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Curriculum vitae Prof. Dr. Christian Helker

  • Education

    06/2010 – 02/2014 PhD (summa cum laude)
    Prof. Dr. Wiebke Herzog, Laboratory for Angiogenesis, University of Muenster c/o Max Planck Institute for Molecular Biomedicine, Muenster, Germany
    Honored with the MTZ-MPI Award for outstanding scientific achievement
    02/2011 – 03/2011 Visiting researcher
    Dr. Karina Yaniv, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel
    Boehringer Ingelheim Fonds travel grant
    05/2009 – 04/2010 Diploma thesis (grade 1.0)
    Prof. Dr. Wiebke Herzog, Laboratory for Angiogenesis, University of Muenster c/o Max Planck Institute for Molecular Biomedicine, Muenster, Germany
    09/2008 – 02/2009 Research assistant
    Prof. Dr. Shinichi Nishikawa, Laboratory for Stem Cell Biology, Center for Developmental Biology, RIKEN, Kobe, Japan
    GIZ fellowship (InWEnt)
    04/2007 – 07/2008 Student research project
    University of Applied Sciences, Jena, Germany
    2005 – 2010 Diploma Studies
    University of Applied Sciences, Jena, Germany

  • Academic and Professional Career

    10/2018 – present Professor for cell biology
    Philipps Universität in Marburg, Germany
    Honored with the Hermann Rein Award for outstanding scientific achievement in the field of vascular biology
    06/2014 – 10/2018 Postdoctoral fellow in diabetes research
    Prof. Dr. Didier Stainier, Department of Developmental Genetics, Max Planck Institute for Heart and Lung Research, Bad Nauheim, Germany
    02/2014 – 04/2014 Postdoctoral fellow in vascular biology
    Prof. Dr. Wiebke Herzog, Laboratory for Angiogenesis, University of Muenster c/o Max Planck Institute for Molecular Biomedicine Muenster Germany

  • Commissions of trust

    since 2021 Professorial member of the Animal Husbandry Commission
    since 2021 Head of the Center for advanced Light Microscopy (CALM)
    since 2021 Section Representative of Life Sciences in the Doctoral Award Committee of the Philipps University
    since 2021 Professorial member of the Animal Welfare Committee

  • Fellowships, Awards and Third Party Funding

    2021 Hermann Rein Award by the Society for Microcirculation and Vascular Biology
    2015 MTZ-MPI Award for outstanding scientific achievement, Münster, Germany
    2013 German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) travel grant
    2011 Boehringer Ingelheim travel grant
    2008 GIZ (InWEnt) scholarship
    2023 German Research Foundation
    "Differential regulated angiogenesis of fenestrated and blood-brain barrier blood vessels in the zebrafish brain"
    2022 German Research Foundation
    "Deciphering the role of Apelin signaling in the development of the lymphatic system"
    2019 German Research Foundation
    Graduate school 2213 “Membrane plasticity in tissue development and remodeling”
    2017 German Research Foundation (Term until June 2022)
    CRC 834 “Endotheliale Signaltransduktion und Vaskuläre Reparatur“

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