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Dr. Simon Rumpel, Research Institute of Molecular Pathology, Vienna, Austria
Curriculum Vitae August 1 st , 2012
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Simon Rumpel
Research Institute of Molecular Pathology
Dr. Bohr-Gasse 7; A-1030 Vienna; Austria
rumpel@imp.univie.ac.at
Research experience / Affiliations:
2006-current Group Leader at the Research Institute of Molecular Pathology,
Vienna, Austria.
2001-2006 Postdoctoral Fellow at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, Cold Spring
Harbor, NY, USA.
“Synaptic and circuit mechanisms of memory formation.”
Advisors: Dr. Zador and Dr. Malinow.
1998-2001 Graduate Student at the Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Bochum,
Germany.
“Long-term synaptic plasticity at glutamatergic synapses during
development and reorganization of the visual cortex.”
Advisors: Dr. Gottmann and Dr. Eysel.
1997 Diploma Student at the Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Bochum,
Germany.
“Synaptic plasticity in the immature visual cortex of rats.”
Advisor: Dr. Hatt.
Education:
2006 Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory summer course
„Imaging Structure and Function in the Nervous System“
1998-2001 PhD in neuroscience (“summa cum laude”)
Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Bochum, Germany
1997 Diploma in biology (“sehr gut” best grade)
Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Bochum, Germany
1991-1996 Student of biology
Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Bochum, Germany
Fellowships / Membership:
• "DFG-Forschungsstipendium" postdoctoral fellowship 2002-2004
• "DFG-Graduiertenkolleg KOGNET" graduate fellowship 1998-2000
• Member of the American “Society for Neuroscience”
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Dr. Simon Rumpel, Research Institute of Molecular Pathology, Vienna, Austria
Ad hoc reviewer:
• Science; Journal of Neurophysiology, European Journal of Neuroscience, Journal
of Computational Neuroscience, European Journal of Pharmacology; HFSP
List of publications:
• Bathellier B, Ushakova L, Rumpel S. (2012) Spontaneous categorization of sounds by
discrete neuronal activity patterns in the neocortex. Neuron (in press).
• Peter M, Scheuch H, Burkard TR, Tinter J, Wernle T, Rumpel S (2012) Induction of
immediate early genes in the mouse auditory cortex after auditory cued fear conditioning
to complex sounds. Genes Brain Behav. 11:314-324.
• Loewenstein Y, Kuras A, Rumpel S (2011) Multiplicative dynamics underlies the
emergence of the log-normal distribution of spine sizes in the neocortex in vivo. J.
Neurosci. 31:9481-9488.
• Ehrlich I, Klein M, Rumpel S, Malinow R (2007) PSD-95 is required for activity-driven
synapse stabilization. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 104:4176-4181.
• Rumpel S, LeDoux J, Zador A, Malinow R (2005) Postsynaptic receptor trafficking
underlying amygdala associative learning. Science 308:83-88.
• Rumpel S, Kattenstroth G, Gottmann K (2004) Silent synapses in the immature visual
cortex: layer-specific developmental regulation.
J. Neurophysiol. 91:1097-1101.
• Plitzko D, Rumpel S, Gottmann K. (2001) Insulin promotes functional induction of silent
synapses in differentiating neocortical neurons. Eur. J. Neuroscience, 14:1412-1415.
• Rumpel S, Hoffmann H, Hatt H, Gottmann K, Mittmann T, Eysel UT (2000) Lesioninduced
changes in NMDA receptor subunit mRNA expression in rat visual cortex.
NeuroReport, 11:4021-4025.
• Rumpel S, Hatt H, Gottmann K (1998) Silent synapses in the developing rat visual cortex:
evidence for postsynaptic expression of synaptic plasticity. J. Neurosci., 18:8863-8874.
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