Education and Affiliations
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1986 |
Diploma thesis in the Department of Biological Cybernetics of Prof. Dr. H. Cruse at the Fac. of Biologie at the University of Bielefeld |
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1986-1989 |
Graduate student in the Department of Animal Physiology with Prof. Dr. U. Bässler, Division of Biology at the Univ. of Kaiserslautern |
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1989 |
Dissertation (PhD / Dr. rer. nat.) at the University of Kaiserslautern |
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1989-1991 |
Postdoctoral Fellow in the Fac. of Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada, with Prof. Dr. K.G. Pearson |
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1991-1997 |
Research Associate (C1) in the Department of Animal Physiology in the Division of Biology at the University of Kaiserslautern |
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1995 |
Habilitation for Zoology |
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1997-1998 |
Visiting scientist at the Nobel Institute for Neurophysiology with Prof. Dr. S. Grillner, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden |
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since 1998 |
Head of the Department of Animal Physiology at the Institute for Zoology at the University of Cologne |
2001-2002 |
Fellow at the Institute for Advanced Study Berlin; convenor of the special research group on „Neural Control of Locomotion“ |
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2011-2014 |
Dean of Research of the Faculty of Math. and Natural Sciences,UoC |
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2014-2017 |
Dean of the Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, UoC |
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since 2018 |
UoC Vice Rector for Academic Career and Equal Opportunities |
Honours, Distinctions and Community Services
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1989-1991 |
Fellowship of Alberta Heritage Foundation for Medical Research |
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1997-1998 |
Heisenberg-Fellow of the DFG |
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1997-1998 |
Research Fellowship of the Axel-Wenner-Gren-Foundation |
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2001-2002 |
Daimler-Chrysler-Fellow at the Institute for Advanced Study Berlin |
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2010 |
Offer from the TU Munich (declined) |
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2008-2016 |
Member of the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft
(DFG) Study Section Neurosciences |
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since 2012 |
Member of the Academy of Sciences and Arts of the Province of North-Rhine-Westfalia |
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since 2012 |
Member of the Scientific Advisory Board of the Biozentrum Würzburg |
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since 2015 |
Member of the Directorate (Vorstand) of the Studienstiftung des Deutschen Volkes |
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since 2019 |
Vice-President of the Studienstiftung des Deutschen Volkes |
Member of Editorial Boards of Scientific Journals:
The Journal of Neurophysiology (Editorial Board); Biological Cybernetics (Editorial Board); Frontiers in Neuroscience (Review Editor), Frontiers in Physiology (Review Editor), Journal of Comparative Physiology A (Advisory Board Member) |
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Selected original publications – since 2015:
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Berg EM, Hooper SL, Schmidt J, Büschges A (2015). A leg-local neural mechanism mediates the decision to search in stick insect. Current Biology 25, 2012–2017
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Gruhn M, Rosenbaum P, Bockemühl T, Büschges A (2016) Body Side-specific Control of Motor Activity during Turning in a Walking Animal. eLife 10.7554/eLife.13799
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Mantziaris C, Bockemühl T, Holmes P, Daun S, Büschges A (2017) Intersegmental influences between central pattern generating networks in the walking system of the stick insect. J Neurophysiol 118: 2296-2310
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Ryczko D, Grätsch S, Schläger L, Keuyalian A, Boukhatem Z, Garcia C, Auclair F, Büschges A, Dubuc R (2017) Nigral glutamatergic neurons control the speed of locomotion. J Neurosci 37(40):9759-9770.
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Liessem S, Ragionieri L, Neupert S, Büschges A, Predel R (2018) Transcriptomic and Neuropeptidomic Analysis of the Stick Insect, Carausius morosus. J Proteome Res 17(6): 2192-2204.
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Zill SN, Dallmann CJ, Büschges A, Chaudhry S, Schmitz J (2018) Force dynamics and synergist muscle activation in stick insects: the effects of using joint torques as mechanical stimuli. J Neurophysiol 120: 1807–1823.
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von Twickel A, Guschlbauer C, Hooper SL, Büschges A (2019) Swing Velocity Profiles of Small Limbs Can Arise from Transient Passive Torques of the Antagonist Muscle Alone. Current Biology 29(1):1-12.e7.
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Dinges GF, Chockley AS, Bockemühl T, Ito K, Blanke A, Büschges A (2020) Location and arrangement of campaniform sensilla in Drosophila melanogaster . J Comp Neurol 1–21. https://doi.org/10.1002/cne.24987
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Bidaye SS, Laturney M, Chang AK, Liu Y, Bockemühl T, Büschges A, Scott K (2020) Two Brain Pathways Initiate Distinct Forward Walking Programs in Drosophila. Neuron Aug 12: S0896-6273(20)30576-6. doi: 10.1016/j.neuron.2020.07.032
Reviews/Books (selected):
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Hooper SL, Büschges A (2017) Neurobiology of Motor Control – Fundamental Concepts and New Directions. S.L. Hooper & A. Büschges (eds.) Wiley Blackwell
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Biday SS, Bockemühl T, Büschges A (2018) Six-legged walking in insects: how CPGs, peripheral feedback, and descending signals generate coordinated and adaptive motor rhythms. J Neurophysiol 119: 459-475
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Mantziaris C, Bockemühl T, Büschges A (2020) Central pattern generating networks in insect locomotion. Dev Neurobiol 80(1-2):16-30
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