Jens Hjerling-Leffler

Jens Hjerling-Leffler

Principal Researcher | Docent
Telephone: +46852486974
Visiting address: Solnavägen 9, 6C, 17177 Stockholm
Postal address: C2 Medicinsk biokemi och biofysik, C2 Molekylär neurobiologi Leffler, 171 77 Stockholm

About me

  • Associate Professor and Principle Investigator
    Circuit maturation, neuronal diversity, mouse genetics, single-cell sequencing, transcriptional regulation, electrophysiology and
    virus based tools.

    Postdoc:
    2007-2011 Fishell lab, NYU Langone Medical Center, New York, NY, US
    2006-2007 Koltzenburg lab, Queen Square Centre for Neuromuscular Disease, UCL,
    London, UK

    PhD
    2006 Ernfors lab, Medical Biochemistry and Biophysics, Karolinska Institutet,
    Sweden

    Pre-PhD
    Pfrieger lab, Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine, Berlin, Germany

Research

  • Our research group is interested in the genetic and cellular mechanisms of postnatal and adolescent maturation and its role in psychiatric disorders. We apply advanced mouse genetics in combination with electrophysiology and modern molecular methods to probe and identify cellular changes and the function of individual cell types as well as study the circuit basis of their function.

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Grants

Employments

  • Principal Researcher, Department of Medical Biochemistry and Biophysics, Karolinska Institutet, 2022-

Degrees and Education

  • Docent, Karolinska Institutet, 2023
  • Doctor Of Philosophy, Department of Medical Biochemistry and Biophysics, Karolinska Institutet, 2006

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