Dr. Patrick Jendritza from the Salk Institute for Biological Studies, USA, has been awarded a “Junior Fellow Position” at the Else Kröner Fresenius Center for Optogenetic Therapies (EKFZ-OT) at the University Medical Center Göttingen (UMG). Since January 1, 2026, the young scientist has been heading the “Visual Circuits” research group, which focuses on the development of light-controlled brain-computer interfaces for restoring vision. The research group, based at the German Primate Center – Leibniz Institute for Primate Research (DPZ), is being funded by the Else Kröner-Fresenius Foundation and the Lower Saxony Ministry of Science and Culture with a total of around 480,000 euros for an initial period of three years and three months.
