!!Helmut Kettenmann- Curriculum Vitae
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__Education__
*1973-1980- Universities of Heidelberg and Miami, Master Biology
*1980-1982- University of Heidelberg	PhD Biology
*1982-1987- University of Heidelberg, Habilitation/Professorial qualification
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__Positions and Employment__
*1982-1987- Assistant at the Department of Neurobiology, University of Heidelberg, with a grant from the BMFT
*1987-1992- Heisenberg Fellow at the Department of Neurobiology, University of Heidelberg
*1990-1997- Coordinator DFG Priority Program "Functions of glial cells"
*1992-1995- Head of the project group "Neurobiology" funded by the German Ministry of Research and Technology
*1993-2009- Coordinator of the Research Department Neurosciences at the Max-Delbrueck-Center for Molecular Medicine in Berlin-Buch
*since 1993- Secretary General of the German Neuroscience Society
*since 1996- Professor for Cellular Neurobiology at the Humboldt University Berlin (Charité)
*1997-2003- Coordinator DFG Priority Program "The role of microglial cells in pathological nervous system"
*1998-2002- Treasurer of FENS (Federation of European Neuroscience Societies)
*since 1998- Vice-Chair of the Collaborative Research Center 507 The function of non neuronal cells in neurological diseases
*since 2002- Head of the Admissions and Examination Commission in the International Graduate Programm Medical Neurosciences, Charité Berlin
*2005-2006- FENS Trust Foundation Board member
*since 2006- Speaker of the Research Training School "The impact of Inflammation on Nervous System Function"
*2006-2008- President-elect of FENS
*2008-2010- President of FENS
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__Other professional activities__
*since 1993- Foundation member of the German Neuroscience Society
*since 1988- Editor in Chief of the Journal GLIA
*since 1995- Editor in Chief of the Journal Neuroforum
*Reviewer of DFG (Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft), European Commission, National Grant agencies, scientific journals
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__Honours__
*1984- Heinz-Maier-Leibnitz-prize for biological research on membrane of the German Ministry for Education and Sciences
*1991- German University Software-prize
*since 2000- Member of the DANA Alliance
*since 2003- Member of the German Academy of Natural Scientists LEOPOLDINA
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