Group Leader
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Name
Prof. Dr. Mike O. Karl
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Positions held
| 2020 | Professor for Retinal stem cell research and neurogenesis at the Center for Regenerative Therapies Dresden (CRTD), an institute of the Center for Molecular and Cellular Bioengineering (CMCB), and at the Carl Gustav Carus Faculty of Medicine of the TU Dresden, and affiliated with the German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE), Dresden. |
| 2012-20 | Research Group Leader — Human stem cell and organoid based retina disease modeling; German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE), Helmholtz Association |
| 2012-20 | Affiliated Research Group Leader — Retinal Development, Degeneration & Regeneration; TU Dresden, Center for Regenerative Therapies Dresden (CRTD) |
| 2010-11 | Independent Research Associate Group Leader; TU Dresden, Center for Regenerative Therapies Dresden (CRTD), Dresden |
| 2005-10 | Senior Research Fellow; DFG Postdoc Fellowship, Prof. T. Reh PhD, Dept. Bio. Structure, UW, Seattle, USA |
| 2003 | Junior Research Fellow; Prof. O. Strauss PhD, Dept. Exp. Ophthalmology, UKE-Hamburg, Germany |
| 2002 | Junior Research Fellow; Herbert-Funke Fdt. Fellowship, Prof. M.M. Civan, MD, Dept. Physiology, UPENN, USA |
Honors
| 2018 | University Würzburg, W2 Experimental Ophthalmology, primo loco (declined) |
| 2012 | Charité, University Berlin, W2 Professorship, Experimental Ophthalmology, tertio loco. |
Awards
| 2014 | EYEnovative Award – Novartis Pharma GmbH |
| 2012 | EYEnovative Award – Novartis Pharma GmbH |
| 2009 | Innovative Ophthalmology Research Award ARVO-AFER – www.arvofoundation.org |
| 2006 | Kaj Ulrik Linderström-Lang Thesis Award – Freundes- & Förderkreis UKE e.V., Germany |
Education
| 2004 | MD |
| 1999 | Doctoral Thesis |
Further information: DZNE Dresden