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Tom Baden
| Surname | Baden |
| First name | Tom |
| Nationality | Germany |
| Present position and title | Research Fellow, Ph.D. cantab. |
Business address
Sussex Neuroscience
School of Life Sciences
University of Sussex
Brighton BN1 9QG
United Kingdom
E-mail: tom[at]badenlab.org
Webpage: www.badenlab.org
Academic Education
| Year | Degree | University | Field of study |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Habilitation | Medical faculty of the University of Tübingen | Visual Neuroscience |
| 2004 - 2008 | Ph. D. | Department of Zoology, University of Cambridge, UK | Auditory Neuroscience |
| 2001 | BA/MA hons. | University of Cambridge, UK | Natural Sciences Part II Neuroscience |
Professional Experience
| Period | Institution | Position | Discipline |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 - | University of Sussex | Senior Lecturer in Neuroscience | Visual Neuroscience |
| 2016 - | Institute for Ophthalmic Research, University of Tübingen | Associated Group Leader | Visual Neuroscience |
| 2010 - 2016 | CIN/BCCN, Inst. Ophthalmic Research, University of Tübingen | Postdoctoral Researcher | Visual Neuroscience |
| 2008 - 2010 | Medical Research Council, Laboratory for Mol. Biology, Cambridge, UK | Postdoctoral Researcher | Visual Neuroscience |
| 2003 | Department of Zoology, University of Cambridge, UK | Summer Student | Visual Neuroscience |
| 2000 - 2001 | Inst. Neuropathology, University of Bonn | Civil service /lab technician | Neurogenetics |
Additional information
| March 2016 | Wellcome Trust / Royal Society Sir Henry Dale Fellowship, UK (gratefully declined) |
|---|---|
| Oct 2015 | ERC-starter grant |
| June 2015 | Cambridge Univ. Technology and Enterprise Club (CUTEC) 3D Printing Innovation Award |
| May 2015 | Internal “pool” grant at CIN Tübingen, with T Euler and A Arrenberg |
| May 2015 | Beneficiary in European Training Network (ETN) grant “Switchboard” |
| July 2014 | DFG grant (Sachbeihilfe: BA 5283/1-1) |
| June 2014 | National Institutes of Health (NIH) – Co-I on successful multi PI application |
| 2014 | Retina Suisse Award |
| 2013 | Teaching award 2013, Graduate School of Neural & Behavioural Sciences, University of Tübingen |
| 2013 | Attempto 2013 award for Tom Baden, recognizing the publication „Spikes in mammalian bipolar cells support temporal layering of the inner retina“ (Baden T, Berens P, Bethge M, Euler T, Curr Biol 2013, 23(1):48-52). |
| 2013 | Tübingen University, Fortüne Junior Grant |
| 2013 | Rank Prize Meeting Computational Vision, Grasmere, UK: Speaker’s Prize |
| 2012 | GES, Rio de Janeiro, Global Economic Fellowship |
| 2012 | Eliteprogram der Baden-Württemberg Stiftung für PostDocs |
| 2011 | J Vis. Neurosci, Young Investigators Prize |
| 2008 - 2010 | MRC-LMB, Cambridge, Career Development Fellowship |
| 2007 | Cambridge University, Girton College, Graduates Vice President |
| 2006 | Cambridge Graduate School, Poster Prize |
| 2005 | Cambridge Neuroscience, Poster Prize |
| 2004 | Full BBSRC Research Scholarship |
| 2004 | Cambridge University, European Trust Bursary and Fellowship |
| 2004 | Cambridge University, Newton Trust European Research Studentship |
| 2004 | Cambridge University, Department of Zoology Balfour Stipend |
| 2003 and ‘04 | Cambridge University, Girton College John B Buckley Scholarship |
| 2003 and ‘04 | Cambridge University, Girton College Ming Yang Lee Prize |
| 2003 | Cambridge University, Department of Zoology J A Ramsay Scholarship |
| 2001 – 2004 | Cambridge University Biological Society |
Referee
- Journal of Neuroscience
- Nature Communications
- PLoS Computational Biology
- Journal of Visualized Experiments (JoVE)
- PLoS ONE
- The Journal of Neurophysiology
Further activites
- Co-founding director, TReND in Africa gUG, www.TReNDinAfrica.org
- Curator: PLoS Open Source Toolkit: Hardware Collection, collections.plos.org/open-source-toolkit-hardware
Tom Baden