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MATTHIAS HEBROK, PHD

Associate Professor in Residence, Diabetes Center, UCSF

CONTACT

mhebrok@diabetes.ucsf.edu
(415) 514-0820 (voice)
(415) 564-5813 (fax)

Box 0540, UCSF; San Francisco, CA 94143-0540

additional websites:

Hebrok Lab Website

EDUCATION

Biological-Technical Assistant (BTA) School, Bückeburg, Germany, Diploma, 1983-1985, Biology
Albert-Ludwigs University, Freiburg, Germany, Diploma/ Master Ph.D., 1986-1992, Cell & Molecular Biology
Max-Planck-Institute for Immunobiology, Freiburg, Germany, 1992-1995, Developmental Biology
Harvard University, Department of Molecular & Cell Biology and Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Cambridge, MA Postdoctoral Training, 1996-1999, Developmental Biology

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

1991-1992

Diploma thesis, Institute for Immunobiology, Dept. of Tumorbiology, Dr. W. Bessler, advisor

1992-1995

Graduate student, Max-Planck-Institute for Immunobiology, Freiburg, Dept. of Developmental Biology, Dr. Ernst-Martin Füchtbauer, advisor; Dr. Davor Solter, Head of Department

1995

Post-doctoral Research Fellow, Max-Planck-Institute for Immunobiology in Freiburg, Dept. of Developmental Biology

1996-1999

Post-doctoral Research Fellow, Howard Hughes Medical Institute and Dept. of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Harvard University, Dr. Douglas A. Melton, advisor

1999-2005

Assistant Professor in Residence, Diabetes Research Center, Department of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco

2005-present

Assistant Professor, Diabetes Research Center, Department of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco

HONORS & AWARDS

1994

Graduate Student Research Award of the Hoechst AG, Frankfurt

1995

Post-doctoral Fellowship from the Max-Planck Society

1996

Post-doctoral Fellowship from the German Research Society (DFG)

1997-1999

Howard Hughes Medical Institute Postdoctoral Fellowship

1999

Sandler Program in Basic Sciences Junior Faculty Start-up Award

2000

Sandler Award in Basic Sciences

2000

Career Development Award, Juvenile Diabetes Foundation

2004

Guest-Professor, University of Ulm, Germany

2006

Scholar Award, Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

Hebrok, M., Wertz, K. and E.-M. Füchtbauer (1994): M-twist is an inhibitor of muscle differentiation. Dev. Biol. 165, 537-544.

Rohwedel, J., Horak, V., Füchtbauer, E.-M., Hebrok, M. and A. M. Wobus (1995): M-twist expression inhibits mouse embryonic stem cell-derived myogenic differentiation in vitro. Exp. Cell Res. 220, 92-100.

Hebrok, M., Füchtbauer, A. and E.-M. Füchtbauer (1997): Repression of muscle-specific gene activation by the murine twist protein. Exp. Cell Res. 232, 295-303.

Kim, S. K., Hebrok, M. and D. A. Melton (1997): Notochord to endoderm signaling is required for pancreas development. Development 124, 4243-4252.

Kim, S. K., Hebrok, M. and D. A. Melton (1997): Pancreas development in the chick embryo. Cold Spring Harbour Symp. Quant. Biol. 62, 377-383.

Hebrok, M., Kim, S. K. and D. A. Melton (1998): Notochord repression of endodermal Sonic hedgehog permits pancreas development. Genes & Development, 12, 1705-1713.

Hebrok, M., Kim, S. K. and D. A. Melton (1999): Screening for novel pancreatic genes expressed during embryogenesis. Diabetes 48, 1550-1556.

Kim, S. K., Hebrok, M., Li, E., Oh, P., Schrewe, H., Harmon, E. B., Lee, J. S. and D. A. Melton. (2000): Activin receptor patterning of foregut organogenesis. Genes & Development 14, 1866-1871.

Hebrok, M., Kim, S. K., St-Jacques, B., McMahon A. P. and D. A. Melton. (2000): Regulation of pancreas development by Hedgehog signaling. Development 127, 4905-4913.

Kim, S. K. and Hebrok, M. (2001): Intercellular signals regulating pancreas development and function. Genes & Development 15, 111-127.

Hebrok, M. (2003): Hedgehog signaling in pancreas development, Mech. Dev. 120, 45-57.

Kawahira, H., Tzanakakis, E., Ma, N., McMahon, A. P., Chuang, P.-T., and M. Hebrok (2003): Combined activities of Hedgehog signaling inhibitors regulate pancreas development. Development 130, 4871-4879.

Thayer, S. P., Pasca di Magliano, M., Heiser, P.W., Roberts, D. J., Nielsen, C. M., Lauwers, G. Y., Qi, Y.P., Gysin, S., Fernandez-del Castillo, F., Yajnik, V., Antoniu, B., McMahon, M., Warshaw, A. L., and M. Hebrok (2003): Hedgehog is an early and late mediator of pancreatic cancer tumorigenesis. Nature 425, 851 - 856.

Pasca di Magliano, M., and M. Hebrok (2003): Hedgehog signalling in cancer formation and maintenance. Nature Reviews Cancer, 3, 903-911.

Heiser, P. W. and M. Hebrok (2004): Development and cancer: Lessons learned in the pancreas. Cell Cycle 3, 270 -272.

Hebrok, M. and L. F. Reichardt (2004): Brain meets pancreas: netrin, an axon guidance molecule, controls epithelial cell migration. Trends in Cell Biology, 14, 153-155.

Cano, D. A., Murcia, N. S., Pazour, G. J. and M. Hebrok (2004): Orpk mouse model of polycystic kidney disease reveals essential role of primary cilia in pancreatic tissue organization. Development 131, 3457-3467.

Kawahira, H., Scheel. D. W., Smith, S. B., German, M. S., and M. Hebrok (2005): Hedgehog signaling regulates expansion of pancreatic epithelial cells. Dev. Bio, 280, 111-121.

Perez, S. Cano, D. A., Dao-Pick, T., Rougier, V., Werb, Z., and M. Hebrok (2005) Matrix Metalloproteinase 2 and 9 are dispensable for pancreatic islet formation and function in vivo. Diabetes 54, 694-701.

Lau, J., Kawahira, H., and M. Hebrok (2006): Hedgehog signaling in pancreas development and disease, Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences, 63, 642-52.

Heiser, P. W., Lau, J. Taketo, M., Herrera P., and M. Hebrok (2006): Stabilization of β-catenin impacts pancreas growth. Development, 133, 2023-2032.

Sekine, S., Lan, B., Bedolli, M., Feng, S. and M. Hebrok (2006): Liver-specific loss of β-catenin blocks glutamine synthesis pathway activity and cytochrome p450 expression in mice. Hepatology, 43, 817-825.

Pasca di Magliano, M. Sekine, S., Ermilov, A. Brown, J. Dlugosz, A.A., and M. Hebrok (2006): Hedgehog/Ras interactions regulate early stages of pancreatic cancer. Genes & Development, 20, 3161-3173.

11/28/06

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