Dr. phil.nat. Jürgen RETTINGER
Freelance Electrophysiology Consultant
72070 Tübingen, Germany

Jürgen Rettinger received his doctor degree in physics at Goethe-University in Frankfurt. in 1995. His focus as group leader at Max-Planck-Institute of Biophysics in Frankfurt was research of structure-function relationships of ligand-gated ion channels and teaching electrophysiology at Goethe-University Frankfurt, Shanghai Institutes of Biological Sciences and Fudan-University Shanghai. Between 2008 and 2021 Jürgen Rettinger worked with Multi Channel Systems responsible as product manager for automated electrophysiology.

Silvia SCHWARZ
Research Scientist
Shanghai Key Laboratory for Acupuncture Mechanism and Acupoint Function
Fudan University
Shanghai 200433, China

Silvia Schwarz finished her university education in biology and chemistry at Albert-Ludwigs-University Freiburg in 1974. Thereafter, she was educated and worked as teacher in biology and chemistry until 2008. Since then she works as research associate at Shanghai Research Center for Acupuncture and Meridians (Shanghai Key Laboratory of Acupuncture Mechanism and Acupoint Function, Fudan Univ.). Silvia Schwarz's main research focus is on antiviral effects of Chinese herbal drugs applying electrophysiological methods.

Prof. Dr. rer.nat. Wolfgang SCHWARZ
Professor for Physics
Institut für Biophysik, Goethe-Universität Frankfurt
Max-von-Laue-Str. 1,
60438 Frankfurt a.M., Germany
Shanghai Key Laboratory for Acupuncture Mechanism and Acupoint Function
Fudan University
Shanghai 200433, China

Wolfgang Schwarz received his doctor degree in physics at University of Saarland in 1975. Thereafter, he spent two years as postdoc at University of Washington Seattle working on characteristics of ion channels. In 1981 he habilitated in physiology atUniversity of Saarland and received a position as head of a Cell Physiology Laboratory at Max-Planck-Institute of Biophysics Frankfurt. Wolfgang Schwarz's main focus turned to structure-function and regulation of carrier transporters and teaching electrophysiology as professor for physics at Goethe-University Frankfurt, Shanghai Institutes of Biological Sciences and Fudan-University Shanghai. Since 2004 Wolfgang Schwarz is head of the Cell Electrophysiology Laboratory of Shanghai Research Center for Acupuncture and Meridian (Shanghai Key Laboratory of Acupuncture Mechanism and Acupoint Function, Fudan Univ.) and concurrent professor at Fudan University.

New sections on modern applications of electrophysiology in pharmacology and Chinese medicine

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