Sabine Werner (born 5 September 1960) is a German biochemist and professor.

Sabine Werner
Werner in 2017
Born5 September 1960 [1]
NationalityGerman

Biography

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Sabine Werner was born on 5 September 1960 in Tübingen, Germany. She attended Universities of Tubingen and Munich where she studied Biochemistry. Her PhD was in cancer research at the Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry, completed in 1989. Werner then went to the University of California San Francisco working on growth factor action and tissue repair. Werner took a position as group leader at the Max-Planck-Institute from 1993 to 1999 while also working as an Associate Professor in the Ludwig-Maximilians-University of Munich.In 1999 Werner became the Professor of Cell Biology at ETH Zürich. Werner was awarded the Pfizer Academic Award in 1998.[2][3][4][5][6]

Research

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Werner is known for her research on tissue regeneration, especially focusing on growth factors and reactive oxygen species. Her research has potential applications to the study of cancer.[1]

Selected publications

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  • Gurtner, Geoffrey C.; Werner, Sabine; Barrandon, Yann; Longaker, Michael T. (May 2008). "Wound repair and regeneration" (PDF). Nature. 453 (7193): 314–321. Bibcode:2008Natur.453..314G. doi:10.1038/nature07039. PMID 18480812. S2CID 205213660.
  • Werner, Sabine; Grose, Richard (July 2003). "Regulation of Wound Healing by Growth Factors and Cytokines". Physiological Reviews. 83 (3): 835–870. doi:10.1152/physrev.2003.83.3.835. PMID 12843410.
  • Werner, S.; Peters, K. G.; Longaker, M. T.; Fuller-Pace, F.; Banda, M. J.; Williams, L. T. (1 August 1992). "Large induction of keratinocyte growth factor expression in the dermis during wound healing". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 89 (15): 6896–6900. Bibcode:1992PNAS...89.6896W. doi:10.1073/pnas.89.15.6896. ISSN 0027-8424. PMC 49611. PMID 1379725.

Awards

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Sources

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  1. ^ a b c "Leopoldina CV, Sabine Werner" (PDF). Retrieved October 5, 2021.
  2. ^ "External Speaker - Professor Sabine Werner". Australian Regenerative Medicine Institute.
  3. ^ "Prof. Dr. Sabine Werner". www.helmholtz.de.
  4. ^ "Wundheilung detailliert aufgeschlüsselt". idw-online.de.
  5. ^ Switzerl, Address ETH Zürich Dep of Biology Prof Dr Sabine Werner Inst f Molecular Health Sciences HPL F. 12 Otto-Stern-Weg 7 8093 Zürich. "Werner, Sabine, Prof. Dr. | ETH Zurich". biol.ethz.ch.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  6. ^ Switzerl, ETH Zurich Inst f Molecular Health Sciences Prof Dr Sabine Werner Deputy head of Dep of Biology HPL F. 12 Otto-Stern-Weg 7 8093 Zürich. "Prof. Dr. Sabine Werner". mhs.biol.ethz.ch.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  7. ^ "European Academy of Sciences - Sabine Werner". www.eurasc.org. Retrieved 2021-10-06.
  8. ^ "EMBO Communities - Sabine Werner". people.embo.org. 2012. Retrieved 2021-10-06.