Elisabeth Binder (doctor)

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Elisabeth Binder (born May 22, 1971 in Vienna ) is an Austrian physician and neuroscientist .

Life

Elisabeth Binder grew up as the daughter of two doctors. She studied medicine at the University of Vienna from 1989 to 1995 and completed her studies with a doctorate. She moved to Atlanta and received her PhD in Neuroscience from Emory University in 2000 . She then worked at the Max Planck Institute for Psychiatry in Munich until 2004 . In 2004 she went back to Atlanta as an assistant professor and back to Munich in 2007, became a research group leader for molecular genetics for depression and acted as the institute's equal opportunities officer . Since August 2013 she has been director at the Max Planck Institute for Psychiatry and a scientific member of the Max Planck Society . On July 13, 2016, Elisabeth Binder was elected a member ( matriculation number 7702 ) of the Leopoldina , which she awarded her 2017 Carus Prize .

Binder is the mother of three children.

Research focus

Among other things, Binder deals with epigenetics and has examined how stress is reflected in the genome and in this way "can be passed on over generations". Possible consequences would be mental illnesses in children and grandchildren. Studies would show that a Erlebtes in childhood trauma has an effect on subsequent pregnancy. Men, too, pass on traumatic experiences to their offspring via epigenetic signals from their sperm .

Publications

  • Nadine Provencal, Elisabeth Binder: The neurobiological effects of stress as contributors to psychiatric disorders. Focus on epigenetics. In: Current opinion in neurobiology . tape 30 , 2015, ISSN  0959-4388 , p. 31-37 (English).

literature

  • Leopoldina Newly elected members 2016, Leopoldina, Halle (Saale) 2017, p. 7 ( PDF )

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d Christina Berndt : Elisabeth Binder on the soul , interview, in: Süddeutsche Zeitung , August 9, 2014, p. 10
  2. ↑ Member entry by Elisabeth Binder (with picture) at the German Academy of Natural Scientists Leopoldina , accessed on August 26, 2016.
  3. ↑ Hereditary: Stress and Trauma. In: mdr knowledge. 2017, accessed January 10, 2020 .
personal data
SURNAME Binder, Elisabeth
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian physician and neuroscientist
DATE OF BIRTH May 22, 1971
PLACE OF BIRTH Vienna