Dr. Simon D Klapper

Work on publications. Help with hand over of projects, data and methods to successors in former workplace. Data Awareness Training. Take Tekom qualification counselling. Visit the trade fair at Tekom Jahrestagung in 11/2018. Visit the Landesverbandstagung of Tekom Austria in 11/2018. Visit LearnTec 2019. Child care.

Responsibilities/Tasks: Plan, organize & execute of multiple cooperative research projects (neurophysiology, biophysics, electrical engineering, carcdiac physiology). Establish electrophysiological methods. Advise group leaders in staff decisions (for facility leader, postdocs). Public relations: represent science at annual Long NIght of Science and UniStemDay 2017. Supervise master students (Master thesis, lab rotaton). Apply for funding (CRTD seed grant, DFG SPP grants).

Plan and execute own research projects. Manage lab. Organise and supervise hands-on courses for biology students (Master/Diploma). Present science at international conferences.

Execute research projects. Supervise hands-on courses for medical students. Present science at international conferences.

Gardening.

PCB assembly, testing and dispatch.

Costumer care

Maintenance and neurodifferentiation of human induced pluripotent stem cells. Comparative electrophysiological characterization of human neurons. Establishment of calcium imaging. Investigation of amyloid-beta mediated effects on human neurons.

Modeling of Alzheimer's disease by amyloid-β application on murine hippocampal organotypic slices. Establishment of single cell electroporation of CA1 pyramidal neurons. Confocal imaging and analysis of dendritic spine size and density. Miniature excitatory post synaptic current recordings.