J. Simon Wiegert

Neurophysiology
Mannheim Center for Translational Neuroscience (MCTN)

Tridomus, Haus C
Ludolf-Krehl-Straße 13-17, 68167 Mannheim, Germany

Phone: +49 (0) 621 383-71405

Email: simon.wiegert[at]medma.uni-heidelberg.de
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Professional Experience

Chair of Neurophysiology (W3) at the Medical Faculty Mannheim of the University Heidelberg
Professor for ​Neurophysiology and Optogenetics
Center for Molecular Neurobiology Hamburg, Germany
Research Group Synaptic Wiring and Information Processing

Senior postdoctoral fellow
​Center for Molecular Neurobiology Hamburg, Germany
Institute for Synaptic Physiology (Director: Prof. Thomas Oertner)

Postdoctoral fellow​
​Friedrich-Miescher Institute Basel, Switzerland
Department of Neurobiology
Laboratory of Dr. Thomas Oertner 

PhD student​
​University of Heidelberg, Germany
Interdisciplinary Center for Neurosciences
Laboratory of Prof. Hilmar Bading

Education

University of Heidelberg, Germany
Biology studies

Monash University, Melbourne, Australia
Monash Institute for Medical Research
Laboratory of Prof. Ban-Hock Toh
Internship

Funding

ERC PoC Grant 101156469 — HyFiPhotometry
​Hyperspectral Fiber Photometry for Flexible, Multiplexed Optical Measurements of
Brain Function

Past Funding


Marie Curie Postdoctoral Fellowship
​Functional long-term imaging of single bouton-spine pairs during optogenetically controlled synaptic plasticity

ERC Starting Grant 714762 LIFE synapses
​Long-term Investigation of Functional Excitatory Synapses: Linking
Plasticity, Network Wiring and Memory Storage

DFG funded FOR 2419 Project
​Synaptic plasticity and stability in the context of hippocampal information processing​

DFG funded SPP 1926 Project
Optogenetic silencing tools for precise, all-optical analysis of synaptic circuits
​DFG funded SFB 936 Project
​Dopaminergic control of dorsal hippocampal networks during behavior