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Prof. Dr. Marc Spehr

Kandidat Sektionssprecher "Zelluläre Neurowissenschaften"

RWTH Aachen University
Institute for Biology II
Chemosensation Laboratory
2. Sammelbau Biologie,
Worringerweg 3
52074 Aachen

phone: +49 (0)241 / 80-20802
fax: +49 (0)241 / 80-22133
m.spehr@sensorik.rwth-aachen.de
https://www.sensorik.rwth-aachen.de/

ORCID    0000-0001-6616-4196
Date of birth    August 7th 1973
 

Curriculum Vitae


Education / Qualification

April 1999 Diploma (Biology)
Lehrstuhl für Zellphysiologie, Ruhr-University Bochum                                
Dec. 2002 Doktor rer. nat.
Lehrstuhl für Zellphysiologie, Ruhr-University Bochum (summa cum laude)


Appointments

09/2018 – present Department Chair, Department of Biology II, RWTH Aachen University
04/2014 – present Lichtenberg-Professor (Full Professor, W3) for Chemosensation, Department of Biology II, RWTH Aachen University
04/2009 – 03/2014 Lichtenberg-Professor (Associate Professor, W2, tenure track) for Chemosensation, Department of Biology II, RWTH Aachen University
04/2006 – 03/2009 Independent Research Group Leader (DFG Emmy Noether-Program), Research Group Chemosensory Mechanisms of Social Communication, Department of Cellular Physiology, Ruhr-University Bochum
01/2004 – 03/2006 Postdoctoral fellow, Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology, School of Medicine, University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD, USA
01/2003 – 12/2003 Postdoctoral fellow, Department of Cellular Physiology, Ruhr-University Bochum


Awards

2018 & 2019 Best Teaching Award (1st place; 5,000 €), Biology Students’ Council, RWTH Aachen University
2016                  Member of the FENS Kavli Network of Excellence, sponsored by the Federation of European Neuroscience Societies and the Kavli Foundation
2010 AChemS Young Investigator Award for Research in Olfaction, 32nd annual meeting of the Association for Chemoreception Sciences (AChemS), St. Petersburg, FL
2009 Lichtenberg-Professorship for Chemosensation, VolkswagenFoundation
2008 Member of the Young Academy (Junges Kolleg) of the Academy of Arts and Sciences of the federal state North Rhine-Westphalia
2006 Emmy Noether-Research Group, Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft
2004 Dr-Heinrich-Kost-Award for the year’s best dissertation, Ruhr-University Bochum
2003 von Skramlik Award for outstanding achievements of a junior scientist in the chemical senses, 3rd Olfactory Bioresponse Meeting, Dresden


 


 

 


 


 

Selected Publications

  1. Zhang Y-F, Cifuentes LV, Wright KN, Bhattarai JP, Mohrhardt J, Fleck D, Janke E, Jiang C, Cranfill SL, Goldstein N, Schreck M, Moberly AH, Yu Y, Arenkiel BR, Betley JN, Luo W, Stegmaier J, Wesson DW*, Spehr M*, Fuccillo MV*, Ma M* (2021) Ventral striatal Islands of Calleja neurons control grooming in mice. Nature Neuroscience 24: 1699–1710.           *corresponding authorship     
  2. Fleck D, Kenzler L, Mundt N, Strauch M, Uesaka N, Moosmann R, Bruentgens F, Missel A, Mayerhofer A, Merhof D, Spehr J, Spehr M (2021) ATP activation of peritubular cells drives testicular sperm transport. eLife 10: e62885.
  3. Tsitoura C, Malinowski S, Mohrhardt J, Degen R, Di Benedictis BT, Gao Y, Watznauer K, Gerhold K, Nagel M, Weber M, Rothermel M, Hanganu-Opatz IL, Ben-Shaul Y, Davison I, Spehr M (2020) Synchronous infra-slow oscillations organize ensembles of accessory olfactory bulb projection neurons into distinct microcircuits. The Journal of Neuroscience 40: 4203–4218.
  4. Gorin M, Tsitoura C, Kahan A, Watznauer K, Drose DR, Arts M, Mathar R, O'Connor S, Hanganu-Opatz IL, Ben-Shaul Y, Spehr M (2016) Interdependent conductances drive infra-slow intrinsic rhythmogenesis in a subset of accessory olfactory bulb projection neurons. The Journal of Neuroscience 36: 3127–3144.
  5. Cichy A, Ackels T, Tsitoura C, Kahan A, Gronloh N, Söchtig M, Engelhardt CH, Ben-Shaul Y, Müller F, Spehr J, Spehr M (2015) Extracellular pH regulates excitability of vomeronasal sensory neurons. The Journal of Neuroscience 35: 4025-4039.
  6. Kaur AW, Ackels T, Kuo T-H, Cichy A, Dey S, Hays C, Kateri M, Logan DW, Marton TF, Spehr M, Stowers L (2014) Murine Pheromone Proteins Constitute a Context-Dependent Combinatorial Code Governing Multiple Social Behaviors. Cell 157: 676-688.    
  7. Fluegge D, Moeller LM, Cichy A, Gorin M, Weth A, Veitinger S, Lohmer S, Corrazza S, Neuhaus EM, Baumgartner W, Spehr J, Spehr M (2012) Mitochondrial Ca2+ mobilization is a key element in olfactory signaling. Nature Neuroscience 15: 754-762.
  8. Rivière S, Challet L, Fluegge D, Spehr M, Rodriguez I (2009) Formyl peptide receptor-like proteins are a novel family of vomeronasal chemosensors. Nature 459: 574-577.
  9. Hagendorf S, Fluegge D, Engelhardt C, Spehr M (2009). Homeostatic control of sensory output in basal vomeronasal neurons: activity-dependent expression of ether-à-go-go-related gene potassium channels. The Journal of Neuroscience 29: 206-221.
  10. Spehr M, Kelliher KR, Li XH, Boehm T, Leinders-Zufall T, Zufall F (2006) Essential role of the main olfactory system in social recognition of MHC class I peptides. The Journal of Neuroscience 26: 1961-1970.