Professor Thomas Knopfel: a Neuroscientist who left Novartis Basel AG – PETER GAMMA (Director & Physiologist), MEDITATION RESEARCH INSTITUTE SWITZERLAND (MRIS)

Last Updated on March 3, 2024 by pg@petergamma.org

Prof Thomas Knopfel does research on optogenetics and circuit neurosciences:

During the early years of his scientific career (1985-1991), he made seminal contributions in the fields of glutamate receptors and neuronal calcium signaling at the Brain Research Institute Switzerland.
In 1992 he went to Novartis Basel AG to acquire some experience in drug discovery.
In 1997 Thomas Knöpfel went to Japan to head the Laboratory for Neuronal Circuit Dynamics at the newly established RIKEN Brain Science Institute.
In 2013 Professor Thomas Knopfel became Chair of Optogenetics and Circuit Neurosciences at Imperial College in London, Division of Brain Sciences.
In 2023 Knopfel left the Imperial College in London and went to Hong Kong:

Prof Thomas Knopfel is now Professor & Director of the Neuronal Circuit Dynamics Lab at the Hong Kong Baptist University

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