Ursula Schlötzer-Schrehardt

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Ursula Schlötzer-Schrehardt (born August 16, 1957 in Weißenstadt ) is a German biologist and university professor at the Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nuremberg . Her research focus is the green star.

Career

Schlötzer-Schrehardt studied biology from 1976 to 1982. She then worked as a research assistant at the Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU), first at the Institute for Zoology I, then at the Eye Clinic. She received her PhD in 1992.

From 1995 to 2006 she was an academic adviser at the FAU Eye Clinic and completed her habilitation in 1998 (Dr. med. Habil.). At the same time she received the license to teach in the field of experimental ophthalmology. In 2005 she was appointed Associate Professor for Experimental Ophthalmology and Senior Scientist at the FAU Eye Clinic. From 2007 to 2012 she was an academic senior councilor at the FAU eye clinic. Since 2013, Schlötzer-Schrehardt has been Academic Director of the Eye Clinic at Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nuremberg.

research

The research focus of Schlötzer-Schrehardt are glaucoma ( glaucoma) with a focus on the Pseudoexfoliation (PEX). PEX glaucoma is the most common secondary glaucoma disease. Secondary glaucoma occurs due to an illness or injury to the eye . In PEX glaucoma, it affects the enzyme lysyl oxidase-like 1 , whose function is impaired and as a result of which the elastic fibers in the connective tissue do not network properly. As a result, deposits form on the lens and on the edge of the pupil. She not only investigated the molecular genetic basis of PEX glaucoma, but was also able to show that the PEX fibrils are also found in numerous other parenchymal organs such as B. the skin, heart and lungs.

In addition, Schlötzer-Schrehardt deals with corneal stem cells (limbal stem cells ) and the techniques of corneal transplantation . Limbal stem cells are oligopotent stem cells on the edge of the retina that play a role in wound healing processes, but also in the normal, constant renewal of the corneal epithelium. Injury or inflammation of this stem cell niche can lead to blindness. Schlötzer-Schrehardt is researching the characterization of these stem cells and their niche, but also improving transplantation methods.

Awards

  • since 2018 member of the National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina
  • 2016 Research Award from the Glaucoma Foundation, New York, USA
  • 2016 The Dr. Robert Ritch Award for Excellence and Innovation in Glaucoma
  • 2010 ICO Ophthalmic Pathology Award from the International Council of Ophthalmology
  • 2000 "Thiersch" Prize from the Medical Faculty of the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg for the best habilitation thesis

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Ursula Schlötzer-Schrehardt, Gottfried OH Naumann: Ocular and Systemic Pseudoexfoliation Syndrome. In: American Journal of Ophthalmology. 141, 2006, p. 921, doi : 10.1016 / j.ajo.2006.01.047 .
  2. ^ Members. Retrieved March 7, 2020 .
personal data
SURNAME Schlötzer-Schrehardt, Ursula
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German ophthalmologist and university professor
DATE OF BIRTH August 16, 1957
PLACE OF BIRTH Weißenstadt