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Curriculum Vitae

Advanced Professional Positions

  • 2018 – 2020, 2008 – 2010 Department Chair, Institute of Physiology, Saarland University, Homburg
  • 2008 – present Co-Founder, Center for Integrative Physiology and Molecular Medicine, Saarland University, Homburg
  • 2007 – present Univ.-Professor (W3), Saarland University, Homburg
  • 1997 – 2006 Associate und Full Professor, Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
  • 1993 – 1997 Assistant Professor, Section of Neurobiology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA

Professional Experience and Postdoctoral Training

  • 1990 – 1992 Postdoctoral Scientist, TU Munich, Advisor: H. Hatt
  • 1986 – 1990 Predoctoral Scientist, TU Munich, Advisor: H. Hatt
  • 1984 – 1986 Scientist, Schering AG, Berlin

Academic Education

  • 1992 Habilitation (Physiology), TU Munich, Mentor: J. Dudel
  • 1990 PhD thesis (Zoology), TU Munich, Mentor: H. Hatt
  • 1984 Diploma Thesis (Biologie), FU Berlin, Mentor: R. Menzel
  • 1980 Biomedical Engineering (Dipl.-Ing.), FH Hamburg

Honours, Awards, Scholarships and Other Qualifications

  • 2019 – present Courtesy Professor, University of Florida, College of Medicine,
    Department of Pharmacology, Gainesville, Florida, USA
  • 2014 – present Member of SFB TRR 152 “TRiPS to Homeostasis – Maintenance of Body
    Homeostasis by Transient Receptor Potential Channel Modules”
  • 2011 – present Member of SFB 894 “Ca2+-Signale: Molekulare Mechanismen und Integrative
    Funktionen“, Homburg
  • 2010 – 2020 Executive Editor, Chemical Senses (Oxford University Press)
  • 2009 – 2016 Member of SPP 1392 “Integrative Analysis of Olfaction” and
    Member of Steering Committee
  • 2007 – 2016 Member of Graduate School GK 1326 “Calcium Signaling and
    Cellular Nanodomains”
  • 2007 – 2011 Member of CRC 530, Homburg
  • 2002 Takasago Award for Research in Olfaction, Association for Chemoreception Sciences, USA
  • 1999 Bressler Fund Research Award, University of Maryland School Medicine

Professional Activities, Memberships

  • 2011 – present Executive Editor, Chemical Senses (Oxford University Press)
  • 2009 – present Member of SPP 1392 “Integrative Analysis of Olfaction” and Member of Steering Committee
  • 2007 – present Member of Graduate School GK 1326 “Calcium Signaling and Cellular Nanodomains”
  • 2007 – 2011 Member of CRC 530, Homburg

Publications

  • MacDonald DI, Sikandar S, Weiss J, Pyrski M, Luiz AP, Millet Q, Emery EE, Mancini F, Iannetti GD,
    Alles SRA, Arcangeletti M, Zhao J, Cox JJ, Brownstone RM, Zufall F, Wood JN. A central mechanism
    of analgesia in mice and humans lacking the sodium channel Nav1.7. Neuron 109:1497-1512, 2021.
  • Bufe B, Teuchert Y, Schmid A, Pyrski M, Pérez-Gómez A, Eisenbeis J, Timm T, Ishii T, Lochnit G,
    Bischoff M, Mombaerts T, Leinders-Zufall T, Zufall F. Bacterial MgrB peptide activates
    chemoreceptor Fpr3 in mouse accessory olfactory system and drives avoidance behavior. Nat
    Commun 10:4889, 2019.
  • Weiss J, Pyrski M, Jacobi E, Bufe B, Willnecker V, Schick B, Zizzari P, Gossage SJ, Greer CA, Leinders-
    Zufall T, Woods CG, Wood JN, Zufall F. Loss-of-function mutations in sodium channel Nav1.7 cause
    anosmia. Nature 472:186-190, 2011.
  • Leinders-Zufall T, Ishii T, Mombaerts P, Zufall F, Boehm T. Structural requirements for the activation
    of vomeronasal sensory neurons by MHC peptides. Nat Neurosci 12: 1551-1558, 2009.
  • Brennan PA, Zufall F. Pheromonal communication in vertebrates. Nature 444:308-315, 2006.
  • Leinders-Zufall T, Brennan P, Widmayer P, Chandramani S. P, Maul-Pavicic A, Jäger M, Li XH, Breer
    H, Zufall F, Boehm T. MHC class I peptides as chemosensory signals in the vomeronasal organ.
    Science 306:1033-1037, 2004.
  • Lucas P, Ukhanov K, Leinders-Zufall T, Zufall F. A diacylglycerol-gated cation channel in
    vomeronasal neuron dendrites is impaired in TRPC2 mutant mice: mechanism of pheromone
    transduction. Neuron 40:551-561, 2003.
  • Del Punta K, Leinders-Zufall T, Rodriguez I, Jukam D, Wysocki CJ, Ogawa S, Zufall F, Mombaerts P.
    Deficient pheromone responses in mice lacking a cluster of vomeronasal receptor genes. Nature
    419:70-74, 2002.
  • Leypold BG, Yu CR, Leinders-Zufall T, Kim MM, Zufall F, Axel R. Altered sexual and social behaviors
    in trp2 mutant mice. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 99:6376-6381, 2002.
  • Leinders-Zufall T, Lane AP, Puche AC, Ma W, Novotny M, Shipley MT, Zufall F. Ultrasensitive
    pheromone detection by mammalian vomeronasal neurons. Nature 405:792-796, 2000.