o. Univ.-Prof. Dr. med.

Gero Miesenböck , FRS

Gero Miesenböck

Corresponding Member of the Division of Mathematics and Natural Sciences abroad since 2014

  • Centre for Neural Circuits and Behaviour, University of Oxford

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Research Areas:

  • Medical-Theoretical Sciences, Pharmacy
  • Brain research
  • Neurophysiology
  • Neurobiology
  • Cell biology

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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.
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  • Lima, S. Q.; Miesenböck, G. (2005) Remote control of behavior through genetically targeted photostimulation of neurons. Cell, Bd. 121, S. 141-152.
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  • Zemelman, B. V.; Lee, G. A.; Ng, M.; Miesenböck, G. (2002) Selective photostimulation of genetically chARGed neurons. Neuron, Bd. 33, S. 15-22.
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  • 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.
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  • 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.
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