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Prof. Dr. Ulrich Boehm

Kandidat Sektionssprecher  "Neuropharmakologie/-toxikologie"

Full Professor (W3) for Experimental Pharmacology
and Functional Imaging
Saarland University
Faculty of Medicine
Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology
PZMS | Building 61.4
66421 Homburg
Phone:    +49-6841-16-47879
E-Mail:     ulrich.boehm@uks.eu

Curriculum Vitae

Birthday:  20.04.1967

Children: 2


University training and degree

1994 Diploma in Biology.
1988-1993 Studies of Biology and Philosophy, University of Cologne.


Advanced academic qualifications

Doctorate Ph.D. in Genetics, University of Cologne, 1999.


Postgraduate professional career

since 2012 Full Professor (W3) for Experimental Pharmacology and Functional Imaging, Saarland University.
2004-2012 Group leader, Institute for Neural Signal Transduction, Center for Molecular Neurobiology Hamburg (ZMNH), (Prof. Dr. Olaf Pongs).
2002-2004 Research Associate, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle (Prof. Dr. Linda Buck).
2000-2002 Postdoc (Emmy Noether grant of the DFG), Department of Neuroscience, Harvard Medical School, Boston (Prof. Dr. Linda Buck).
1999-2000 Postdoc, Institute for Genetics, University of Cologne, (Prof. Dr. Jonathan Howard).


Miscellaneous

since 2022 Deputy Speaker of the SFB/TRR 152.
2020-2022 Vice Dean of the Faculty of Medicine, Saarland University.
since 2017 Speaker of the European Center for Reproductive Endocrinology (EUCRE).
2012-2016 Elected board and speaker of COST (European Cooperation in Science and     Technology) Action BM1105 “GnRH deficiency: Elucidation of the neuroendocrine     control of human reproduction”.

 

Selected publications

  1. Manfredi-Lozano M, Leysen V, Adamo M, Paiva I, Rovera R, Pignat JM, Timzoura JM, Candlish M, Eddarkaoui S, Malone SA, S. Silva MSB, Trova S, Imbernon M, Decoster L, Cotelessa L, Tena-Sempere M, Claret M, Paoloni-Giacobino A, Plassard D, Paccou E, Vionnet N, Acierno J, Maceski AM, Lutti A, Pfrieger F, Rasika S, Santoni F, Boehm U, Ciofi P, Buée L, Haddjeri N, Boutillier AL, Kuhle J, Messina A, Draganski B, Giacobini P, Pitteloud N, Prévot P (2022). GnRH replacement rescues cognition in Down Syndrome. Science 377, eabq4515.
  2. Aoki M, Gamayun I, Wyatt A, Grünewald R, Simon-Thomas M, Philipp S, Hummel O, Wagenpfeil S, Kattler K, Gasparoni G, Walter J, Qiao S, Grattan DR, Boehm U (2021). Prolactin-sensitive olfactory sensory neurons regulate male preference in female mice by modulating responses to chemosensory cues. Sci Adv 7, eabg4074.
  3. Wartenberg P, Farkas I, Csillag, Colledge WH, Hrabovszky E, Boehm U (2021). Sexually dimorphic neurosteroid synthesis regulates kisspeptin neuronal activity in the murine brain. J Neurosci 41, 9177-9191.
  4. Hellier V, Brock O, Candlish M, Desroziers E, Aoki M, Mayer C, Piet R, Herbison AE, Colledge WH, Prévot V, Boehm U*, Bakker J* (2018). Female sexual behavior in mice is controlled by kisspeptin neurons. Nat Commun 9, 400. *senior authors.
  5. Brown RSE, Aoki M, Ladyman SR, Phillipps HR, Wyatt A, Boehm U, Grattan DR (2017). Prolactin action in the medial preoptic area is necessary for postpartum maternal nursing behavior. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 114, 10779-10784.
  6. Boehm U, Bouloux PM, Dattani M, de Roux N, Dodé C, Dunkel L, Dwyer AA, Giacobini P, Hardelin JP, Juul A, Maghnie M, Pitteloud N, Prévot V, Raivio T, Tena-Sempere M, Quinton R, Young J (2015). European consensus statement on congenital hypogonadotrophic hypogonadism: pathogenesis, diagnosis, and treatment. Nat Rev Endocrinol 11, 547-564.
  7. Kumar D, Freese M, Drexler D, Hermans-Borgmeyer I, Marquardt A, Boehm U (2014). Murine arcuate nucleus kisspeptin neurons communicate with GnRH neurons in utero. J Neurosci 34, 3756-3766.
  8. Mayer C, Boehm U (2011). Female reproductive maturation in the absence of kisspeptin/GPR54 signaling. Nat Neurosci 14, 704-710.
  9. Mayer C, Acosta-Martinez M, Dubois S, Wolfe A, Radovick S, Boehm U*, Levine JE* (2010). Timing and completion of puberty depend on estrogen receptor α signaling in kisspeptin neurons. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 107, 22693-22698. *senior authors.
  10. Boehm U, Zou Z, Buck LB (2005). Feedback loops link odor and pheromone signaling with reproduction. Cell 123, 683-695.