Manfred Gahr (biologist)

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Manfred Lorenz Gahr (born February 7, 1959 in Mehlingen ) is a German ornithologist and neurobiologist .

Life

Gahr studied biology and mathematics at the University of Kaiserslautern , where he received his doctorate in 1988 with a thesis on the importance of estrogen- sensitive cells for the morphogenesis of voice-controlling brain centers in the canary (Serinus canaria) and the zebra finch (Poephila guttata) . As a postdoc , he went to the University of Austin / Texas and Harvard University in the academic years 1989/1990 and 1991/1992 with funding from the DFG Qualified Program . From 1993 to 1998 he then headed what was then a so-called independent junior research group at the Max Planck Institute for Behavioral Physiology in Seewiesen. In 1996 he completed his habilitation at the LMU Munich and has been an honorary professor there since 2007. He then moved to the Free University of Amsterdam , where he headed the Department of Developmental and Behavioral Neurobiology from 1998 to 2005 . In 2005 he returned as director to the Max Planck Institute for Ornithology , newly founded from the previous MPI for Behavioral Physiology, where he heads the Behavioral Neurobiology department. His research interests are mechanisms that lead to the gender-specific development of behavior and sensory performance.

Between 2008 and 2010 Gahr was a member of the " Faculty of 1000 ", a network of bioscientists for the evaluation of publications.

Publications (selection)

  • M. Gahr: Male Japanese quails with female brains do not show male behavior. In: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA PNAS. 100 (13), 2003, pp. 7959-7964. doi: 10.1073 / pnas.1335934100 .
  • JJ Bolhuis, M. Gahr: Neural mechanisms of bird song memory. In: Nature Reviews Neuroscience. 7 (5), 2006, pp. 347-357. doi: 10.1038 / nrn1904 .
  • DS Schregardus, AW Pieneman, A. ter Maat, RF Jansen, TFJ Brouwer, M. Gahr: A lightwight telemetry system for recording neuronal activity in freely behaving small animals. In: Journal of Neuroscience Methods. 155 (1), 2006, pp. 62-71. doi: 10.1016 / j.jneumeth.2005.12.028 .
  • M. Gahr, R. Metzdorf, D. Schmidl, W. Wickler: Bi-directional sexual dimorphisms of the song control nucleus HVC in a songbird with unison song. In: PLoS One. 3 (8), 2008, p. E3073. doi: 10.1371 / journal.pone.0003073
  • TE Hartog, F. Dittrich, AW Pieneman, RF Jansen, C. Frankl-Vilches, V. Lessmann, C. Lilliehook, SA Goldman, M. Gahr: Brain-derived neurotrophic factor signaling in the HVC is required for testosterone-induced song of female canaries. In: Journal of Neuroscience. 29 (49), 2009, pp. 15511-15519. doi: 10.1523 / JNEUROSCI.2564-09.2009 .
  • GJL Beckers, M. Gahr: Neural processing of short-term recurrence in songbird vocal communication. In: PLoS One. 5 (6), 2010, p. E11129. doi: 10.1371 / journal.pone.0011129 .
  • A. Ter Maat, L. Trost, H. Sagunsky, S. Seltmann, M. Gahr: Zebra Finch Mates Use Their Forebrain Song System in Unlearned Call Communication. In: PLoS One. 9 (10), 2014, p. E109334. doi: 10.1371 / journal.pone.0109334 .
  • C. Frankl-Vilches, H. Kuhl, M. Werber, S. Klages, M. Kerick, A. Bakker, EH de Oliveira, C. Reusch, F. Capuano, J. Vowinckel, S. Leitner, M. Ralser, B. Timmermann, M. Gahr: Using the canary genome to decipher the evolution of hormone-sensitive gene regulation in seasonal singing birds. In: Genome Biology. 16 (1), 2015, p. 19. doi: 10.1186 / s13059-014-0578-9 .
  • LF Gill, W. Goymann, A. Ter Maat, M. Gahr: Patterns of call communication between group-housed zebra finches change during the breeding cycle. In: eLife. 4, 2015, p. E07770. doi: 10.7554 / eLife.07770 .
  • H. Kuhl, C. Frankl-Vilches, A. Bakker, G. Mayr, G. Nikolaus, ST Boerno, S. Klages, B. Timmermann, M. Gahr: An unbiased molecular approach using 3'UTRs resolves the avian family- level tree of life . In: Molecular Biology and Evolution , msaa191, doi: 10.1093 / molbev / msaa191

literature

  • The song of the birds: Manfred Lorenz Gahr. Max Planck Institute for Ornithology in Seewiesen. In: Max Planck Society, yearbook 2005. Max Planck Society, Munich, ISBN 3-927579-21-1 .
  • Marcus Anhäuser: Eavesdropping in the aviary. In: MaxPlanckResearch . 1 / 2010. (online)
  • Handbook of Scientific Members: Handbook of Scientific Members. P. 69 (entry via Gahr), Max Planck Society, Munich 2006

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personal data
SURNAME Gahr, Manfred
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Gahr, Manfred Lorenz (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German ornithologist and neurobiologist
DATE OF BIRTH 7th February 1959
PLACE OF BIRTH Mehlingen