Kohl

Prof. Dr.
Peter Kohl
University Heart Center Freiburg ∙ Bad KrozingenInstitute for Experimental Cardiovascular Medicine
Director
Phone 0049-761-270-63950
peter.kohl@uniklinik-freiburg.de
www.iekm.uniklinik-freiburg.de
CV
- 1987-1992 Physician specialist training (Physiology) and PhD, Physiological Institute, Charité, Humboldt Universität Berlin
- 1992-1997 Post-Doc, University Lab of Physiology, University of Oxford
- 1997-2010 Head of the Cardiac Mechano-Electric Feedback Lab, Department of Physiology, Anatomy and Genetics, University of Oxford
- 2010-2015 Chair in Cardiac Biophysics and Systems Biology, National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College London
- Since 2015 Full Professor (W3) and Director of the Institute for Experimental Cardiovascular Medicine, University Heart Center Freiburg ∙ Bad Krozingen
Focus of research
- Cardiac Mechano-Electric Feedback
- Hetero-cellular interactions
- Structure-function imaging and modelling
Selected publications
- Quinn TA, Kohl P. Cardiac Mechano-Electric Coupling: Acute Effects of Mechanical Stimulation on Heart Rate and Rhythm. Physiol Rev. 2021; 101:37–92. https://journals.physiology.org/doi/pdf/10.1152/physrev.00036.2019
- Karoutas A, Szymanski W, Rausch T et al. The NSL complex maintains nuclear architecture stability via lamin A/C acetylation. Nature Cell Biology. 2019; 21(10):1248-1260. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=31576060
- Toomer KA, Yu M, Fulmer D et al. Primary cilia defects causing mitral valve prolapse. Sci Transl Med 2019/11(493):eaax0290. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31118289
- Bernal Sierra YA, Rost BR, Pofahl M et al. Potassium channel-based optogenetic silencing. Nat Commun. 2018; 9:4611. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=Potassium+channel-based+optogenetic+silencing
- Hulsmans M, Clauss S, Xiao L. et al. Macrophages Facilitate Electrical Conduction in the Heart. Cell. 2017; 169:510-522. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28431249