Former memberships in national and international scientific organizations
| Austrian Biochemical Society
Austrian Neuroscience Association Austrian Society for Clinical Chemistry Austrian Society for Addiction Medicine Eur. College of Neuropsychopharmacology |
European Neuroscience Association
Society for Neuroscience, U.S.A. Internat. Society for Neurochemistry International Brain Res. Organization |
Member of national and international scientific boards and committees
since 1982: Member of the advisory board on `Brain Research´ of the Austrian Ministery for Science and Research
1984-1986: Member of the board of the Austrian Biochemical Society (name changed in 2008-> Austrian Association of Molecular Life Sciences and Biotechnology)
1990-1992: Member of the board of the Austrian Biochemical Society
since 1990: IUPHAR Committee on nomenclature of GABAA Receptors
1993-2008: Auditor of the Austrian Biochemical Society
1996-2003: Treasurer of the Austrian Neuroscience Association
2000-2009: Section Editor for „Molecular Neuroscience“ of the journal „Neuroscience“
2004-2005: President of the Austrian Neuroscience Association
since 2006: Member of the board of the Austrian Society for Addiction Medicine
since 2006: Editorial Board of CMC (Current Medicinal Chemistry)
since 2007: Editorial Board of the“GABAA receptor section” of the “Targeted proteins database”
Awards:
1969/70/71/72: Begabtenstipendium (Stipend for excellent and gifted students) from the University of Vienna
1976-1977: Max Kade Fellowship for a postdoctoral stay with Paul Greengard in the USA
1977-1978: Research Associate at the Department of Pharmacology, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, with Paul Greengard
1981: Hoechst Award of Austria
1984: Sandoz Award for Biology of Austria
1996, 1998: Schizophrenia Awards, Section of Psychiatry, Austrian Soc Neurol Psychiatry
2000: Research Award of AGNP and Austrian Soc Neurol Psychiatry
2001: Schizophrenia Award of the Austrian Soc of Neuropsycho-pharmacol and Biol Psychiatry
Academic Honours:
since 2013: External Honorary Member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences
Organization of national and international workshops and symposia:
09. 05. 1989: Workshop on „Neurobiology“ in Vienna,
04. 09. 1994: Workshop on „Basic and Applied Molecular Neurobiology“ as part of the programme for the 17th Annual Meeting of the European Neuroscience Association, Vienna,
05. 09. 1994: Symposium: „GABAA Receptor Subtypes: Pharmacology,Structure and Function“ as part of the programme for the 17th Annual Meeting of the European Neuroscience Association, Vienna.
14.10.1994: Symposium: „Brain Research“ in Vienna at the occasion of the retirement of Prof. DDr. h.c.Tuppy
06. 06. 1997: „Molecular Mechanisms of Cell Differentiation and Cell Growth“, SFB-Meeting/Symposium, co-organizer, Vienna, Biocenter.
16. 09. 1997: Symposium: „Pharmacological Treatment of Neurodegenerative Disorders“ as part of the „Fall Meeting of the German Society of Experimental and Clinical Pharmacology and Toxicology, Vienna, 14. – 17. 9. 1997, co-organizer
07. 07. 2000: Symposium: „Perspectives in Brain Research“ Brain Research Institute Vienna, co-organizer
3. 7.-5. 7. 2003: 8th Meeting of the Austrian Neuroscience Association, Vienna, co-organizer
09.03.2004: Roundtable, Brain Awareness Week 2004, Vienna, „Chronic pain: does the brain matter?“ co-organizer
15.-19. 03. 2004: Brain Awareness Week 2004, Vienna, series of lectures for registered school classes, co-organizer and lecturer
26.-30. 04. 2004: Crystallization workshop, Center for Brain Research, Medical University of Vienna, co-organizer
14.-18. 03. 2005: Brain Awareness Week 2005, Vienna, series of lectures for registered school classes, co-organizer and lecturer
26. 08. 2005: Structure of GABAA receptors: Remarkable progress. Symposium at the 20th Biennial Meeting of the International Society for Neurochemistry and the European Society for Neurochemistry, Innsbruck, Austria. 21.-26. August, 2005, organizer and lecturer
13.-17. 03. 200: Brain Awareness Week 2006, Vienna, series of lectures for registered school classes, co-organizer and lecturer
12.-16. 03. 2007: Brain Awareness Week 2007, Vienna, series of lectures for registered school classes, co-organizer and lecturer
10.-14.03. 2008: Brain Awareness Week 2008, Vienna, series of lectures for registered school classes, co-organizer
16.-20.03.2009: Brain Awareness Week 2009, Vienna, series of lectures for registered school classes, co-organizer
7.-10. 06 . 2012: Neurocypres Meeting in Vienna, organizer