Dr Verena Wimmer
- Dr Verena Wimmer
Dip Biol (U. Regensburg, Germany) PhD (U. Heidelberg, Germany)
Research Officer
Ion Channels and Human Disease Group
Contact Details
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Phone: | +61 (0)3 8344 1847 (office) |
Phone: | +61 (0)3 8344 0461 (laboratory) |
Fax: | +61 (0)3 9347 0446 |
Research Interests
- Mechanisms of epileptogenesis studied by virus-mediated transfer of modifying genes.
Laboratory Techniques
- Recombinant viruses (cloning and production)
- Stereotaxic injection into the mouse CNS
- Imaging techniques (epi-fluorescence and confocal microscopy)
Additional Information
Prizes/Fellowships
- Jun 2006 to June 2007 Postdoc scholarship of the Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst (DAAD)
- July 2006 Otto Hahn Medal for Young Scientists by the Max Planck Society of Germany
- First awarded in 1978, the Max Planck Society has honoured young scientists and researchers with the Otto Hahn Medal for outstanding scientific achievements.
- October 2004 to September 2005 Postdoc stipend of the Max Planck Society
Publications and Articles
Selected Publications
Roscic A, Moller A, Calzado MA, Renner F, Wimmer VC, Gresko E and Schmitz ML
Phosphorylation-dependent control of Pc2 SUMO E3 ligase activity by its substrate protein HIPK2.
Mol Cell 2006 Oct 6;24(1):77-89. IF 15
Wimmer VC, Horstmann H, Groh A and Kuner T
Donut-like topology of synaptic vesicles with a central cluster of mitochondria wrapped into membrane protrusions: a novel structure-function module of the adult calyx of Held
JNeurosci. 2006 Jan 4;26(1):109-16. IF 7.5
Wimmer VC, Nevian T and Kuner T
Targeted in vivo expression of proteins in the calyx of Held.
Pflugers Arch. 2004 Dec 449;3: 319 – 333. IF 3.5
Pfannenschmid F, Wimmer VC, Rios RM, Geimer S, Krockel U, Leiherer A, Haller K, Nemcova Y and Mages W
Chlamydomonas DIP13 and human NA14: a new class of proteins associated with microtubule structures is involved in cell division.
Cell Sci. 2003 Apr 15;116(Pt 8):1449-6. IF 6.5
Huber H, Hohn MJ, Rachel R, Fuchs T, Wimmer VC and Stetter KO (2002) A new phylum of Archaea represented by a nanosized hyperthermophilic symbiont.
Nature. 2002 May 2;417(6884):63-7. IF 29.2
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