# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/martin-heisenberg
# Generated: 2026-08-15T04:15:13.625Z

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url: "https://fame.am/person/martin-heisenberg"
name: "Martin Heisenberg"
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description: "Martin Heisenberg is a German neurobiologist and geneticist. Before his retirement in 2008, he held the professorial chair for genetics and neurobiology at the Bio Centre of the University of Würzburg. Since then, he continues his research with a senior professorship at the Rudolf Virchow Center of the University of Würzburg.\nHeisenberg studied chemistry and molecular biology in Munich, Tübingen and Pasadena. In 1975 he became Professor of genetics and neurobiology at the University of Würzburg. Heisenberg's work has focused on the neurogenetics of Drosophila, with the aim of investigating the genetic foundations of the Drosophila brain by studying the effect of genetic mutations on brain function. In addition, Heisenberg contributed a number of essays on the topics of science in society, perception, as well as the question of the freedom of the will. He was elected as a member of the Leopoldina in 1989."
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birthDate: "1940-08-07"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump