Kamal Chowdhury

Ph.D., Molecular Developmental Neurobiology

• 1978 Dr. rer. nat. (Biology) University of Heidelberg

• 1979-1982 Postdoc (Laboratory of M.Martin, NIH, Bethesda, MD., USA)

• 1982-1987 Lecturer and Staff Scientist, University of Heidelberg, Centre for Molecular Biology (ZMBH), Laboratory of Prof. Gruss

• 1987-2001 Permanent staff scientist, Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry, Göttingen, Laboratory of Prof. Gruss

• 2002- present Group leader, Molecular Developmental Neurobiology, Laboratory of Prof. Gruss

Major Research Interests:

Kamal Chowdhury

Molecular genetical mechanisms of organ development with special emphasis to brain arealizaton and lamination in the mouse. Roles of Emx2 gene and micro RNAs in mouse development.

Address:
Dept. of Molecular Cell Biology
MPI for Biophysical Chemistry
Am Fassberg 11
37077 Göttingen
Germany

phone:+49-551-201 1567
fax:+49-551-201 1504
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Further information:
www.mpibpc.mpg.de

Selected Recent Publications:

Fimia GM, Stoykova A, Romagnoli A, Giunta L, Di Bartolomeo S, Nardacci R, Corazzari M, Fuoco C, Ucar A, Schwartz P, Gruss P, Piacentini M, Chowdhury K, Cecconi F: Ambra1 regulates autophagy and development of the nervous system. Nature. 2007 447(7148): 1121-5. Epub 2007 Jun 24

Ucar A, Vafaizadeh V, Jarry H, Fiedler J, Klemmt PA, Thum T, Groner B, Chowdhury K: miR-212 and miR-132 are required for epithelial stromal interactions necessary for mouse mammary gland development. Nat Genet. 2010 42(12): 1101-8. Epub 2010 Nov 7

Thomas, T., A. Voss, K. Chowdhury and P. Gruss: Querkopf, a MYST family histone acetyltransferase, is required for normal cerebral cortex development. Development 127, 2537-2548 (2000)

Brink, C., K. Chowdhury and P. Gruss: Pax 4 regulatory elements mediate beta cell specific expression in the pancreas. Mechanisms of Development 100, 37-43 (2001)

Vrontou, S., P. Petrou, B. I. Meyer, V. K. Galanopoulos, K. Imai, M. Yanagi, K. Chowdhury, P. J. Scrambler and G. Chalepakis: Fras1 deficiency results in cryptophthalmos, renal agenesis and blebbed phenotype in mice. Nature Genetics 34 209-214 (2003)

Muhlfriedel, S., F. Kirsch, P. Gruss, A. Stoykova and K. Chowdhury: A roof plate-dependent enhancer controls the expression of Homeodomain only protein in the developing cerebral cortex. Developmental Biology 283 522-534 (2005)

Hosseini, M., C. Koester-Patzlaff, K. Chowdhury, S. Grebenshchikova and B. Reuss: Differential genes expression in rats-hippocampus and -cerebellum after Borna disease virus infection. European Journal of Cell Biology 84 77-77 (2005)