Prof. Dr. Max Gassmann

Prof. Dr. Max Gassmann

Max Gassmann, Chairman, Institute of Veterinary Physiology, Vetsuisse Faculty and Zurich Center for Integrative Human Physiology, University of Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland

Prof. MAX GASSMANN is a trained Swiss veterinarian with Peruvian roots. He is full professor of Veterinary Physiology and director of the corresponding institute, as well as chairman of the Zurich Center of Integrative Human Physiology (ZIHP), both institutions located at the University of Zurich. He graduated in Zurich before moving as a postdoctoral fellow to Stanford University Medical School were he joint the team of Prof. Paul Berg (Nobel Prize Laureate) for three years. Back in Zurich he first was lecturer at the Institute of Human Physiology before heading the one in the Veterinary Faculty.

Prof. Gassmann work focuses mainly on erythropoietin (Epo) and its receptor (EpoR) since 1992. Among other achievements he established an Epo-overexpressing mouse line that shows a constitutive hematocrit of 80%. That animal model became very well known in the community and up to now, over 25 manuscripts dealing with that mouse model were published. He is member of the Leopoldina National Academy of Science, Faculty of 1000 (F1000), Founding Member and Member of the Editorial Board of the newly established Journal “HYPOXIA” and has a standing visiting professorship at the Medical Faculty of the Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia (UPCH) in Lima, Peru.