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Overview

Stefan H. Heinemann is affiliated with Friedrich Schiller University Jena in Germany. Their research spans multiple fields, predominantly focused on Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with substantial work also in Medicine.

Their main fields of study include:

  • Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
  • Medicine

Within these areas, the scientist has contributed extensively to subfields such as:

  • Molecular Biology
  • Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience
  • Biomedical Engineering
  • Neurology
  • Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine

Stefan H. Heinemann's research topics focus on several specific themes related to cellular function and physiological processes. These include:

  • Ion channel regulation and function
  • Cardiac electrophysiology and arrhythmias
  • Heme Oxygenase-1 and Carbon Monoxide
  • Neuroscience and Neural Engineering
  • Redox biology and oxidative stress
  • Hemoglobin structure and function
  • Photoreceptor and optogenetics research

Frequent collaborators include Toshinori Hoshi, Philipp Rühl, Roland Schönherr, Guido Geßner, and Marwa Ahmed, reflecting continued partnerships mainly within molecular and cellular neuroscience fields.

Stefan H. Heinemann has published in a range of scientific venues, with multiple articles appearing in bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) as well as Kidney International and Pflügers Archiv - European Journal of Physiology.

Selected recent publications are:

  • Notes on thermometric artefacts by Er3+ luminescence band interference, 2020, Journal of Luminescence
  • Divergent roles of haptoglobin and hemopexin deficiency for disease progression of Shiga-toxin-induced hemolytic-uremic syndrome in mice, 2022, Kidney International
  • Monitoring of compound resting membrane potentials of cell cultures with ratiometric genetically encoded voltage indicators, 2021, Communications Biology
  • Bilirubin Oxidation End Products (BOXes) Induce Neuronal Oxidative Stress Involving the Nrf2 Pathway, 2021, Oxidative Medicine and Cellular Longevity
  • A GFP-based ratiometric sensor for cellular methionine oxidation, 2022, Talanta

Best Publications

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

    Rettig J;Heinemann Sh;Wunder F;Lorra C

  • Drosophila odorant receptors are both ligand-gated and cyclic-nucleotide-activated cation channels

    Dieter Wicher;Ronny Schäfer;René Bauernfeind;Marcus C. Stensmyr

  • Calcium channel characteristics conferred on the sodium channel by single mutations.

    Stefan H. Heinemann;Heinrich Terlau;Walter Stühmer;Keiji Imoto

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

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

  • Mapping the site of block by tetrodotoxin and saxitoxin of sodium channel II.

    Heinrich Terlau;Stefan H. Heinemann;Walter Stühmer;Michael Pusch

  • High-quality life extension by the enzyme peptide methionine sulfoxide reductase

    Hongyu Ruan;Xiang Dong Tang;Mai-Lei Chen;Mei-Ling A. Joiner

  • Regulation of cell function by methionine oxidation and reduction

    Toshinori Hoshi;Stefan H. Heinemann

  • Carbon monoxide – physiology, detection and controlled release

    Stefan H. Heinemann;Toshinori Hoshi;Matthias Westerhausen;Alexander Schiller

  • Molecular determinants for activation and inactivation of HERG, a human inward rectifier potassium channel.

    R Schönherr;S H Heinemann

  • Haem can bind to and inhibit mammalian calcium-dependent Slo1 BK channels

    Xiang Dong Tang;Rong Xu;Mark F. Reynolds;Maria L. Garcia

  • Peptide methionine sulfoxide reductase: structure, mechanism of action, and biological function

    Herbert Weissbach;Frantzy Etienne;Toshinori Hoshi;Stefan H. Heinemann

  • A de novo gain-of-function mutation in SCN11A causes loss of pain perception

    Enrico Leipold;Lutz Liebmann;G Christoph Korenke;Theresa Heinrich

  • The inhibitory effect of the antipsychotic drug haloperidol on HERG potassium channels expressed in Xenopus oocytes

    H Suessbrich;R Schönherr;S H Heinemann;B Attali

  • Modulation of potassium channel function by methionine oxidation and reduction.

    Matthew A. Ciorba;Stefan H. Heinemann;Herbert Weissbach;Nathan Brot

  • Functional characterization of Kv channel beta-subunits from rat brain

    S H Heinemann;J Rettig;H R Graack;O Pongs

  • A single amino acid determines the subunit-specific spider toxin block of alpha-amino-3-hydroxy-5-methylisoxazole-4-propionate/kainate receptor channels

    Martina Blaschke;Bernhard U. Keller;Roberta Rivosecchi;Michael Hollmann

  • Methionine sulfoxide reductase A protects neuronal cells against brief hypoxia/reoxygenation.

    Olena Yermolaieva;Rong Xu;Carrie Schinstock;Nathan Brot

  • Reactive oxygen species impair Slo1 BK channel function by altering cysteine-mediated calcium sensing.

    Xiang Dong Tang;Maria L Garcia;Stefan H Heinemann;Toshinori Hoshi

  • COOPERATIVE SUBUNIT INTERACTIONS IN C-TYPE INACTIVATION OF K CHANNELS

    E. M. Ogielska;W. N. Zagotta;T. Hoshi;S. H. Heinemann

  • Modulation of BKCa Channel Gating by Endogenous Signaling Molecules

    Shangwei Hou;Stefan H. Heinemann;Toshinori Hoshi

Frequent Co-Authors

Toshinori Hoshi
Toshinori Hoshi University of Pennsylvania
Jürgen Popp
Jürgen Popp Friedrich Schiller University Jena
Michael Bauer
Michael Bauer TU Dresden
Nathan Brot
Nathan Brot Cornell University
Dalia Gordon
Dalia Gordon Weizmann Institute of Science
Herbert Weissbach
Herbert Weissbach Florida Atlantic University
Michael Schmitt
Michael Schmitt Northwestern University
Olaf Pongs
Olaf Pongs Universität Hamburg
Helmar Görls
Helmar Görls Friedrich Schiller University Jena
Jordi Molgó
Jordi Molgó Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS

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