Stephan J. Sigrist

Biography

1986 – 1988 Studies in Chemistry (Technische Universität Berlin) 1988 – 1993 Studies in Biochemistry (Universität Tübingen)  1993 – 1997 Doctoral Thesis Dr. rer. nat.,  Friedrich-Miescher-Laboratory of th e Max-Planck-Institute (Tübingen) Advisor: Prof. Dr. Christian F. Lehner 1997 – 2000 Postdoc with Christoph Schuster, Max-Planck-Institute Tübingen 2001 – 2006 Independent Junior Research Group ”Neuroplasticity" of the  Max-Planck-Society at the European  Neuroscience Institute Göttingen 2002 – 2005 Spokesman of Nachwuchsgruppen der Max-Planck-Gesellschaft 2006 – 2008 Professor (W2) for Experimental Biomedicine and Bio-Imaging,  Rudolf Virchow center of Excellence, Universität Würzburg Since 9/2008  Professor in Genetics, Instit ute for Biology, Freie Universität Berlin Affiliation with Neurocure cluster of excellence,  Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin

Research Interest

Research interests:  Neurodevelopment, Neuroplasticity, Synaps e formation, Synaptic transmission,  Genetics, Microscopy