Short CV
1953 | Born in Heidelberg, Germany |
1979 | Diploma in Biochemstry (University of Tübingen/Germany) |
1981 | PhD in Biology /Molecular Genetics (University of Constance/Germany) |
1991 | Habilitation for Genetics (Ludwig-Maximilians University of Munich/Germany) |
1992 | Head of the group “Molecular Eye Development” at the GSF Research Center Neuherberg (now: Helmholtz Center Munich) |
1999 | apl. Prof. at the Technical University of Munich/Germany |
2002–2008 | Member of the supervisory board of the GSF Research Centerhttp://www.iscev.org |
2010 | Member of the Management Commitee of the Helmholtz Center Munich |
Understanding of genetic causes of visual dysfunction in mouse and human, from the cornea to the visual cortex.
Memberships
- Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO)
- EVER
- EVI
- German Genetics Society (Secretary)
- Member of the Editorial Board: Ophthalmic Research (Section Editor for Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, Molecular Genetics), Experimental Eye Research, The Open Ophthalmology Journal
- Ad-hoc reviewer for several journals including Developmental Biology, Human Molecular Genetics; Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences; Mammalian Genome, Molecular Vision, ….
- Reviewer for scientific organizations: Fight for Sight (UK); German-Israeli Foundation for Scientific Research & Development; Medical Research Council (UK); Wellcome Trust (UK)
Jochen Graw |
Research Group
Laboratory of Molecular Eye Development
Key Publications
- Churchill, A., Graw, J.:
Clinical and Experimental Advances in Congenital and Paediatric Cataracts.
Phil. Transact. Royal Soc. Ser. B. 366, 2011, 1234-1249. - Graw, J., Welzl, G., Ahmad, N., Klopp, N., Heier, M., Wulff, A., Heinrich, J., Döring, A., Karrasch, S., Nowak, D., Schulz, H., Rathmann, W., Illig, T., Peters, A., Holle, R., Meisinger, C., Wichmann, H.E.:
The KORA Eye Study: A Population-Based Study on Eye Diseases in Southern Germany (KORA F4).
Invest. Ophthalmol. Vis. Sci. 2011,52, 7778-7786. - Puk, O., Ahmad, N., Wagner, S., Hrabé de Angelis, Graw, J.:
First mutation in the βA2-crystallin encoding gene is associated with small lenses and age-related cataracts.
Invest. Ophthalmol. Vis. Sci. 52, 2011, 2571-2576. - Puk, O., Ahmad, N., Wagner, S., Hrabé de Angelis, Graw, J.:
Microphakia and congenital cataract formation in a novel Lim2C51T mutant mouse.
Mol. Vis. 17, 2011, 1164-1171. - Puk, O., Möller, G., Geerlof, A., Krowiorz, K., Ahmad, N., Wagner, S., Adamski, J., Hrabé de Angelis, M., Graw, J.:
The pathologic effect of a novel neomorphic Fgf9(Y162C) allele is restricted to decreased vision and retarded lens growth.
PLoS One. 2011, 6, e23678. - Graw, J.:
Eye Development.
Curr. Top. Dev. Biol. 90C, 2010, 343-386. - Rosemann, M., Ivashkevich, A., Favor, J., Dalke, C., Hölter, S.M., Becker, L., Rácz, I., Bolle, I., Klempt, M., Rathkolb, B., Kalaydjiev, S., Adler, T., Aguilar, A., Hans, W., Horsch, M., Rozman, J., Calzada-Wack, J., Kunder, S., Gailus-Durner, V., Fuchs, H., Naton, B., Schulz, H., Beckers, J., Busch, D.H., Burbach, J.P.H., Smidt, M.P., Quintanilla-Martinez; L., Esposito, I., Klopstock, T., Klingenspor, M., Ollert, M., Wolf, E., Wurst, W., Zimmer, A., Hrabé de Angelis, M., Atkinson, M., Heinzmann, U., Graw, J.:
Microphthalmia, Parkinsonism and enhanced nociception in Pitx3416insG mice.
Mamm. Genome, 21, 2010, 13-27. - Roshan, M., Vijaya, P.H., Lavanya, R.G., Shama P. K., Santhiya, S.T., Graw, J., Gopinath, P.M., Satyamoorthy, K.:
A novel human CRYGD mutation in a juvenile autosomal dominant cataract.
Mol. Vis. 16, 2010, 887-896. - Santhiya, S.T., Kumar, G.S., Sudhakar, P., Gupta, N., Klopp, N., Illig, T., Söker, T., Groth, M., Platzer, M., Gopinath, P.M., Graw, J.
Molecular analysis of cataract families in India: new mutations in the CRYBB2 and GJA3 genes and rare polymorphisms.
Mol Vis. 16, 2010, 1837-1847. - Ainsbury, E.A., Bouffler, S.D., Dörr, W., Graw, J., Muirhead, C., Edwards, A.A., Cooper, J.:
Radiation cataractogenesis – a review of recent studies.
Rad. Res. 172, 2009, 1-9. - Graw, J.: Crystallins.
Cataract and beyond.
Exp. Eye Res. 88, 2009, 173-189. - Graw, J., Schmidt, W., Minogue, P.J., Rodriguez, J., Tong, J.J., Klopp, N., Illig, T., Ebihara, L., Berthoud, V.M., Beyer, E.C.:
The GJA8 allele encoding CX50I247M is a rare polymorphism, not a cataract-causing mutation.
Mol. Vis. 14, 2009, 1881-1885. - Puk, O., Dalke, C., Calzada-Wack, J., Ahmad, N., Klaften, M., Wagner, S., Hrabé de Angelis, M., Graw, J.:
Reduced corneal thickness and enlarged anterior chamber in a novel ColVIIIa2G257D mutant mouse.
Invest. Ophthalmol. Vis. Sci. 50, 2009, 5653-5661. - Puk, O., Esposito, I., Söker, T., Löster, J., Budde, B., Nürnberg, P., Michel-Soewarto, D., Fuchs, H., Wolf, E., Hrabé de Angelis, M., Graw, J.:
A new Fgf10 mutation in the mouse leads to atrophy of the Harderian gland and slit-eye phenotype in heterozygotes: A novel model for dry-eye disease?
Invest. Ophthalmol. Vis. Sci. 50, 2009, 4311-4318
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