Research areas:
- Theoretical
biophysics
- Computational
neuroscience
- Non-equilibrium
statistical mechanics
Current
research topics:
-
Axon
growth, neural development
-
Mechanosensory
control of insect
flight
- Biophysics of olfaction
Selected
publications:
J. Bartussek, A. K. Mutlu, M. Zapotocky, S. N. Fry:
Limit-cycle-based control of the myogenic wingbeat rhythm in the fruit fly Drosophila.
Journal of the Royal Society Interface 10, 20121013
(2013).
D. Chaudhuri, P. Borowski, M. Zapotocky:
Model of fasciculation and sorting in mixed populations of axons.
Physical Review E 84, article 021908 (2011).
J. Reidl, P.
Borowski, A. Sensse, J. Starke, M. Zapotocky, M. Eiswirth:
Model
of calcium oscillations due to negative feedback in olfactory cilia.
Biophysical
Journal 90, 1147-1155
(2006).
A.Vassalli,
A. Rothman,
P. Feinstein, M. Zapotocky, P. Mombaerts:
Minigenes
impart odorant receptor-specific axon guidance in the olfactory bulb.
Neuron 35, 681-696
(2002).
N.
Rajewsky, N. D. Socci,
M. Zapotocky, E. D. Siggia:
The
evolution of DNA regulatory regions for proteo-gamma bacteria by
interspecies comparisons.
Genome Research 12,
298-308 (2002).
M.
Zapotocky, L. Ramos,
P. Poulin, D. A. Weitz, T. C. Lubensky:
Particle-stabilized
defect gel in cholesteric liquid crystals.
Science 283,
209-212
(1999).
Citation metrics:
- Over 500 citations (ISI Web of Science)
- 4
articles (2 in biology, 2 in physics) with at least 60 citations each
- H
index = 9
Previous
institutions (since PhD):
Department
of Biological Physics,
Max Planck Institute for the Physics of Complex Systems, Dresden |
2002
- 2008 |
Center
for Studies in Physics and Biology,
Rockefeller University, New York |
1999
- 2002 |
Department
of Physics and Astronomy,
University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia |
1996
- 1999 |
