Gero Miesenböck , FRS
Corresponding Member of the Division of Mathematics and Natural Sciences abroad since 2014
- Centre for Neural Circuits and Behaviour, University of Oxford
Contact:
gero.miesenboeck(at)cncb.ox.ac.uk
Research Areas:
- Medical-Theoretical Sciences, Pharmacy
- Brain research
- Neurophysiology
- Neurobiology
- Cell biology
Profile:
Selected Memberships:
- Fellow of the Royal Society of London
- Deutsche Akademie der Naturforscher Leopoldina - Nationale Akademie der Wissenschaften
Selected Prizes:
- The Brain Prize
- Warren Alpert Foundation Prize
- Louisa Gross Horwitz Prize
- Shaw Prize in Life Science and Medicine
- Japan Prize
Selected Publications:
- Claridge-Chang, A.; Roorda, R. D.; Vrontou, E.; Sjulson, L.; Li, H. et al. [..] (2009) Writing memories with light-addressable reinforcement circuitry. Cell, Bd. 139, S. 405-415.
- Lima, S. Q.; Miesenböck, G. (2005) Remote control of behavior through genetically targeted photostimulation of neurons. Cell, Bd. 121, S. 141-152.
- Zemelman, B. V.; Lee, G. A.; Ng, M.; Miesenböck, G. (2002) Selective photostimulation of genetically chARGed neurons. Neuron, Bd. 33, S. 15-22.
- Kempf, A., Song, S.M., Talbot, C.B., and Miesenböck, G. (2019) A potassium channel β-subunit couples mitochondrial electron transport to sleep. Nature 568: 230–234.
- Pimentel, D., Donlea, J.M., Talbot, C.B., Song, S.M., Thurston, A.J.F., and Miesenböck, G. (2016) Operation of a homeostatic sleep switch. Nature 536: 333–337.