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Renal, Fluid & Electrolyte Physiology

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Franz-Xaver Beck - F1000 Faculty Member (since 05 December 2008)

Department of Physiology , University of Munich, Munich, Germany

BIOGRAPHY

EDUCATION: After preclinical studies at the University Regensburg, he completed his clinical education at the Technische Universität München and graduated in 1976; his M.D. thesis followed in 1978, the Habilitation in 1985

MEMBERSHIPS/AWARDS: He currently holds a Fiebiger-Professorship (since 1990).

RESEARCH INTERESTS: His main interests are in renal physiology especially in renal tubule electrolyte transport and in osmoadaptation and volume regulation of renal medullary cells.

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