Anthony Holtmaat#
Photo: Christian Lüscher 2014
| Membership Number: | 5478 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | PHYSIOLOGY & NEUROSCIENCE |
| Elected: | 2020 |
| Main Country of Residence: | SWITZERLAND |
| Homepage(s): | https://www.unige.ch/medecine/neuf/en/research |
| ORCID: | 0000-0002-7577-0769 |
| Twitter: | @teuntoonenaug |
| Linkedin: | https://www.linkedin.com/in/anthony-holtmaat-640b7223/ |
Present and Previous Positions
- 2016 - current Full Professor in Neuroscience, Department of Basic Neurosciences, University of Geneva, Switzerland
- 2007 - 2015 Associate Professor in Neuroscience, Department of Basic Neurosciences, University of Geneva, Switzerland
- 2002 - 2007 Visiting Scientist / Postdoc / Research Investigator in the laboratory of Prof. K. Svoboda, HHMI, Cold Spring Harbor laboratory, New York, USA.
- 2001 - 2004 Research Investigator. The Netherlands Institute for Brain Research, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
- 1997 - 2001 Postdoc in the laboratory of Prof. J. Verhaagen, The Netherlands Institute for Brain Research (currently, Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience), Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Fields of Scholarship
- Circuits neuroscience
- Molecular neuroscience
- Optical imaging of brain structure and function
- Cerebral cortex / thalamus
- Neuronal ultrastructure
- Transgenesis and viral vector technology in rodents
- Sensory systems
- Synaptic function/plasticity
Honours and Awards
- 2020 Elected member of National Research Council of the Swiss National Science Foundation
- 2016 Swiss Brain League prize
- 2010, 2013, 2017 Recipient of International Paraplegia Foundation special research funding
- 2008 Appointed Member of the Young Investigators Network of European Neuroscience Institutes
- 2007 Appointed Chair Alan Rossier at Medical Faculty, University of Geneva (Funded by IRP: 1.5M CHF)
- 2001 Visiting Scientist Fellowship from the Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research and Education
