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Neuroanatomy / Microscopy
Electrophysiology in-vivo
Molecular Genetics

Optogenetics
Expression of light-activated proteins (green label in the image) in neurones of the barn owl's brain. The foreign gene was introduced by a virus, injected into the brain some weeks earlier.
We are currently optimizing the light stimulation, via a fine glass fibre (gray in the image) that is connected to a laser at the other end. Neural acitivity is simultaneously registered by an electrode (black).
Stay tuned .....