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Herwig Baier | |
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![]() Herwig Baier in March 2017 | |
Education |
University of Konstanz Max Planck Institute for Developmental Biology |
Scientific career | |
Institutions |
University of California, San Francisco Max Planck Institute of Neurobiology Max Planck Institute for Biological Intelligence |
Doctoral advisor | Friedrich Bonhoeffer |
Other academic advisors |
Bill Harris Christiane Nüsslein-Volhard |
Herwig Baier is a German-American neuroscientist and biologist. He is Director at the Max Planck Institute for Biological Intelligence and head of the department Genes – Circuits – Behavior. Herwig Baier's research aims to understand how animal brains convert sensory inputs into behavioral responses and how evolution has shaped neuronal circuits.
Herwig Baier studied biology at the University of Konstanz. In 1990, he joined Friedrich Bonhoeffer's laboratory at the Max Planck Institute for Developmental Biology in Tübingen, where he obtained his diploma (1990) and PhD degree (1995). For his post-doctoral training, he moved to the University of California, San Diego, to work with William (Bill) Harris. In 1997, Baier was offered a faculty position by the University of California, San Francisco, where he remained as Full Professor until 2012. In 2011, the Max Planck Society recruited him as a Scientific Member and Director at the Max Planck Institute of Neurobiology in Martinsried (Germany).
The overarching theme of Baier's scientific contributions to neuroscience has been the elucidation of molecular, cellular, synaptic and circuit mechanisms of neuronal development, nervous system function, and animal behavior. His research has focused on the following questions:
Herwig Baier's work led to a number of scientific discoveries:
Baier received the Otto Hahn Medal of the Max Planck Society (1995) for his PhD work and a Feodor Lynen Fellowship of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation (1995). As a faculty member at UCSF, he received the David and Lucile Packard Fellowship in Science and Engineering (1999), the Sloan Fellowship in Neuroscience (2000), the Klingenstein Award (2001), and the Byers Award for Basic Science Research (2006). He is an Honorary Professor of the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, and a member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO).
In 2001, Herwig Baier co-founded, with Bill Harris and Paul Goldsmith, Daniolabs Ltd (Cambridge, UK), a biotech company with a focus on zebrafish drug screening for the discovery new treatments of ophthalmic, neurological and gastrointestinal diseases. [1]
Baier serves as a scientific consultant to biotech companies.
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Herwig Baier | |
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![]() Herwig Baier in March 2017 | |
Education |
University of Konstanz Max Planck Institute for Developmental Biology |
Scientific career | |
Institutions |
University of California, San Francisco Max Planck Institute of Neurobiology Max Planck Institute for Biological Intelligence |
Doctoral advisor | Friedrich Bonhoeffer |
Other academic advisors |
Bill Harris Christiane Nüsslein-Volhard |
Herwig Baier is a German-American neuroscientist and biologist. He is Director at the Max Planck Institute for Biological Intelligence and head of the department Genes – Circuits – Behavior. Herwig Baier's research aims to understand how animal brains convert sensory inputs into behavioral responses and how evolution has shaped neuronal circuits.
Herwig Baier studied biology at the University of Konstanz. In 1990, he joined Friedrich Bonhoeffer's laboratory at the Max Planck Institute for Developmental Biology in Tübingen, where he obtained his diploma (1990) and PhD degree (1995). For his post-doctoral training, he moved to the University of California, San Diego, to work with William (Bill) Harris. In 1997, Baier was offered a faculty position by the University of California, San Francisco, where he remained as Full Professor until 2012. In 2011, the Max Planck Society recruited him as a Scientific Member and Director at the Max Planck Institute of Neurobiology in Martinsried (Germany).
The overarching theme of Baier's scientific contributions to neuroscience has been the elucidation of molecular, cellular, synaptic and circuit mechanisms of neuronal development, nervous system function, and animal behavior. His research has focused on the following questions:
Herwig Baier's work led to a number of scientific discoveries:
Baier received the Otto Hahn Medal of the Max Planck Society (1995) for his PhD work and a Feodor Lynen Fellowship of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation (1995). As a faculty member at UCSF, he received the David and Lucile Packard Fellowship in Science and Engineering (1999), the Sloan Fellowship in Neuroscience (2000), the Klingenstein Award (2001), and the Byers Award for Basic Science Research (2006). He is an Honorary Professor of the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, and a member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO).
In 2001, Herwig Baier co-founded, with Bill Harris and Paul Goldsmith, Daniolabs Ltd (Cambridge, UK), a biotech company with a focus on zebrafish drug screening for the discovery new treatments of ophthalmic, neurological and gastrointestinal diseases. [1]
Baier serves as a scientific consultant to biotech companies.