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IOB Group Leader Dr. Andreas Keller appointed Associate Professor at the University of Basel
We are proud to announce that our esteemed group leader, Dr. Andreas Keller, has been appointed Associate Professor in the Department of Biomedicine at the University of Basel, effective August 1, 2024. This appointment is a testament to Keller’s exceptional contributions to neuroscience and visual research. Andreas Keller, who has…
Career milestone: Postdoctoral fellow Martin Munz to lead early cortical circuits research as a professor in Canada
“I want to understand how the brain is built,” says Martin Munz, a post-doctoral scientist in the laboratory of Botond Roska at IOB. Munz and his colleagues investigate the assembly of circuits in the cortex–which is the part of the brain that governs sensory perception, cognition, and other higher-order functions.
From IOB to DANDRITE: Fiona Müllner appointed as new Group Leader
Fiona Müllner’s research investigates how neural circuits in the thalamus — the brain’s first central processing stage — influence visual perception. During her time at IOB, Fiona explored the structure and function of the dorsolateral geniculate nucleus (dLGN), the key thalamic region connecting the retina and the visual cortex, leading to…
Bence György elected to the Gene Therapy Working Group of the Swiss Expert Committee for Biosafety
The group supports the SECB in its advisory tasks related to the approval of clinical trials of gene therapy or genetically modified organisms (GMOs) and the market authorization of such products. Find out more about the working group here…