Responsibilities
Department leader Connectomics and
Director at MPI for Brain Research, Frankfurt am Main
Contact
Department of Connectomics
Max-von-Laue-Str. 4
D-60438 Frankfurt, Germany
Phone:
+49 (0)69 / 850033 - 3001
Email:
mhoffice@brain.mpg.de
Website:
http://www.brain.mpg.de/helmstaedter
Further Information
Research focus: Neuronal circuits in the neocortex; Computational properties of neuronal circuits; Connectomics
Key words: Barrel cortex, neuronal circuits, electron microscopy, computational neurobiology
Graduated GSN students: Dr. Philipp Bastians
Selected publications:
Helmstaedter M (2013). Cellular-resolution connectomics: challenges of dense neural circuit reconstruction. Nat Methods. 10(6): 501-7.
Helmstaedter M, Briggman KL, Turaga S, Jain V, Seung HS and Denk W. (2013) Connectomic reconstruction of the inner plexiform layer in the mouse retina. Nature 500: 168-174.
Denk W, Briggman KL and Helmstaedter M. (2012) Structural neurobiology: missing link to a mechanistic understanding of neural computation. Nat Rev Neurosci 22;13(5): 351-8.
Helmstaedter M, Briggman KL and Denk W. (2011) High-accuracy neurite reconstruction for high-throughput neuroanatomy. Nat Neurosci 14: 1081-1088.
Briggman KL, Helmstaedter M and Denk W. (2011) Wiring specificity in the direction-selectivity circuit of the retina. Nature 471: 183-188.