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is Professor of Neurobiology, Center for Molecular Neurobiology, University of Hamburg. Dr. Schachner is the discoverer of the L1 protein, a promoter of axonal outgrowth, and the L2/HNK-1 carbohydrate, a critical motor neuron guidance factor. Her research focus is on cell adhesion molecules in the nervous system, and their role in nerve cell regeneration. She serves on the editorial boards of numerous scientific journals, including the Journal of Neurobiology, Brain Research, Molecular Brain Research, Journal of Neuroscience and the Journal of Neuroimmunology. Dr. Schachner’s publications are among the 100 most-cited in neuroscience worldwide and among the 20 most-cited in natural sciences from Germany, according to ISI (Institute for Scientific Information, monitored from 2000 to 2003). Dr. Schachner received her undergraduate degree in Biochemistry at the University of Tubingen, and her Ph.D. in Biochemistry from the Max-Planck Institute in Munich. She was awarded the Prize of the German Society for Spinal Cord Regeneration in 2000. | 