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Contact
Lab: | Prof. Dr. Johann Bollmann |
Department: | Institute of Biology I Dept. of Developmental Biology |
Address: | Hauptstrasse 1, 79104 Freiburg |
Phone: | +49 761 203 2907 |
E-mail: | This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it |
Lab homepage: | www.bollmannlab.org |
PhD positions available: | YES |
Research Area: | Neurosciences |
Research Interests: | - Understanding neural circuits underlying behavior in genetic model organisms, using genetics, functional imaging and electrophysiology. - Visual information processing and motor control in the vertebrate central nervous system. - Development of neural circuits in the zebrafish model system. |
CV
Education & Training: | 2016 Habilitation, Faculty of Biosciences, University of Heidelberg 1998 - 2001 PhD thesis (Dr. rer. nat.), University of Heidelberg and Max Planck Institute for Medical Research 1994 - 1997 Diploma in Physics (Physiology), University of Heidelberg 1993 - 1994 University of California at Berkeley 1991 - 1993 Vordiplom, University of Göttingen |
Employment & Experience: | 2018 - Heisenberg Professorship (W3), Faculty of Biology, University of Freiburg 2017 - 2018 DFG-Heisenberg Fellow, Faculty of Biology, University of Freiburg 2009 - 2017 Research group leader, Max Planck Institute for Medical Research Heidelberg 2009 - 2017 Faculty member, Hartmut Hoffmann-Berling International Graduate School of Molecular and Cellular Biology Heidelberg 2009 - 2017 Member, Interdisciplinary Center for Neurosciences Heidelberg 2009 - 2017 Member, CellNetworks Excellence Cluster Heidelberg 2004 - 2008 Postdoctoral Fellow, Harvard University, Dept of Molecular & Cellular Biology 2001 - 2003 Postdoctoral Fellow, Max Planck Institute for Medical Research |
Scientific Activities: | 2019 - Promotionsausschuss, Faculty of Biology, University of Freiburg 2016 Scientific Co-organizer of the Annual Retreat of the Interdisciplinary Center for Neurosciences, Heidelberg University 2013 Lecturer at EMBO Practical Course Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Imaging of neural development in zebrafish 2007 Lecturer at Spring School, ‘Presynaptic Terminals’, University of Jerusalem 2001 Teaching fellow, Cold Spring Harbor Course “Imaging Structure and Function in the Nervous System” Peer review e.g. Neuron, Nature Methods, Current Biology, Journal of Neuroscience, Frontiers in Neural Circuits, Pflügers Archive European Research Council (ERC), DFG (Germany), Wellcome Trust, Medical Research Council (MRC, UK), Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC, UK), Boehringer Ingelheim Fonds (Germany), Institute of Translational Science (France) Membership: Federation of European Neuroscience Societies (FENS), Neurowissenschaftliche Gesellschaft (NWG), Wissenschaftliche Gesellschaft Freiburg |
Honors
Honors and Awards: |
2018 Heisenberg Professorship 2017 Heisenberg Fellowship 2005 - 2007 Long-term fellow of the Human Frontier Science Program Organization 2002 Otto-Hahn-Medal, Max-Planck-Society, young investigator award 2001 PhD thesis, University of Heidelberg, ‘summa cum laude’ 1997 Diplom, University of Heidelberg, ‘with distinction’ 1993 - 1994 Education Abroad Program, University of California at Berkeley
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Publications
Selected Publications: | Bollmann JH. The Zebrafish Visual System: From Circuits to Behavior. Annu Rev Vis Sci. 2019 Sep 15;5:269-293. Abstract |