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Bruno Weber is affiliated with the University of Zurich in Switzerland. Their research spans several interconnected fields, including Medicine, Neuroscience, and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. Within these broader areas, Weber's work focuses on subfields such as Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging, Neurology, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Molecular Biology, and Biomedical Engineering.

The scientist's key research topics include Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research, Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms, Photoacoustic and Ultrasonic Imaging, Advanced MRI Techniques and Applications, Optical Imaging and Spectroscopy Techniques, Photoreceptor and Optogenetics Research, and Barrier Structure and Function Studies.

Weber has published numerous articles in various scientific venues. Frequent publication outlets for their work include bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Nature Communications, Nature Neuroscience, Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research), and Cell Reports.

Among representative recent papers are:

  • Neutrophils Obstructing Brain Capillaries Are a Major Cause of No-Reflow in Ischemic Stroke, 2020, Cell Reports
  • Structural basis of astrocytic Ca2+ signals at tripartite synapses, 2020, Nature Communications
  • Synthetic Vasculature Datsets, 2021, Harvard Dataverse
  • Arousal-induced cortical activity triggers lactate release from astrocytes, 2020, Nature Metabolism
  • Shear-stress sensing by PIEZO1 regulates tendon stiffness in rodents and influences jumping performance in humans, 2021, Nature Biomedical Engineering

Weber has collaborated extensively with several co-authors, including Chaim Glück, Matthias T. Wyss, Luca Ravotto, Aiman S. Saab, and Mohamad El Amki. These partnerships have resulted in multiple joint publications indicative of an ongoing research network.

Best Publications

  • Spatiotemporal dynamics of cortical sensorimotor integration in behaving mice.

    Isabelle Ferezou;Florent Haiss;Luc J. Gentet;Rachel Aronoff

  • In Vivo Evidence for a Lactate Gradient from Astrocytes to Neurons

    Philipp Mächler;Matthias T. Wyss;Maha Elsayed;Jillian Stobart

  • In Vivo Evidence for Lactate as a Neuronal Energy Source

    Matthias T. Wyss;Renaud Jolivet;Alfred Buck;Pierre J. Magistretti

  • Human hippocampus establishes associations in memory

    Katharina Henke;Alfred Buck;Bruno Weber;Heinz Gregor Wieser

  • Human hippocampus associates information in memory

    Katharina Henke;Bruno Weber;Stefan Kneifel;Heinz Gregor Wieser

  • Rapid Reconfiguration of the Functional Connectome after Chemogenetic Locus Coeruleus Activation

    Valerio Zerbi;Amalia Floriou-Servou;Marija Markicevic;Yannick Vermeiren

  • VEGF overexpression induces post-ischaemic neuroprotection, but facilitates haemodynamic steal phenomena.

    Yaoming Wang;Ertugrul Kilic;Ülkan Kilic;Bruno Weber

  • The Microvascular System of the Striate and Extrastriate Visual Cortex of the Macaque

    Bruno Weber;Anna Lena Keller;Johannes Reichold;Nikos K. Logothetis

  • Reorganization of cortical population activity imaged throughout long-term sensory deprivation

    David J Margolis;Henry Lütcke;Kristina Schulz;Kristina Schulz;Florent Haiss

  • Neutrophils Obstructing Brain Capillaries Are a Major Cause of No-Reflow in Ischemic Stroke

    Mohamad El Amki;Chaim Glück;Nadine Binder;William Middleham

  • Cortical Circuit Activity Evokes Rapid Astrocyte Calcium Signals on a Similar Timescale to Neurons.

    Jillian L. Stobart;Jillian L. Stobart;Kim David Ferrari;Kim David Ferrari;Matthew J.P. Barrett;Matthew J.P. Barrett;Chaim Glück;Chaim Glück

  • DeepVesselNet: Vessel Segmentation, Centerline Prediction, and Bifurcation Detection in 3-D Angiographic Volumes.

    Giles Tetteh;Velizar Efremov;Velizar Efremov;Nils D. Forkert;Matthias Schneider

  • Vascular graph model to simulate the cerebral blood flow in realistic vascular networks

    Johannes Reichold;Marco Stampanoni;Marco Stampanoni;Anna Lena Keller;Alfred Buck

  • Functional and Anatomical Reorganization of the Sensory-Motor Cortex after Incomplete Spinal Cord Injury in Adult Rats

    Arko Ghosh;Esther Sydekum;Florent Haiss;Stefano Peduzzi

  • The Astrocyte: Powerhouse and Recycling Center

    Bruno Weber;L. Felipe Barros

  • Rewiring of hindlimb corticospinal neurons after spinal cord injury

    Arko Ghosh;Florent Haiss;Esther Sydekum;Regula Schneider

  • Channel-mediated lactate release by K⁺-stimulated astrocytes.

    Tamara Sotelo-Hitschfeld;María I Niemeyer;Philipp Mächler;Iván Ruminot

  • Structural basis of astrocytic Ca2+ signals at tripartite synapses.

    Misa Arizono;Misa Arizono;Misa Arizono;V. V. G. Krishna Inavalli;V. V. G. Krishna Inavalli;Aude Panatier;Aude Panatier;Thomas Pfeiffer;Thomas Pfeiffer

  • CrossTalk proposal: an important astrocyte-to-neuron lactate shuttle couples neuronal activity to glucose utilisation in the brain

    L. F. Barros;B. Weber

  • (18)F-FDG and (18)F-FET uptake in experimental soft tissue infection.

    Achim H. Kaim;Bruno Weber;Michael O. Kurrer;Gerrit Westera

  • Topology and hemodynamics of the cortical cerebrovascular system.

    Sven Hirsch;Johannes Reichold;Matthias Schneider;Gábor Székely

Frequent Co-Authors

Alfred Buck
Alfred Buck University of Zurich
Pierre J. Magistretti
Pierre J. Magistretti École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
Nikos K. Logothetis
Nikos K. Logothetis Chinese Academy of Sciences
Valerie Treyer
Valerie Treyer University of Zurich
Markus Rudin
Markus Rudin ETH Zurich
Fritjof Helmchen
Fritjof Helmchen University of Zurich
U. Valentin Nägerl
U. Valentin Nägerl University of Bordeaux
Giovanni Marsicano
Giovanni Marsicano University of Bordeaux

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