Armin Bahl

PhD Student

Address:
MPI - Department of Systems and Computational Neurobiology
Am Klopferspitz 18
82152 Martinsried, Germany

Phone: +49-89-8578 3289
Fax: +49-89-8578 3252
Email: bahl[at]neuro.mpg.de

Max Planck Institute of Neurobiology

Research group: Alexander Borst

Research topics

Computational Neuroscience & Single Neuron Biophysics

Dendritic Computation & Geometry Simplified Neuron Models

Projects

Automated Optimization of a Reduced Layer 5 Pyramidal Cell Model Based on Experimental Data

Single Neuron Biophysics & Ion Channel Models
Dendritic Geometry Reduction
Action Potential Initiation Mechanisms
Evolutionary Optimization Strategies

Behavioral Analysis of Walking Fruit Flies

Visual stimulation of large groups of freely walking fruit flies in a tunnel (closed loop)
Visual stimulation of a single walking fruit fly on a rotating ball (open loop)
Genetic modification/knockout of single neuron types in the fly visual system
Phenomenological modeling of the fly optomotor responses

Related Publications

A directional tuning map of Drosophila elementary motion detectors. Maisak MS, Haag J, Ammer G, Serbe E, Meier M, Leonhardt A, Schilling T, Bahl A, Rubin GM, Nern A, Dickson BJ, Reiff DF, Hopp E, Borst A. Nature. 2013 Aug 8;500(7461):212-6. doi: 10.1038/nature12320.

Object tracking in motion-blind flies. Bahl A, Ammer G, Schilling T, Borst A. Nat Neurosci. 2013 Jun;16(6):730-8. doi: 10.1038/nn.3386. Epub 2013 Apr 28. PMID: 23624513

Automated optimization of a reduced layer 5 pyramidal cell model based on experimental data. Bahl A, Stemmler MB, Herz AV, Roth A. J Neurosci Methods. 2012 Sep 15;210(1):22-34. Epub 2012 Apr 13.

Divide et impera: optimizing compartmental models of neurons step by step. Roth A, Bahl A. J Physiol. 2009 Apr 1;587(Pt 7):1369-70. doi: 10.1113/jphysiol.2009.170944