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2713
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197

Research.com Recognitions

  • Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)
  • Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)
  • Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)

Overview

Olaf Pongs is affiliated with Universität Hamburg in Germany, where their research focuses on several areas within the field of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. Their subfields of study include Cell Biology, Genetics, and Molecular Biology.

The scientist's recent publications include work published in the venues eLife and bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory). Notable papers include:

  • "Myristoylated Neuronal Calcium Sensor-1 captures the preciliary vesicle at distal appendages" (2025, eLife)
  • "Myristoylated Neuronal Calcium Sensor-1 captures the ciliary vesicle at distal appendages" (2023, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory))

Olaf Pongs has collaborated with several researchers, including:

  • Tomoharu Kanie
  • Roy Ng
  • Keene L. Abbott
  • Peter K. Jackson
  • Niaj Mohammad Tanvir

The main research topics covered by Olaf Pongs include:

  • Genetic and Kidney Cyst Diseases
  • Microtubule and mitosis dynamics
  • Hedgehog Signaling Pathway Studies
  • Cellular transport and secretion

The scientist has been recognized as a Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO).

Best Publications

  • Inactivation properties of voltage-gated K+ channels altered by presence of beta-subunit.

    Rettig J;Heinemann Sh;Wunder F;Lorra C

  • Molecular basis of functional diversity of voltage-gated potassium channels in mammalian brain

    W. Stühmer;J. P. Ruppersberg;K. H. Schröter;B. Sakmann

  • Regulation of fast inactivation of cloned mammalian IK(A) channels by cysteine oxidation.

    J. P. Ruppersberg;M. Stocker;O. Pongs;S. H. Heinemann

  • Shaker encodes a family of putative potassium channel proteins in the nervous system of Drosophila.

    O. Pongs;N. Kecskemethy;R. Müller;I. Krah-Jentgens

  • Heteromultimeric channels formed by rat brain potassium-channel proteins

    J. Peter Ruppersberg;Klaus H. Schröter;Bert Sakmann;Martin Stocker

  • Molecular biology of voltage-dependent potassium channels

    O. Pongs

  • Immunohistochemical Localization of Five Members of the KV1 Channel Subunits: Contrasting Subcellular Locations and Neuron‐specific Co‐localizations in Rat Brain

    Rüdiger W. Veh;Ralf Lichtinghagen;Sabine Sewing;Frank Wunder

  • Mice With Disrupted BK Channel β1 Subunit Gene Feature Abnormal Ca2+ Spark/STOC Coupling and Elevated Blood Pressure

    Saskia Plüger;Jörg Faulhaber;Michael Fürstenau;Matthias Löhn

  • Toxin-induced conformational changes in a potassium channel revealed by solid-state NMR

    Adam Lange;Karin Giller;Sönke Hornig;Marie-France Martin-Eauclaire

  • Pacemaker channel dysfunction in a patient with sinus node disease

    Eric Schulze-Bahr;Axel Neu;Patrick Friederich;U. Benjamin Kaupp

  • Conditional transgenic suppression of M channels in mouse brain reveals functions in neuronal excitability, resonance and behavior

    H Christian Peters;Hua Hu;Olaf Pongs;Johan F Storm

  • minibrain: A new protein kinase family involved in postembryonic neurogenesis in Drosophila

    F Tejedor;X.R Zhu;E Kaltenbach;A Ackermann

  • Impaired endocytosis of the ion channel TRPM4 is associated with human progressive familial heart block type I

    Martin Kruse;Eric Schulze-Bahr;Valerie Corfield;Alf Beckmann

  • Autoantibodies detected to expressed K+ channels are implicated in neuromyotonia.

    Ian K. Hart;Caroline Waters;Angela Vincent;Claire Newland

  • Presynaptic Ca2+-Activated K+ Channels in Glutamatergic Hippocampal Terminals and Their Role in Spike Repolarization and Regulation of Transmitter Release

    Hua Hu;Li-Rong Shao;Sorush Chavoshy;Ning Gu

  • hKCNMB3 and hKCNMB4, cloning and characterization of two members of the large-conductance calcium-activated potassium channel β subunit family

    R. Behrens;A. Nolting;F. Reimann;M. Schwarz

  • Frequenin—A novel calcium-binding protein that modulates synaptic efficacy in the drosophila nervous system

    O. Pongs;J. Lindemeier;X. R. Zhu;Thomas Theil

  • Distribution of high-conductance Ca(2+)-activated K+ channels in rat brain: targeting to axons and nerve terminals

    H.-G. Knaus;C. Schwarzer;R. O. A. Koch;A. Eberhart

  • Structure of the voltage-dependent potassium channel is highly conserved from Drosophila to vertebrate central nervous systems.

    A. Baumann;A. Grupe;A. Ackermann;O. Pongs

  • Ancillary Subunits Associated With Voltage-Dependent K+ Channels

    Olaf Pongs;Jürgen R. Schwarz

Frequent Co-Authors

Marc Baldus
Marc Baldus Utrecht University
Stefan Becker
Stefan Becker Max Planck Society
Adam Lange
Adam Lange Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
Walter Stühmer
Walter Stühmer Max Planck Society
Robert Schneider
Robert Schneider Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Jens Rettig
Jens Rettig Saarland University
Jochen Roeper
Jochen Roeper Goethe University Frankfurt
Volker A. Erdmann
Volker A. Erdmann Freie Universität Berlin
Erich Lanka
Erich Lanka Max Planck Society
Stefan H. Heinemann
Stefan H. Heinemann Friedrich Schiller University Jena

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