Professor Miesenboeck - Strategic Appointment
Lead Research Organisation:
University of Oxford
Department Name: Physiology Anatomy and Genetics
Abstract
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| Gero Miesenböck (Principal Investigator) |
Publications
Groschner LN
(2018)
Dendritic Integration of Sensory Evidence in Perceptual Decision-Making.
in Cell
Kätzel D
(2014)
Experience-Dependent Rewiring of Specific Inhibitory Connections in Adult Neocortex
in PLoS Biology
DasGupta S
(2014)
FoxP influences the speed and accuracy of a perceptual decision in Drosophila
in Science
Anastasiades PG
(2016)
GABAergic interneurons form transient layer-specific circuits in early postnatal neocortex.
in Nature communications
Donlea J
(2014)
Neuronal Machinery of Sleep Homeostasis in Drosophila
in Neuron
Parnas M
(2013)
Odor discrimination in Drosophila: from neural population codes to behavior.
in Neuron
Miesenböck G
(2011)
Optogenetic control of cells and circuits.
in Annual review of cell and developmental biology
Adamantidis A
(2015)
Optogenetics: 10 years after ChR2 in neurons--views from the community.
in Nature neuroscience
Clyne JD
(2009)
Postcoital finesse.
in Neuron
Sjulson L
(2008)
Rational optimization and imaging in vivo of a genetically encoded optical voltage reporter.
in The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience
| Description | EMBO Postdoctoral Fellowship |
| Amount | £80,000 (GBP) |
| Organisation | European Molecular Biology Organisation |
| Sector | Learned Society |
| Country | European Union (EU) |
| Start | 01/2010 |
| End | 12/2011 |
| Description | EMBO Postdoctoral Fellowship |
| Amount | £24,148 (GBP) |
| Organisation | European Molecular Biology Organisation |
| Sector | Learned Society |
| Country | European Union (EU) |
| Start | 11/2011 |
| End | 10/2012 |
| Description | EMBO Postdoctoral Fellowship |
| Amount | £50,000 (GBP) |
| Organisation | European Molecular Biology Organisation |
| Sector | Learned Society |
| Country | European Union (EU) |
| Start | 05/2009 |
| End | 04/2011 |
| Description | Fellowship |
| Amount | SFr. 72,000 (CHF) |
| Organisation | Swiss National Science Foundation |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | Switzerland |
| Start | 03/2015 |
| End | 09/2016 |
| Description | HFSP Postdoctoral Fellowship |
| Amount | £120,000 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Human Frontier Science Program (HFSP) |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| Country | France |
| Start | 01/2011 |
| End | 12/2013 |
| Description | HFSP Postdoctoral Fellowship/EC |
| Amount | £120,000 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Human Frontier Science Program (HFSP) |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| Country | France |
| Start | 04/2010 |
| End | 03/2013 |
| Description | Long-Term Fellowship |
| Amount | £30,000 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | EMBO ALTF 401-2015 |
| Organisation | European Molecular Biology Organisation |
| Sector | Learned Society |
| Country | European Union (EU) |
| Start | 02/2016 |
| End | 01/2018 |
| Description | Marie Curie - International Incoming Fellowship |
| Amount | € 210,093 (EUR) |
| Organisation | European Commission |
| Department | Seventh Framework Programme (FP7) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | European Union (EU) |
| Start | 04/2012 |
| End | 03/2014 |
| Description | NIH RO1 Grant |
| Amount | £850,000 (GBP) |
| Organisation | National Institutes of Health (NIH) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United States |
| Start | 07/2011 |
| End | 07/2016 |
| Description | Senior Investigator Award |
| Amount | £2,389,000 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | 106988/Z/15/Z |
| Organisation | Wellcome Trust |
| Department | Wellcome Trust Senior Investigator Award |
| Sector | Private |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 09/2015 |
| End | 08/2022 |
| Description | Sir Henry Wellcome Postdoctoral Fellowship |
| Amount | £250,000 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Wellcome Trust |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 08/2009 |
| End | 07/2013 |
| Description | Sir Henry Wellcome Postdoctoral Fellowship |
| Amount | £250,000 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Wellcome Trust |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 11/2012 |
| End | 10/2016 |
| Description | Strategic Award |
| Amount | £10,000,000 (GBP) |
| Organisation | National Institute for Health Research |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 01/2011 |
| End | 12/2015 |
| Title | Transgenic mouse and fly lines |
| Description | Transgenic mouse and fly lines and recombinant DNA materials |
| Type Of Material | Model of mechanisms or symptoms - mammalian in vivo |
| Year Produced | 2007 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| Impact | Publications |
| Description | Insite Consortium |
| Organisation | Stanford University |
| Department | Department of Neurobiology |
| Country | United States |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Generation of 250 GAL4 driver lines as part of the InSite Consortium, based at Stanford University |
| Collaborator Contribution | Shared collection of GAL4 Lines |
| Impact | Access to a large collection of genetically modified fly lines |
| Start Year | 2011 |
| Title | Fly learning apparatus |
| Description | Automatic apparatus for behaviour testing and modification in flies |
| IP Reference | |
| Protection | Protection not required |
| Year Protection Granted | 2007 |
| Licensed | Yes |
| Impact | Research for drug discovery |
| Description | BBC Documentary The Brain: A secret History |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Our research on optogenetics, particularly the creation of artificial memories, was featured as part of this BBC TV documentary. Interest from other media and the public. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2011 |
| Description | BBC, National Public Radio, Voice of America |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Interview on "unisex brain" on BBC radio 4 PM, Radio Interviews for NPR (Washington DC) and BBC, TV documentary for BBC4 International Press coverage |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2008,2009,2010 |
| Description | Channel 4 Documentary Brave New World with Stephen Hawking |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Our research on optogenetics, particularly the ability to switch sexual identity through targeted neuronal stimulation, was featured in this TV documentary Interest from media and public. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2011 |
| Description | Edinburgh International Science Festival |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Gero Miesenböck spoke at the Edinburgh International Science Festival. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
| URL | http://www.sciencefestival.co.uk/ |
| Description | Intelligence Squared |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Type Of Presentation | Keynote/Invited Speaker |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Intelligence Squared is the world's premier forum for debate and intelligent discussion. Prof Miesenboeck took part in a public debate entitled: IDEAS TO CHANGE THE WORLD which took place in June 2011. He was part of a panel of six members. Public engagement. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2011 |
| URL | http://www.intelligencesquared.com/ |
| Description | New York Times, The Times, Boston Globe, Wall Street Journal etc |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | International press coverage of research on sex-specific control and memory storage in neural circuits International press coverage |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2008,2009,2010 |
| Description | Optogenetics Lecture, Oxford Museum for the History of Science |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Gero Miesenböck gave a public evening lecture as part of an optogenetics symposium. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2014 |
| Description | Public Brain Prize Lecture, Aarhus |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Gero Miesenböck gave a two-hour lecture (with intermission!) to an audience of 800 in the Danish city of Aarhus. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2014 |
| Description | TED Global 2010 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | http://www.ted.com/talks/gero_miesenboeck.html Worldwide media coverage |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2010 |
| Description | World Economic Forum |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Type Of Presentation | Keynote/Invited Speaker |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | IdeasLab with University of Oxford: Breakthroughs in Technology for Society. Expert presentations and in-depth group discussions, including "Re-engineering nerve cells to remote-control behaviour". Public engagement. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2011 |
| URL | http://www.weforum.org/ |