Martin Wienisch

EDUCATION

College / University:
1996 - 1999: Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Germany
1999 - 2000: Otto-von-Guericke-Universität, Magdeburg, Germany

Highest Degree:
09.10.1998: Vordiplom

Major Subjects:
Biochemistry, neuroscience

Lab Experience:
Patch-clamp and intracellular recordings: influence of thyroid-hormones on quantity of sodium-channels in rat hippocampus; functional studies on mutated 5-HT3-receptors in HEK-cells; recordings of neurons of the rat amygdala in brain-slices; molecular biological characterisation of the human synaptic protein caldendrin

Awards:
1995 award of the "Fonds der chemischen Industrie" for the best chemistry abitur-exam

SCIENTIFIC INTERESTS AND GOALS:

I would like to combine my interests in molecular neurobiology, biophysics, neuropharmacology, and psychiatry in an interdisciplinary manner to obtain a broader view of life sciences. Furthermore, I want to keep my curiosity, enthusiasm, and idealism to become a successful scientist.