Martin Heisenberg
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Martin Heisenberg (born 7 August 1940) is a German neurobiologist and geneticist. As of 2006[update], he is the chair for genetics and neurobiology at the bio centre of the University of Würzburg.
The son of Werner Heisenberg, who is best known for the uncertainty principle, Heisenberg studied chemistry and molecular biology in Munich, Tübingen and Pasadena. In 1975 he became Professor of genetics and neurobiology at the University of Würzburg. Heisenberg's work has focused on the neurogenetics of Drosophila (the fruit fly), with the aim of investigating the genetic foundations of the Drosophila brain by studying the effect of genetic mutations on brain function.
Martin Heisenberg is also the father of film director Benjamin Heisenberg and of biologist Carl-Philipp Heisenberg, his wife, the mother of Carl-Philipp and Benjamin is a niece of the late Carl Friedrich von Weizsäcker ( theoretical physicist and philosopher ) and Richard von Weizsäcker ( former head of state of West-Germany), her maiden name was Apollonia von der Eulenburg.
[edit] Selected publications
- Gerhard Technau & Martin Heisenberg (1982). "Neural reorganization during metamorphosis of the corpora pedunculata in Drosophila melanogaster". Nature 295: 405–407. doi:. http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v295/n5848/abs/295405a0.html. Retrieved on 2006-06-23.
- JS de Belle, M Heisenberg (February 1994). "Associative odor learning in Drosophila abolished by chemical ablation of mushroom bodies". Science 263: 692–695. doi:. http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/abstract/263/5147/692. Retrieved on 2008-10-05.
