Director of the European Molecular Biology Organization
In office 1 January 2010[4][5] – 30 October 2021
Preceded by
Hermann Bujard[6][7]
Succeeded by
Fiona Watt[8][9][10]
Personal details
Born
1954 (age 69–70)[11] Hamburg, Germany[12]
Spouse
Jonathan Howard[13]
Children
2[14]
Alma mater
Basel Institute for Immunology Heidelberg University University of Bonn[15][16][17]
Scientific career
Fields
Developmental biology Immunology
Institutions
European Molecular Biology Organization European Molecular Biology Laboratory University of Cologne Max Planck Institute for Developmental Biology MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology[17]
Doctoral advisor
Fritz Melchers[17][18]
Maria Leptin (born 1954) is a German developmental biologist and immunologist, and the current President of the European Research Council. She was the Director of the European Molecular Biology Organization from 2010 to 2021.
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MariaLeptin (born 1954) is a German developmental biologist and immunologist, and the current President of the European Research Council. She was the...
Directors Raymond Appleyard, John Tooze, Frank Gannon, Hermann Bujard and MariaLeptin. In 2011, EMBO established a Policy Programme which interacts with policymakers...
president of the European Research Council. 30 June 2021, Professor MariaLeptin was named president of the ERC from 1 October 2021. The ERC Scientific...
Ingham Robert Insall David Ish-Horowicz Cynthia Kenyon Judith Kimble MariaLeptin Arthur M. Lesk Harvey Lodish Philippa Marrack Laura Machesky Yanlan Mao...
December 2021. "Titia de Lange". The Royal Society. Retrieved 11 May 2022. "MariaLeptin". The Royal Society. Retrieved 11 May 2022. "Academician Eva-Mari Aro...
Celis, Federico Mayor Zaragoza former Director General of UNESCO, and MariaLeptin (former director of EMBO and President of the European Research Council)...
Spring Harbor Laboratory), Guido Kroemer (University of Paris Descartes), MariaLeptin (President of the European Research Council ERC and Director of EMBO)...
hormones, myokines and adipokines (i.e. leptin and adiponectin) in human physiology and pathophysiology. Leptin has subsequently been approved by the Food...
Canfield Titia de Lange George Gao Michael Grätzel Hiroshi Hamada [ja] MariaLeptin Carlos Nobre Peter Scholze Howard Stone "Outstanding scientists elected...
presence of cortisol, a hormone that leads to more belly fat deposits and leptin resistance. Self-motivation by understanding the risks associated with abdominal...
g. glucagon-like peptide and cholecystokinin) and from fat cells (e.g. leptin), which cause feelings of fullness and communicate with the brain to stop...
identified patients with mutations in genes encoding leptin, the leptin receptor and biological targets of leptin action, such as the Melanocortin 4 receptor (MC4R)...
weight. Two hormones responsible for regulating hunger and metabolism are leptin, which inhibits appetite and increases energy expenditure, and ghrelin,...
the level of leptin in the body is proportional to the amount of adipose tissue present, AGL patients also have a deficiency of leptin which contributes...
Firstly, her laboratory discovered that a hormone produced by fat, called leptin, interacts with the sympathetic nerves to control fat breakdown. Sympathetic...
hypothalamic open flow micro-perfusion reveals normal leptin transport across the blood–brain barrier in leptin resistant mice" [Molecular Metabolism 13 (2018)...
discoveries and technological innovations. Rudolph Leibel discovered the hormone leptin and cloned the genes of it and its receptors. George Kuo co-discovered the...
of a hardened mass of fecal material in the colon known as a fecal plug. Leptin is released into the bear's systems to suppress appetite. The retention...
abnormalities Placental genes Maternal genes: Endothelin-1 over-expression, Leptin under-expression Fetal genes If the cause of IUGR is extrinsic to the fetus...
or not to eat: Ontogeny of hypothalamic feeding controls and a role for leptin in modulating life-history transition in amphibian tadpoles". Proceedings...
Donatella; Rachiglio, Anna Maria; la Montagna, Raffaele; Giordano, Antonio; Normanno, Nicola (1 November 2008). "Leptin signaling in breast cancer: An...
doi:10.2337/dc08-s265. PMID 18227496. Lee YS (January 2009). "The role of leptin-melanocortin system and human weight regulation: lessons from experiments...
hypothalamus that are responsive to a hormone called leptin that is produced by fat cells. Leptin-sensitive neurons regulate appetite and body weight....
2009). "Immediate and long-term effects of glucomannan on total ghrelin and leptin in type 2 diabetes mellitus". Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice. 83...
Sabrina A.; de Lima, Leonardo H. F.; de Magalhães, Mariana T. Q.; Oliveira, Maria G. A.; de Melo-Minardi, Raquel C. (December 2021). "Propedia: a database...
Tuomala-Saramäki, T.; Laine, T. (1998). "Seasonal changes in fatty acids and leptin contents in the plasma of the European brown bear (Ursus arctos arctos)"...
Rudolph Leibel (Class of 1967), discoverer of the hormone leptin and cloning of the leptin and leptin receptor genes. Noah Mckay (Class of 1983), Iranian-American...
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