Short CV
since 5/2009 | CIN-Professor for Ophthalmic Research Eberhard-Karls-University, Tübingen |
2009 | Offered a professorship (W3) at the University of Heidelberg |
2007 | Offered a professorship (W2) at the University of Erlangen-Nürnberg |
9/2006 – 4/2009 | Research group leader in the Dept. of Biomedical Optics MPI for Medical Research, Heidelberg |
6/2007 – 4/2009 | Member of the IZN (Interdisciplinary Center for Neurosciences) Ruprecht-Karls-Universität, Heidelberg |
3/2004 | Teaching certificate ("Lehrzertifikat") Ruprecht-Karls-Universität, Heidelberg |
3/2000 – 8/2006 | Research fellow Dept. of Biomedical Optics (Prof. W. Denk) MPI for Medical Research, Heidelberg |
1997 – 2000 | Post-doctoral fellow (with Prof. R. H. Masland) Harvard Medical School / Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA |
1993 – 1996 | Doctoral thesis (Dr. rer. nat.) in Neuroscience Johannes-Gutenberg University, Mainz, and MPI for Brain Research, Dept. Neuroanatomy, Frankfurt/M., Germany |
1992 – 1993 | Diploma work (Dipl.) in Biology Johannes-Gutenberg University, Mainz, and MPI for Brain Research, Dept. Neuroanatomy, Frankfurt/M., Germany |
1988 – 1992 | Undergraduate studies in biology Johannes-Gutenberg University, Mainz, Germany |
1986 – 1988 | Civil Service Nieder-Ramstädter Heime, Darmstadt, Germany |
- Functional role of dendritic processing and underlying computational principles/ biophysical mechanisms
- Development and organization of neuronal microcircuits
- Processing of visual information in general
- Functional diversity of interneurons, in particular of retinal amacrine cells
Societies:
- Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO)
- German Neuroscience Society
- SfN (Society for Neuroscience)
Thomas Euler |
Key Publications
- Borst A., Euler T. (2011)
Seeing Things in Motion: Models, Circuits, and Mechanisms.
Neuron 71(6):974-994 - Breuninger T., Puller C., Haverkamp S., Euler T. (2011)
Chromatic Bipolar Cell Pathways in the Mouse Retina.
J Neurosci 31(17):6504–6517 - Briggman K. L., Euler T. (2011)
Bulk electroporation and population calcium imaging in the adult mammalian retina.
J Neurophysiol 105:2601-9 - Schubert T., Euler T. (2010)
Retina Processing: Global Players Like It Local.
Current Biology 20(11):R486-R488 - Margolis D.J., Gartland A.J., Euler T., Detwiler P.B. (2010)
Dendritic Calcium Signaling in ON and OFF Mouse Retinal Ganglion Cells.
J Neurosci 30:7127-7138 - Schlichtenbrede F.C., Mittmann W., Rensch F., vom Hagen F., Jonas J.B., Euler T. (2009)
Toxicity Assessment of intravitreal Triamcinolone and Bevacizumab in an retinal explant mouse model using Two-Photon Microscopy.
Invest. Ophthalmol. Vis. Sci. 50(12):5880-5887 - Euler T., Hausselt S.E., Margolis D.J., Breuninger T., Castell X., Detwiler P.B., Denk W. (2009)
Eyecup scope-optical recordings of light stimulus-evoked fluorescence signals in the retina.
Pflügers Arch 457:1393-1414. - Margolis, D.J., Newkirk, G., Euler, T., Detwiler, P.B. (2008)
Functional Stability of Retinal Ganglion Cells after Degeneration-Induced Changes in Synaptic Input.
J. Neurosci. 28:6526-36 - Hausselt SE, Euler T*, Detwiler PB, Denk W (2007)
A Dendrite-Autonomous Mechanism for Direction Selectivity in Retinal Starburst Amacrine Cells.
PLoS Biol 5:e185. - Duebel J, Haverkamp S, Schleich W, Feng G, Augustine GJ, Kuner T, Euler T (2006)
Two-photon imaging reveals somatodendritic chloride gradient in retinal ON-type bipolar cells expressing the biosensor Clomeleon.
Neuron 49:81-94. - Oesch N, Euler T, Taylor WR (2005)
Direction-selective dendritic action potentials in rabbit retina.
Neuron 47:739-750. - Haverkamp S, Wässle H, Duebel, J., Kuner, T., Augustine, G.J., Feng, G., Euler, T. (2005)
The primordial, blue cone color system of the mouse retina.
J. Neurosci. 25:5438-5445.
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