Ulrich Förstermann

Ulrich Förstermann (2015)

Ulrich Förstermann (born April 4, 1955 in Hildesheim ) is a German doctor and pharmacologist .

Life

Förstermann studied medicine at the Albert Ludwigs University in Freiburg im Breisgau from 1973 to 1980 . He received his PhD in 1980 as a Dr. med. with a pharmacological topic. He spent his first years as an assistant (1980–1984) at the Institute for Experimental and Clinical Pharmacology (Chair: Georg Hertting ) at the Albert Ludwig University. In 1984 he moved to the Department of Clinical Pharmacology at the Hannover Medical School (MHH), where he completed his habilitation in July 1986 and was appointed C2 professor in 1987. In 1989 Förstermann went to the USA with a Heisenberg grant from the German Research Foundation (DFG). Here he worked with Ferid Murad, who later won the Nobel Prize in Medicine, in the laboratories of Abbott Laboratories , North Chicago, Illinois. At the same time he received a position as "Adjunct Professor of Pharmacology" at Northwestern University , Chicago , Illinois. From 1991 Förstermann headed the vascular biology department at Abbott Laboratories as project manager. In 1993 he accepted a professorship (C4 professorship) for pharmacology at Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz after rejecting a corresponding appointment from Johann Wolfgang Goethe University in Frankfurt. From 2009 to 2013 Förstermann was Vice President for Research at Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz. Since April 2013 he has been scientific director and dean of the Mainz University Medical Center.

Förstermann has been a member of the citizens' initiative Pro Culture Capital Freiburg since 2011 .

Research and scientific activities

With his research, Förstermann made significant contributions to the understanding of the endothelial-dependent relaxation of blood vessels (due to nitric oxide ), the identification of the enzyme group of nitric oxide synthases , and the phenomenon of oxidative stress in the blood vessel system. Förstermann has published over 270 articles in scientific journals with a review system. According to his own statements, he was cited 26,000 times and he had a Hirsch index of 87 (year 2017). He is also the author and co-editor of one of the major German-language pharmacology textbooks. Förstermann was President of EPHAR - Federation of European Pharmacological Societies from 2010 to 2012, President-Elect of the European umbrella organization from 2008 to 2010. From 2006 to 2011 Förstermann was also Deputy Chairman of the German Society for Pharmacology.

Honourings and prices

Förstermann received a number of scientific prizes; for example the Gödecke / Warner-Lambert Research Prize 1979 from the Albert Ludwig University of Freiburg, the Fritz Külz Prize for Pharmacology in 1986 from the German Society for Experimental and Clinical Pharmacology and Toxicology , the Rudolph Schoen Prize 1989 from the Medical University of Hanover and a Heisenberg grant from the German Research Foundation 1989–1993 (which he returned early in 1991, see above). In 2014 he received the "Rodolfo Paoletti Medal for Distinction in European Pharmacology" from the umbrella organization of the European Pharmacological Societies EPHAR . In 2017 he received the Ariëns Award from the Nederlandse Vereniging voor Farmacologie - Dutch Pharmacological Society for groundbreaking research in the field of molecular pharmacology.

Writings and essays (German-language selection)

• Klaus Aktories , Ulrich Förstermann, Franz Hofmann, Klaus Starke : General and special pharmacology and toxicology. 12th edition, Elsevier, Munich 2017, ISBN 978-3-437-42525-7 .
• Klaus Aktories, Ulrich Förstermann, Franz Hofmann, Klaus Starke: Repetitorium General and Special Pharmacology and Toxicology. 2nd edition, Elsevier, Munich 2009, ISBN 978-3-437-42512-7 .
• Eckard Eich, Ulrich Förstermann, Chlodwig Franz, Horst Rimpler: Pharmaceutical Biology. 2. Biogenic drugs. 2nd edition, Deutscher Apotheker Verlag, Stuttgart 1999, ISBN 3-7692-2326-8 .
• Ulrich Förstermann: Nitric oxide (NO): environmental toxin and the body's own messenger substance. In: Biology in Our Time . Volume 24, H. 2, 1994, pp. 62-69, ISSN  0045-205X .

Web links

• Ulrich Förstermann on the website of Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz ( Memento from July 20, 2011 in the Internet Archive )
• Literature by and about Ulrich Förstermann in the catalog of the German National Library

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Klaus Starke: The history of the pharmacological institute of the University of Freiburg. (PDF) p. 63.
2. ↑ ^{a b c d} unimedizin-mainz.de: Ulrich Förstermann - Curriculum Vitae ( Memento of the original from August 25, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed September 5, 2014. 
3. ↑ Vice President Ulrich Förstermann played a key role in shaping the JGU's profile in science and research , Communication and Press, website of the University of Mainz, accessed on May 23, 2013.
4. ↑ Mainz University Medical Center elects Prof. Ulrich Förstermann as the new Scientific Director
5. ↑ Homepage of the citizens' initiative Pro Kulturhauptstadt Freiburg ( Memento of the original from March 8, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
6. ^ Ulrich Förstermann: Publications
7. ↑ [1] accessed on January 16, 2018.
8. ↑ Klaus Aktories, Ulrich Förstermann, Franz Bernhard Hofmann, Klaus Starke (eds.): General and special pharmacology and toxicology . Founded by W. Forth, D. Henschler, W. Rummel. 10th edition. Urban & Fischer in Elsevier, Munich 2009, ISBN 978-3-437-42522-6 .
9. ↑ ephar.org: Society information , accessed on September 5, 2014.
10. ↑ ephar.org: Executive Committee , accessed September 5, 2014.
11. ↑ Archived copy ( Memento of the original from March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
12. ↑ https://www.wissenschaftsallianz-mainz.de/news-detail/ariens-award-fuer-professor-ulrich-foerstermann/