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Profile
| Academic position | Full Professor |
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| Research fields | Molecular and Cellular Neurology and Neuropathology,Molecular Biology and Physiology of Neurons and Glial Cells |
| Keywords | synaptic physiology, exocytosis, receptor trafficking, C. elegans neurophysiology, synaptic vesicle cycling |
Current contact address
| Country | United States of America |
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| City | Chicago |
| Institution | University of Illinois at Chicago |
| Institute | Department of Biological Sciences, 4309 SEL M/C 067 |
| Homepage | http://www.uic.edu/depts/bios/faculty/richmond/richmondj.shtml |
Host during sponsorship
| Prof. Dr. Nils Brose | Abteilung Molekulare Neurobiologie, Max-Planck-Institut für Multidisziplinäre Naturwissenschaften, Göttingen |
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| Start of initial sponsorship | 01/04/2011 |
Programme(s)
| 2010 | Humboldt Research Award Programme |
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Nominator's project description
| Professor Janet Richmond has pioneered the neurophysiological analysis of the nematode C. elegans, a major model organism in the life sciences. She was the first biologist - and still is one of only a handful - to combine genetics and electrophysiology in order to study synaptic transmission by nerve cells in C. elegans. Through her groundbreaking work, Professor Richmond has characterized key steps in the neurotransmitter release process at nerve cell synapses. In Germany, she will study basic mechanisms of nerve cell function and their perturbations in disease models. |