CV Geiger

CV Geiger

1.     General Information

a)    Geiger, Jörg, Prof. Dr. rer. Nat.

b)    Institute of Neurophysiology, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Charitéplatz 1, 10117 Berlin,

2.     Academic Education

a)    Biology (1986 –1992), Freie Universität Berlin, Diploma in Biology

3.     Scientific degrees

Promotion: Biology, Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg i. Br., 1996, Advisor Prof. Dr. P. Jonas

4.     Professional experience

a)     1995 – 1996, Predoctoral Fellow, Inst. for Physiology I, University of Freiburg, Prof. Dr. P. Jonas

b)     1996 – 1998, Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Freiburg, Inst. for Physiology I, University of Freiburg, Prof. Dr. P. Jonas

c)     1998 – 2002, Assistant Professor (C1), University of Freiburg, Inst. for Physiology I

d)     2002 – 2009, Independent research group leader (C3) ‘Synaptic Regulation and Function’, Max Planck Institute for Brain Research, Frankfurt

e)     Since 2009, Professor (W3) Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Institute of Neurophysiology

f)      Since 2010 Director of the Institute of Neurophysiology, Charité Berlin

5.     Others (Editorial work, Member of scientific councils, advisory boards, awards)

2001 Du Bois-Reymond Award, Deutsche Physiologische Gesellschaft for excellent work on function of presynaptic boutons

6.     Five most important publications

Peng Y, Barreda Tomas FJ, Song J, Klisch C, Vida I, Geiger JRP Layer-specific organization of local excitatory and inhibitory synaptic connectivity in the rat presubiculum accepted for publication CerCor 2017

Alle H, Roth A and Geiger JRP (2009) Energy-efficient action potentials in hippocampal mossy fibers. Science 325:1405-1408.

Alle H, Geiger JR (2006) Combined analog and action potential coding in hippocampal mossy fibers. Science 311:1290-1293.

Geiger JR, Jonas P (2000) Dynamic control of presynaptic Ca(2+) inflow by fast-inactivating K(+) channels in hippocampal mossy fiber boutons. Neuron 28:927-939.

Geiger JR, Melcher T, Koh DS, Sakmann B, Seeburg PH, Jonas P, Monyer H. (1995) Relative abundance of subunit mRNAs determines gating and Ca 2+ permeability of AMPA receptors in principal neurons and interneurones in rat CNS. Neuron 15:193-204.