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Martin Heisenberg (born 7 August 1940) is a German neurobiologist and geneticist. Before his retirement in 2008, he held the professorial chair for genetics and neurobiology at the Bio Centre of the University of Würzburg .
Martin Heisenberg (* 7. August 1940 in München) ist ein deutscher Neurobiologe und Genetiker. Er war von 1975 bis 2009 Inhaber des Lehrstuhls für Genetik und Neurobiologie am Biozentrum der Universität Würzburg und hat seit 2010 eine Senior-Professur am Rudolf-Virchow-Zentrum der Universität Würzburg inne.
11 de ene. de 2017 · Since 1968 Martin Heisenberg investigates brain and behaviour of Drosophila, trying to make use of genetics in neuroethology. His early studies of the fly visual system are summarized in a book "Vision in Drosophila" (1984; with R. Wolf).
13 de may. de 2009 · Scientists and philosophers are using new discoveries in neuroscience to question the idea of free will. They are misguided, says Martin Heisenberg.
Major Scientific Interests. Since 1968 MH investigates brain and behaviour of Drosophila using genetics in neuroethology. His early studies of the fly visual system are summarized in a book "Vision in Drosophila" (1984; with R. Wolf).
Martin Heisenberg is the son of Werner Heisenberg, who formulated the uncertainty principle. Heisenberg has found evidence for free will, in the elementary sense of randomness followed by lawful behavior, in fruit flies and even bacteria.
Martin Heisenberg's 204 research works with 17,282 citations and 10,774 reads, including: A Toll-receptor map underlies structural brain plasticity
