Jonas Barth

EDUCATION

College / University

Technische Hochschule Mittelhessen
(Former University of Applied Sciences Giessen-Friedberg)

Highest Degree

Diploma

Major Subjects

Bioinformatics

Country

Germany

Lab Experience

Programming and other bioinformatic techniques, techniques in molecular biology.

Projects / Research

Mar - Aug 2008: Analysis of the C.elegans Rab family. Dept. of Molecular Neurogenetics, European Neuroscience Institute Göttingen
Mar - Sep 2007: Comparison of mutation and SNP impacts on GPCRs. Centre for Molecular and Biomolecular Informatics, Radboud University Nijmegen, The Netherlands
Sep 2006 - Feb 2007: Establishing an associative search for the database COCOMAC (Collations of Connectivity data on the Macaque Brain). NeuroPI-group, Dept. of Cognitive Neurosciences, Radboud University Nijmegen, The Netherlands

Scholarships / Awards

2008 – 2009:

Stipend by the International Max Planck Research School

SCIENTIFIC INTERESTS AND GOALS

As I learned a lot about proteins and their structures during my recent studies as Bioinformatician, I am intrigued by the study of brain functions at the molecular level, especially in the process of learning. It is very interesting to me how memories are stored in the brain and how one can access those memories. Which proteins are needed to form a valid memory and how can one provide the cells with those proteins? Which molecules are necessary for the priming process? In addition, I am interested in neurodegenerative diseases, like Alzheimer's Disease, and the reasons for the loss of memory on the molecular level.