Mayerhofer Lab

Reproduction

Landscape portrait of Artur Mayerhofer.

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Prof. Dr. Artur Mayerhofer

Reproduction
Division of Cell Biology - Anatomy III

+49 89 2180 75859
mayerhofer@bmc.med.lmu.de

Research Topics

  • Function and regulation of testicular peritubular cells
  • Function and regulation of ovarian granulosa cells
  • Granulosa cell tumors

We are interested in basic questions of human reproduction in health and disease (infertility), in particular the gonads. Our models include human testicular and ovarian cells. We employ a number of cellular and molecular techniques and interact with groups at the BMC, Gene Center, as well as national and international partners. Read more...

Scientific vita

since 2000
Professor of Molecular Anatomy, Dept. Cell Biology, Biomedical Center, LMU Munichsince
1996
Professor of Molecular Anatomy, Anatomy, TU Munich
1993-1996
Heisenberg Fellow (DFG), OHSU, ONPRC, Portland/Beaverton, Oregon, USA
1992-1993
Research Associate, Schering AG, Berlin
1992
Habilitation (Anatomy), University of Ulm
1987-1992
Postdoctoral Researcher, Anatomy and Cell Biology, University of Ulm and Department of Physiology, SIU Carbondale, Illinois, USA