Mathias Seeliger
Prof. Dr. med. Dipl.-Ing.
Group leader Ocular Neurodegeneration Research Group
Business address
Institute for Ophthalmic Research
Centre for Ophthalmology,
University of Tübingen
Elfriede-Aulhorn-Straße 7
72076 Tübingen
Germany
Phone: +49 (0)7071 29-80718
Fax: +49 (0)7071 29-4789
E-mail: see@uni-tuebingen.de
Academic Education
| 2008 | Heisenberg-Professur, W3 Ocular Neurodegeneration, Eberhard-Karls University Tuebingen |
| 2003 | Habilitation (PD), Experimental Ophthalmology, Eberhard-Karls University Tuebingen |
| 1996 | Ph.D. (Dr. med.), Medicine, Ruhr-University Bochum |
| 1994 | MD, Medicine, Ruhr-University Bochum |
| 1988 | Dipl.-Ing., Electrical Engineering, Ruhr-University Bochum |
| 1986/87 | (DAAD stipend), Electrical Engineering, Purdue Univ., West Lafayette, IN, USA |
Professional Experience
| 2004 | Visiting Professor, Veterinary Ophthalmology, Univ. of Missouri, Columbia, MO, USA |
| since 2003 | Group leader (C2), Experimental Ophthalmology, University Eye Hospital Tübingen (now Centre of Ophthalmology) |
| 2001-2003 | Group leader (C1), Experimental Ophthalmology, University Eye Hospital Tübingen |
| 1997-2001 | Research Fellow, Ophthalmology, University Eye Hospital Tübingen |
| 1994-1996 | Resident, Ophthalmology, University Eye Hospital Tübingen |
Major Publications
- Chen D, Opavsky R, Pacal M, Tanimoto N, Wenzel P, Seeliger MW, Leone G, Bremner R (2007) Rb-mediated neuronal differentiation through cell cycle independent regulation of E2f3a. PLoS Biol 5: E179-1:16.
- Tolmachova T, Anders R, Abrink M, Bugeon L, Dallman MJ, Futter CE, Ramalho JS, Tonagel F, Tanimoto N, Seeliger MW, Huxley C, Seabra MC (2006) Cell-autonomous retinal degeneration in a conditional knock-out mouse model of choroideremia. J Clin Invest 116, 386-394.
- Grimm C, Wenzel A, Groszer M, Mayser H, Seeliger MW, Bauer C, Gassmann M, Reme CE (2002) HIF-1–induced erythropoietin in the hypoxic retina protects against light–induced retinal degeneration. Nat Med 8: 718-724.
- Seeliger MW, Grimm C, Ståhlberg F, Friedburg C, Jaissle G, Zrenner E, Guo H, Remé ChE, Humphries P, Hofmann F, Biel M, Fariss RN, Redmond TM, Wenzel A (2001). New views on RPE65 deficiency: the rod system is the source of vision in a mouse model of Leber congenital amaurosis. Nat Genet 29: 70-74.
- Biel M, Seeliger MW, Pfeifer A, Kohler K, Gerstner A, Ludwig A, Jaissle G, Fauser S, Zrenner E, Hofmann F (1999). Selective loss of cone function in mice lacking the cyclic nucleotide-gated channel CNG3. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 96: 7553-7557.