Ulrike Gaul

Biography

Prof. Dr. Ulrike Gaul Alexander-von-Humboldt Professor Gene Center and Department of Biochemistry Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich Feodor-Lynen-Str. 25, House A 81377 Munich,he 1988 PhD at the Max-Planck-Institute for Developmental Biology, Tubingen 1989-1993 Postdoc at the University of California, Berkeley, USA 1993-1999 Assistant Professor at the Rockefeller University, New York, USA 2000-2009 Associate Professor at the Rockefeller University, New York, USA since June 2009 Alexander-von-Humboldt Professor at the Gene Center and Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry at the LMU Munich

Research Interest

To understand regulatory gene networks underlying organismal development and homeostasis at the systems level, using a combination of computational and experimental approaches. To understand the role of glia in the development and adult homeostasis of the nervous system, using functional genomic, cell biological and live imaging approaches.