Hornung Jean-pierre
Faculty of Biology and Medicine
Department of Basic Neurosciences
University of Lausanne
Switzerland
Biography
Jean-Pierre career started with (1976 ) Biology Degree, University of Lausanne (1981 )PhD Degree, University of Lausanne (1981-83 )Postdoctoral training, Harvard University, Boston (1983-87 )Research associate, University of Lausanne (1988-94 )Junior group leader, University of Lausanne (1991-97 )Privat-docent (1997-05 )Associate professor, since 2005 to till now as Full Professor. Administrative works includes; (1993-98) Secretary and Treasurer , Swiss Society for Anatomiy Histology and Embryology (SSAHE) (2005-07) President of the SSAHE. (2001-04) President of commission for the reform in 1st year of Curriculum of Medicine, University of Lausanne. Since 2003 Director of the School of Medicine, Faculty of Biology and Medicine, University of Lausanne. Since 2002 Member of the Committee of the Lemanic Doctoral School for Neuroscience, delegate and coordinator for the University of Lausanne.
Research Interest
Research interests includes; Neuroanatomy, Monoamines, Development, Cerebral cortex
Publications
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Krzisch M, Fülling C, Jabinet L, Armida J, Gebara E, et al., (2016). Synaptic adhesion molecules regulate the integration of new granule neurons in the postnatal mouse hippocampus and their impact on spatial memory. Cerebral Cortex. 1: 1-2.
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Kronander E, Michalski N, Lebrand C, Hornung JP, Schneggenburger R. (2017) An organotypic slice culture to study the formation of calyx of Held synapses in-vitro. PloS one.12:e0175964.
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Minocha S, Valloton D, Arsenijevic Y, Cardinaux JR, Guidi R, et al., (2017). Nkx2. 1 regulates the generation of telencephalic astrocytes during embryonic development. Scientific reports.2017;7.
