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Dr. Winfried Denk

Phone:+49 6221 486-335Fax:+49 6221 486-325

Email: winfried.denk@​mpimf-heidelberg.mpg.de

Selected Publications

Stettler, D. D.; Yamahachi, H.; Li, W.; Denk, W.; Gilbert, C. D.
Axons and synaptic boutons are highly dynamic in adult visual cortex
Neuron 49 (6), 877-887 (2006)
Kuhn, B.; Fromherz, P.; Denk, W.
High Sensitivity of Stark-Shift Voltage-Sensing Dyes by One- or Two-Photon Excitation Near the Red Spectral Edge
Biophys. J. 87 (1), 631-639 (2004)
Hasan, M. T.; Friedrich, R. W.; Euler, T.; Larkum, M. E.; Giese, G.; Both, M.; Dübel, J.; Waters, D. J.; Bujard, H.; Griesbeck, O.; Tsien, R. Y.; Nagai, T.; Miyawaki, A.; Denk, W.
Functional Fluorescent Ca2+ Indicator Proteins in Transgenic Mice under TET Control
PLoS Biol. 2 (6), 763-775 (2004)
Denk, W.; Horstmann, H.
Serial block-face scanning electron microscopy to reconstruct three-dimensional tissue nanostructure
PLoS Biol. 2 (11), 1900-1909 (2004)
Theer, P.; Hasan, M. T.; Denk, W.
Two-photon imaging to a depth of 1000 microm in living brains by use of a Ti:Al2O3 regenerative amplifier
Euler, T.; Detwiler, P. D.; Denk, W.
Directionally selective calcium signals in dendrites of starburst amacrine cells
Nature 418, 845-852 (2002)
Helmchen, F.; Fee, M. S.; Tank, D. W.; Denk, W.
A miniature head-mounted two-photon microscope: High-resolution brain imaging in freely moving animals
Neuron 31, 903-912 (2001)
Helmchen, F.; Svoboda, K.; Denk, W.; Tank, D. W.
In vivo dendritic calcium dynamics in deep layer cortical pyramidal neurons

Curriculum Vitae Dr. Winfried Denk

Curriculum Vitae Dr. Winfried Denk

Education and Training

  • 1978-1981: Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität, Munich
  • 1981-1984: Eidgenoessische Technische Hochschule (ETH), Zurich, Switzerland
  • 1984-1989: Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, USA
  • 1989: PhD in physics (1990)
  • 1989-1991: IBM Research Lab in Rueschlikon, Switzerland, postdoctoral fellow
  • 1991-1999: Bell Laboratories, Murray Hill NJ, independent research
  • 1999- : Max-Planck Institute for Medical Research, Department of Biomedical Optics; Director
  • 2002– : Professor, Faculty of Physics, University of Heidelberg

Research Grants

  • 2004-2007:Title: Functional imaging of neural networks with non-linear optics
    Agency: Human Frontier Science Program

Prizes and Awards

  • 1986-1989: IBM Graduate Research Fellowship
  • 1998: Young Investigator Award of the Biophysical Society
  • 2000: Rank Prize for Opto-Electronics
  • 2003: Leibniz prize of the DFG (German Research Council)
  • 2005: Heller Lecture (Hebrew University, Jerusalem)
  • 2006: Kavli Lecture (Society for Neuroscience)
  • 2008: Henri Sack Lecture (Cornell University, Ithaca)
 
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