Dr. Dirk Jancke

Bernstein-Group for
Computational Neuroscience

 

Real-Time
Optical Imaging

Visualizing the Invisible



Institut fürNeuroinformatik ND 03/70
Ruhr-University Bochum

rub

press on figure to see movies


44780 Bochum, Germanydirk5

phone: +49 (0)234 32 24369 Lab
            +49 (0)234 32 27845 Office
email: jancke@neurobiologie.ruhr-uni-bochum.de
 

Research interests


Ruhr-University Bochum press release 25.03.2004


 

Visual perception and dynamics of visual information processing; cortical representations of visual parameters; plasticity; cortical reorganization; functional characterization of cortical anatomy; models of neural networks; psychophysics, visual illusions (see contribution in Scholarpedia).


                      Optical Imaging Lab       pinwheel    further info press      

PhD-students:

Markus Swierczek  (IGSN)

Anna Palagina (IGSN)
Benedict Ng
(IGSN)
Sascha Rekauzke (IGB, Bernstein)
Markus Rothermel (Graduate School)
Nora Nortmann (
Bernstein)

Agnieszka Grabska-Barwinska (Postdoc, Bernstein-Group)

Selim Onat (University of Osnabrück)


Jan Habijan (Dipl. Thesis)
Jennifer Meyer (IGSN, Alumni)
         
Research Topic: Processing of Complex Stimuli in Primary Visual Cortex.
Research Tools: In vivo Real-time Optical Imaging with Voltage-sensitive Dyes, Electrophysiology.


PhD/Postdoc positions - International Graduate School Neuroscience - Bernstein Group - Research School RUB
Interest and strong background in Computational Neuroscience, Physics, Mathematics are required.
                                                                                                                

                                         Nature Neuroscience Reviews - May 2004                       Westdeutsche Allgemeine Zeitung - 03.04.2004           Bernstein Newsletter - Oktober 2009 (movie)

                                  h pdf                          waz pdfbgcn_cover


PUBLICATIONS

Peer-reviewed Journals
Book Chapter
Conference Abstracts
Talks
Organized Symposia


 

Member of the Studies Commission of the International Graduate School of Neuroscience



Collaborations at Ruhr-University

Gregor Schöner, Dept. Neuroinformatics, Bochum, Germany (theories of dynamic neural network interactions)

Christian Igel, Dept. Neuroinformatics, Ruhr-University Bochum, Germany (evolving neural network dynamics)
Ulf Eysel, Dept. Neurophysiology, Ruhr-University Bochum, Germany (cortical reorganization after retinal lesions)

Onur Güntürkün,  Dept. Biopsychology, Ruhr-University Bochum, Germany (working memory)
Hubert Dinse, Dept. Neuroinformatics, Ruhr-University Bochum, Germany (cortical plasticity)

Hanns Hatt,
Dept. Cellphysiology, Ruhr-University Bochum, Germany (olfactory function)
Klaus-Peter Hoffmann, Dept. Neurobiology, Ruhr-University Bochum, Germany (mechanisms of direction selectivity)
Uwe an der Heiden, Mathematik und Theorie komplexer Systeme, Universität Witten/Herdecke
Ulrich Pardey, Institut für Philosophie, Logik und Sprachphilosophie


National & International Collaborations

Amiram Grinvald, Weizmann Institut, Israel (cortical correlates of visual perception; natural scenes)
Misha Tsodyks, Dept. Neurobiology, Weizmann Institut, Israel (natural scenes)
Peter Köni
g, Selim Onat, Dept. Cognitive Science, University of Osnabrück, Germany (natural scenes)
Dahlia Sharon, Center for Biomedical Imaging, Charlestown, USA (spatio-temporal cortical dynamics)
Frédéric Chavane, C.N.R.S., Marseille, France (function of long-range horizontal cortical connections)
Siegrid Löwel,  Leibniz Institute for Neurobiology,  Magdeburg, Germany  (visual development and plasticity)
Thomas Wennekers,  Andrew  Symes, Centre  for Theoretical and Computational Neuroscience, Plymouth, UK (modelling large scale dynamics in V1)
Yves Frégnac, C.N.R.S., Gif-sur-Yvette, France (visual motion)
Wolfram Erlhagen, Guimarães, Portugal (modeling visual motion)
Howard Hock, Dept. of Psychology, Florida Atlantic University, USA (psychophysics of motion)


Current grant support
We acknowledge support from the BMBF (startup Juniorprofessorship, Bernstein Group for Computational Neuroscience Bochum),
and the International Graduate School of Neuroscience (IGSN) Bochum.