Optogenetics
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Elisabeth-Herz-Kremenak-Saal
Plenary
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in englischer SpracheOptogenetics uses light-controlled “switches” within genetically modified cells, e.g. to control the electrical impulses of nerve cells. In this way, certain neural functions can be controlled remotely and highly complex neural circuits and processes in the brain such as thoughts, perceptions or feelings can be explored.
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Dr. Gero MIESENBÖCK
Waynflete Professor of Physiology and Director, Centre for Neural Circuits and Behaviour, University of Oxford
| 1983-1991 | University of Innsbruck Medical School |
| 1992-1998 | Postdoctoral Fellow, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York |
| 1999-2004 | Assistant Professor, Cell Biology and Genetics and Neuroscience, Cornell University, Ithaca (NY) |
| Assistant Member and Head, Laboratory of Neural Systems, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York | |
| 2004-2007 | Associate Professor, Cell Biology and Cellular and Molecular Physiology, Yale University School of Medicine |
| since 2007 | Waynflete Professor of Physiology, University of Oxford |
| since 2011 | Director, Centre for Neural Circuits and Behaviour, University of Oxford |
Ph.D. Lynn Faith GLADDEN
Shell Professor of Chemical Engineering, Department of Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology, University of Cambridge
| 1979-1982 | Chemical Physics, University of Bristol |
| 1982-1983 | Post-Graduate Certificate in Education, University of Oxford |
| 1983-1987 | Ph.D. research, Department of Physical Chemistry, University of Cambridge |
| 1983-1986 | British Petroleum Ph.D. Scholarship Award |
| 1987 | Ph.D. Thesis, Structural Studies of Inorganic Glasses |
| 1987-1991 | University Assistant Lecturer (UAL), Dept. of Chemical Engineering, University of Cambridge |
| 1991-1995 | University Lecturer (UL), Dept. of Chemical Engineering, University of Cambridge |
| 1995-1999 | Reader, Process Engineering Science, Dept. of Chemical Engineering, University of Cambridge |
| 1999 | Professor of Chemical Engineering Science, Dept. of Chemical Engineering, University of Cambridge |
| 2004 | Elected to the Shell Professorship of Chemical Engineering, University of Cambridge |
| 2006-2008 | Head, Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Cambridge |
| 2008-2010 | Head, Department of Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology, University of Cambridge |
| 2010-2015 | Pro-Vice-Chancellor for Research, University of Cambridge |
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