Weiss Lab

Pathophysiology of Ion Channels

Dr. Norbert Weiss


PhD Neuroscience | Neurobiology


Education and Research Training 

2001-2002        B.Ss                  University Joseph Fourier (France) 
2003-2006        Ph.D.                University Joseph Fourier (France) 
2007-2008        Postdoc          University Claude Bernard (France) 
2008-2010        Postdoc          University Joseph Fourier (France) 
2010-2013        Postdoc          University of Calgary (Canada) 

Professional and Academic Position Held 

2020-present    Senior Group Leader      Charles University (Czech Republic) 
2020-present    Research Fellow                Slovak Academy of Sciences 
2014-2020         Junior Group Leader      Czech Academy of Sciences (Czech Republic) 
2018                       Guest Professor                University of Ulm (Germany) 
2014-2016         Guest Professor                Saint Petersburg State University (Russia) 

Honors, Awards, Recognitions, and Outstanding Achievements 

2003     Doctoral Studentship     French Ministry of Research (3 years) 
2006     Doctor of Philosophy     Graduation with Distinction       University Joseph Fourier 
2009     Travel Award                       European Calcium Channel Society
2011     Postdoc. Fellowship        Alberta Heritage Foundation for Medical Research (3 years)
2011     Postdoc. Fellowship        Hotchkiss Brain Institute (2 years, declined) 
2012     Potsdoc. of the Year        Hotchkiss Brain Institute 

Research Funding Received as Independent Scientist (Received over EUR 1400K in funding) 

2026.1-2029.12            Scientific Grant Agency of the Ministry of Education, Research, Development and Youth of the Slovak Republic and the Slovak Academy of Sciences #2/0119/26          Role: PI
Cardiac dysfunction as a central contributor to sudden unexpected death in epilepsy in Dravet Syndrome: mechanistic insights from cardiomyocytes derived from patients-induced pluripotent stem cells

2026.1-2028.12 (EUR 327K)       Czech Science Foundation #26-23565S   PI
Unraveling the regulatory landscape of neuronal T-type calcium channels variants in human disease

2024.1-2025.12 (EUR 2K)           Ministry of Education Youth and Sport #8J24AT  PI            Centralizing available information on disease-associated genetic variants of voltage-gated Ca2+ channels to improve pathogenicity predictions

2023.3-2026.12 (EUR 200K)       Ministry of Education Youth and Sport #LUAUS23322     co-PI
Development of novel non-opioid calcium channel antagonists for the treatment of pain

2022.1-2025.12 (EUR 30K)         Scientific Grant Agency of the Ministry of Education, Research, Development and Youth of the Slovak Republic and the Slovak Academy of Sciences #2/0073/22          PI
The role of T-type calcium channels in the pathophysiology of motor neurons

2022.1-2024.12 (EUR 320K)       Czech Science Foundation #22-23242S   Role: PI
Physio(patho)logy of T-type calcium channels in motor neuron function

2018.1-2020.12 (EUR 1.8K)        Czech Academy of Sciences #SAV-12-22 Role: PI
Exploring the molecular determinants and functional role of T-type channel dimerization

2015.1-2016.12 (EUR 4.4K)        Ministry of Education Youth and Sport #7AMB15FR        PI
Pathophysiology of T-type calcium channels in diabetic neuropathy

2015.1-2017.12 (EUR 300K)       Czech Science Foundation #15-13556S   PI
Pathophysiology of T-type calcium channels in diabetic neuropathy

2014.1-2018.12     Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry        PI
Starting grant (EUR 246K

Students Supervised (since 2014) 

Postdocs: 5       PhD students: 3            Master students: 9 

Editorial Activity 

Editorial Board Member:
2024-present    Deputy Editor-in-Chief         Channels
2021-2023        Associate Editor                         Channels
2015-2021        Board Member                           Channels
2014-present    Associate Editor                       General Physiology and Biophysics
2012-present    Board Member                         Communicative and Integrative Biology
2012-present    Board Member                         Pharmaceutical Biology

Ad Hoc Reviewer:
eLife, Pain, ACS chemical Neuroscience, Scientific Reports, Journal of Biological Chemistry, Frontiers Pharmacology, Pflügers Archiv - European Journal of Physiology, The FEBS Journal, Cerebral Cortex, Oncology, Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Journal of Neuroscience Research, Journal of Neurochemistry, Communicative & Integrative Biology, Pharmaceutical Biology, Channels, Pesticide Biochemistry and Physiology, WIREs Membrane Transport and Signaling… 
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