Education & Training

2007: Post doctorate in the lab of Dr. Gord Fishell

2006 - 2007: Post doctorate in the lab of Dr. Martin Koltzenburg
Institute of Child Health, UCL, London, UK

2000 - 2006: PhD in the lab of Dr. Patrik Ernfors
"Sensory neurons: Stem cells and development"
Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden.

1999 - 2000: Undergraduate training in the lab of Dr. Frank Pfrieger.
Max-Delbrueck Center, Berlin, Germany

1994 - 1999: Program of Mathematics and Natural Sciences; Biology. Lund University, Sweden.

My general interest is the development of the nervous system; how neural structures are assembled from progenitors to ultimately achieve functional behavior of an organism. In my present work I aim to apply advanced mouse genetics in combination with electrophysiology to address the assembly of networks in the mammalian cortex. With the classification system recently proposed by the lab, my goal is to analyze connectivity on the level of different interneuron subtypes. Novel techniques allow us to address and understand the principles behind integration of neurons on a population level and will hopefully prove instrumental towards treating diseases of the brain.