Prof. Michael Häusser
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Neural Computation

PhD Vacancy - closes 31/12/2009

Lab summary

Neurons are the basic cellular units of the brain, and are connected via synapses to form neural networks. One of the central questions in neuroscience is how particular tasks, or "computations", are implemented by neural networks to generate behaviour, and how patterns of activity are stored during learning. In the past, the prevailing view has been that information processing and storage in neural networks results mainly from properties of synapses and connectivity of neurons within the network. As a consequence, the contribution of single neurons to computation in the brain has long been underestimated.

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Selected publications

Kitamura K, Judkewitz B, Kano M, Denk W, Häusser M. (2008). Targeted patch-clamp recordings and single-cell electroporation of unlabeled neurons in vivo.
Nature Methods 5:61-7. [PubMed][DirectLink]

Rancz EA, Ishikawa T, Duguid I, Chadderton P, Mahon S, Häusser M (2007). High-fidelity transmission of sensory information by single cerebellar mossy fibre boutons.
Nature 450:1245-8. [PubMed][DirectLink]

Häusser M, Smith SL (2007). Controlling neural circuits with light.
Nature 446:617-9. [PubMed][DirectLink]

Davie JT, Kole MH, Letzkus JJ, Rancz EA, Spruston N, Stuart GJ, Häusser M (2006). Dendritic patch-clamp recording.
Nature Protocols 1:1235-47. [PubMed][DirectLink]

Sjöström PJ, Häusser M. (2006). A cooperative switch determines the sign of synaptic plasticity in distal dendrites of neocortical pyramidal neurons.
Neuron 51(2):227-38. [PubMed][DirectLink]

London M, Häusser M (2005). Dendritic computation. Annual Review of Neuroscience 28:503-32. [PubMed][DirectLink]

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Academic Career

Funding

TBA