1982:                Born in Linnich, Germany
2002:                Abitur, St. Ursula Gymnasium Geilenkirchen
2002 - 2003:   Civilian service, Protestant parish Jülich
since  2003:    Biology study (Diplom), Universität Konstanz
2006:                Internship, Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso, Cuiaba, Brazil

To elucidate the network of the antennal lobe, it will be important to know the numbers and the physiological / immunohistochemicalcharacteristica of involved cellular players.
The currently available data on numbers of local interneurons and projection neurons in the honey bee antennal lobe are based on thorough investigations undertaken with conventional histochemical methods and light microscopy (Suzuki 1975, Witthöft 1967; Witthöft, 1979). To update these numbers I am combining immunhistochemical labeling with mass fills of specific neuron groups (OSNs, PNs). Confocal data from these preperations are analyzed using the image analysis tools of the AMIRA software.

Bierfeld J, Charlina N, Galizia CG, Kreissl S (2011)
Immunostaining reveals at least six subpopulations of olfactory local interneurons contributing to the Apis mellifera antennal lobe network. Ninth Göttingen meeting of the German Neuroscience Society, 23. – 27. März 2011

Bierfeld J, Kreissl S, Galizia CG (2010)
Five subpopulations of olfactory local interneurons contribute to the honeybee antennal lobe network as revealed by immunostaining. FENS Amsterdam 3.-7. Juli 2010