Prof. Dr. Oren Schuldiner

Profile

Academic positionAssociate Professor, Senior Lecturer, Reader
Research fieldsDevelopmental Neurobiology
KeywordsMushroom body, Axon pruning, Drosophila genetics, Neuronal remodelling

Current contact address

CountryIsrael
CityRehovot
InstitutionWeizmann Institute of Science
InstituteDepartment of Molecular Cell Biology

Host during sponsorship

Prof. Dr. Thomas MisgeldInstitut für Neurowissenschaften, Technische Universität München, München
Start of initial sponsorship01/12/2017

Programme(s)

2017Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel Research Award Programme

Nominator's project description

Professor Schuldiner is an internationally recognized expert on the mechanisms of neuronal remodelling during development of the nervous system. Professor Schuldiner has made a number of seminal contributions, for instance by discovering specialized cellular programs of neurite dismantling and on development regrowth of neuronal processes. In these efforts, Professor Schuldiner utilizes a powerful combination of fly genetics and molecular techniques. During his visit in Germany, Professor Schuldiner intends to use optical techniques to develop new paradigms of nerve cell trauma in flies and identify the resulting regrowth programs.