Professor Dr. Christian Klämbt

Current affiliations

  • Professorship of Neuro- and Behavioral Biology (Prof. Klämbt)

Curriculum Vitae (CV)

  • Developmental neurogenetis
  • Glial development

Academic Education

06/1993Habilitation in Developmental Biology, University of Cologne
04/1985 - 07/1987PhD (Dr. rer. nat.), University of Freiburg
09/1979 - 04/1985Studies of Biology, University of Freiburg

Work Experience

since 04/1997Full Professor of Neurobiology (C4) and Head of Institute for Neuro and Behavioural Biology, Faculty of Biology, University of Münster (WWU)
01/1991 - 03/1997Group Leader, Institute for Developmental Biology, Cologne
09/1988 - 12/1990Postdoc, University of California, Berkeley, USA
08/1987 - 08/1988Postdoc, University of Cologne

Functions and Memberships

since 2010Editor of the Journal ‘Mechanisms of Development’
since 10/2008Dean of the Faculty of Biology, University of Münster (WWU)
since 2007Elected Member of the German Research Foundation (DFG), Panel ‘Basic Principles of Biology and Medicine‘
since 2006Elected Member of the European Molecular Biology Organisation (EMBO)
since 2003Speaker of the Collaborative Research Centre SFB 629 (Molecular Cell Dynamics)
2004 - 2005President of the German Society for Developmental Biology

Appointments

2001Offer to a Professorship (C4) , Georg-August-Universität Göttingen (rejected)
1997Offer to a Professorship, University of Münster (accepted)
1995Offer to a Professorship, University of Bonn (rejected)

Publications

Ohm H; Rey S; Klämbt C (2024)
In: Neural Regeneration Research, 19(8)
Type of Publication: Research article (journal)
Fernandes VM; Auld V; Klämbt C (2024)
In: Cold Spring Harbor perspectives in biology, 16(1)
Type of Publication: Review article (journal)
Contreras EG; Kautzmann S; Klämbt C (2024)
In: Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience, 18
Type of Publication: Research article (journal)
Rey S; Ohm H; Klämbt C (2023)
In: The FEBS Journal, 290(15)
Type of Publication: Review article (journal)
Rey S; Ohm H; Moschref F; Zeuschner D; Praetz M; Klämbt C (2023)
In: eLife, 12
Type of Publication: Research article (journal)
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Projects

Duration: 01/01/2022 - 31/12/2025 | 2nd Funding period
Funded by: DFG - Collaborative Research Centre
Type of project: Main DFG-project hosted at University of Münster
Duration: 01/01/2022 - 31/12/2025 | 2nd Funding period
Funded by: DFG - Collaborative Research Centre
Type of project: Subproject in DFG-joint project hosted at University of Münster
Duration: 01/01/2022 - 31/12/2025 | 2nd Funding period
Funded by: DFG - Collaborative Research Centre
Type of project: Subproject in DFG-joint project hosted at University of Münster
Duration: 01/07/2020 - 30/06/2024 | 3rd Funding period
Funded by: DFG - Collaborative Research Centre
Type of project: Subproject in DFG-joint project hosted at University of Münster
Duration: 01/01/2018 - 12/07/2023
Type of project: Own resources project
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Prizes

Gerhard Hess-Förderpreis
Awarded by: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG)
Award given to: Klämbt, Christian
Date of awarding: 01/01/1993
Type of distinction: Research award or other distinction

Doctorates

Analysis of barrier function in the Drosophila brain
Candidate: Petri, Johanna | Supervisors: Klämbt, Christian - Professur für Neuro- und Verhaltensbiologie (Prof. Klämbt)
Period of time: 12/01/2013 - 08/06/2019
Doctoral examination procedure finished at: Doctoral examination procedure at University of Münster
Modulation of the S1P receptor pathway in Multiple Sclerosis: Immunological effects of the Fingolimod treatment and its consequences for immune competence.
Candidate: Grützke, Berit | Supervisors: Klotz, Luisa; Klämbt, Christian; Gerke, Volker
Period of time: 12/09/2012 - 16/05/2017
Doctoral examination procedure finished at: Doctoral examination procedure at University of Münster
Analysis of SLC5-like genes in Drosophila
Candidate: Yildirim, Kerem | Supervisors: Klämbt, Christian - Professur für Neuro- und Verhaltensbiologie (Prof. Klämbt)
Period of time: until 09/01/2017
Doctoral examination procedure finished at: Doctoral examination procedure at University of Münster
The influence of pacemaker channel auxiliary subunits on thalamocortical activity
Candidate: Zobeiri, Mehrnoush | Supervisors: Budde, Thomas; Klämbt, Christian; Meuth, Sven G.
Period of time: 01/03/2013 - 02/06/2016
Doctoral examination procedure finished at: Doctoral examination procedure at University of Münster
Charakterisierung der Interaktion von Dystroglycan mit Neurexin unter Einbeziehung der Wechselwirkungen mit weiteren Neurexin-Liganden
Candidate: Stahn, Johanna | Supervisors: Missler, Markus; Klämbt, Christian; Hallmann, Rubert
Period of time: 13/05/2009 - 17/10/2013
Doctoral examination procedure finished at: Doctoral examination procedure at University of Münster
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