Dr. Bernd Wissinger is currently the leader of the Molecular Genetics Laboratory at the Institute of Ophthalmic Research, Centre for Ophthalmology, University Clinics Tuebingen, Germany.
Short CV
1988 | Diploma (Biology); University of Tuebingen |
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1991 | Promotion (Dr.rer.nat.); University of Tuebingen |
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1991 - 1993 | Research Fellow; Dept. Neuroopthalmology and Pathophysiology of Vision, University Eye Hospital Tübingen |
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1993 - 2008 | Group Leader; Molecular Genetics Laboratory, University Eye Hospital Tübingen |
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since 2008 | Professor for Genetics of Sensory Systems, Institute of Ophthalmic Research, Centre for Ophthalmology, University Clinics Tübingen |
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- Genetics of Hereditary Retinal Disorders; Genetic and Molecular Basis of Color Vision,
- Mitochondria and Mitochondriopathies, Genetic Epidemiology, Gene Expression and Gene regulation,
- Genome Analysis
- Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology
- American Society of Human Genetics
- Human Genome Variation Society
Dr. Bernd Wissinger |
Research Group
Molecular Genetics Laboratory
Institute of Ophthalmic Research, Centre for Ophthalmology, University Clinics Tuebingen, Germany
Key Publications
- Koeppen K, Reuter P, Kohl S, Baumann B, Ladewig T, Wissinger B. (2008)
Functional analysis of human CNGA3 mutations associated with colour blindness suggests impaired surface expression of channel mutants A3(R427C) and A3(R563C). Eur J Neurosci. 27(9):2391-401. - Wissinger, B., Dangel, S., Jägle, H., Hanse, L., Baumann, B., Rudolph, G., Wolf, C., Bonin, M., Koeppen, K., Ladewig, T., Kohl, S., Zrenner, E., Rosenberg, T.(2008)
Cone Dystrophy with Supernormal Rod Response is strictly associated with Mutations in KCNV2. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci 49: 751-757. - Alavi M, Bette S, Schimpf S, Schüttauf F, Schraermeyer U, Wehrl HF, Rüttiger L, Beck SC, Tonagel F, Pichler BJ, Knipper M, Peters T, Laufs J, Wissinger B (2007)
A splice site mutation in the murine OPA1 features pathology of autosomal dominant optic atrophy. Brain 130:1029-1042. - Roni, V., Carpio, R., Wissinger, B. (2007)
Mapping of transcription start sites of human retina expressed genes. BMC Genomics 8:42. - Weisschuh, N., Dressler, P., Schuettauf. F., Wolf, C., Wissinger, B., Gramer, E. (2006)
Novel Mutations of FOXC1 and PITX2 in Patients with Axenfeld-Rieger Malformation. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci 47: 3846-3852. - Tränkner D, Jägle H, Kohl S, Apfelstedt-Sylla E, Sharpe LT, Kaupp UB, Zrenner E, Seifert R, Wissinger B (2004)
Molecular basis of an inherited form of incomplete achromatopsia. J Neurosci 24: 138-147. - Kohl S, Baumann B, Rosenberg T, Kellner U, Lorenz B, Vadala M, Jacobson SG, Wissinger B (2002)
Mutations in the cone photoreceptor G-protein alpha-subunit gene GNAT2 in patients with achromatopsia. Am J Hum Genet 71:422-425. - Wissinger B, Gamer D, Jägle H, Giorda R, Marx T, Mayer S, Tippmann S, Broghammer M et al. (2001)
CNGA3 mutations in cone photoreceptor disorders. Am J Hum Genet 69: 722-737. - Alexander C, Votruba M, Pesch U, Thiselton D, Mayer S, Moore T, Rodriguez M, Kellner U, Leo-Kottler B, Auburger G, Bhattacharya S, Wissinger B (2000)
OPA1, a gene encoding a dynamin-related GTPase, is mutated in autosomal dominant optic atrophy linked to chromosome 3q28. Nat Genet 26: 211-215. - Kohl S, Marx T, Giddings I, Jägle H, Jacobson S, Apfelstedt-Sylla E, Zrenner E, Sharpe LT, Wissinger B (1998)
Total color blindness is caused by mutations in the gene encoding the ?-subunit of the cone photoreceptor cGMP gated cation channel. Nat Genet 19: 257-259.
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