Thomas Mrsic-Flogel

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Thomas Mrsic-Flogel (2013)

Thomas Mrsic-Flogel (born March 2, 1975 in Zagreb ) is a British neurobiologist and professor at the Biozentrum of the University of Basel , Switzerland .

Life

Thomas Mrsic-Flogel studied biology and neuroscience at Oxford University , UK, where he received his PhD in 2001 from the Department of Physiology . He then did research as a postdoctoral fellow at the Max Planck Institute for Neurobiology in Martinsried, Germany. Between 2007 and 2013 Mrsic-Flogel was Associate Professor and headed her own research group at University College London , UK. In 2013 he was appointed to the Biozentrum of the University of Basel, where he has been teaching and researching in the field of neurobiology since then.

Act

Mrsic-Flogel investigates how the brain perceives sensory stimuli and to what extent stimulus processing depends on the structure of the neural networks . Using the latest imaging and electrophysiological examination methods, his group analyzes different cell types in the visual cortex of the brain. The aim is to find out the rules according to which nerve cells in complex nerve cell networks interconnect and how they communicate with one another to encrypt visual information. Mrsic-Flogel developed a new method based on two-photon microscopy and whole-cell recordings, which enables him to decipher the connection between the function of neurons in the visual cortex and their interconnection. A map of the neural connections in the visual cortex can be created and the resulting patterns correlated with the functionality of each cell. Mrsic-Flogel's work is important for the general understanding of stimulus processing in the brain and provides explanations for neuronal dysfunction.

Awards

  • 2003 Alexander von Humboldt Research Fellowship
  • 2007 Wellcome Trust Career Development Research Fellowship
  • 2008 European Research Council Starting Grant
  • 2011 Wellcome Trust Senior Research Fellowship
  • 2013 ERC Consolidator Grant

Publications (selection)

  • Kenneth D. Harris, Thomas D. Mrsic-Flogel: Cortical connectivity and sensory coding. In: Nature. 503, No. 7474, 2013, pp. 51-58, doi : 10.1038 / nature12654 , PMID 24201278 (review).
  • Ho Ko, Lee Cossell, Chiara Baragli, Jan Antolik, Claudia Clopath, Sonja B. Hofer, Thomas D. Mrsic-Flogel: The emergence of functional microcircuits in visual cortex. In: Nature. 496, No. 7443, 2013, pp. 96-100, doi : 10.1038 / nature12015 , PMID 23552948 .
  • Thomas D. Mrsic-Flogel, Tobias Bonhoeffer: Neuroscience: Sibling neurons bond to share sensations. In: Nature. 486, No. 7401, 2012, pp. 41-42, doi : 10.1038 / 486041a , PMID 22678277 .
  • Sonja B. Hofer, Ho Ko, Bruno Pichler, Joshua Vogelstein, Hana Ros, Hongkui Zeng, Ed Lein, Nicholas A. Lesica, Thomas D. Mrsic-Flogel: Differential connectivity and response dynamics of excitatory and inhibitory neurons in visual cortex. In: Nature Neuroscience. 14, No. 8, 2011, pp. 1045-1052, doi : 10.1038 / nn.2876 , PMID 21765421 .
  • Ho Ko, Sonja B. Hofer, Bruno Pichler, Katherine A. Buchanan, P. Jesper Sjöström, Thomas D. Mrsic-Flogel: Functional specificity of local synaptic connections in neocortical networks. In: Nature. 473, No. 7345, 2011, pp. 87-91, doi : 10.1038 / nature09880 , PMID 21478872 .

Further publications are listed in the complete list of publications.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Curriculum Vitae. Biozentrum.unibas.ch, accessed on September 24, 2014
  2. ↑ a b ( page no longer available , search in web archives: UCL Department of Neuroscience, Physiology and Pharmacology, Esteem Indicators )@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / www.ucl.ac.uk
  3. ↑ ERC starting grant competition 2007 - Results. europa.eu, accessed on September 24, 2014
  4. ↑ Funding: Got to get a grant. nature.com, accessed September 24, 2014
  5. ↑ 10 Million for Research: The University of Basel Receives four ERC Consolidator Grants ( Memento from September 24, 2014 in the web archive archive.today )
  6. ↑ Complete list of publications Biozentrum.unibas.ch, accessed on September 24, 2014
personal data
SURNAME Mrsic-Flogel, Thomas
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British neurobiologist
DATE OF BIRTH March 2nd 1975
PLACE OF BIRTH Zagreb