Date of Birth: July 15, 1965 Citizenship:
Centre for Neural Circuits and Behaviour
Director, Centre for Neural Circuits and Behaviour
Associate Professor of Cellular and Molecular Physiology
Assistant Professor of Cell Biology and Genetics
Postdoctoral Fellow with Dr. James E. Rothman
University of Innsbruck Medical School, Austria
M.D. thesis with Dr. Josef R. Patsch: “Relationship of
triglyceride and high-density lipoprotein metabolism”
Wolstencroft Memorial Lecture, British Neuroscience Association
Heller Lectures in Computational Neuroscience,
Bayliss-Starling Prize Lecture, The Physiological Society
Klingenstein Fellowship in the Neurosciences
Technological Innovations in Neuroscience Award,
McKnight Endowment Fund for Neuroscience
M.D., Sub auspiciis praesidentis rei publicae
Erwin Schrödinger Fellow, Austrian Science Foundation
Publications Miesenböck, G., W. Siebels, G. Blümel and R. Günther (1987) Mechanochemie des
Gelenkknorpels und Arthrose - ein pathophysiologischer Zusammenhang. Z. Rheumatol. 46: 311-316.
Miesenböck, G. (1987) Prinzipien des Massentransports im Extrazellulärraum unter
besonderer Berücksichtigung der Knorpel-Biomechanik. Z. Phys. Med. 16: 343-347.
Miesenböck, G., and J.R. Patsch (1990) Relationship of triglyceride and high density
lipoprotein metabolism. Atherosclerosis Rev. 21: 119-127.
Lechleitner, M., G. Miesenböck and J.R. Patsch (1990) HDL cholesterol,
triglycerides and coronary heart disease. Curr. Opin. Lipidology 1: 330-333.
Patsch, J.R., G. Miesenböck, H. Drexel, A.M. Gotto, Jr., and W. Patsch (1990)
Metabolism of triglyceride-rich lipoproteins and high density lipoproteins. In: A.M. Gotto, Jr., and R. Paoletti (eds.) Drugs affecting lipid metabolism X. Amsterdam, Elsevier, pp. 23-28.
Miesenböck, G., and J.R. Patsch (1991) Coronary artery disease: Synergy of
triglyceride-rich lipoproteins and HDL. Cardiovascular Risk Factors 1: 293-298.
Paulweber, B., H. Wiebusch, G. Miesenböck, H. Funke, G. Assmann, B. Hölzl, M.J.
Sippl, W. Friedl, J.R. Patsch and F. Sandhofer (1991) Molecular basis of lipoprotein lipase deficiency in two Austrian families with type I hyperlipoproteinemia. Atherosclerosis 86: 239-250.
Drexel, H., G. Palos, A. Königsrainer, G. Miesenböck, C. Aichberger, R. Margreiter
and J.R. Patsch (1991) Long-term follow-up of glycaemic control and parameters of lipid transport after pancreas transplantation. Diabetologia 34: S47-S50.
Patsch, J.R., and G. Miesenböck (1992) High-density lipoprotein cholesterol,
triglycerides and coronary heart disease. In: A.M. Gotto, Jr. (ed.) Cellular and molecular biology of atherosclerosis. London - New York, Springer-Verlag, pp. 153-157.
Miesenböck, G. and J.R. Patsch (1992) Postprandial hyperlipidemia: The search for
the atherogenic lipoprotein. Curr. Opin. Lipidology 3: 196-201.
Patsch, J.R., G. Miesenböck, T. Hopferwieser, V. Mühlberger, E. Knapp, J.K. Dunn,
A.M. Gotto, Jr., and W. Patsch (1992) Relation of triglyceride metabolism and
coronary artery disease: Studies in the postprandial state. Arterioscler. Thromb.
Miesenböck, G., B. Hölzl, B. Föger, E. Brandstätter, B. Paulweber, F. Sandhofer and
J.R. Patsch (1993) Heterozygous lipoprotein lipase deficiency due to a missense mutation as the cause of impaired triglyceride tolerance with multiple lipoprotein abnormalities. J. Clin. Invest. 91: 448-455.
Föger, B., H. Drexel, T. Hopferwieser, G. Miesenböck, A. Ritsch, M. Lechleitner,
G.Tröbinger and J.R. Patsch (1994) Fenofibrate improves postprandial chylomicron clearance in II B hyperlipoproteinemia. Clin. Invest. 72: 294-301.
Königsrainer, A., B.H. Föger, G. Miesenböck, J.R. Patsch J.R. and R. Margreiter
(1994) Pancreas transplantation with systemic endocrine drainage leads to improvement in lipid metabolism. Transplant. Proc. 26: 501-502.
Föger, B., A. Königsrainer, G. Palos, E. Brandstätter, A. Ritsch, P. König, G.
Miesenböck, M. Lechleitner, R. Margreiter and J.R. Patsch (1994) Effect of pancreas transplantation on lipoprotein lipase, postprandial lipemia, and HDL cholesterol. Transplantation 58: 899-904.
Rajasekaran, A.K., J.S. Humphrey, M. Wagner, G. Miesenböck, A. Le Bivic, J.S.
Bonifacino and E. Rodriguez-Boulan (1994) TGN38 recycles basolaterally in polarized Madin-Darby Canine Kidney cells. Mol. Biol. Cell 5: 1093-1103.
Miesenböck, G., and J.E. Rothman (1995) The capacity to retrieve escaped ER
proteins extends to the trans-most cisterna of the Golgi stack. J. Cell Biol. 129: 309-319.
Miesenböck, G., and J.E. Rothman (1997) Patterns of synaptic activity in neural
networks recorded by light emission from synaptolucins. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 94: 3402-3407.
Commentary in: Science (1997) 276: 547.
Miesenböck, G., D.A. De Angelis and J.E. Rothman (1998) Visualizing secretion and
synaptic transmission with pH-sensitive green fluorescent proteins. Nature 394: 192-195.
De Angelis, D.A., G. Miesenböck, B.V. Zemelman and J.E. Rothman (1998) PRIM:
Proximity imaging of green fluorescent protein-tagged polypeptides. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 95: 12312-12316.
Miesenböck, G. (1999) Imaging exocytosis with pH-sensitive green fluorescent
proteins. In: R. Yuste, F. Lanni and A. Konnerth (eds.) Imaging Neurons. Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press, 59.1 – 59.12.
Yuste, R., R.B. Miller, K. Holthoff, S. Zhang and G. Miesenböck (2000) Synapto-
pHluorins: Chimeras of pH-sensitive green fluorescent proteins and synaptic vesicle membrane proteins as reporters of neurotransmitter release. Methods Enzymol. 327: 522-546.
Zemelman, B.V. and G. Miesenböck (2001) Genetic schemes and schemata in
neurophysiology. Curr. Opin. Neurobiol. 11: 409-414.
Zemelman, B.V., G.A. Lee, M. Ng and G. Miesenböck (2002) Selective
photostimulation of genetically chARGed neurons. Neuron 33: 15-22.
Ng, M., R.D. Roorda, S.Q. Lima, B.V. Zemelman, P. Morcillo and G. Miesenböck
(2002) Transmission of olfactory information between three populations of neurons in the antennal lobe of the fly. Neuron 36: 463-474.
Zemelman, B.V., N. Nesnas, G.A. Lee and G. Miesenböck (2003) Photochemical
gating of heterologous ion channels: Remote control over genetically designated populations of neurons. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 100: 1352-1357.
Roorda, R.D., T.M. Hohl, R. Toledo-Crow and G. Miesenböck (2004) Video-rate
nonlinear microscopy of neuronal membrane dynamics with genetically encoded probes. J. Neurophysiol. 92: 609-621.
Miesenböck, G. (2004) Genetic methods for illuminating the function of neural
circuits. Curr. Opin. Neurobiol. 14: 395-402.
Miesenböck, G. (2005) Synapto-pHluorins – genetically encoded reporters of
synaptic transmission. In: R. Yuste and A. Konnerth (eds.) Imaging in Neuroscience and Development. Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press, 599-603.
Lima, S.Q., and G. Miesenböck (2005) Remote control of behavior through
genetically targeted photostimulation of neurons. Cell 121: 141-152.
Commentary in: Cell (2005) 121: 6-7.
Nat. Rev. Neurosci. (2005) 6: 422.
Miesenböck, G., and I.G. Kevrekidis (2005) Optical imaging and control of
genetically designated neurons in functioning circuits. Annu. Rev. Neurosci. 28: 533-563.
Miesenböck, G., and R.G.M. Morris (2005) New technologies – Editorial overview.
Curr. Opin. Neurobiol. 15: 557-559.
Deisseroth, K., G. Feng, A.K. Majewska, G. Miesenböck, A. Ting and M.J. Schnitzer
(2006) Next-generation optical technologies for illuminating genetically targeted brain circuits. J. Neurosci. 26: 10380-10386.
Shang, Y., A. Claridge-Chang, L. Sjulson, M. Pypaert and G. Miesenböck (2007)
Excitatory local circuits and their implications for olfactory processing in the fly antennal lobe. Cell 128: 601-612.
Commentary in: Cell (2007) 128: 431-432.
Sjulson, L., and G. Miesenböck (2007) Optical detection of action potentials and
other discrete physiological events: a perspective from signal detection theory. Physiology 22: 47-55.
Ferguson, S.M., G. Brasnjo, M. Hayashi, M. Wölfel, C. Collesi, S. Giovedi, A.
Raimondi, L.W. Gong, P. Ariel. S. Paradise, E. O’Toole, R. Flavell, O. Cremona, G. Miesenböck, T.A. Ryan and P. De Camilli (2007) A selective activity-dependent requirement for dynamin 1 in synaptic vesicle endocytosis. Science 316: 570-574.
Clyne, J.D., and G. Miesenböck (2008) Sex-specific control and tuning of the pattern
generator for courtship song in Drosophila. Cell 133: 354-363.
Commentary in: Cell (2008) 133: 210–212.
Nat. Rev. Neurosci. (2008) 9: 412.
Sjulson, L., and G. Miesenböck (2008) Photocontrol of neural activity: biophysical
mechanisms and performance in vivo. Chem. Rev. 108: 1588-1602.
Sjulson, L., and G. Miesenböck (2008) Rational optimization and imaging in vivo of a
genetically encoded optical voltage reporter. J. Neurosci. 28: 5582-5593.
Miesenböck, G. (2008) Lighting up the brain. Scientific American 299: October
Clyne, J.D., and G. Miesenböck (2009) Postcoital finesse. Neuron 61: 491-493. Claridge-Chang, A., R.D. Roorda, E. Vrontou, L. Sjulson, H. Li, J. Hirsh and G.
Miesenböck (2009) Writing memories with light-addressable reinforcement circuitry. Cell 139: 405-415.
Commentary in: Cell (2009) 139: 225-227.
Nat. Rev. Neurosci. (2009) 10: 832.
Miesenböck, G. (2009) The optogenetic catechism. Science 326: 395-399. Kätzel, D., B.V. Zemelman, C. Buetfering, M. Wölfel and G. Miesenböck (2011) The
columnar and laminar organization of inhibitory connections to neocortical excitatory cells. Nat. Neurosci. 14: 100-107.
Miesenböck, G. (2011) Optogenetic control of cells and circuits. Annu. Rev. Cell
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