Dominik Heyers, Postdoc

Scientific Curriculum Vitae

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2004-present: Postdoc at Dept. of Biology, University of Oldenburg, Germany, AG "Neurosensorik" (Group leader: Prof. Dr. H. Mouritsen).

1999-2003: Ph.D. "Role of cadherins in development of the vertebrate nervous system"; Inst. of Anatomy, University Medical School Essen, Germany, AG Prof. Dr. Dr. C. Redies (pdf, 16Mb).

Peer-reviewed publications:

2013: Kishkinev D., Chernetsov N., Heyers D., Mouritsen H. "Migratory reed warblers need intact trigeminal nerves to correct for a 1.000 km displacement". PLoS ONE, accepted.

2013: Lauwers M., Pichler P., Edelman NB., Resch GP., Ushakova L., Salzer MC., Heyers D., Saunders M., Shaw J., Keays DA. "An Iron-Rich Organelle in the Cuticular Plate of Avian Hair Cells". Current Biology Apr 24. doi:pii: S0960-9822(13)00433-8.10.1016/ j.cub.2013.04.025. [Epub ahead of print] (PUBMED)

2010: Zapka M., Heyers D., Liedvogel M., Jarvis ED., Mouritsen H. "Night-time neuronal activation of Cluster N in a day- and night-migrating songbird". European Journal of Neuroscience Aug 32(4);619-24. (PUBMED)

2010: Heyers D., Zapka M., Hoffmeister M., Wild JM., Mouritsen H. "Magnetic field changes activate the trigeminal brainstem complex in a migratory bird". Proceedings of the National Academies of Sciences USA (PNAS) May 18;107 (20):9394-9. (PUBMED)

2010: Falkenberg G., Fleissner G., Schuchardt K., Kuehbacher M., Thalau P., Mouritsen H., Heyers D., Wellenreuther G., Fleissner G. "Avian Magnetoreception: Elaborate Iron Mineral Containing Dendrites in the Upper Beak Seem to Be a Common Feature of Birds". PloS ONE 5(2): e9231. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0009231. (Full Article)

2010: Hein CM., Zapka M., Heyers D., Kutzschbauch S., Schneider NL., Mouritsen H. "Migratory garden warblers can orient with their magnetic compass using the left, the right or both eyes". Journal of the Royal Society Interface Apr 6;7 Suppl 2:S227-33. (PUBMED)

2009: Zapka M., Heyers D., Hein CM., Engels S., Schneider NL., Hans J., Weiler S., Dreyer D., Kishkinev D., Wild JM., Mouritsen H. "Visual but not trigeminal mediation of magnetic compass information in a migratory bird". Nature, 461 (7268): 1274-7. (PUBMED) Highly accessed by public and scientific media! (Links)

2008: Heyers D., Manns M., Luksch H., Güntürkün O., Mouritsen H. "Calcium-binding proteins label functional streams of the visual system in a songbird". Brain Research Bulletin, 75 (2-4): 348-355. (PUBMED)

2007: Heyers D., Manns M., Luksch H., Güntürkün O., Mouritsen H. "A visual pathway links brain structures active during magnetic compass orientation in migratory birds". PLoS ONE 2(9): e937. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0000937. (Full Article) Highly accessed by public and scientific media! (Links)

2004: Heyers D., Luksch H., Redies C. "Selective synaptic cadherin expression by traced neurons of the chicken visual system". Neuroscience 127: 901-912. (PUBMED)

2003: Heyers D., Kovjanic D., Redies C. "Cadherin expression coincides with birth dating patterns in patchy compartments of the developing chicken telencephalon". Journal of Comparative Neurology 460: 155-166. (PUBMED)

2002: Treubert-Zimmermann U., Heyers D., Redies C. "Targeting axons to specific fiber tracts in vivo by altering cadherin expression". Journal of Neuroscience 22: 7617-7626. (PUBMED)

2002: Redies C., Kovjanic D., Heyers D., Medina L., Hirano S., Suzuki ST., Puelles L. "Patch/matrix patterns of gray matter differentiation in the telencephalon of chicken and mouse". Brain Research Bulletin 57: 489-493. Review. (PUBMED)

Fundings/Fellowships:

2011-2014: Research grant from Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG).

2011: Stipend from "Programmhaushalt Ressort Forschung" financed by University of Oldenburg.

2010: Travel stipend from Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst (DAAD).

2005-2007: Fellow on the program "Dynamics and adaptivity of neuronal systems" financed by VolkswagenStiftung.

2004: "Forschungspool" stipend from University of Oldenburg. 

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dominik.heyers@uni-oldenburg.de

Revised May 7th 2013