PD Dr. Philippe Coulon
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Focus of research
- Calcium signalling pathways of sensory and motor control in the thalamocortical system
- Electrophysiology of rhythmogenesis in the central nervous system
- Role of electrical synapses in the control of electrophysiological states of activity in the central nervous system
CV
- 2018 Venia legendi for Neurobiology, Faculty of Biology, Albert Ludwig University Freiburg
- Since 2017 Senior Research Scientist, Optophysiology, Institute of Biology III, Faculty of Biology, Albert Ludwig University Freiburg
- 2015-2016 Fellow PhD, Center for Integrative Brain Research, Seattle Children’s Research Institute, Seattle, WA, USA
- 2013 Habilitation, Venia legendi for Physiology, Medical Faculty, Westfalian Wilhelms-University Münster
- 2006-2013 Postdoctoral Researcher, Institute of Physiology I - Neurophysiology, Medical Faculty, Westfalian Wilhelms University Münster
- 2005 Coordinator of the International Graduate School of Neuroscience (IGSN), Ruhr University Bochum
- 2005 Graduation as Dr. rer. nat. (PhD), Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, Germany
- 2001-2005 Research Associate, Institute of Neurobiology, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, Germany
- 1994-2001 Studied Biology, Dipl.-Biol. (MSc), Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, Germany
Selected publications
- Deubner J, Coulon P, Diester I (2019): Optogenetic approaches to study the mammalian brain. Curr Opin Struct Biol. 57, 157-163.
- Coulon P and Landisman CE (2017): The Potential Role of Gap Junctional Plasticity in the Regulation of State. Neuron, 93(6), 1275–1295.
- Neyer C, Herr D, Kohmann D, Budde T, Pape HC, and Coulon P (2016): mGluR-mediated Calcium Signalling in the Thalamic Reticular Nucleus. Cell Calcium, 59(6), 312-23.
- Gerard E, Hochstrate P, Dierkes PW, and Coulon P (2012): Functional properties and cell type specific distribution of Ih channels in leech neurons. J Exp Biol. 215(2), 227-238.
- Coulon P, Herr D, Kanyshkova T, Meuth P, Budde T, and Pape HC (2009): Burst discharges in neurons of the thalamic reticular nucleus are shaped by calcium-induced calcium release. Cell Calcium, 46, 333-346.