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Benno Pütz Statistical Genetics Group |
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E-mail: work@bapuetz.de
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Curriculum
Vitae
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Benno Pütz Statistical Genetics Group |
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E-mail: work@bapuetz.de
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| Education | |
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| 1989 | Diploma (Master) in Physics from the Technical University München |
| 1988-1994 | Thesis work (Master and Ph. D.) in the Theoretical Biophysics group at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign |
| 1992 | Master degree in Physics from the University of Illinois |
| 1994 | Ph. D. in Physics from the TU München Thesis: Diffusion effects in Magnetic Resonance Imaging and Microscopy |
| Career | |
| 1990-1995 | Research Assistant at the University of Illinois |
| 1995 | Visiting Scientist at the MR Center (Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology), Washington University, St. Louis. |
| 1995-1997 | Post-Doc Position at the functional MR group of the Communications Research Laboratory in Tokyo on an STA fellowship |
| 1997-1998 | Research position in the Kawato Dynamic Brain group of the ERATO program of JST (Kyoto/Tokyo) |
| 1998-2002 | Scientist in the MR group at the Max-Planck-Institute
of Psychiatry responsible for data post-processing and management Main research interest: in vivo fiber tracing in the human brain using diffusion tensor imaging techniques |
| 2001-current | Joint member of the Neurogenetics group of the Max-Planck-Institute of Psychiatry working on data analysis for gene expression studies |
| 2002-current | Senior scientist in the Statistical Genetics group of the
Max-Planck-Institute of Psychiatry coordinating
data handling an databases for in-house studies related to gene expression microarray experiments
and whole genome genotyping. |
| Recent Publications | |
| 2007 | Winkelmann J. et al.: Variants in the neuronal nitric oxide synthase (nNOS, NOS1) gene are associated with restless legs syndrome, Mov. Disord., EPub. |
| Winkelmann J. et al.: Genome-wide association study of restless legs syndrome identifies common variants in three genomic regions, Nature Genetics, 39(8):1000-1006. |
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| Deussing JM, Kühne C, Pütz B, Panhuysen M, Breu J,
Stenzel-Poore MP, Holsboer F, Wurst W: Expression profiling identifies the CRH/CRH-R1 system as a modulator of neurovascular gene activity. J Cereb Blood Flow Metab, 27(8):1476-95. |
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| Thöringer DK, Binder EB,
Salyakina D, Erhardt A, Ising M, Unschuld PG, Kern N, Lucae S,
Brückl T, Müller MB, Fuchs B, Pütz B, Lieb R, Uhr M,
Holsboer F, Müller-Myhsok B: Association of a Met88Val diazepam binding inhibitor (DBI) gene polymorphism and anxiety disorders with panic attacks. J Psychiatr Res, 41(7):679-584. |
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| 2006 | Liebetanz KM, Winkelmann J, Trenkwalder C, Pütz B,
Dichgans M, Gasser T, Müller-Myhsok B: RLS3: fine-mapping of an autosomal dominant locus in a family with intrafamilial heterogeneity, Neurology, 67(2):320-1. |
| Erhardt A, Ising M, Unschuld PG, Kern N, Lucae S, Pütz
B, Uhr M, Binder EB, Holsboer F, Keck ME: Regulation of the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenocortical system in patients with panic disorder. Neuropsychopharmacology, 67(2):320-1. |
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| Winkelmann J, Lichtner P, Pütz B, Trenkwalder C, Hauk
S, Meitinger T, Strom T, Müller-Myhsok B: Evidence for further genetic locus heterogeneity and confirmation of RLS-1 in restless legs syndrome. Movement Disorders, 21(1):28-33. DOI. |
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| 2005 | Krömer SA, Keßler MS, Milfay D, Birg IN, Bunck M,
Czibere L, Panhuysen M, Pütz B, Deussing JM, Holsboer F, Landgraf
R, Turck CW Identification of glyoxalase-I as a protein marker in a mouse model of extremes in trait anxiety, J Neurosci., 25(17):4375-84. DOI: 10.1038/ng1479. |
| 2004 | Elisabeth B Binder et. al Polymorphisms in FKBP5 are associated with increased recurrence of depressive episodes and rapid response to antidepressant treatment, Nature Genetics, 34(12):1319-25. DOI: 10.1038/ng1479. |
| 2003 |
Pütz B., Ates K., Auer D.P.: |
| 2000 | Imamizu H. Miyauchi S. Tamada T. Sasaki Y. Takino R.
Pütz B. Yoshioka T. Kawato M.: Human cerebellar activity reflecting an acquired internal model of a new tool. Nature. 403(6766):192-195. DOI |
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