Dr. Solon Thanos
Professor
Experimental Ophthalmology
University of Munster
Germany
Biography
1983-1985 Scientific Assistent, Max-Planck-Inst. Entwicklungsbiologie, Tübingen; 1986-1987 Visiting Scientist, Neuroscience Unit, McGill University, Montreal; 1987-1988 Group leader of the regeneration group, Max-Planck-Institute, Tübingen; 1988-1994 Appointment at the Eye Hospital Tübingen; 1994-1996 Awarded with a Herrmann and Lilly-Schilling professorship; 1995 Call to lead a Dept. of Experimental Ophthalmology at the University Hamburg; 1996 Call to lead the Dept. of Neuroanatomy at the Paul-Flechsig-Institute for Brain Research, University of Leipzig; 1996 Awarded with the “International Chibret Award”; 1996 Call to a professorship at the University of Tübingen; 1996 Call and appointment with the University of Münster, Head of the Dept. of Experimental Ophthalmology; 2002 Call to lead the Institute of Experimental Medicine, University of Heidelberg/Mannheim; Since 01/2010: Director of the Institute of Exp. Ophthalmologie, Univ. Münster.
Research Interest
Ophthalmology
Publications
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Anders F, Teister J, Grus FH, Thanos S, Prokosch V, et al. (2016) Alterations of crystallins in experimental model of glaucoma and their neuroprotective properties. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci 57.
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Böhm MR, Hodes F, Brockhaus K, Hummel S, Thanos S, et al. (2016) Is Angiostatin Involved in Physiological Foveal Avascularity? Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci 57: 4536-4552.
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Thanos S, Oellers P, Meyer Zu Hörste M, Prokosch V, Schlatt S, et al. (2016) Role of Thyroxine in the Development of Keratoconus. Cornea 35: 1338-1346.
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Thanos S, Mertsch S, Schlich K, Hummel S (2016) snRPN controls controls ability for post-injury axonal regeneration in primate retinal ganglion cells. Brain Inj 30: 526.
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Breitbach M, Tappeiner C, Thanos S, Ganser G, Heiligenhaus A, et al. (2017) Discontinuation of long-term adalimumab treatment in patients with juvenile idiopathic arthritis-associated uveitis. Graefes Arch Clin Exp Ophthalmol 255: 171-177.
