Research

Günter Emons originally worked on the regulation of pituitary function through ovarian sex steroids and peptide hormones secreted by the brain. In the middle of the 1980ies he discovered the expression of receptors for hypothalamic “Gonadotropin Releasing Hormone” (GnRH) in human ovarian cancers.

With his group originally located in Lübeck, Marburg and since 1998 in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology of the Goettingen University, led by him, he elucidated this GnRH-system in human ovarian, endometrial and breast cancers. This basic research led to novel approaches for the therapies of these cancers and their successful clinical testing.

Career

• seit 1998 C4-Professor und Direktor der Universitäts-Frauenklinik Göttingen, Deutschland
• 1990-1998 Oberarzt an der Universitäts-Frauenklinik Marburg, Deutschland
• 1988-1990 Oberarzt an der Universitäts-Frauenklinik Lübeck, Deutschland
• 1986 Habilitation
• 1982-1988 Ausbildung zum Facharzt für Frauenheilkunde und Geburtshilfe an der Universitäts-Frauenklinik Lübeck, Deutschland
• 1979-1982 wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter am Institut für Biochemische Endokrinologie an der Medizinischen Universität zu Lübeck, Deutschland
• 1982 Promotion
• 1979 Approbation zu Arzt