Kerstin Krieglstein
Rector of University of Freiburg
Assumed office
2020
Rector of University of Konstanz
In office
2018–2020
Personal details
Born (1963-07-23) 23 July 1963
Erlangen, Germany
OccupationNeuroscientist

Kerstin Krieglstein is a German neuroscientist. She is the head of the University of Freiburg since 2020, after serving in the same position at the University of Konstanz from 2018 to 2020.[1][2][3]

Personal life

Kerstin Krieglstein was born in Erlangen, Germany. She is married to Klaus Unsicker, who is also a German neuroscientist. Together they have two children, Christine Unsicker and Sebastian Unsicker.

Research

In the beginning of her career, during her PhD and her first postdoctoral project, her research mainly focused on the structure of the tetanus toxin and that of the botulinum neurotoxin type A.[4][5][6] Later on, she worked on the TGF-β signaling pathway. After this, her research interests focused around molecular neurobiology, starting with neuronal survival and ontogenetic cell death. She continued in this general direction by concentrating the role of cell-extrinsic signals in nervous system development: induction and specification of neuronal phenotypes and synaptogenesis.[7]

Academic leadership

Krieglstein is the head (German: Rektorin) of the University of Konstanz since 2018.[1][2][3] She is only the third woman to occupy the position of university rector in Baden-Württemberg.[8] From 2014 until 2018 she was the dean of the Faculty of Medicine in Freiburg, Germany.[9]

References

  1. 1 2 "Kerstin Krieglstein". forschung-und-lehre. Retrieved 22 September 2019.
  2. 1 2 "Prof. Dr. Kerstin Krieglstein Dean of the Faculty of Medicine". Faculty of MedicineAlbert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg. Retrieved 22 September 2019.
  3. 1 2 "Rector – Professor Kerstin Krieglstein". University of Konstanz. Retrieved 22 September 2019.
  4. ↑ Krieglstein, K.; Henschen, A.; Weller, U.; Habermann, E. (22 February 1990). "Arrangement of disulfide bridges and positions of sulfhydryl groups in tetanus toxin". European Journal of Biochemistry. 188 (1): 39–45. doi:10.1111/j.1432-1033.1990.tb15368.x. ISSN 0014-2956. PMID 2108021.
  5. ↑ Krieglstein, K. G.; DasGupta, B. R.; Henschen, A. H. (January 1994). "Covalent structure of botulinum neurotoxin type A: location of sulfhydryl groups, and disulfide bridges and identification of C-termini of light and heavy chains". Journal of Protein Chemistry. 13 (1): 49–57. doi:10.1007/bf01891992. ISSN 0277-8033. PMID 8011071. S2CID 23173086.
  6. ↑ Krieglstein, K. G.; Henschen, A. H.; Weller, U.; Habermann, E. (15 November 1991). "Limited proteolysis of tetanus toxin. Relation to activity and identification of cleavage sites". European Journal of Biochemistry. 202 (1): 41–51. doi:10.1111/j.1432-1033.1991.tb16342.x. ISSN 0014-2956. PMID 1935979.
  7. ↑ "Krieglstein — Faculty of Medicine". www.med.uni-freiburg.de. Retrieved 12 December 2019.
  8. ↑ "Wahl an der Uni Konstanz: Kerstin Krieglstein wird neue Rektorin". Stuttgarter Zeitung (in German). Retrieved 12 December 2019.
  9. ↑ "Rector | Rectorate | Administration and organisation | University | University of Konstanz". www.uni-konstanz.de. Retrieved 12 December 2019.
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