Short CV
2010 | Habilitation in Neurobiology |
Since 2009 | Senior Researcher (permanent position) at the University of Oldenburg |
2003-2009 | Postdoctoral Fellow with Reto Weiler at the University of Oldenburg |
2003 | Dissertation in Zoology, University of Oldenburg |
1999-2002 | Doctoral thesis in the lab of Thomas Jentsch, ZMNH, University of Hamburg |
1999-2002 | Postgraduate studies "Molecular Biology" |
1992-1998 | Graduate studies "Biology" |
My main scientific interest is to analyse retinal signal processing on the cellular, network and behavioural level. I aim to understand the functional role of electrical synapses in the retina and to elucidate the role of individual cell types, e.g., wide-field amacrine cells or horizontal cells.
- German Neuroscience Society
- Society for Neuroscience
Karin Dedek |
Selected Publications
- Hilgen G, von Maltzahn J, Willecke K, Weiler R, Dedek K (2010)
Subcellular distribution of connexin45 in OFF bipolar cells of the mouse retina.
J Comp Neurol (in press). - Pérez de Sevilla Müller L, Dedek K, Janssen-Bienhold U, Meyer A, Kreuzberg MM, Lorenz S, Willecke K, Weiler R (2010)
Expression and modulation of connexin30.2, a novel gap junction protein in the mammalian retina.
Vis Neurosci 27(3-4):91-101. - Feigenspan A, Dedek K, Schröer U, Weiler R, Thanos S (2010)
Expression of voltage-gated sodium channels in growth cones of the regenerating rat retina.
Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci 51(3):1789-99. - Dedek K, Breuninger T, Pérez de Sevilla Müller L, Maxeiner S, Willecke K, Euler T, Weiler R (2009)
A novel type of interplexiform amacrine cells in the mouse retina.
Eur J Neurosci 30(2):217-28 - Janssen-Bienhold U, Trümpler J, Hilgen G, Schultz K, Pérez de Sevilla Müller L, Sonntag S, Dedek K, Dirks P, Willecke K, Weiler R (2008)
Connexin57 is expressed in dendro-dendritic and axo-axonal gap junctions of mouse horizontal cells and its distribution is modulated by light.
J Comp Neurol 513(4):363-74. - Trümpler J, Dedek K, Schubert T, Pérez de Sevilla Müller L, Seeliger M, Humphries P, Biel M, Weiler R (2008)
Rod and cone contributions to horizontal cell light responses in the mouse retina.
J Neurosci 28(27):6818-25. - Dedek K, Pandarinath C, Alam NM, Wellershaus K, Schubert T, Willecke K, Prusky GT, Weiler R, Nirenberg S (2008)
Ganglion cell adaptability: does the coupling of horizontal cells play a role?
PLoS ONE 3(3):e1714. - Dedek K, Schultz K, Pieper M, Dirks P, Maxeiner S, Willecke K, Weiler R, Janssen-Bienhold U (2006)
Localization of a heterotypic gap junction composed of connexin36 and connexin45 in the rod pathway of the mouse retina.
Eur J Neurosci 24(6):1675-86. - Shelley J, Dedek K, Schultz K, Hombach S, Willecke K, Weiler R (2006)
Horizontal cell receptive fields are reduced in connexin57-deficient mice.
Eur J Neurosci 23(12):3176-86. - Maxeiner S*, Dedek K*, Janssen-Bienhold U, Ammermuller J, Brune H, Kirsch T, Pieper M, Degen J, Kruger O, Willecke K, Weiler R (2005)
Deletion of connexin45 in mouse retinal neurons disrupts the rod/cone signaling pathway between AII amacrine and ON cone bipolar cells and leads to impaired visual transmission.
J Neurosci 25:566-76. - Pottek M, Knop GC, Weiler R, Dedek K (2011)
Electrophysiological Characterization of GFP-Expressing Cell Populations in the Intact Retina.
J Vis Exp (57). pii: 3457.
- Knop GC, Feigenspan A, Weiler R, Dedek K (2011)
Inputs underlying the ON-OFF light responses of type 2 wide-field amacrine cells in TH::GFP mice.
J Neurosci 31(13):4780-91.
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