in the ARIADNEmed-Mentoring Program of the FAU

06/2009                   

Selection as participant at the 59th Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting in Lindau (Germany)

04/2009                   

1st Poster Award at the Summer School in Neumarkt (Germany)

11/2006-10/2009     

Elite Network Bavaria: PhD fellowship