Christian Lohr (biologist)

Christian Lohr (born May 4, 1967 ) is a German biologist and professor of neurophysiology at the University of Hamburg .

Career

Lohr graduated from the University of Kaiserslautern with a diploma in biology in 1995. In 1998 he received his doctorate in the Department of General Zoology and continues his work until 2005 as a scientific assistant. From 1991 to 2001 he did research as a visiting scientist at the Arizona Research Laboratories in Tucson (Arizona) and received a grant from the German Research Foundation . In 2005 he completed his habilitation in zoology and neurobiology in Kaiserslautern. From 2005 to 2008 he worked as a private lecturer and research group leader for developmental neurobiology at the University of Kaiserslautern and the Technical University of Kaiserslautern . In 2008 he became head of the research group “Intracellular Calcium Dynamics” in the Interdisciplinary Center for Clinical Research at the University of Münster . Christian Lohr has been Professor of Neurophysiology at the University of Hamburg since 2010. In 2012 and 2017/2018 he was a committee member for the establishment proposals of the priority program 1757 of the German Research Foundation and of the special research area 1328.

Research priorities

Lohr's research focuses on the functions of glial cells in neuronal excitation and synaptic transmission and the development of the nervous system, as well as the importance of glial cells in the blood-brain barrier and metabolic processes of the brain, neuromodulation through purinergic signaling, the importance of glial cells and purinergic signaling in multiple sclerosis and experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis and neuronal information processing in the olfactory system.

Awards and honors

• Since 2013 Vice President of the German Purine Club - German Association for Research on Purinergic Signaling (since 2013)
• Associate Editor of Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience

Publications (selection)

• Fischer T, Scheffler P, Lohr C (2020). Dopamine-induced calcium signaling in olfactory bulb astrocytes. Sci. Rep. 10: 631. doi: 10.1038 / s41598-020-57462-4
• Beiersdorfer A, Scheller A, Kirchhoff F, Lohr C (2019). Panglial gap junctions between astrocytes and olfactory ensheathing cells mediate transmission of Ca2 + transients and neurovascular coupling. GLIA 67: 1385-1400. doi: 10.1002 / glia.23613 .
• N. Rotermund, S. Winandy, T. Fischer, K. Schulz, T. Fregin, N. Breitkreutz, M. Buchta, J. Bartels, M. Carlstrom, C. Lohr, D. Hirnet: Adenosine A1 receptor activates background potassium channels and modulates information processing in olfactory bulb mitral cells. In: Journal of Physiology (London). 2018. doi: 10.1113 / JP275503
• D. Droste, G. Seifert, L. Seddar, O. Jädtke, C. Steinhäuser, C. Lohr: Ca2 + -permeable AMPA receptors in mouse olfactory bulb astrocytes. In: Scientific Reports. Volume 7, 2017, p. 44817.
• A. Thyssen, D. Hirnet, H. Wolburg, G. Schmalzing, JW Deitmer, C. Lohr: Ectopic vesicular neurotransmitter release along sensory axons mediates neurovascular coupling via glial calcium signaling. In: Proceedings of the National Academy of Science USA. Volume 107, 2010, pp. 15258-15263.
• M. Doengi, D. Hirnet, P. Coulon, HC Pape, JW Deitmer, C. Lohr: GABA uptake-dependent Ca2 + signaling in olfactory bulb astrocytes. In: Proceedings of the National Academy of Science USA. Volume 106, 2009, pp. 17570-17575.
• C. Lohr, JE Heil, JW Deitmer: Blockage of voltage-gated calcium signaling impairs migration of glial cells in vivo. In: GLIA. Volume 50, 2005, pp. 198-211.

Web links

• Loop (list of publications)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Prof. Dr. Christian Lohr. Department of Biology at the University of Hamburg, accessed on October 8, 2018 . 
2. ^ German Purin Club / Structure. University of Bonn, accessed on October 8, 2018 (English). 
3. ^ Associative Editors. In: Frontiers - in Cellular Neuroscience. Retrieved October 8, 2018 .