Tim Vogels
Tim Vogels | |
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| Born | Germany |
| Known for | Inhibitory neuronal coding |
Tim P. Vogels is a professor of theoretical neuroscience and research leader at the Institute of Science and Technology Austria. He is primarily known for his scholarly contributions to the study of neuronal plasticity related to learning and memory in the brain.
Education and early research
After graduating from Gymnasium Carolinum—one of the oldest high schools in Germany—in 1997, Tim Vogels studied physics at the Technical University of Berlin in the early 2000s. He endeavoured to obtain a PhD in neuroscience with the financial support of a Fulbright Program Scholarship.
Vogels completed his doctorate research in 2007 at
After completing his first post-doctoral fellowship in 2010, he received a
Scientific career
After receiving the Bernstein Prize for his work in 2012, Tim Vogels joined the Department of Physiology, Anatomy and Genetics at the
In 2016, he was also appointed as an associate professor and senior lecturer of medicine at St Peter's College, Oxford.
In 2020, Tim Vogels took up a post in Vienna, Austria, where he was offered and accepted the position of Professor and Group Leader at the Institute of Science and Technology Austria.
Open science initiatives
Vogels actively promotes open science initiatives. He is the co-founder of the IBRO-Simons Computational Neuroscience Imbizo summer school, held annually in Cape Town, South Africa. Cooperatively organized with the International Brain Research Organization (IBRO) and the Simons Foundation, its aim is to foster neuroscience in Africa, exposing students to a faculty of expert computational neuroscientists and building international networks amongst them.[1][2] He also co-founded World Wide Neuro, a platform that promotes open access to neuroscience research seminars and other virtual education resources.[3]
Awards and fellowships
Professor Vogels has received numerous awards for his work in the field, including the prestigious Bernstein Award in Computational Neuroscience,[4] in 2012, and other acknowledgements such as research fellowships and affiliations with the Royal Society, the Wellcome Trust, and a fellowship at the FENS-Kavli Network of Excellence.[5]
Select publications
- Vogels, T. P.; Sprekeler, H.; Zenke, F.; Clopath, C.; Gerstner, W. (2011-12-16). "Inhibitory Plasticity Balances Excitation and Inhibition in Sensory Pathways and Memory Networks". Science. 334 (6062): 1569–1573. S2CID 45134325.
- Vogels, T. P.; Abbott, L. (2009-03-22). "Gating multiple signals through detailed balance of excitation and inhibition in spiking networks". Nature Neuroscience. 12 (4): 483–491. PMID 19305402.
- Vogels, T. P.; Abbott, L. (2005-11-16). "Signal Propagation and Logic Gating in Networks of Integrate-and-Fire Neurons". Journal of Neuroscience. 25 (46): 10786–10795. PMID 16291952.
References
- ^ Currin, Chris (27 May 2020). "A Summer School in Africa Breaks Barriers in Neuroscience". Simons Foundation. Retrieved 19 June 2021.
- ^ "Computational Neuroscience Imbizo".
- ^ "World Wide Neuro".
- ^ "Bernstein Award in Computational Neuroscience, 2012".
- ^ "FENS-Kavli Network of Excellence, 2014".
