Prof. Dr. Martin Biel
Chair of Pharmacology

	Address	Prof. Dr. Martin Biel Department Pharmazie - Zentrum für Pharmaforschung - Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München Butenandtstr. 7, Haus C 81377 München Germany
	Office	+49 (0)89 2180-77327 (Monika Grethe)
	Phone	+49 (0)89 2180-77328
	Room-Nr.	C4.060
	Email	martin.biel@cup.uni-muenchen.de
	Home page	www.pharmacology.cup.uni-muenchen.de

Research Interests

• Ion channels in brain and cardiovascular system
• Molecular analysis of retinal diseases
• Genetic mouse models

Short CV

• Studied pharmacy, Universität des Saarlandes
• 1990 Ph.D., Universität des Saarlandes
• 1996 Habilitation, TU München
• Since 1999 Professor (C4), LMU München

Key publications

• Wahl-Schott C, Baumann L, Cuny H, Eckert C, Griessmeier K, Biel M (2006) Switching off calcium-dependent inactivation in L-type calcium channels by an autoinhibitory domain. Proc. Acad. Sci. USA. 103:15657-15662.
• Hüttl S, Michalakis S, Seeliger S, Luo D, Acar N, Geiger H, Hudl K, Mader R, Haverkamp S, Moser M, Pfeifer A, Gerstner A, Yau KW, Biel M (2005) Impaired channel targeting and retinal degeneration in mice lacking the cyclic nucleotide-gated channel subunit CNGB1. J. Neurosci. 25:130-138.
• Ludwig A, Zong X, Jeglitsch M, Hofmann F, Biel M (1998) A family of hyperpolarization-activated mammalian cation channels. Nature 393:587-591.