Martin J. Lohse

Martin J. Lohse, M.D. born August 26th, 1956, is a German physician and pharmacologist doing research on G protein-coupled receptors. Since 1993, he is a Professor of Pharmacology at the University of Würzburg, Germany, as well as Chairman of the Rudolf Virchow Center (since 2001). He received his exam in medicine as well as his M.D. from the University of Göttingen, and did research in pharmacology at the University of Heidelberg, Duke University and the GeneCenter in Munich. His research focusses on the role of receptors in heart failure and on the mechanisms of their activation and inactivation. He was awarded the Leibniz Award in 1999, the Ernst Jung Award for Medicine in 2000, and the Research Achievement Award of the International Society of Heart Research in 2007. From 2003 until 2008 he was a member of the German National Ethics Council. Since 2009 he is Vice President for Research of the University of Würzburg, and Vice President of the German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina.

External links

• German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina, official website
• Rudolf Virchow Center, official website

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Name	Lohse, Martin J.
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Date of birth	1956
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