Elly Tanaka#
Membership Number: | 3971 |
Membership type: | ORDINARY |
Section: | CELL & DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY |
Elected: | 2015 |
Main Country of Residence: | AUSTRIA |
Homepage(s): | https://www.imp.ac.at/groups/elly-tanaka |
Present and Previous Positions
- 2016 - present Senior Scientist at the Research Institute of Molecular Pathology (IMP) in Vienna
- 2008 - 2016 Full Professor, Technische Universität Dresden, DFG Research Center for Regenerative Therapies
- 1999 - 2008 Group leader, Max Planck Institute for Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics, Dresden
Fields of Scholarship
- Vertebrate regeneration
- Neural stem cells
- Limb development and regeneration
- Spinal cord regeneration
Honours and Awards
- 2017 Ernst Schering Prize
- 2013 Fellow of the Max Planck Society
- 2012 ERC Advanced Research Award
- 2003 Biofutures Award, BMBF