Degrees and professional history

1956 – 1962 Masaryk University, Brno, Faculty of Medicine - MD.
1973 - University of Hamburg – Priv. Doc.
1978 - University of Hamburg - Professor
1980 – 2004 - Head of Department of Functional Morphology

Scholarships

1979, 1980, 1981, 1983, 1990, 1991 - Visiting Professor, Pennstate University in Hershey, Pennsylvania, USA (Dept. of Anatomy)
1984 - Visiting Professor, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia (Dept. of Anatomy)
1986 - Visiting Professor, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine in Davies, California, USA (Dept. of Physiology)
1987, 1988 - Visiting Professor, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine in Gainesville, Florida, USA (Dept. of Physiology)
1995, 1996 - Visiting Professor, Faculty of Medicine, Chinese University of Hong Kong (Dept. of Physiology)
1987 – 2004 - Visiting Professor at the Charles University in Prague, Czech Republic (Dept. of Anatomy)
1999 - Sabattical at the Charles University in Prague, Czech Republic (Dept. of Anatomy)
1999 - Sabattical at the King`s College, University of London (Dept. of Physiology)

Select publications

Halata Z, Baumann KI (2008) Anatomy of receptors. In: Grunwald M (ed) Human Haptic Perception. Birkhäuser, Basel, pp. 86-92

Halata Z, Baumann KI (2008) Neuromuscular control and proprioception of the shoulder. In: DiGiacomo (ed) Atlas of the Shoulder. Springer,Heidelberg, New York, pp. 2-11

Ebara S, Kumamoto K, Baumann KI , Halata Z (2008) Three-dimensional analyses of touch domes in the hairy skin of the cat paw reveal morphological substrates for complex sensory processing. Neuroscience Research 61: 159-171

Mecklenburg L, Paus R, Halata Z, Bechtoldt LS, Fleckman P (2004) FOXN1 is critical for onycholemmal terminal differentiation in nude (Foxn1nu) mice. J Invest Dermatol 123:1001-1011

Schrödter S, Biermann E, Halata Z (2004) Histologic evaluation of nasal epithelium of the middle turbinate in utreated OSAS patients and during nCPAP therapy. Rhinology 42:153-157

Baumann KI, Halata Z, Moll I (eds) (2003) The Merkel Cell. Structure - Development-Function - Cancerogenesis. Springer: Berlin, Heidelberg, New York. Pp 1-248

Schrödter S, Biermann E, Halata Z (2003) Histological evaluation of age-related changes in human respiratory mucosa of the middle turbinate. Anatomy and Embyology 207:19-27

Halata Z, Grim M, Bauman KI (2003) Friedrich Sigmund Merkel and his "Merkel cell", morphology, development, and physiology: Review and new results. Anat Rec 271A:225-239Szeder V, Grim M, Halata Z, Sieber-Blum M. (2003) Neural crest origin of mammalian Merkel cells. Dev Biol 253:258-263

Maass S, Baumann KI, Halata Z (2001) Topography of muscle spindles and Golgi tendon organs in shoulder muscles of "Monodelphis domestica". Ann Anat 183:237-242

Maass S, Baumann KI, Halata Z (2001) Topography of corpuscular mechanoreceptors in the shoulder joint region of monodelphis domestica. Anat Rec 263:35-40

Nanka O, Peumans WJ, Van Damme EJ, Pfuller U, Valasek P, Halata Z, Schumacher U, Grim M (2001) Lectin histochemistry of microvascular endothelium in chick and quail musculature. Anat Embryol 204: 407-411

Sames K, Schumacher U, Halata Z, Van Damme EJ, Peumans WJ, Asmus B, Moll R, Moll I (2001) Lectin and proteoglycan histochemistry of Merkel cell carcinomas. Exp Dermatol 10:100-109

Sames K, Halata Z, Jojovic M, Van Damme EJ, Peumans WJ, Delpech B, Asmus B, Schumacher U (2001) Lectin and proteoglycan histochemistry of feline pacinian corpuscles. J Histochem Cytochem 49:19-28

Grim M, Halata Z (2000) Developmental origin of Merkel cells in birds. In: Merkel cells, Merkel cell carcinoma and neurobiology of the skin (Suzuki H, Ono T, eds), Amsterdam: Elsevier. pp 23-32

Grim M, Halata Z (2000) Developmental origin of avian Merkel cells. Anat Embryol 202:401-410

Halata Z, Baumann KI (2000) Topography of nerve terminals in Merkel cell nerve endings in mammals. In: Merkel cells, Merkel cell carcinoma and neurobiology of the skin (Suzuki H, Ono T, eds), Amsterdam: Elsevier. pp 33-42

Main topics and interest

Structure, function and development of mammalian peripheral nerve endings in skin and locomotor apparat
Functional changes of mucosa of upper respiratory tract in man
Structure, function and development of avian peripheral nerve endings in skin and locomotor apparat and changes in sensory innervation of beak skin after debeaking