Prof. Dr. Johann Bollmann
Focus of research
- Neuroethology in genetic model organisms
- Structure and function of neural circuits in the visual system
- Development of motor control in the zebrafish model
CV
- Since 2018 Professor at the Institute of Biology I, Faculty of Biology, University of Freiburg
- 2018–2022 Heisenberg-Professorship, Faculty of Biology, University of Freiburg
- 2009–2017 Group Leader, Max Planck Institute for Medical Research, Heidelberg
- 2016 Habilitation, Faculty of Biosciences, University of Heidelberg
- 2004–2008 Postdoctoral Fellow, Dept. of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA
- 2001–2003 Postdoc, Dept. of Cell Physiology, Max Planck Institute for Medical Research, Heidelberg
- 1998–2001 PhD Thesis, University of Heidelberg and Max Planck Institute for Medical Research
- 1991–1997 Studies in Physics and Physiology at Universities of Göttingen, Berkeley and Heidelberg
Selected publications
- Ali*, MA, Lischka*, K, Preuss, SJ, Trivedi, CA, and Bollmann, JH (2023). A synaptic corollary discharge signal suppresses midbrain visual processing during saccade-like locomotion. Nature Communications 14. *equal contribution
- Bollmann, JH (2019). The zebrafish visual system: from circuits to behavior. Annual Review of Vision Science 5, 269-293.
- Svara, FN, Kornfeld, J, Denk, W, and Bollmann JH (2018). Volume EM reconstruction of spinal cord reveals wiring specificity in speed-related motor circuits. Cell Reports 23, 2942-2954.
- Preuss, SJ, Trivedi, CA, Maurer, CM, Ryu, S, and Bollmann, JH (2014). Classification of object size in retinotectal microcircuits. Current Biology 24, 2376-2385.
- Gabriel, J.P., Trivedi, C.A., Maurer, C.M., Ryu, S., and Bollmann, J.H. (2012). Layer-specific targeting of direction-selective neurons in the zebrafish optic tectum. Neuron 76, 1147-1160.