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RWTH Aachen University: Aachen, Nordrhein-Westfalen, DE

2014-04-01 to present | Full Professor (Institute for Biology II / Chemosensation Lab)
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Marc Spehr

RWTH Aachen University: Aachen, Nordrhein-Westfalen, DE

2009-04-01 to 2014-03-31 | Associate Professor (Institute for Biology II, Chemosensation Lab)
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Marc Spehr

Ruhr-Universitat Bochum: Bochum, Nordrhein-Westfalen, DE

2006-04-01 to 2009-03-31 | Junior Research Group Leader (Emmy Noether Research Group on "Chemosensory Mechanisms of Social Communication")
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Marc Spehr

University of Maryland Baltimore: Baltimore, MD, US

2004-01-01 to 2006-03-31 | Research fellow / postdoc (Anatomy and Neurobiology)
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Marc Spehr

Ruhr-Universitat Bochum: Bochum, Nordrhein-Westfalen, DE

2003-01-01 to 2003-12-31 | Research fellow / postdoc (Cellular Physiology)
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Marc Spehr

Education and qualifications (2)

Ruhr-Universitat Bochum: Bochum, Nordrhein-Westfalen, DE

1999-04-01 to 2002-12-12 | Dr. rer. nat. (Cellular Physiology)
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Marc Spehr

Ruhr-Universitat Bochum: Bochum, Nordrhein-Westfalen, DE

1993-10-15 to 1999-04-01 | Diploma
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Professional activities (3)

European Chemoreception Research Organisation: Paris, FR

2006-01-01 to present
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Neurowissenschaftliche Gesellschaft: Berlin, Berlin, DE

2004-01-01 to present
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Association for Chemoreception Sciences: Minneapolis, Minnesota, US

2001 to present
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Funding (8)

GRK 2150:  The Neuroscience of Modulating Aggression and Impulsivity in Psychopathology

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Olfactory control of long-range coupling in developing prefrontal-hippocampal-entorhinal networks

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The molecular and cellular architecture of chemosensory communication - from gene to behaviour (continuation)

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Role of the scaffolding protein SLC9A3R1 in the vomeronasal organ from protein interactions to the physiology of pheromone detection

Formyl peptide receptor-like receptors: an olfactory tool to identify pathogens?

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Marc Spehr via DimensionsWizard

The molecular and cellular architecture of chemosensory communication - from gene to behaviour

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Molekulare und zelluläre Mechanismen der olfaktorisch-vomeronasalen Chemosensorik im Mausmodell

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Charakterisierung molekularer Mechanismen der Pheromon-vermittelten Signaltransduktion bei Nagetieren (Mausmodell)

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Kir7.1 is the physiological target for hormones and steroids that regulate uteroplacental function.

Science Advances
2025-03-05 | Journal article | Author
Contributors: Polina V. Lishko; Citlalli Vergara; Monika Haoui; David Fleck; Geraldine Zimmer-Bensch; Lina Kenzler; Marc Spehr; Jerome Schröer; Christopher Wiesbrock
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Impaired pheromone detection and abnormal sexual behavior in female mice deficient for ancV1R

Current Biology
2025-01 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 0960-9822
Contributors: Hiro Kondo; Tetsuo Iwata; Koji Sato; Riseru Koshiishi; Hikoyu Suzuki; Ken Murata; Marc Spehr; Kazushige Touhara; Masato Nikaido; Junji Hirota
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pH-dependent structural dynamics of the neuropeptide Y in aqueous solution

2024-11-06 | Preprint
Contributors: Thi Hoa Nguyen; Marc Spehr; Ana-Nicoleta; Paolo Carloni
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Single-neuron representations of odours in the human brain

Nature
2024-10-17 | Journal article
Contributors: Marcel S. Kehl; Sina Mackay; Kathrin Ohla; Matthias Schneider; Valeri Borger; Rainer Surges; Marc Spehr; Florian Mormann
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Reduced Gray Matter Volume and Cortical Thickness in Patients With Small-Fiber Neuropathy

The Journal of Pain
2024-06 | Journal article
Contributors: Sebastian Scheliga; Maike F. Dohrn; Ute Habel; Angelika Lampert; Roman Rolke; Annette Lischka; Noortje van den Braak; Marc Spehr; Han-Gue Jo; Thilo Kellermann
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Deciphering the chemical language of inbred and wild mouse conspecific scents

eLife
2024-05-15 | Journal article
Contributors: Maximilian Nagel; Marco Niestroj; Rohini Bansal; David Fleck; Angelika Lampert; Romana Stopkova; Pavel Stopka; Yoram Ben-Shaul; Marc Spehr
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A revised conceptual framework for mouse vomeronasal pumping and stimulus sampling

Current Biology
2024-02 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 0960-9822
Contributors: Christoph Hamacher; Rudolf Degen; Melissa Franke; Victoria K. Switacz; David Fleck; Raghu Ram Katreddi; Andres Hernandez-Clavijo; Martin Strauch; Nao Horio; Enno Hachgenei et al.
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Marc Spehr

Stimulus-Induced Theta-Band LFP Oscillations Format Neuronal Representations of Social Chemosignals in the Mouse Accessory Olfactory Bulb

The Journal of Neuroscience
2023-12-13 | Journal article
Contributors: Oksana Cohen; Anat Kahan; Idan Steinberg; Sebastian T. Malinowski; Dan Rokni; Marc Spehr; Yoram Ben-Shaul
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The rules of sex and strain: deciphering the chemical language of inbred and wild mouse conspecific scents

2023-09-01 | Preprint
Contributors: Maximilian Nagel; Marco Niestroj; Rohini Bansal; David Fleck; Angelika Lampert; Romana Stopkova; Pavel Stopka; Yoram Ben-Shaul; Marc Spehr
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Systems neuroscience: A box full of tools to illuminate the black box of the brain

PLOS Biology
2023-07-27 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 1545-7885
Contributors: J. Simon Wiegert; Marc Spehr; Ileana Hanganu-Opatz
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Marc Spehr

The second PI(3,5)P<sub>2</sub> binding site in the <i>S0</i> helix of KCNQ1 stabilizes PIP<sub>2</sub>-at the primary <i>PI1</i> site with potential consequences on intermediate-to-open state transition.

Biological chemistry
2023-02-23 | Journal article
Contributors: Dellin M; Rohrbeck I; Asrani P; Schreiber JA; Ritter N; Glorius F; Bernhard Wünsch; Thomas Budde; Temme L; Timo Strünker et al.
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Marc Spehr

Stimulus-induced theta band LFP oscillations format neuronal representations of social chemosignals in the mouse accessory olfactory bulb

2023-02-08 | Preprint
Contributors: Oksana Cohen; Anat Kahan; Idan Steinberg; Sebastian Malinowski; Dan Rokni; Marc Spehr; Yoram Ben-Shaul
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Fluoride Transport and Inhibition Across CLC Transporters

Handbook of Experimental Pharmacology
2022 | Book chapter
Part of ISSN: 0171-2004
Part of ISSN: 1865-0325
Contributors: Somayeh Asgharpour; L. América Chi; Marc Spehr; Paolo Carloni; Mercedes Alfonso-Prieto
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Neural correlates of multisensory integration in the human brain: an ALE meta-analysis

Reviews in the Neurosciences
2022-09-12 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 0334-1763
Part of ISSN: 2191-0200
Contributors: Sebastian Scheliga; Thilo Kellermann; Angelika Lampert; Roman Rolke; Marc Spehr; Ute Habel
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Purinergic Signaling in Spermatogenesis

Frontiers in Endocrinology
2022-04-05 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 1664-2392
Contributors: Nadine Mundt; Lina Kenzler; Marc Spehr
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Sparser and Less Efficient Hippocampal-Prefrontal Projections account for Developmental Network Dysfunction in a Model of Psychiatric Risk Mediated by Gene-Environment Interaction

The Journal of Neuroscience
2022-01-26 | Journal article
Contributors: Lingzhen Song; Xiaxia Xu; Peggy Putthoff; David Fleck; Marc Spehr; Ileana L. Hanganu-Opatz
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Ventral striatal islands of Calleja neurons control grooming in mice

Nature Neuroscience
2021-12 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 1097-6256
Part of ISSN: 1546-1726
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Marc Spehr

TMEM16A and TMEM16B Modulate Pheromone-Evoked Action Potential Firing in Mouse Vomeronasal Sensory Neurons

eneuro
2021-09 | Journal article
Contributors: Andres Hernandez-Clavijo; Nicole Sarno; Kevin Y. Gonzalez-Velandia; Rudolf Degen; David Fleck; Jason R. Rock; Marc Spehr; Anna Menini; Simone Pifferi
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The Potential Effect of Nav1.8 in Autism Spectrum Disorder: Evidence From a Congenital Case With Compound Heterozygous SCN10A Mutations

Frontiers in Molecular Neuroscience
2021-07-27 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 1662-5099
Contributors: Björn Heinrichs; Baowen Liu; Jin Zhang; Jannis E. Meents; Kim Le; Andelain Erickson; Petra Hautvast; Xiwen Zhu; Ningbo Li; Yi Liu et al.
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Marc Spehr

Testicular adenosine acts as a pro-inflammatory molecule: role of testicular peritubular cells.

Molecular human reproduction
2021-07-01 | Journal article
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Marc Spehr

Do all mice smell the same? Chemosensory cues from inbred and wild mouse strains elicit stereotypic sensory representations in the accessory olfactory bulb.

BMC biology
2021-06-28 | Journal article
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Marc Spehr

DNA Methyltransferase 1 (DNMT1) Shapes Neuronal Activity of Human iPSC-Derived Glutamatergic Cortical Neurons.

International journal of molecular sciences
2021-02-18 | Journal article
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Marc Spehr
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ATP activation of peritubular cells drives testicular sperm transport.

eLife
2021-01-27 | Journal article
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Marc Spehr
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Analysis of AOB responses to inbred and wild mouse stimuli - stable representations across genetically distinct stimulus donors and subjects

Chemical Senses
2020 | Journal article
Contributors: Ben-Shaul, Yoram; Spehr, Marc; Stopka, Pavel; Kimchi, Tali; Bansal, Rohini; Nagel, Maximilian; Stopkova, Romana
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DNA Methyltransferase 1 (DNMT1) Function Is Implicated in the Age-Related Loss of Cortical Interneurons

Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology
2020 | Journal article
Contributors: Hahn, Anne; Pensold, Daniel; Bayer, Cathrin; Tittelmeier, Jessica; Gonzalez-Bermudez, Lourdes; Marx-Bluemel, Lisa; Linde, Jenice; Gross, Jonas; Salinas-Riester, Gabriela; Lingner, Thomas et al.
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Bursting mitral cells time the oscillatory coupling between olfactory bulb and entorhinal networks in neonatal mice

The Journal of Physiology
2020-12 | Journal article
Contributors: Johanna K. Kostka; Sabine Gretenkord; Marc Spehr; Ileana L. Hanganu‐Opatz
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Influence of Size and Cross-Linking Density of Microgels on Cellular Uptake and Uptake Kinetics

Biomacromolecules
2020-11-09 | Journal article
Contributors: Victoria K. Switacz; Sarah K. Wypysek; Rudolf Degen; Jérôme J. Crassous; Marc Spehr; Walter Richtering
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ATP activation of peritubular cells drives testicular sperm transport

2020-09-16 | Other
Contributors: Marc Spehr; David Fleck; Lina Kenzler; Nadine Mundt; Martin Strauch; Naofumi Uesaka; Robert Moosmann; Felicitas Bruentgens; Annika Missel; Artur Mayerhofer et al.
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Synchronous Infra-Slow Oscillations Organize Ensembles of Accessory Olfactory Bulb Projection Neurons into Distinct Microcircuits

The Journal of Neuroscience
2020-05-20 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 0270-6474
Part of ISSN: 1529-2401
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Marc Spehr
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Coordinated activity in the olfactory bulb gates the oscillatory entrainment of entorhinal networks in neonatal mice

Chemical Senses
2019 | Journal article
Contributors: Gretenkord, Sabine; Kostka, Johanna Katharina; Hartung, Henrike; Watznauer, Katja; Fleck, David; Minier-Toribio, Angelica; Spehr, Marc; Hanganu-Opatz, Ileana Livia
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Functional Properties and Synaptic Connections of Dopamine D3 receptor-expressing Neurons in the Ventral Striatum

Chemical Senses
2019 | Journal article
Contributors: Zhang, Yun-Feng; Bhattarai, Janardhan P.; Mohrhardt, Julia; Fleck, David; Luo, Wenqin; Stegmaier, Johannes; Spehr, Marc; Ma, Minghong
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Investigation of Ca2+-mediated signaling in mouse vomeronasal sensory neurons

Chemical Senses
2019 | Journal article
Contributors: Degen, Rudolf; Spehr, Marc
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The Vomeronasal System Can Learn Novel Stimulus Response Pairings

Cell reports
2019-04 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 2211-1247
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Marc Spehr
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Synthesis of acylglycerol derivatives by mechanochemistry

Beilstein Journal of Organic Chemistry
2019-03-29 | Journal article
Contributors: Karen J Ardila-Fierro; Andrij Pich; Marc Spehr; José G Hernández; Carsten Bolm
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Novel 3D analysis using optical tissue clearing documents the evolution of murine rapidly progressive glomerulonephritis

Kidney international
2019-03-15 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 0085-2538
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Marc Spehr
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Coordinated electrical activity in the olfactory bulb gates the oscillatory entrainment of entorhinal networks in neonatal mice

PLOS Biology
2019-01-31 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 1545-7885
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Marc Spehr
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A systematic comparison of semiochemical signaling in the accessory olfactory system of wild and lab strain mice

Chemical Senses
2018 | Journal article
Contributors: Nagel, Maximilian; Bansal, Rohini; Stopka, Pavel; Kimchi, Tali; Ben-Shaul, Yoram; Spehr, Marc
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An ancestral TMEM16 homolog from Dictyostelium discoideum forms a scramblase.

PloS one
2018 | Journal article
Contributors: Pelz T; Drose DR; Fleck D; Henkel B; Ackels T; Spehr M; Neuhaus EM
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An Information Theoretic Approach to Stimulus Processing in the Olfactory System

Information- and Communication Theory in Molecular Biology
2018 | Journal article
Contributors: Arts, Martijn; Mathar, Rudolf; Spehr, Marc
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Correlation of electrical activity and calcium signals in mouse vomeronasal sensory neurons

Chemical Senses
2018 | Journal article
Contributors: Degen, Rudolf; Spehr, Marc
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Functional Organization of the Islands of Calleja in the Olfactory Tubercle

Chemical Senses
2018 | Journal article
Contributors: Zhang, Yun-Feng; Bhattarai, Janardhan P.; Mohrhardt, Julia; Fleck, David; Luo, Wenqin; Spehr, Marc; Ma, Minghong
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Infraslow Oscillations in the Mouse Accessory Olfactory Bulb

Chemical Senses
2018 | Journal article
Contributors: Mohrhardt, Julia; Tsitoura, Chryssanthi; Malinowski, Sebastian; Watznauer, Katja; Gorin, Monika; Ben-Shaul, Yoram; Spehr, Marc
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Parallel pathways of oscillatory entrainment in mitral cells in the murine accessory olfactory bulb

Chemical Senses
2018 | Journal article
Contributors: Mohrhardt, Julia; Tsitoura, Chryssanthi; Spehr, Marc
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Role of CD36 in fatty acid detection by the olfactory system

Chemical Senses
2018 | Journal article
Contributors: Neuhaus, Eva; Oberland, Sonja; Ackels, Tobias; Spehr, Marc
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Signaling Mechanisms in the Mouse Accessory Olfactory System

Chemical Senses
2018 | Journal article
Contributors: Spehr, Marc; Tsitoura, Chryssanthi; Nagel, Maximilian; Degen, Rudolf; Morhardt, Julia; Malinowski, Sebastian; Ben-Shaul, Yoram
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The Semiochemical Repertoire of Wild versus Inbred Mice

Chemical Senses
2018 | Journal article
Contributors: Nagel, Maximilian; Bansal, Rohini; Stopka, Pavel; Kimchi, Tali; Ben-Shaul, Yoram; Spehr, Marc
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An ecotoxicological view on neurotoxicity assessment

Environmental Sciences Europe
2018-12 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 2190-4707
Part of ISSN: 2190-4715
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Marc Spehr
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Signal Detection and Coding in the Accessory Olfactory System

Chemical senses
2018-11-01 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 0379-864X
Part of ISSN: 1464-3553
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Marc Spehr

Sensory Adaptation to Chemical Cues by Vomeronasal Sensory Neurons

eneuro
2018-07 | Journal article
Contributors: Wen Mai Wong; Maximilian Nagel; Andres Hernandez-Clavijo; Simone Pifferi; Anna Menini; Marc Spehr; Julian P. Meeks
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TRPV4 is the temperature-sensitive ion channel of human sperm

2018-02-20 | Other
Contributors: Nadine Mundt; Marc Spehr; Polina V. Lishko
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