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Coordinator |
UNIVERSITAETSKLINIKUM HAMBURG-EPPENDORF
Organization address contact info |
Coordinator Country | Germany [DE] |
Total cost | 1˙500˙000 € |
EC max contribution | 1˙500˙000 € (100%) |
Programme |
1. H2020-EU.1.1. (EXCELLENT SCIENCE - European Research Council (ERC)) |
Code Call | ERC-2016-STG |
Funding Scheme | ERC-STG |
Starting year | 2017 |
Duration (year-month-day) | from 2017-04-01 to 2022-03-31 |
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1 | UNIVERSITAETSKLINIKUM HAMBURG-EPPENDORF | DE (HAMBURG) | coordinator | 1˙500˙000.00 |
The nature of the physical substrate of memory – or engram – is probably one of the longest studied mysteries in neuroscience, and yet it still remains elusive. In recent years, the search for the engram has gained new momentum due to the possibilities of optogenetic activation and silencing of specific neurons in the brain. Recent studies suggest that the engram could be defined as the subset of neurons that is necessary and sufficient to cause recall of a specific memory when activated. But where is the engram when the neurons are not active? Most likely, ‘lasting alterations’ during memory formation are encoded in synaptic connections, forming a specific circuit that is able to trigger memory recall when active. This raises the possibility that the engram could be encoded in a pattern of altered synapses, not a pattern of cell bodies.
Long-lasting potentiation or depression of synaptic efficacy is thought to underlie learning and memory formation suggesting that the engram could be stored in the strength of synapses. Yet, most excitatory synapses in the brain are highly plastic and show pronounced morphological dynamics. It is therefore not clear to what extent engrams can be stored in a network of synapses and how functional and structural changes of individual synapses contribute to the engram.
The central aim of this proposal is to identify synapses participating in the engram and to study their morphological stability and pre- and postsynaptic functional properties. With novel optogenetic approaches and molecular markers we will investigate functional synapses in their native circuit over the time scale of weeks. By connecting functional long-term analysis of single synapses with morphological observations the proposed project will fill a wide gap in our understanding of how synapses encode and store information. I anticipate that my work will transform our knowledge about the location and mechanism of memory storage in the brain.
year | authors and title | journal | last update |
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2019 |
Alberto Perez-Alvarez, Brenna C. Fearey, Christian Schulze, Ryan J. O’Toole, Benjamien Moeyaert, Manuel A. Mohr, Ignacio Arganda-Carreras, Wei Yang, J. Simon Wiegert, Eric R. Schreiter, Christine E. Gee, Michael B. Hoppa, Thomas G. Oertner Freeze-frame imaging of synaptic activity using SynTagMA published pages: , ISSN: , DOI: 10.1101/538041 |
bioRxiv | 2020-01-30 |
2019 |
Céline D. Dürst, J. Simon Wiegert, Nordine Helassa, Silke Kerruth, Catherine Coates, Christian Schulze, Michael A. Geeves, Katalin Török, Thomas G. Oertner High-speed imaging of glutamate release with genetically encoded sensors published pages: 1401-1424, ISSN: 1754-2189, DOI: 10.1038/s41596-019-0143-9 |
Nature Protocols 14/5 | 2020-01-30 |
2019 |
Margarita Anisimova, Bas van Bommel, J. Simon Wiegert, Marina Mikhaylova, Thomas G. Oertner, Christine E. Gee Long vs short-term synaptic learning rules after optogenetic spike-timing-dependent plasticity published pages: , ISSN: , DOI: 10.1101/863365 |
biorxiv | 2020-01-30 |
2019 |
Ofer Yizhar, J. Simon Wiegert Designer Drugs for Designer Receptors: Unlocking the Translational Potential of Chemogenetics published pages: 362-364, ISSN: 0165-6147, DOI: 10.1016/j.tips.2019.04.010 |
Trends in Pharmacological Sciences 40/6 | 2020-01-30 |
2019 |
Johannes Oppermann, Paul Fischer, Arita Silapetere, Bernhard Liepe, Silvia Rodriguez-Rozada, José Flores-Uribe, Enrico Peter, Anke Keidel, Johannes Vierock, Joel Kaufmann, Matthias Broser, Meike Luck, Franz Bartl, Peter Hildebrandt, J. Simon Wiegert, Oded Béjà , Peter Hegemann, Jonas Wietek MerMAIDs: a family of metagenomically discovered marine anion-conducting and intensely desensitizing channelrhodopsins published pages: , ISSN: 2041-1723, DOI: 10.1038/s41467-019-11322-6 |
Nature Communications 10/1 | 2020-01-30 |
2019 |
Sonja Binder, Matthias Mölle, Michael Lippert, Ralf Bruder, Sonat Aksamaz, Frank Ohl, J. Simon Wiegert, Lisa Marshall Monosynaptic Hippocampal-Prefrontal Projections Contribute to Spatial Memory Consolidation in Mice published pages: 6978-6991, ISSN: 0270-6474, DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.2158-18.2019 |
The Journal of Neuroscience 39/35 | 2020-01-30 |
2018 |
J Simon Wiegert, Mauro Pulin, Christine Elizabeth Gee, Thomas G Oertner The fate of hippocampal synapses depends on the sequence of plasticity-inducing events published pages: , ISSN: 2050-084X, DOI: 10.7554/eLife.39151 |
eLife 7 | 2019-10-08 |
2017 |
Jonas Wietek, Silvia Rodriguez-Rozada, Janine Tutas, Federico Tenedini, Christiane Grimm, Thomas G. Oertner, Peter Soba, Peter Hegemann, J. Simon Wiegert Anion-conducting channelrhodopsins with tuned spectra and modified kinetics engineered for optogenetic manipulation of behavior published pages: , ISSN: 2045-2322, DOI: 10.1038/s41598-017-14330-y |
Scientific Reports 7/1 | 2019-10-08 |
2018 |
Kazumasa Oda, Johannes Vierock, Satomi Oishi, Silvia Rodriguez-Rozada, Reiya Taniguchi, Keitaro Yamashita, J. Simon Wiegert, Tomohiro Nishizawa, Peter Hegemann, Osamu Nureki Crystal structure of the red light-activated channelrhodopsin Chrimson published pages: , ISSN: 2041-1723, DOI: 10.1038/s41467-018-06421-9 |
Nature Communications 9/1 | 2019-10-08 |
2018 |
Nordine Helassa, Céline D. Dürst, Catherine Coates, Silke Kerruth, Urwa Arif, Christian Schulze, J. Simon Wiegert, Michael Geeves, Thomas G. Oertner, Katalin Török Ultrafast glutamate sensors resolve high-frequency release at Schaffer collateral synapses published pages: 5594-5599, ISSN: 0027-8424, DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1720648115 |
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 115/21 | 2019-05-27 |
2017 |
J. Simon Wiegert, Mathias Mahn, Matthias Prigge, Yoav Printz, Ofer Yizhar Silencing Neurons: Tools, Applications, and Experimental Constraints published pages: 504-529, ISSN: 0896-6273, DOI: 10.1016/j.neuron.2017.06.050 |
Neuron 95/3 | 2019-05-27 |
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