Rohini Kuner
Rohini Kuner (born July 28, 1970 in Bombay ) is a German pharmacologist of Indian origin and managing director of the Pharmacological Institute at Heidelberg University .
Life
After studying pharmaceutical biotechnology in India, she completed her doctorate in 1994 with Gerald F. Gebhart at the University of Iowa on the role of spinal NMDA receptors in pain perception. From 1995 she was a post-doctoral student with Peter Seeburg at the ZMBH of the University of Heidelberg and at the Max Planck Institute for Medical Research . After establishing her own research group funded by the Emmy Noether Program in 2002, she completed her habilitation in 2005 at the Pharmacological Institute of Heidelberg University. Since 2006 she has held the chair for molecular pharmacology at the University of Heidelberg. In 2014 she was accepted as a full member of the Academia Europaea . Since 2015 she has headed the newly established Collaborative Research Center SFB 1158 . Since October 2018 she has been a member of the University Council of Ruperto Carola.
She is married to the Heidelberg neuroanatomist Thomas Kuner .
research
Her research focuses on pain perception, in particular the chronification of pain. A special focus here is on the synaptic transmission of nociceptive information in the organism, as well as the neuroplastic changes in chronic pain.
Awards and memberships
- 2005: Rudolf Buchheim Prize of the German Society for Experimental and Clinical Pharmacology and Toxicology
- 2006: Bergius-Kuhn-Meyerhof-Young Scientist Award of the Rotary Club Heidelberg
- 2006: Chica and Heinz Schaller sponsorship award
- 2007: Ingrid zu Solms Science Prize
- 2007: Prize for Pain Research, German Society for the Study of Pain
- 2010: Pat Wall International Young Investigator Award, International Association for the Study of Pain
- 2012: ERC Advanced Grant from the European Research Council
- 2015: Novartis Prize
- 2017: Novartis Award for Therapy-Related Research
- 2017: HMLS Investigator Award
- 2018: Prize from the Feldberg Foundation
- 2018: Phoenix Pharmacy Science Award
- 2019: Admission as a member of the National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina
Web links
- Member entry of Rohini Kuner at the German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina
- DFG entry on Rohini Kuner
- Portrait in the Pain Research Forum
- Website of the Chair of Molecular Pharmacology, Heidelberg University Hospital
- Entry in the Molecular Medicine Partnership Unit, EMBL
- Entry in the Interdisciplinary Center for Neuroscience, IZN, University of Heidelberg
- Entry in the Cell Networks Cluster of Excellence, University of Heidelberg
- Researcher profile at Academia.net
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b University Council: Prof. Dr. Rohini Kuner - University of Heidelberg. Retrieved March 28, 2019 .
- ^ Membership directory: Rohini Kuner. Academia Europaea, accessed July 3, 2017 (English, with biographical and other information).
- ↑ Awards made. Retrieved March 28, 2019 .
- ^ Winners: Congress-Related Awards - IASP. Retrieved March 28, 2019 .
- ↑ European Research Council funds Professor Dr. Rohini Kuner with around 2 million euros. Retrieved February 5, 2018 .
- ^ Awards and Honors. Retrieved February 5, 2018 .
- ↑ Rohini Kuner Receives HMLS Investigator Award. Retrieved February 5, 2018 .
- ↑ Phoenix Pharmacy Prize. Retrieved March 28, 2019 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Kuner, Rohini |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Indian pharmacologist and neurobiologist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 28, 1970 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Mumbai , India |