Winfried Denk
Winfried Denk | |
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| Born | November 12, 1957 |
| Nationality | German |
| Occupation | Physicist |
| Known for | Implementing two-photo microscopy |
| Awards | Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Prize, Kavli Prize, The Brain Prize |
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| Academic advisors | Watt W. Webb |
Winfried Denk (born 12 November 1957, in Munich) is a German physicist, director of the Max Planck Institute of Neurobiology in Martinsried, close to Munich.[1]
Career
Denk is noted for being the first to implement two-photon microscopy while a postdoctoral fellow in Watt W. Webb's lab at Cornell University in 1990. Denk later (1994) recognized that two-photon microscopy has unique properties for imaging live cells deep in highly scattering tissues. His second major invention is a machine that automatically acquires three-dimensional images at a resolution of a few nanometers. This technique, known as Serial Block-Face Scanning Electron Microscopy (SBFSEM or SBEM), has been commercialized by the company Gatan.[2]
Recognition
For his achievements, Denk was awarded the Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Prize in 2003, the Kavli Prize in 2012 and the Brain Prize in 2015.[3][4] He was appointed as foreign member of the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) in 2013.[5]
Other activities
- Center of Advanced European Studies and Research, member of the board of trustees[6]
- Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters, member[7]
References
- ^ "Department: Electrons – Photons – Neurons". Max Planck Society. Retrieved 2017-07-21.
- ^ "3View System for Image Capture of 3D Ultrastructures | Gatan, Inc". Gatan.com. 2014-12-25. Retrieved 2016-03-01.
- ^ "2012 Kavli Prize Laureates in Neuroscience". The Kavli Foundation. 2012-05-31. Retrieved 2017-07-21.
- ^ "The Brain Prize – Prize Winners 2015". The Lundbeck Foundation, The Brain Prize. Retrieved 2017-07-21.
- ^ "Winfried Denk".
- ^ Board of Trustees Center of Advanced European Studies and Research.
- ^ "Gruppe 2: Astronomi, fysikk og geofysikk" (in Norwegian). Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters. Retrieved 26 April 2014.
External links
- Homepage of Winfried Denk at the Max-Planck-Institute of Neurobiology
- Denk's homepage at the Max-Planck-Institute of Medical Research in Heidelberg, home of his Department until the move to the Max-Planck-Institute of Neurobiology is complete.
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