Thomas Leitz
Professor
Department of Biology
State Research Center for Optics and Material Sciences
United States of America
Biography
1985 Dr. rer. nat. , Johannes-Gutenberg-University, Mainz 1985-86 Research work at Hoechst AG, Department of Biochemistry 1986-1988 Scientific employee at Zoological Institute II, University of Heidelberg 1988-1994 Scientific assistant at Zoological Institute II, University of Heidelberg 1994 Habilitation at Zoological Institute II, University of Heidelberg, Venia Legendi for Zoology 1994-2000 Appointment as University lecturer at Zoological Institute II, Heidelberg (Developmental Biology) since 2000 Professor, Head of Group of Developmental Biology of Animals, University of Kaiserslautern
Research Interest
Metamorphosis of the marine hydrozoan Hydractinia echinata as a model for: Biological system regulation by networks, cell-cell interaction, role of signals and signal-transduction..
Publications
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Stumpf M, Will B, Wittig K, Kasper J, Fischer B(2010) An organizing region in metamorphosing hydrozoan planula larvae - stimulation of axis formation in both larval and in adult tissue. Int. J. Dev. Biol. 54: 795-802.
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Seipp S, Schmich J, Will B, Schetter E, Plickert G (2010) Neuronal cell death during metamorphosis of Hydractinia echinata (Cnidaria, Hydrozoa). Invert Neuroscience 10: 77-91.
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Wittig K, Kasper J, Seipp S, Leitz T (2011) Evidence for an instructive role of apoptosis during the metamorphosis of Hydractinia echinata (Hydrozoa). Zoology (Jena) 114:11-22.
