Prof. Axel Nimmerjahn
Professor at Salk Institute for Biological Studies
Area of Expertise:
Imaging , Microglia , Astrocytes , Neurons , Brain , Spinal cord
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Dr. Nimmerjahn received his Ph.D. in physics from the University of Heidelberg and Max Planck Institute for Medical Research, Germany. Following postdoctoral training in the Departments of Biology and Applied Physics at Stanford University, USA, he joined the Salk Institute for Biological Studies, USA, where he is now a professor.

Dr. Nimmerjahn’s research focuses on developing and applying novel in vivo imaging, tissue staining, molecular genetic, behavioral, and computational methods to uncover cellular and molecular mechanisms underlying healthy and diseased central nervous system (CNS) function. He and his team have provided the first optical measurements of neuronal and astrocyte activity in the brain and spinal cord of freely behaving animals and shed light on how these cells encode sensory and motor information. Additionally, they have provided insight into how microglia, the innate immune sentinels of the CNS, recognize and respond to disturbances in tissue homeostasis and how these cells’ inflammatory responses can be controlled.

Dr. Nimmerjahn’s work has been recognized by a variety of awards, including the Du Bois-Reymond Award of the German Physiologic Society, Otto Hahn Medal and Award of the Max Planck Society, Scholar Awards by the Rita Allen and Whitehall Foundations, and New Innovator, EUREKA, and BRAIN Initiative Awards by the National Institutes of Health (NIH).
Publications (1)

SPIE Journal Paper | 27 April 2022 Open Access
Ahmed Abdelfattah, Srinivasa Rao Allu, Robert Campbell, Xiaojun Cheng, Tomáš Cižmár, Irene Costantini, Valentina Emiliani, Natalie Fomin-Thunemann, Ariel Gilad, Tomás Fernández Alfonso, Christopher G. Ferri, Andrew Harris, Elizabeth M. Hillman, Matthew Holt, Kivilcim Kiliç, Evan Miller, Rickson Mesquita, K.M. Naga Srinivas Nadella, U. Valentin Nägerl, Citlali Perez Campos, Francesca Puppo, Shy Shoham, R. Angus Silver, Vivek Srinivasan, Martin Thunemann, Lei Tian, Sergei Vinogradov, Flavia Vitale, Hana Uhlířová, Chris Xu, Mu-Han Yang, Yongxin Zhao, Sapna Ahuja, Taner Akkin, Joshua Brake, David Boas, Erin Buckley, Anderson Chen, Massimo De Vittorio, Anna Devor, Patrick Doran, Mirna El Khatib, Yeshaiahu Fainman, Xue Han, Ute Hochgeschwender, Na Ji, Evelyn Lake, Lei Li, Tianqi Li, Philipp Mächler, Yusuke Nasu, Axel Nimmerjahn, Petra Ondrácková, Francesco Pavone, Darcy Peterka, Filippo Pisano, Ferruccio Pisanello, Bernardo Sabatini, Sanaz Sadegh, Sava Sakadžic, Sanaya Shroff, Ruth Sims, Spencer Smith, Lin Tian, Thomas Troxler, Antoine Valera, Alipasha Vaziri, Lihong Wang, Changhuei Yang, Gary Yellen, Ofer Yizhar
NPh, Vol. 9, Issue S1, 013001, (April 2022) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.10.1117/1.NPh.9.S1.013001

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