Dr Graham Knott
"The analysis of adult neuronal plasticity using focussed ion beam scanning electron microscopy"
Biography:
Graham Knott received his degree in physiology from the University of Southampton, UK, in 1990, and his PhD in neuroscience from the University of Tasmania, Australia, in 1995. He moved to the University of Lausanne in Switzerland in 1999 where he researched the plasticity of neuronal connectivity in the adult brain, developing correlative light and electron microscopy methods for the analysis of in vivo imaged neurons. In 2006 Graham joined the Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), establishing the Bio Electron Microscopy Facility and has continued his research interests in brain plasticity and 3D electron microscopy.
Graham is a senior scientist and head of the BioEM Facility within the Centre of Electron Microscopy at the EPFL. This platform comprises a wide variety of electron imaging technologies and preparation methods that enable EPFL researchers to image all types of biological samples with electrons.