{"id":4437,"date":"2026-05-07T15:01:28","date_gmt":"2026-05-07T14:01:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/physiology-freiburg.de\/curriculum-vitae-marlene-bartos\/"},"modified":"2026-05-07T15:01:28","modified_gmt":"2026-05-07T14:01:28","slug":"curriculum-vitae-marlene-bartos","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/physiology-freiburg.de\/de\/curriculum-vitae-marlene-bartos\/","title":{"rendered":"Curriculum Vitae &#8211; Marlene Bartos"},"content":{"rendered":"<section class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><section class=\"l-section wpb_row height_custom\"><div class=\"l-section-h i-cf\"><div class=\"g-cols vc_row via_flex valign_top type_default stacking_default\"><div class=\"vc_col-sm-12 wpb_column vc_column_container\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><div class=\"w-separator size_medium\"><\/div><div class=\"w-separator size_medium\"><\/div><div class=\"wpb_text_column\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><u>Curriculum Vitae<\/u><\/h2>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">Marlene Bartos, Prof. Dr. rer. nat.<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">March 2026<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section><section class=\"l-section wpb_row height_custom\"><div class=\"l-section-h i-cf\"><div class=\"g-cols vc_row via_flex valign_top type_default stacking_default\"><div class=\"vc_col-sm-6 wpb_column vc_column_container\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><div class=\"wpb_text_column\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><h3><u>Personal Information<\/u><\/h3>\n<p>Managing Director of the Institute of Physiology<\/p>\n<p>Chair, Institute of Physiology, Department I<\/p>\n<div class=\"smaller-text\" style=\"font-size: 0.8rem; line-height: 1.1rem; margin-bottom: 0.5rem;\">Albert-Ludwigs-Universit\u00e4t Freiburg<\/div>\n<div class=\"smaller-text\" style=\"font-size: 0.8rem; line-height: 1.1rem; margin-bottom: 0.5rem;\">Hermann-Herder-Str. 7<\/div>\n<div class=\"smaller-text\" style=\"font-size: 0.8rem; line-height: 1.1rem; margin-bottom: 0.5rem;\">79104 Freiburg im Breisgau<\/div>\n<div class=\"smaller-text\" style=\"font-size: 0.8rem; line-height: 1.1rem; margin-bottom: 0.5rem;\">Germany<\/div>\n<div class=\"smaller-text\" style=\"font-size: 0.8rem; line-height: 1.1rem; margin-bottom: 0.5rem;\">Phone\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 +49 \u2013 761-203-5194<\/div>\n<div class=\"smaller-text\" style=\"font-size: 0.8rem; line-height: 1.1rem; margin-bottom: 0.5rem;\">Fax\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 +49 \u2013 761-203-5204<\/div>\n<div class=\"smaller-text\" style=\"font-size: 0.8rem; line-height: 1.1rem; margin-bottom: 0.5rem;\">E-mail\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 marlene.bartos@physiologie.uni-freiburg.de<\/div>\n<p><strong>ORCID\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong>0000-0001-9741-1946<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"vc_col-sm-6 wpb_column vc_column_container\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><div class=\"w-image align_none\"><div class=\"w-image-h\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" src=\"https:\/\/physiology-freiburg.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/dr-marlene-bartos.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/physiology-freiburg.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/dr-marlene-bartos.jpg 800w, https:\/\/physiology-freiburg.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/dr-marlene-bartos-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/physiology-freiburg.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/dr-marlene-bartos-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section><section class=\"l-section wpb_row height_custom\"><div class=\"l-section-h i-cf\"><div class=\"g-cols vc_row via_flex valign_top type_default stacking_default\"><div class=\"vc_col-sm-12 wpb_column vc_column_container\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><div class=\"g-cols wpb_row via_flex valign_top type_default stacking_default\"><div class=\"vc_col-sm-12 wpb_column vc_column_container\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><div class=\"wpb_text_column\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><h3>QUALIFICATIONS AND CAREER<\/h3>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"w-separator size_small\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"g-cols wpb_row via_flex valign_top type_default stacking_default\"><div class=\"vc_col-sm-2 wpb_column vc_column_container\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><div class=\"wpb_text_column\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><p>Degree programme<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"w-separator size_small\"><\/div><div class=\"wpb_text_column\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><p>Doctorate<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"w-separator size_small\"><\/div><div class=\"wpb_text_column\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><p>Career stages<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"vc_col-sm-2 wpb_column vc_column_container\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><div class=\"wpb_text_column\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><p><strong>1984-1990<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"w-separator size_small\"><\/div><div class=\"wpb_text_column\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><p><strong>1995<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"w-separator size_small\"><\/div><div class=\"wpb_text_column\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><p>Since 2016<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"wpb_text_column\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><p>2010-2015<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"wpb_text_column\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><p>2007-2010<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"wpb_text_column\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><p>2004-2007<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"wpb_text_column\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><p>1998-2004<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"wpb_text_column\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><p>1995-1998<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"vc_col-sm-8 wpb_column vc_column_container\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><div class=\"wpb_text_column\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><p>Study of Biology, Technical University of Braunschweig and Technical University Munich, Germany<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"w-separator size_small\"><\/div><div class=\"wpb_text_column\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><p>Biology, Technical University of Munich, Germany<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"w-separator size_small\"><\/div><div class=\"wpb_text_column\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><p>Professor for Physiology, Chair of the Institute of Physiology, Dept. I, University of Freiburg, Medical Faculty<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"wpb_text_column\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><p>Lichtenbergprofessor (W3) for Systemic and Cellular Neurophysiology, University of Freiburg, Medical Faculty<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"wpb_text_column\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><p>Full-Professor (Personal Chair) for Neuroscience, University of Aberdeen, Institute for Medical Sciences \/ UK<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"wpb_text_column\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><p>Assistant Professor (C1), University of Freiburg, Medical Faculty<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"wpb_text_column\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><p>Postdoctoral Researcher, University of Freiburg, Prof. P. Jonas<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"wpb_text_column\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><p>Postdoctoral Researcher, University of Pennsylvania, School of Medicine, Philadelphia \/ USA, Prof. M. Nusbaum, collaboration Prof. E. Marder, Brandeis \/ USA<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"w-separator size_large\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"g-cols wpb_row via_flex valign_top type_default stacking_default\"><div class=\"vc_col-sm-12 wpb_column vc_column_container\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><div class=\"wpb_text_column\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><h3>SUPPLEMENTARY CAREER INFORMATION<\/h3>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"w-separator size_small\"><\/div><div class=\"wpb_text_column\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><p>2 children, born 1996, 2002.<\/p>\n<p>Parental leave: 1996: 6 months, 2002-2003<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"w-separator size_large\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"g-cols wpb_row via_flex valign_top type_default stacking_default\"><div class=\"vc_col-sm-12 wpb_column vc_column_container\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><div class=\"wpb_text_column\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><h3>ACTIVITIES IN THE RESEARCH SYSTEM<\/h3>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"w-separator size_small\"><\/div><div class=\"wpb_text_column\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><h4>Committees and Faculty Responsibilities<\/h4>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"w-separator size_small\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"g-cols wpb_row via_flex valign_top type_default stacking_default\"><div class=\"vc_col-sm-2 wpb_column vc_column_container\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><div class=\"wpb_text_column\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><p>Since 2024<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"w-separator size_small\"><\/div><div class=\"wpb_text_column\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><p>Since 2023<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"w-separator size_small\"><\/div><div class=\"wpb_text_column\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><p>Since 2022<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"w-separator size_small\"><\/div><div class=\"wpb_text_column\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><p>Since 2022<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"w-separator size_small\"><\/div><div class=\"wpb_text_column\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><p>2021-2025<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"w-separator size_small\"><\/div><div class=\"wpb_text_column\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><p>Since 2020<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"w-separator size_small\"><\/div><div class=\"wpb_text_column\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><p>2018-2025<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"w-separator size_small\"><\/div><div class=\"wpb_text_column\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><p>2014-2022<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"w-separator size_small\"><\/div><div class=\"wpb_text_column\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><p>2015-2022<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"w-separator size_small\"><\/div><div class=\"wpb_text_column\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><p>2015-2017<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"w-separator size_small\"><\/div><div class=\"wpb_text_column\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><p>2014-2022<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"w-separator size_small\"><\/div><div class=\"wpb_text_column\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><p>2012-2014<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"w-separator size_medium\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"vc_col-sm-10 wpb_column vc_column_container\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><div class=\"wpb_text_column\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><p>Speaker of CRC-TRR384 IN-CODE<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"w-separator size_small\"><\/div><div class=\"wpb_text_column\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><p>Member of the German National Academy of Sciences \u2018Leopoldina\u2019<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"w-separator size_small\"><\/div><div class=\"wpb_text_column\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><p>Member of FOR5159 \u2018Resolving prefrontal flexibility\u2019<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"w-separator size_small\"><\/div><div class=\"wpb_text_column\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><p>Member of the Tenure Track Commission of the University of Freiburg<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"w-separator size_small\"><\/div><div class=\"wpb_text_column\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><p>Member of Alexander von Humboldt reviewing board for Humboldt Professorships<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"w-separator size_small\"><\/div><div class=\"wpb_text_column\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><p>Special field-reviewer (\u2018Fachkollegin\u2019) for the German Science Foundation (DFG) \u2018Cognitive and systemic behavioural Neurobiology\u2019<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"w-separator size_small\"><\/div><div class=\"wpb_text_column\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><p>ERC Advanced Grant<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"w-separator size_small\"><\/div><div class=\"wpb_text_column\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><p>Gender Representative Freiburg University, Medical Faculty<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"w-separator size_small\"><\/div><div class=\"wpb_text_column\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><p>Speaker of the Research Unit FOR2143 \u2018Synaptic plasticity in Interneurons\u2019<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"w-separator size_small\"><\/div><div class=\"wpb_text_column\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><p>Director for \u2018Life sciences and Engineering\u2019 at Excellence Initiative \u2018Freiburg Institute of Advanced Studies\u2019 (FRIAS), University of Freiburg<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"w-separator size_small\"><\/div><div class=\"wpb_text_column\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><p>Board member of the Medical Faculty Commission \u2018Structural and Strategic Development of the Medical Faculty\u2019, University of Freiburg<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"w-separator size_small\"><\/div><div class=\"wpb_text_column\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><p>Vice-director \u2018Spemann Graduate School of Biology and Medicine\u2019 (SGBM) funded by the German Excellence Initiative \/ University of Freiburg<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"w-separator size_medium\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"g-cols wpb_row via_flex valign_top type_default stacking_default\"><div class=\"vc_col-sm-12 wpb_column vc_column_container\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><div class=\"wpb_text_column\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><h4>Selected Reviewer Activities<\/h4>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"w-separator size_small\"><\/div><div class=\"wpb_text_column\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><p>Journal reviewer: Nature, Nature Neuroscience, Nature Comm, PNAS, Cell, Hippocampus, Cell Reports, Neuron<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"w-separator size_medium\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"g-cols wpb_row via_flex valign_top type_default stacking_default\"><div class=\"vc_col-sm-12 wpb_column vc_column_container\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><div class=\"wpb_text_column\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><h4><strong>Organization of scientific meetings<\/strong><\/h4>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"w-separator size_small\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"g-cols wpb_row via_flex valign_top type_default stacking_default\"><div class=\"vc_col-sm-2 wpb_column vc_column_container\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><div class=\"wpb_text_column\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><p>2026<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"w-separator size_small\"><\/div><div class=\"wpb_text_column\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><p>2026<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"w-separator size_small\"><\/div><div class=\"wpb_text_column\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><p>2025<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"w-separator size_small\"><\/div><div class=\"wpb_text_column\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><p>2023<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"w-separator size_small\"><\/div><div class=\"wpb_text_column\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><p>2025<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"w-separator size_large\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"vc_col-sm-10 wpb_column vc_column_container\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><div class=\"wpb_text_column\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><p>International Symposium, \u2018<em>From Synapses and Microcircuits to Behavior\u2019<\/em>, Freiburg, organizer.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"w-separator size_small\"><\/div><div class=\"wpb_text_column\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><p>FENS Barcelona, organizer Minisymposium \u2018<em>Interneurons shape cortical population codes in dependence of experience\u2019<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"w-separator size_small\"><\/div><div class=\"wpb_text_column\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><p>Gordon Conference \u2018<em>Inhibition in the CNS\u2019<\/em>, USA, Keynote speaker<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"w-separator size_small\"><\/div><div class=\"wpb_text_column\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><p>Gordon Conference \u2018<em>Inhibition in the CNS\u2019<\/em>, Switzerland, organizer<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"w-separator size_small\"><\/div><div class=\"wpb_text_column\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><p>SFN San Diego, USA, organizer Minisymposium \u2018<em>Interneurons in learning and memory\u2019<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"w-separator size_large\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"g-cols wpb_row via_flex valign_top type_default stacking_default\"><div class=\"vc_col-sm-12 wpb_column vc_column_container\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><div class=\"wpb_text_column\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><h3>SUPERVISION OF RESEARCHERS IN EARLY CAREER PHASES<\/h3>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"w-separator size_small\"><\/div><div class=\"wpb_text_column\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><p><strong>Since 2007<\/strong>\u00a0 \u00a0 &gt;18 doctoral dissertations (MD and PhD)<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"w-separator size_large\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"g-cols wpb_row via_flex valign_top type_default stacking_default\"><div class=\"vc_col-sm-12 wpb_column vc_column_container\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><div class=\"wpb_text_column\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><h3>SCIENTIFIC RESULTS<\/h3>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"w-separator size_small\"><\/div><div class=\"wpb_text_column\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><p><strong>Category A \u2013 Articles in peer-reviewed journals, contributions to peer-reviewed conferences or to anthology volumes, and book publications<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Shared first authorship is indicated with an asterisk (*); shared last authorship is indicated with\u00a0a hashtag (<sup>#<\/sup>); other shared authorships are indicated with a plus (<sup>+<\/sup>).<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Cholvin T<sup>#<\/sup>, <strong>Bartos M<\/strong><sup>#<\/sup>. The dentate gyrus efficiently converges LEC and MEC inputs into multimodal, highly specific and reliable environmental representations. <strong>Nature Neuroscience<\/strong> (in press). We provide first evidence that entorhinal cortex inputs are converted in a more reliable code with higher precision and granularity.<\/li>\n<li>Yuan M, Cazala A, Goedeke S, Leibold C, Sauer J-F, <strong>Bartos M<\/strong>, 2025. Predictive goal coding by dentate gyrus somatostatin-expressing interneurons in male mice. <strong>Nature Comm<\/strong> 16,5382. <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1038\/s41467-025-60841-y\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1038\/s41467-025-60841-y<\/a>. Here we show that dentate gyrus interneurons provide predictive coding of reward sites and rapidly reconfigure their activity once the reward is no longer available. Such a fast coding scheme is important for updating our behaviour to the continuously changing environmental demands.<\/li>\n<li>Hainmueller T, Cazala A, Huang L-W, and <strong>Bartos M<\/strong>, 2024. Subfield-specific interneuron circuits govern the hippocampal response to novelty in male mice. <strong>Nat Comm<\/strong> 15, 714. <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1038\/s41467-024-44882-3\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1038\/s41467-024-44882-3<\/a> Here we demonstrate that dendritic inhibition provided by dentate gyrus SOMIs play a key role in the discrimination of contextual situations.<\/li>\n<li>Huang L-W, Torelli F, Chen H-L, and <strong>Bartos M<\/strong>, 2024. Context and space coding in mossy cell population activity. <strong>Cell Reports<\/strong> 43, 114386. <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.celrep.2024.114386\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.celrep.2024.114386<\/a>. By using deep learning methods on 2-Photon imaging data obtained from the hilus of mice performing an goal-oriented learning task, we show that mossy cells can discriminate even between small changes in the environment thereby supporting pattern discrimination in the dentate gyrus.<\/li>\n<li>Kaufhold D, Maristany De Las Casas E, Oca\u00f1a-Fern\u00e1ndez MD\u00c1, Cazala A, Yuan M, Kulik A, Cholvin T, Steup S, Sauer J-F, Eyre MD, Elgueta C, Str\u00fcber M, and <strong>Bartos M<\/strong>, 2024. Spine plasticity of dentate gyrus parvalbumin-positive interneurons is regulated by experience. <strong>Cell Reports<\/strong> 43, 113806. <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.celrep.2024.113806\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.celrep.2024.113806<\/a> Here we show that interneurons can be spiny and that spine density depends on the experience of the animal and has consequences on the synaptic integration of the cells in the dentate gyrus network.<\/li>\n<li>Muysers H, Chen H-L, Hahn J, Folschweiller S, Sigurdsson T, Sauer J-F, and <strong>Bartos M<\/strong>, 2024. A persistent prefrontal reference frame across time and task rules. <strong>Nat Comm<\/strong> 15, 2115. <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1038\/s41467-024-46350-4\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1038\/s41467-024-46350-4<\/a> We identified a prefrontal representation of task space that is stable over time, contexts and across rule shifts but requires rule learning to stabilize. We propose that the reference frame provides an anchoring point that allows the animals to progress along well learned trajectories, and it implies that flexible changes in behaviour get embedded in the already established reference frame of the task.<\/li>\n<li>Cholvin T and <strong>Bartos M<\/strong>, 2022. Hemisphere-specific spatial representation by hippocampal granule cells. <strong>Nat Comm<\/strong> 13, 6227. <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1038\/s41467-022-34039-5\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1038\/s41467-022-34039-5<\/a> Here we provide first evidence for inter-hemispheric differences in the spatial coding in the DG. Spatial tuning, context-selectivity and run-to-run place field reliability was higher for DG place cells in the left than the right hemisphere.<\/li>\n<li>Cholvin T, Hainmueller T, and <strong>Bartos M<\/strong>, 2021. The hippocampus converts dynamic entorhinal inputs into stable spatial maps. <strong>Neuron<\/strong> 109, 3135-3148.e7. <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.neuron.2021.09.019\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.neuron.2021.09.019<\/a> This is the first study we apply 2-Photon imaging of inputs from the medial entorhinal cortex (MEC) to the hippocampal areas DG, CA1-3. We show that higher place field reliability in hippocampal place cells provides information about location and context more accurately than MEC inputs<\/li>\n<li>Elgueta C and <strong>Bartos M<\/strong>, 2019. Dendritic inhibition differentially regulates excitability of dentate gyrus parvalbumin-expressing interneurons and granule cells. <strong>Nat Comm<\/strong> 10, 5561. <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1038\/s41467-019-13533-3\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1038\/s41467-019-13533-3<\/a> This study shows that GABAergic inhibition onto parvalbumin-expressing interneurons is shunting close to the soma but hyperpolarizing at distal dendrites and reports on the functional consequence<\/li>\n<li>Hainmueller T and <strong>Bartos M<\/strong>, 2018. Parallel emergence of stable and dynamic memory engrams in the hippocampus. <strong>Nature<\/strong> 558, 292\u2013296. <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1038\/s41586-018-0191-2\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1038\/s41586-018-0191-2<\/a> This is the first study that applied 2-Photon imaging of the DG and hippocampus in mice exposed to virtual realities and shows that DG place cells have higher spatial stability across days and discriminate less between environments than CA1-3 place cells<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><strong>Category B<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Spruston N, Piskorowski R, Chevaleyre V, Eyre MD, McBain CJ, and <strong>Bartos M<\/strong>, 2023. Structural and functional properties of hippocampal neurons\u2019. <strong>The Hippocampus Book<\/strong>, 2<sup>nd<\/sup> Edition, Nov. 2023. Oxford University Press (USA) ISBN-10<\/li>\n<li>Hainmueller T and <strong>Bartos M<\/strong>, 2020. Dentate gyrus circuits for encoding, retrieval and discrimination of episodic memories. <strong>Nat Rev Neurosci<\/strong> 21, 153\u2013168. <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1038\/s41583-019-0260-z\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1038\/s41583-019-0260-z<\/a> This is the first review summarizing the current knowledge of DGs\u2019 function as input gate to the hippocampus.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"w-separator size_large\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"g-cols wpb_row via_flex valign_top type_default stacking_default\"><div class=\"vc_col-sm-12 wpb_column vc_column_container\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><div class=\"wpb_text_column\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><h3>ACADEMIC DISTINCTIONS<\/h3>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"w-separator size_small\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"g-cols wpb_row via_flex valign_top type_default stacking_default\"><div class=\"vc_col-sm-2 wpb_column vc_column_container\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><div class=\"wpb_text_column\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><p>2025<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"w-separator size_small\"><\/div><div class=\"wpb_text_column\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><p>2018-2025<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"w-separator size_small\"><\/div><div class=\"wpb_text_column\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><p>2009-2005<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"w-separator size_small\"><\/div><div class=\"wpb_text_column\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><p>2012<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"w-separator size_small\"><\/div><div class=\"wpb_text_column\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><p>2012<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"w-separator size_small\"><\/div><div class=\"wpb_text_column\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><p>2010<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"w-separator size_small\"><\/div><div class=\"wpb_text_column\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><p>1995-1997<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"vc_col-sm-10 wpb_column vc_column_container\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><div class=\"wpb_text_column\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><p>Koselleck Project (1.25 Mil \u20ac)<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"w-separator size_small\"><\/div><div class=\"wpb_text_column\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><p>ERC Advanced Grant (2.5 Mil \u20ac)<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"w-separator size_small\"><\/div><div class=\"wpb_text_column\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><p>Lichtenberg Award\/Volkswagen Foundation\/Germany (1.9 Mil \u20ac)<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"w-separator size_small\"><\/div><div class=\"wpb_text_column\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><p>Schram Award for basic Neuroscience (280.000 \u20ac)<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"w-separator size_small\"><\/div><div class=\"wpb_text_column\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><p>Most cited review; Bartos et al. Nat Rev Neurosci 2007<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"w-separator size_small\"><\/div><div class=\"wpb_text_column\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><p>Best publications in 2010 by Faculty of Biology; Sauer &amp; Bartos (2010) J. Neurosci.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"w-separator size_small\"><\/div><div class=\"wpb_text_column\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><p>Postdoctoral Fellowship from the German Science Foundation (DFG)<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section>\n<\/section>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Curriculum Vitae Marlene Bartos, Prof. Dr. rer. nat. 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