Person
Becker, Catherina G.
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Biography and Research Interest
Education
1993 PhD Neurobiology with honours, University of Bremen
Positions held
since 2021 Alexander von Humboldt Professor
Professor of Neural Development and Regeneration, Center for Regenerative Therapies Dresden, Technische Universität Dresden, Germany
2017-2021 Deputy Director of Centre for Discovery Brain Sciences, University of Edinburgh
2015-2017 CNR Centre Director
2005-2015 CNR Director of Postgraduate Training
since 2005 Senior Lecturer, Deanery of Biomedical Sciences, University of Edinburgh
2000-2005 Group Leader, Centre for Molecular Neurobiology Hamburg (ZMNH)
1998-2000 Postdoc, Centre for Molecular Neurobiology Hamburg (ZMNH)
1996-1998 Postdoc, Dept Dev Cell Biol, University of California, Irvine
1994-1996 Postdoc, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Zürich
Honors
2016 Eurolife Distinguished Lecture/Medal
2016 MRC Suffrage in Science Award
2014ff Fellow of the Royal Society for Biology
2005 C.H.S. Stiftung Fellowship
2000-2002 Habilitation Fellowship of the German Research Council
1997-1998 German Research Council (DFG) Research fellowship
1994-1996 EMBO Long-Term-Fellowship
1993 PhD Neurobiology with honours, University of Bremen
Positions held
since 2021 Alexander von Humboldt Professor
Professor of Neural Development and Regeneration, Center for Regenerative Therapies Dresden, Technische Universität Dresden, Germany
2017-2021 Deputy Director of Centre for Discovery Brain Sciences, University of Edinburgh
2015-2017 CNR Centre Director
2005-2015 CNR Director of Postgraduate Training
since 2005 Senior Lecturer, Deanery of Biomedical Sciences, University of Edinburgh
2000-2005 Group Leader, Centre for Molecular Neurobiology Hamburg (ZMNH)
1998-2000 Postdoc, Centre for Molecular Neurobiology Hamburg (ZMNH)
1996-1998 Postdoc, Dept Dev Cell Biol, University of California, Irvine
1994-1996 Postdoc, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Zürich
Honors
2016 Eurolife Distinguished Lecture/Medal
2016 MRC Suffrage in Science Award
2014ff Fellow of the Royal Society for Biology
2005 C.H.S. Stiftung Fellowship
2000-2002 Habilitation Fellowship of the German Research Council
1997-1998 German Research Council (DFG) Research fellowship
1994-1996 EMBO Long-Term-Fellowship
Non-Zebrafish Publications
Becker CG, Becker T, Meyer RL (2001) Increased NCAM-180 immunoreactivity and maintenance of L1 immunoreactivity in injured optic fibers of adult mice. Exp Neurol 169:438-48MedlineBecker T, Anliker B, Becker CG, Taylor J, Schachner M, Meyer RL, Bartsch U (2000) Tenascin-R inhibits regrowth of optic fibers in vitro and persists in the optic nerve of mice after injury. Glia 29(4):330-46Medline
Bates CA, Becker CG, Miotke JA, and Meyer RL (1999) Expression of polysialylated NCAM but not L1 or N-Cadherin by regenerating adult mouse optic fibers in vitro. Exp Neurol 155:128-139. Medline
Becker CG, Becker T, Meyer RL, and Schachner M (1999) Tenascin-R inhibits the growth of optic fibers in vitro but is rapidly eliminated during nerve regeneration in the salamander Pleurodeles waltl. J. Neurosci 19:813-827.Medline
Welzl, H, Becker, CG, Artola, A, Schachner, M (1997) Polysialic acid (PSA) associated with the neural cell adhesion molecule (NCAM) may play a role in spatial learning and LTP in rats. in: Neurochemistry. Teelken, AW and Korf, J (eds.) Plenum Publishing Co. Ltd, London, pp 863-868
Becker CG, Artola A, Gerardy-Schahn R, Becker T, Welzl H, and Schachner M (1996) The polysialic acid modification of the neural cell adhesion molecule is involved in spatial learning and hippocampal long-term potentiation. J Neurosci Res 45:143-152. Medline
Becker T., Becker C.G., Niemann U., Naujoks-Manteuffel C., Bartsch U., Schachner M., and Roth G. (1995) Immunohistological localization of tenascin-C in the developing and regenerating retinotectal system of two amphibian species. J Comp Neurol 360:643-657. Medline
Becker CG, Becker T, Schmidt A, and Roth G (1994) Polysialic acid expression in the salamander retina is inducible by thyroxine. Dev Brain Res 79:140-146. Medline
Becker T, Becker CG, Niemann U, Naujoks-Manteuffel C, Gerardy-Schahn R, and Roth G (1993) Amphibian-specific regulation of polysialic acid and the neural cell adhesion molecule in development and regeneration of the retinotectal system of the salamander Pleurodeles waltl. J Comp Neurol 336:532-544. Medline
Becker CG, Becker T, and Roth G (1993) Distribution of NCAM-180 and polysialic acid in the developing tectum of the frog Discoglossus pictus and the salamander Pleurodeles waltl. Cell Tiss Res 272:289-302. Medline
Becker T, and Becker CG (1991) Cell migration along glial fibers in dissociated cell culture of the frog optic tectum. Brain Res 553:331-335. Medline