Dear Ladies and Gentlemen,
we would like to cordially invite you to the next IST Lecture on April 12, 17:00 at the IST Austria Campus in Klosterneuburg. Please feel free to circulate this invitation to persons whom you deem interested.
Hannah Monyer, University of Heidelberg
Studying interneurons at the cellular and network level
Thursday | April 12, 2012 | 17:00 | IST Austria Klosterneuburg | Raiffeisen Lecture Hall
Hannah Monyer is Head of the Department of Clinical Neurobiology and the Interdisciplinary Center of Neurosciences of the University of Heidelberg. She has received a series of prestigious awards for her research, including the German Federal Cross of Merit and the Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Prize, and was awarded an ERC grant in 2009.
Hannah Monyer’s work focuses on GABAergic interneurons in the hippocampus, a brain region involved in spatial representation and memory. Monyer presents her studies on the role of GABAergic neurons in long- and short-term spatial learning by interfering in their recruitment. Monyer illustrates how she studies connectivity of GABAergic interneurons using optogenetics, a revolutionary method using light to switch neurons “on” or “off”.
Further information: http://ist.ac.at/en/news-media/news/news-detail/article/ist-lecture-hannah-monyer/1/
Please register for the lecture (and shuttle bus) via email to events@ist.ac.at
Free shuttle buses are provided to / from the campus:
Shuttle 1: 16.12 from U4 Heiligenstadt/ public bus stop (return from IST campus at 18:48)
Shuttle 2: 16:00 from the Center for Brain Research, Spitalgasse 4, 1090 Wien(return from IST campus at 19:00)
IST Lectures aim to introduce eminent researchers and their work to a scientific audience and the general public. IST Lectures are given in English, refreshments are served.
Looking forward to welcoming you at IST Austria,
Mag. Ursula Gerber
Public Outreach and Events
Institute of Science and Technology Austria
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Am Campus 1, A-3400 Klosterneuburg
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