Uwe Heinemann

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Uwe Heinemann (born February 17, 1944 in Genthin ; † September 8, 2016 in Berlin ) was a German neuroscientist and experimental epileptologist .

Life

After studying medicine in Munich (doctorate with Otto D. Creutzfeldt ), Heinemann completed a PhD from 1968 to 1971 at the University of Oxford in England. From 1972 to 1982 he was a research assistant at the Institute for Neurobiology of the Max Planck Institute for Psychiatry in Munich (with Hans Dieter Lux ). From 1982 to 1985 he was a Heisenberg fellow from the German Research Foundation .

In 1986 he was appointed a C3 professor for neurophysiology and pathophysiology at the Institute for Physiology at the University of Cologne , and in 1993 he moved to the Johannes Müller Center for Physiology at the Charité University Medicine in Berlin as director of the Institute for Neurophysiology . From 2012 he was Senior Professor at the Neuroscientific Research Center in Berlin, which he founded in 1999 and headed until 2005.

Heinemann was a founding member in 1984 and first chairman of the Commission for Neurobiology of Epilepsy until 1987 as well as a member of the long-term planning committee of the International League Against Epilepsy (ILAE) from 1984 to 1986 and a founding member of the European Epilepsy Academy EUREPA in 1996. From 1993 to 1995 he was chairman of the German section of the ILAE (since 2004: German Society for Epileptology ; DGfE);

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In addition to many articles in specialist journals, Heinemann was (co-) author and (co-) editor of several books:

  • U. Heinemann, M. Klee, E. Neher , W. Singer : Calcium Electrogenesis and Neuronal Functioning. (= Experimental Brain Research Series. Vol 14). Springer, Berlin / Heidelberg / New York et al. 1986.
  • G. Avanzini, J. Engel Jr, R. Fariello, U. Heinemann (Eds.): Neurotransmitters in Epilepsy. (= Epilepsy Research. Suppl. 8). Elsevier, Amsterdam / London / New York / Tokyo 1992.
  • J. Engel Jr, CG Wasterlain, EA Cavalheiro, U. Heinemann, G. Avanzini (Eds.): Molecular Neurobiology of Epilepsy. (= Epilepsy Research. Suppl. 9). Elsevier, Amsterdam / London / New York / Tokyo 1992.
  • G. Avanzini, R. Fariello, U. Heinemann, R. Mutani (Eds.): Epileptogenic and Excitotoxic Mechanism. Proceedings of the Advanced Course in Epileptology, Erice, Sicily, January, 1992. (= Current Problems in Epilepsy. Vol 8). J. Libbey, London 1993.
  • U. Heinemann (Ed.): Epilepsie 94. Activation methods in diagnostics, motor skills and epilepsy, new and "old" anti-epileptic drugs, molecular genetics and genetics of epilepsies. German section of the International League Against Epilepsy, Berlin 1995.
  • U. Heinemann, J. Engel Jr, G. Avanzini et al. (Eds.): Progressive Nature of Epileptogenesis. (= Epilepsy Research. Suppl. 12). Elsevier, Amsterdam / Lausanne / New York et al. 1996.
  • U. Heinemann, D. Rating, R. Thorbecke , P. Wolf (Epilepsie-Kuratorium) (Eds.): Epilepsie -bericht '98. Verlag Einfalls, Berlin 1998.
  • J. Engel Jr, TA Pedley (Ed.) J. Aicardi, MA Dichter, U. Heinemann et al. (Red.): Epilepsy. A Comprehensive Textbook. 3 volumes. Lippincott / Raven, Philadelphia / New York 1998.

Awards and honors

Heinemann received the following awards and honors:

  • 1977 and again in 1987: Michael Prize of the Michael Foundation
  • 1986: Corresponding member of the German section of the ILAE (since 2004: German Society for Epileptology)
  • 1988: (Alfred) Hauptmann Prize of the Epilepsy Board of Trustees
  • 1992: American Epilepsy Society (AES) and Milken Family Foundation research recognition award
  • 1993: "Ambassador for Epilepsy" by the ILAE and the International Bureau for Epilepsy (IBE)
  • 2008: European Epileptology Prize from the Commission on European Affairs of the ILAE
  • 2012: Honorary membership of the German Society for Epileptology

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Anonymous: New honorary members and corresponding members. In: Epilepsy Letter. No. 87, 1987, p. 48.
  2. ↑ H. Beck: Obituary for Professor Dr. Uwe Heinemann (1944-2016). In: Journal of Epileptology. 29, 2016, pp. 260-261, doi : 10.1007 / s10309-016-0078-x .
  3. ^ Berlin School of Mind and Brain: In memoriam Uwe Heinemann . September 26, 2016, accessed January 15, 2020.
personal data
SURNAME Heinemann, Uwe
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German neuroscientist and experimental epileptologist
DATE OF BIRTH February 17, 1944
PLACE OF BIRTH Genthin
DATE OF DEATH September 8, 2016
Place of death Berlin