Prof. Dr. Joachim Wittbrodt
Project Leader B04
Heidelberg University
Centre for Organismal Studies (COS)
Im Neuenheimer Feld 230
69120 Heidelberg
jochen.wittbrodt@cos.uni-heidelberg.de

Professional Career
since 2007
Professor of Developmental Biology/Physiology (W3)
Centre for Organismal Studies (COS), Department of Developmental Biology/Physiology, Heidelberg University
2006-2012
Director
Institute of Toxicology and Genetics, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, KIT, Karlsruhe
1999-2008
Group Leader
Developmental Biology Unit, European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Heidelberg
1995-1998
Junior Group Leader
SFB 271 , MPI for Biophysical Chemistry, Göttingen
1991-1994
Postdoctoral research fellow
Biozentrum of the University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland
Achievements & Awards
since 2015
Elected Director
HBIGS, the Heidelberg International Graduate School in life sciences
2012
Special price for exceptional research
Heidelberg University
2011-2014
Founding and managing director
Centre for Organismal Studies, COS, Heidelberg University
2011-2012
Chairman
German Society for Developmental Biology, GfE
2011
Lautenschläger Award
Heidelberg University
2009
HMLS Award
Heidelberg Molecular Life Sciences research council
2009
Otto Mangold Award
German Society for Developmental Biology
2007-2011
Coordinator and spokesman
DFG Collaborative Research Center SFB 488 “Molecular and cellular bases of neural development”
since 2007
Steering committee member
HBIGS
2004-2011
Elected member
Fachkollegium 201 Grundlagen der Biologie und Medizin , DFG
Publications
Igf signaling couples retina growth with body growth by modulating progenitor cell division
Enhanced in vivo-imaging in medaka by optimized anaesthesia, fluorescent protein selection and removal of pigmentation
Lischik CQ, Adelmann L, Wittbrodt J. PLoS One. 2019 Mar 7;14(3):e0212956. PMID: 30845151
Learn moreTyrosine phosphorylation of LRP6 by Src and Fer inhibits Wnt/β-catenin signaling
EMBO Rep. 2014 Dec;15(12):1254-67. doi: 10.15252/embr.201439644. Epub 2014 Nov 12. PMID: 25391905
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