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Dr. Patrick Jendritza from the Salk Institute for Biological Studies, USA, has been awarded a “Junior Fellow Position” at the Else Kr\u00f6ner Fresenius Center for Optogenetic Therapies (EKFZ-OT) at the University Medical Center G\u00f6ttingen (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 Kr\u00f6ner-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. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","cdp_year":[234],"class_list":["post-8866","cdp_press_release","type-cdp_press_release","status-publish","hentry","cdp_year-2026-en"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nYoung scientist researches restoration of vision - ekfz<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/ekfz.uni-goettingen.de\/en\/mitteilungen\/young-scientist-researches-restoration-of-vision\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Young scientist researches restoration of vision - 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