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Ana Silbering

Post doc

Ana Silbering . Universität Konstanz
Fachbereich Biologie
D - 78457 Konstanz, Germany

Tel: +49-7531-88-4642
Fax: +49-7531-88-3894
room: M1120
email: asilbering/-/yahoo.com

web: https://neuro.uni-konstanz.de

Curriculum vitae
  Born in Buenos Aires, Argentina
Aug. 96 - May 02 MSc. in Biology at the Universidad de Buenos Aires (Argentina).
Jun. - Aug. 02 Summer Undergraduate Reaserch Fellow in Dr. Leslie Vosshall's Lab at Rockefeller University (NY, USA).
Sep. 02 - May 07 PhD in Neurophysiology, Freie Universität Berlin. Directed by Dr. C. Giovanni Galizia
Since May 07 Post doc in the Giovanni Galizia's Lab at the Universität Konstanz.
Current research
My work is mainly focused in understanding the role of the antennal lobe (AL) of Drosophila in the processing of olfactory stimuli.
I have used the Gal4-UAS system to introduce a calcium sensor (G-CaMP) in different populations of AL neurons (sensory neurons, local neuron and projection neurons), and analyzed the activity patterns elicited by odors and odor blends using calcium imaging.

This work was financed by the Volkswagenstiftung, Nachwuchsgruppe Olfactorische Codierung, VW 1/75 399. The project started in September 2002.
Publications
Silbering, AF and Galizia, CG: Processing of odor mixtures in the Drosophila antennal lobe reveals both global inhibition and glomerulus-specific interactions. J Neurosci. 2007 Oct 31;27(44):11966-77.

Sachse S, Peele P, Silbering AF, Gühmann M, Galizia CG: Role of histamine as a putative inhibitory transmitter in the honeybee antennal lobe. Front Zool. 2006 Dec 29; 3:22.

Rothlin, CV; Lioudyno, M; Silbering, AF; Plazas, PV; Gomez Casati, ME; Katz, E; Guth, PA; Elgoyhen, AB: Direct interaction of serotonin type 3 receptor ligands with recombinant and native a9a10-containing nicotinic cholinergic receptors. Molecular Pharmacology, 2003; 63: 1067-1074.

Szyszka P, Sommer L, Birnbach B, Biergans S, Silbering A, Galizia G, 2009. Trace conditioning in harnessed honeybees – behavior and physiology. March 25.–29.2009, 8th Göttingen Meeting of the German Neuroscience Society
Talks
Silbering, AF; Okada, R; Fishilevich, E; Vosshall, L; Ito, K; Galizia, CG: Coding of odor mixtures in the antennal lobe of Drosophila. 9th European Symposium for Insect Taste and Olfaction (Villasimius, Cagliari, Italy)

Silbering, AF; Galizia, CG: Odour induced activity patterns in the antennal lobe of Drosophila melanogaster. 14th Doktoranden Workshop (Göttingen, Germany)