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Profile
| Academic position | Full Professor |
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| Research fields | Molecular and Cellular Neurology and Neuropathology,Biophysics,Sensory and Behavioural Biology |
| Keywords | short-term synaptic plasticity, ribbon synapses, auditory system, retina, electrophysiology |
Current contact address
| Country | United States of America |
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| City | Portland |
| Institution | Oregon Health & Science University |
| Institute | Vollum Institute |
| Homepage | http://www.ohsu.edu/xd/research/centers-institutes/vollum/faculty/faculty-profile.cfm?facultyID=381 |
Host during sponsorship
| Prof. Dr. Erwin Neher | Abteilung Membranbiophysik, Max-Planck-Institut für Multidisziplinäre Naturwissenschaften, Göttingen |
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| Prof. Dr. Tobias Moser | InnerEarLab, Department of Otolaryngology, Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, Göttingen |
| Start of initial sponsorship | 01/02/1996 |
Programme(s)
| 1995 | Humboldt Research Fellowship Programme |
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| 1996 | Human Frontier Science Fellowship Program |
| 2012 | Humboldt Research Award Programme |
Nominator's project description
| Professor von Gersdorff is a leading neurophysiologist and expert in the field of synaptic transmission in sensory systems. With his work on synapses in the retina, inner ear and auditory pathway he has made seminal contributions to our understanding of synaptic transmission and sensory processing. In the nineteen nineties he pioneered studies of fundamental mechanisms of exocytosis and endocytosis at presynaptic active zones of retinal neurons. Professor von Gersdorff's interest in synaptic plasticity led him to highly recognized studies of short-term plasticity at the calyx of Held synapse in the auditory pathway. In Germany he continues his research on synapses in eye and ear. |