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Contact
Lab: | Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Driever |
Department: | Department of Biology I |
Phone: | 203 2587 |
E-mail: | This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it |
Lab homepage: | www.bio1.uni-freiburg.de/ebio-en/driever-lab-en |
BIOSS Excellence Cluster: | Member |
PhD positions available: | YES |
Research Area: | Developmental Biology |
Research Interests: | Embryonic Development of Vertebrates (Zebrafish) Development of dopaminergic neurons Dopaminergic modulation of neural circuit function and behavior |
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Education & Training: | 1979-1986: Study of Biochemistry, Eberhard-Karls University Tübingen, Germany 1989: PhD, summa cum laude, Developmental Biology, Eberhard-Karls University and MPI Developmental Biology, Tübingen, Germany |
Employment & Experience: | 1989-1990: Postdoctoral research in laboratory of Dr. Christiane Nüsslein-Volhard, Max-Planck-Institute of Developmental Biology, Tübingen 1990-1991: Postdoctoral research in laboratory of Dr. Monte Westerfield, University of Oregon, USA 1991-1996: Assistant Professor of Medicine (Genetics), Harvard Medical School and Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, USA 1996-present: Full Professor (W3) for Developmental Biology of Animals at the Institute of Biology I, University of Freiburg 1997: Co-Founder, DeveloGen AG, Göttingen, Germany 2001-present: Sprecher, SFB 592 Signalmechanismen in Embryogenese und Organogenese, University of Freiburg 2005-2010: Member, Board of Directors, Zentrum für BioSystemAnalyse ZBSA der Universität Freiburg |
Scientific Activities: | 1994-2008: Editorial Board, Development 1995-present: Editorial Board, Developmental Biology 1999-present: Editorial Board, Mechanisms of Development and GEP 2004-present: Editorial Advisor, BMC Developmental Biology 1994-present: Member, American Society for Neuroscience 1994-present: Member, American Society for Developmental Biology 1997-present: Member, Deutsche Gesellschaft für Entwicklungsbiologie 1994: Organizer, Cold Spring Harbor Meeting Zebrafish Development and Genetics 2002-2005: Coordinator of Initiative "Zentrum für BioSystemAnalyse / Center for Systems Biology" (ZBSA) Freiburg |
Honors
Honors and Awards: | 1986-1988: Max-Planck scholarship
1988: Otto Hahn Award of the Max-Planck-Society 1997: Otto Mangold Award of the German Society for Developmental Biology 1998-1999: President, German Society for Developmental Biology (GfE) 2008-2012: Internal Fellow, Freiburg Institute of Advanced Studies FRIAS |
Publications
Selected Publications: | Kubo, F., Hablitzel, B., Maschio, M.D., Driever, W., Baier, H., and Arrenberg, A.B. (2014). Functional Architecture of an Optic Flow-Responsive Area that Drives Horizontal Eye Movements in Zebrafish. Neuron 81, 1344–1359. Abstract Filippi, A., Mueller, T., and Driever, W. (2014). vglut2 and gad expression reveal distinct patterns of dual GABAergic versus glutamatergic cotransmitter phenotypes of dopaminergic and noradrenergic neurons in the zebrafish brain. J Comp Neurol 522, 2019–2037. Abstract Leichsenring, M., Maes, J., Mössner, R., Driever, W., and Onichtchouk, D. (2013). Pou5f1 transcription factor controls zygotic gene activation in vertebrates. Science 341, 1005–1009. Abstract Song, S., Eckerle, S., Onichtchouk, D., Marrs, J.A., Nitschke, R., and Driever, W. (2013). Pou5f1-Dependent EGF Expression Controls E-Cadherin Endocytosis, Cell Adhesion, and Zebrafish Epiboly Movements. Developmental Cell 24, 486–501. Abstract Schweitzer, J., Löhr, H., Bonkowsky, J.L., Hübscher, K., and Driever, W. (2013). Sim1a and Arnt2 contribute to hypothalamo-spinal axon guidance by regulating Robo2 activity via a Robo3-dependent mechanism. Development 140, 93–106. Abstract Ronneberger, O., Liu, K., Rath, M., Rueβ, D., Mueller, T., Skibbe, H., Drayer, B., Schmidt, T., Filippi, A., Nitschke, R., et al. (2012). ViBE-Z: a framework for 3D virtual colocalization analysis in zebrafish larval brains. Nature Methods 9, 735–742. Abstract Fernandes, A.M., Fero, K., Arrenberg, A.B., Bergeron, S.A., Driever, W., and Burgess, H.A. (2012). Deep Brain Photoreceptors Control Light-Seeking Behavior in Zebrafish Larvae. Curr Biol 22, 2042–2047. Abstract Tay TL, Ronneberger O, Ryu S, Nitschke R, Driever W (2011) Comprehensive catecholaminergic projectome analysis reveals single-neuron integration of zebrafish ascending and descending dopaminergic systems. Nature Communications 2: 171 - DOI: 10.1038/ncomms1171 Abstract |
SGBM PhD students
SGBM PhD students: |
Christian Sigloch (11/2014-06/2021) Pooja Sant (01/2015-02/2021) Sung Min Song (06/2008 - 02/2013)
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