CV Bartos
Prof. Dr. Marlene Bartos
Employment/Experience
EDUCATION
1994 PhD Faculty of Biology / Technical University Munich/Institute for Zoology / Germany
1991 Diploma Faculty of Life Sciences/University of Braunschweig/Institute for Zoology / Germany
CURRENT POSITION(S)
Since 2015 Chair of the Institute for Physiology I
Since 2010 Full Professor (W3); Faculty of Medicine / University of Freiburg / Institute for Physiology I, Systemic
and Cellular Neuroscience Freiburg (SC-Freiburg) / Germany
PREVIOUS POSITIONS
2009-2010 Personal Chair Medical Faculty / University of Aberdeen / Institute for Medical Sciences / UK
2007-2009 Associate Professor Medical Faculty / University of Aberdeen / Institute for Medical Sciences / UK
1998-2006 Assistant Professor Faculty of Medicine / University of Freiburg / Institute for Physiology I / Germany
1995-1998 Postdoctoral Fellow Faculty of Medicine / Department of Neuroscience / University of Pennsylvania
School of Medicine / USA
FELLOWSHIPS AND AWARDS
2018 ERC Advanced Grant
2009-2015 Lichtenberg Award / Volkswagen (VW) Foundation / Germany (1.9 Mil €)
2012 Senior Fellow of the Excellence Initiative ‘Freiburg Institute of Advanced Studies’ (FRIAS) / University of
Freiburg / Germany
2010 Best publication in 2010 by Faculty of Biology 2010; Sauer & Bartos J Neurosci
2012-2015 Schram Award / Schram Foundation for basic Neuroscience / Germany
2012 Most cited review defined ‘Laborjournal’ 7:34; Bartos et al. Nat Rev Neurosci 2007
1995-1997 Postdoctoral Fellowship from the German Science Foundation (‘Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft’
(DFG) / Germany
1995 Price for ‘Young Investigators’ of the ‘International Society for Neuroethology’ / US
1992-1995 Fellowship for Graduate Students of the ‘Friedrich-Ebert Stiftung’ / Germany
ORGANISATION OF SCIENTIFIC MEETINGS
2015 Director of the ‘Schram Symposium’ during the ‘Göttingen Neuroscience conference’/ Germany
2014 Director of the ‘Networks of European Neuroscience Institutes’ (ENINET) conference / Freiburg
2013 Director / Symposium ‘Synaptic plasticity in GABAergic interneurons-from
mechanisms to higher brain functions’; conferences of the German Physiology Society (DPG) Heidelberg
2005 Director ‘First national meeting of the Bernstein Centers for Computational Neuroscience’ (BCCNs)
Freiburg
2004 Director of the ‘International ELTEM Workshop’ ‘Interneurons, GABAergic transmission and network
dynamics’
INSTITUTIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES
Since 2014 Equal opportunity commissioner, University of Freiburg / Medical Faculty
Since 2013 Board member of the Medical Faculty Commission ‘Structural and Strategic Development of the
Medical Faculty / University of Freiburg
2012 - 2015 Vicedirector ‘Spemann Graduate School of Biology and Medicine’ (SGBM)
COMMISSIONS OF TRUST
Since 2014 Coordinator of the International Research Unit FOR2143; ‘Synaptic plasticity in interneurons’
University Freiburg/Charité Berlin/University Kiel (Germany) / Institute for Science and Technology (IST)
Austria
Since 2013 Coordinator of the ‘European Neuroscience Institutes’ (ENINET) Freiburg / University of Freiburg
Since 2010 Scientific Advisory Board Member of ‘Neurex’ (Upper Rhine Valley Neuroscience Network) of the
Universities Freiburg, Strasbourg, Basel
Since 2011 Editor, Frontiers / Switzerland
Since 2014 Editor, Journal e-life / UK and e-neuro / US
Since 2015 Executive board member of the Excellence Initiative ‘Brain Links Brain Tools’,(BLBT) / Freiburg
MEMBERSHIPS OF SCIENTIFIC SOCIETIES
Since 1994 Member, 'Deutsche Physiologische Gesellschaft' (DPG); 'Neurowissenschaftliche Gesellschaft e. V.'
‘Society of Neuroscience (SFN)’/USA; ‘German Zoological Society'
Since 2011 Member, Excellence Initiative ‘Centre for biological signalling studies (bioss)’/
and ‘Brain-Links-Brain-Tools’ (BLBT)/University of Freiburg
Since 2005 Member, ‘Bernstein Center for Computational Neuroscience Freiburg’ (BCF)/ University Freiburg
MAJOR COLLABORATIONS
Peter Jonas, IST Austria; Jozsef Csicsvari, synaptic plasticity, IST Austria; Frances Skinner, network models, Toronto Western Hospital / Fundamental Neurobiology / Canada; Imre Vida, interneuron diversity, Institute of Neuroanatomy / University Hospital Charité / Germany; Peer Wulff viral development University Kiel / Germany; Joseph A Gogos Disc1 / mice Columbia University/ US; Vassilis Pachnis Lhx6 interneuron development / MRC London / UK; James Poulet in vivo targeted whole-cell recordings Max Delbrück Center / Berlin / Germany; Akos Kulik electron microscopy / Freiburg University; Kerstin Krieglstein embryology and neuronal development / Freiburg / Germany; Patrick Ruther optrode usage and development / IMTEC Freiburg / Germany.
CAREER BREAKS
15th Dec. 2001 – 15th August 2002, parenting time, 1st new-born child;
1st August 1996 – 30st Nov. 1996, parenting time, 2nd new-born child ;
