University of Lübeck
Department of Neuroendocrinology
Ratzeburger Allee 160, Hs 23a
23538 Lübeck
Phone: +49-451-500-3641
Fax: +49-451-500-3640
Email: born@kfg.uni-luebeck.de
 

March 30, 1958
 

1976-1989

1980-1981

1982-1985

1985-1990

1989-1999

Since 1999

Study of Psychology, Mathematics, preclinical Medicine (Tübingen/Ulm)

Research Fellow, Dept. Biological Psychology, SUNY at Stony Brook, USA

PhD, Dept. Physiological Psychology, University of Tübingen

Post Doc, Habilitation, Dept. Physiology, University of Ulm

Professor of Biological Psychology, University of Bamberg

Professor of Neuroendocrinology (Chairman of Department), University of Lübeck
 

Supervision of PhD and MD theses: about 5 MD theses per year

current PhD students: S. Diekelmann, I. Wilhelm, S. Dimitrov, A. Ayoub, S. Groch, A. Tschulakow

completed PhDs (since 2004): U. Wagner, M. Hallschmid, S. Gais, S. Fischer, S. Drosopoulos, B. Rasch, C. Benedict

Habilitations: Prof. Dr. Pietrowsky, Prof. Dr. Späth-Schwalbe, Prof. Dr. Kern, PD Dr. Perras, PD Dr. Marshall
 

Member of the Editorial Board – Psychoneuroendocrinology, J Sleep Research

Psychosomatic Medicine, Zeitschrift für Neuropsychologie

Member of the Berlin-Brandenburgische Akademie der Wissenschaften
 

Mechanisms of learning and memory

Sleep and sleep-dependent plasticity

Metabolic and behavioral control of body weight
 

• Rasch B, Pommer J, Diekelmann S, Born J. (2009) Pharmacological REM sleep suppression paradoxically improves rather than impairs skill memory. Nature Neurosci 12: 396-7

• Rasch B, Büchel C, Gais S, Born J. (2007) Odor cues during slow wave sleep prompt declarative memory consolidation. Science 315: 1426-1429

• Diekelmann S, Born J. (2007) One memory, two ways to consolidate? Nature Neurosci 10: 1085-1086

• Marshall L, Born J. (2007) The contribution of sleep to hippocampus-dependent memory consolidation. Trends Cogn Sci. 11:442-450

• Marshall L, Helgadóttir H, Mölle M, Born J. (2006) Boosting slow oscillations during sleep potentiates memory. Nature 444: 610-613

• Gais S, Born J. (2004) Low acetylcholine during slow-wave sleep is critical for declarative memory consolidation. PNAS 101:2140-2144

• Mölle M, Marshall L, Gais S, Born J. (2004) Learning increases human EEG co­herence during subsequent slow sleep oscillations. PNAS 101:13963-8.

• Wagner U, Gais S, Haider H, Verleger R, Born J. (2004) Sleep inspires insight. Nature 427:352-5

• Born J., Lange T, Kern W, McGregor GP, Bickel U, Fehm HL (2002) Sniffing neuropeptides - a transnasal approach to the human brain. Nature Neurosci 5: 514-515

• Born J., Hansen K, Marshall L, Mölle M, Fehm HL (1999) Timing the end of nocturnal sleep. Nature 397: 29-30

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