Thomas Klausberger Honorary Senior Scientist, Group Leader (and Professor in Cognitive Neurobiology, Center for Brain Research, Medical Univ. Vienna, Austria)

Prof. Thomas Klausberger graduated in Biochemistry at the University of Vienna, Austria, in 1998. He stayed in Vienna to study the assembly of GABAA receptors with Prof. Werner Sieghart at the Brain Research Institute. Following the award of his Ph.D. in 2000, Thomas joined the group of Prof. Peter Somogyi at the MRC Anatomical Neuropharmacology Unit in March 2001 funded by an Erwin-Schroedinger-Felloship of the Austrian Science Fund, and was appointed as an MRC Research Scientist in April 2002. In October 2003 he became MRC Investigator Scientist and has been elected as a Junior Research Fellow at St. John's College in October 2004. In 2005 Thomas received the "Otto Loewi Prize" sponsored by GlaxoSmtithKline and awarded by the Austrian Neuroscience Association and the Krieg Cortical Explorer Award awarded by the Cajal Club at the SFN2005 meeting in Washington DC. In September 2006 Thomas became MRC Senior Scientist and is now leading his own research group. In October 2009 he was appointed as Professor in Cognitive Neurobiology in the Center for Brain Research (Vienna lab web site) at the Medical University of Vienna, Austria, while maintaining his close links with and research programme at the MRC Unit. Email Thomas Klausberger. thomas.klausberger@meduniwien.ac.at Search for publications (PDFs). Klausberger Group Page Key MRC Research Areas In vivo firing patterns of prefrontal and hippocampal interneurons. The role and relationship of distinct types of interneuron to network oscillations, like theta, spindle, gamma  waves and sharp wave-associated ripples (120-200 Hz). Behavioural correlates of neuronal timing in cortical networks.