Martin Heisenberg 5678882 223496472 2008-07-04T09:20:44Z Rjwilmsi 203434 gen + birth/death date fixes per [[Wikipedia:DATE#Dates_of_birth_and_death|MOS]] using [[Project:AutoWikiBrowser|AWB]] {{Orphan|date=November 2006}} '''Martin Heisenberg''' (born [[7 August]] [[1940]]) is a [[Germany|German]] [[neurobiologist]] and [[Genetics|geneticist]]. [[As of 2006]], he is the chair for genetics and neurobiology at the bio centre of the [[University of Würzburg]]. The son of [[Werner Heisenberg]], 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]]. ===Selected publications=== *{{cite journal | author = Gerhard Technau & Martin Heisenberg | year = 1982 | month = | title = '''Neural reorganization during metamorphosis of the corpora pedunculata in Drosophila melanogaster''' | journal = Nature | volume = 295 | issue = | pages = 405–407 | doi =10.1038/295405a0 | id = | url = http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v295/n5848/abs/295405a0.html | format = | accessdate = 2006-06-23 }} *{{cite journal | author = JS de Belle, M Heisenberg | year = 1994 | month = February | title = '''Associative odor learning in Drosophila abolished by chemical ablation of mushroom bodies''' | journal = Science | volume = 263 | issue = | pages = 692–695 | doi = | id = | url = | format = | accessdate = 2006-06-23 }} {{DEFAULTSORT:Heisenberg, Martin}} [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:German scientists]] [[Category:1940 births]] [[Category:Neurobiologists]] [[Category:German geneticists]] [[de:Martin Heisenberg]]