Prof. Dr. Henning Ulrich is a Full Professor of Biochemistry at the Universidade de São Paulo. He graduated in Biology at the Universitat Kiel (Christian-Albrechts) in 1986, and obtained his master’s degree in Biochemical Parasitology from the Universitat Kiel (Christian-Albrechts) in 1991, his Ph.D. in Neuroscience from Universidade de Hamburgo in 1995, and his Habilitation in Biochemistry at the University of São Paulo in 2007. He has experience in Molecular Biology, Biochemistry and Biophysics, acting on the following subjects: aptamer selection, stem cells and neural differentiation, calcium signaling, neurotransmitter receptor pharmacology and kinetics. He works on kininergic and purinergic signaling in neurodegenerative and psychiatric diseases (Parkinson’s, Huntington’s, Alzheimer’s disease, bipolar disease and depression). The manuscript “Ulrich H et al. (2018) Kinin and Purine Signaling Contributes to Neuroblastoma Metastasis. Front. Pharmacol. 18;9:500” received the Octavio Frias de Oliveira Award in Oncologia in 2018. He has been awarded the Fulbright Chair for Global Health fellowship at Rutgers’ Medical School. He is cited as one of the scientists in the Updated science-wide author databases of standardized citation indicators, which are most influential in their research field. He is also one of the BRICS Top 10.000 Scientists and is stated on the list of the most influential scientists published by Elsevier.