Abstract

Our personalities and all of our rich mental life arise from approximately 1,5kg gooey tissue that make up our brain. Decades of research have shown that there is nothing magical about the brain, and that it is composed of the same kinds of molecules as the rest of our bodies. But how, can memories, personalities and consciousness arise from inanimate matter? The connections between neurons called synapses play a key role, and I will describe our current understanding of how memories are stored. Finally, I will describe my current research into the mechanisms by which proteins in the receiving part of the synapse orchestrate this process.

Short Bio

Magnus is a molecular biologist specialising in the biophysics of flexible proteins. His research focus on describing the intra-cellular signalling complexes in the post-synaptic density. Before joining AIAS, Magnus was a postdoc at the University of Cambridge and did his PhD at the University of Copenhagen.

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