Ulrich Benjamin Kaupp

Ulrich Benjamin Kaupp (born April 13, 1949 in Tübingen ) is a German chemist and biophysicist .

life and career

Ulrich Benjamin Kaupp completed his chemistry studies at the University of Tübingen and the Technical University of Berlin in 1974 and received his doctorate as Dr. rer. nat. in Berlin in 1979. This was followed by postdoctoral research in Stony Brook and Osnabrück , where he completed his habilitation in 1983. After stays in the USA and Japan, he became Professor of Biophysics in Cologne in 1988 and, at the same time, Director of the Institute for Neurosciences and Biophysics at Forschungszentrum Jülich . Since 2007 he has been a scientific member of the Max Planck Society and since 2008 scientific director and head of the molecular neurosensory department at the caesar research center in Bonn . He has also been a professor there since 2008.

Memberships and honors

Kaupp has been a member of the academic senate of the TU Berlin since 1978 and won the Alcon Research Prize in 1987 . He has been a member of the German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina since 2005 and of the North Rhine-Westphalian Academy of Sciences and Arts since 2013 .

Scientific fields of work

Kaupp deals with the biophysics of sensory systems. He studies the physiology of various receptors and ion channels and their role in signal transduction . He also works on cell motility and chemotaxis . His first description of the modulation of the activity of cyclic adenosine monophosphate by light was, in the opinion of many scientists, a breakthrough.

literature

Catarina Pietschmann: Where, please, are you going to the egg? , in: MaxPlanckForschung 2/2009, pp. 17–23 online, PDF (article about Kaupp and his work)

Web links

Individual evidence

↑ Member entry of Ulrich Benjamin Kaupp (with picture) at the German Academy of Natural Scientists Leopoldina , accessed on July 15, 2016.
↑ T. Strünker, N. Goodwin, C. Brenker, ND Kashikar, I. Weyand, R. Seifert, UB Kaupp: The CatSper channel mediates progesterone-induced Ca2 + influx in human sperm. In: Nature. Volume 471, number 7338, March 2011, ISSN 1476-4687 , pp. 382-386, doi : 10.1038 / nature09769 , PMID 21412338 .
^ UB Kaupp: Olfactory signaling in vertebrates and insects: differences and commonalities. In: Nature reviews. Neuroscience. Volume 11, number 3, March 2010, ISSN 1471-0048 , pp. 188-200, doi : 10.1038 / nrn2789 , PMID 20145624 (review).
↑ S. Schröder-Lang, M. Schwärzel, R. Seifert, T. Strünker, S. Kateriya, J. Looser, M. Watanabe, UB Kaupp, P. Hegemann, G. Nagel: Fast manipulation of cellular cAMP level by light in vivo. In: Nature methods. Volume 4, Number 1, January 2007, ISSN 1548-7091 , pp. 39-42, doi : 10.1038 / nmeth975 , PMID 17128267 .
↑ T. Strünker, I. Weyand, W. Bönigk, Q. Van, A. Loogen, JE Brown, N. Kashikar, V. Hagen, E. Krause, UB Kaupp: A K + -selective cGMP-gated ion channel controls chemosensation of sperm. In: Nature cell biology. Volume 8, Number 10, October 2006, ISSN 1465-7392 , pp. 1149-1154, doi : 10.1038 / ncb1473 , PMID 16964244 .
↑ UB Kaupp, J. Solzin, E. Hildebrand, JE Brown, A. Helbig, V. Hagen, M. Beyer, F. Pampaloni, I. Weyand: The signal flow and motor response controling chemotaxis of sea urchin sperm. In: Nature cell biology. Volume 5, Number 2, February 2003, ISSN 1465-7392 , pp. 109-117, doi : 10.1038 / ncb915 , PMID 12563276 .

personal data
SURNAME	Kaupp, Ulrich Benjamin
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German chemist and biophysicist
DATE OF BIRTH	April 13, 1949
PLACE OF BIRTH	Tübingen

[1] Member entry of Ulrich Benjamin Kaupp (with picture) at the German Academy of Natural Scientists Leopoldina , accessed on July 15, 2016.

[PMID21412338-2] T. Strünker, N. Goodwin, C. Brenker, ND Kashikar, I. Weyand, R. Seifert, UB Kaupp: The CatSper channel mediates progesterone-induced Ca2 + influx in human sperm. In: Nature. Volume 471, number 7338, March 2011, ISSN 1476-4687 , pp. 382-386, doi : 10.1038 / nature09769 , PMID 21412338 .

[PMID20145624-3] UB Kaupp: Olfactory signaling in vertebrates and insects: differences and commonalities. In: Nature reviews. Neuroscience. Volume 11, number 3, March 2010, ISSN 1471-0048 , pp. 188-200, doi : 10.1038 / nrn2789 , PMID 20145624 (review).

[PMID17128267-4] S. Schröder-Lang, M. Schwärzel, R. Seifert, T. Strünker, S. Kateriya, J. Looser, M. Watanabe, UB Kaupp, P. Hegemann, G. Nagel: Fast manipulation of cellular cAMP level by light in vivo. In: Nature methods. Volume 4, Number 1, January 2007, ISSN 1548-7091 , pp. 39-42, doi : 10.1038 / nmeth975 , PMID 17128267 .

[PMID16964244-5] T. Strünker, I. Weyand, W. Bönigk, Q. Van, A. Loogen, JE Brown, N. Kashikar, V. Hagen, E. Krause, UB Kaupp: A K + -selective cGMP-gated ion channel controls chemosensation of sperm. In: Nature cell biology. Volume 8, Number 10, October 2006, ISSN 1465-7392 , pp. 1149-1154, doi : 10.1038 / ncb1473 , PMID 16964244 .

[PMID12563276-6] UB Kaupp, J. Solzin, E. Hildebrand, JE Brown, A. Helbig, V. Hagen, M. Beyer, F. Pampaloni, I. Weyand: The signal flow and motor response controling chemotaxis of sea urchin sperm. In: Nature cell biology. Volume 5, Number 2, February 2003, ISSN 1465-7392 , pp. 109-117, doi : 10.1038 / ncb915 , PMID 12563276 .