Contact
Apl. Prof. Dr. Karin Dedek
Personal Data

Address: AG Neurosensorik/Animal Navigation, IBU, University of Oldenburg, P/O Box 5634, 26046 Oldenburg Germany.
Phone: +49 (0) 441 798 3425; Fax: +49 441 798 3620
Email:
Publications: www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=dedek+k
Google Scholar entry: scholar.google.de/citations?user=-DuVLx4AAAAJ&hl=de
Research interests: see here
Higher Education and Professional Experience
Since 10/2015
Senior Researcher in the Neurosensorics / Animal Navigation group, University of Oldenburg
04/2015
Appointment as apl. Professor at the University of Oldenburg
10/2010
Venia Legendi and Habilitation in Neuroscience, University of Oldenburg
2006-2007
Visiting Fellow in the lab of Prof. Sheila Nirenberg at Weill Medical College of Cornell University, New York, NY, USA
2003-2015
Postdoctoral Fellow, Neurobiology group (Prof. Reto Weiler) at the University of Oldenburg (permanent position; from 2010 to 2015 deputy head of the group)
1999-2003
Doctoral Student in the lab of Prof. Thomas J. Jentsch, University of Hamburg. Thesis title: Charakterisierung von KCNQ-Kaliumkanälen und ihren beta-Untereinheiten. Thesis defense at the University of Oldenburg.
1992-1998
Study of Biology at the University of Oldenburg, Diploma Biology
Selected Activities
2022
Designated Reviewing Editor for The Journal of Physiology
Since 2021
Principal Investigator in the ERA-Net Neuron grant Gap junctions serve to distribute health-signals among neurons of the diseased retina
2020
Listed on the TOP LIST of Excellent Women in European Vision Research and Ophthalmology 2021
Since 2019
Principal Investigator and Board member in Collaborative Research Center Magnetoreception and Navigation in Vertebrates
2016 - 2019
Principal Investigator in Innovative Training Network switchBoard (Marie Curie Action)
2015 - 2022
Reviewing Editor for Frontiers in Molecular Neuroscience
Since 2013
Principal Investigator in DFG Research Training group “Molecular basis of sensory biology” (GRK 1885/1 and GRK1885/2)