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Prof. Dr. Leo Peichl

Max Planck Institute for Brain Research
Deutschordenstraße 46
D-60528 Frankfurt/Main

Tel.: +49(0)6996769-348/252
Fax: +49(0)6996769-206
E-mail


Curriculum Vitae
1950 Born in Stuttgart
1968 - 1975 Study of Physics in Stuttgart and Konstanz; Diploma Thesis work in solid state physics; 1975 degree of Diplomphysiker (equivalent of Master´s degree), University of Konstanz
1975 - 1977 Graduate program in Physiological Psychology, Konstanz; PhD Thesis work in Neurobiology (supervisor Dr. H. Wässle)
1979 degree of Dr. rer. nat. (equivalent of PhD) in Biology, University of Konstanz
1977 - 1981 Research/Postdoctoral position, Friedrich-Miescher-Laboratory of the Max Planck Society, Tübingen (group of Dr. Heinz Wässle)
1978 Visiting Scientist, Cell Biophysics Unit of the Medical Research Council (MRC), London (group of Prof. Brian B. Boycott, FRS)
1981 - present Arbeitsgruppenleiter (Leader of a Research Group), Neuroanatomy Department (Director: Prof. Dr. H. Wässle), Max Planck Institute for Brain Research, Frankfurt/Main
1984 - present Teaching at the Dept. of Zoology, University of Frankfurt/Main
1987 Habilitation and Venia legendi in Zoology ("Privatdozent" - degree of qualification for university teaching), University of Frankfurt/Main
2003 Apl. Professor, University of Frankfurt/Main

Membership in Scientific Societies and Committees:
  • Deutsche Zoologische Gesellschaft (German Zoological Society)
  • Neurowissenschaftliche Gesellschaft (German Society for Neuroscience)
  • Society for Neuroscience, USA
  • Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO), USA
  • Editorial Board Visual Neuroscience, terms 1990-1992, 2001-2003 & 2004-2006
  • Elected Delegate in Max Planck Society Councils, terms 1997-2000 & 2000-2003

Group Members
Dr. Brigitte Müller
Patrick Arbogast

Project: Comparative Anatomy of the Mammalian Retina


When every photon counts
Researchers at the Ludwig Maximilians University Munich, the Max Planck Institute for Brain Research Frankfurt and the Cavendish Laboratory Cambridge have shown that the nocturnal lifestyle and its visual challenges had a unique impact on rod nuclear organisation.
Research News Release, April 20th, 2009

Fruit Bats are not ‘Blind as a Bat’
German-American research team finds daylight photoreceptors in the retinas of nocturnal fruit bats.
Research News Release, June 12th, 2007

Too good eyes for living below ground
German-Czech research team discovers an unusual assortment of photoreceptor cells in subterranean rodents.
Research News Release, April 5th, 2004

An Eye for Scent Marks
International research team discovers potential link between ultraviolet vision and urine scent marks in rodents
Research News Release, June 10th, 2003

For Whales and Seals the Ocean is not blue
Discovery of a paradoxical colour-blindness in marine mammals
Research News Release, April 20th, 2001

Publications
petra janson, 05-08-2009