Mike Henninger

Mike Henninger received his Ph.D. in physics at MIT, working in the Synthetic Neurobiology group on a number of scalable neural interfacing concepts. Mike is a product of Northwestern University's Integrated Science Program, where he triple majored in physics, math, and integrated science. After graduating, he joined the Peace Corps and worked as a science teacher in Ghana for two years. Mike received a Hugh Hampton Young Memorial Fellowship and a NDSEG Graduate Fellowship. After finishing up his PhD, Mike went on to explore the startup scene.

Publications

Noninvasive optical inhibition with a red-shifted microbial rhodopsin

Nature Neuroscience | 2014

Chuong, A. S., Miri, M. L.*, Busskamp, V.*, Matthews, G.A.C.*, Acker, L.C.*, Soresnsen, A.T., Young, A., Klapoetke, N. C., Henninger, M.A., Kodandaramaiah, S.B., Ogawa, M., Ramanlal, S. B., Bandler, R. C., Allen, B. D., Forest, C.R., Chow, B.Y., Han, X., Lin, Y., Tye, K.M., Roska, B., Cardin, J.A., Boyden, E. S. (2014) Noninvasive optical inhibition with a red-shifted microbial rhodopsin, Nature Neuroscience 17:1123-1129. (*, equal contribution)

Characterization of the Functional MRI Response Temporal Linearity via Optical Control of Neocortical Pyramidal Neurons

Journal of Neuroscience | 2011

Kahn, I. * Desai, M., Knoblich, U., Bernstein, J., Henninger, M., Graybiel, A. M., Boyden, E. S.*, Buckner, R. L. *, Moore, C. I. * (2011) Characterization of the Functional MRI Response Temporal Linearity via Optical Control of Neocortical Pyramidal Neurons, Journal of Neuroscience 31(42):15086-15091. (* co-corresponding authors)

High-performance genetically targetable optical neural silencing by light-driven proton pumps

Nature | 2010

Chow, B. Y.*, Han, X.*, Dobry, A. S., Qian, X., Chuong, A. S., Li, M., Henninger, M. A., Belfort, G. M., Lin, Y., Monahan, P. E., Boyden, E. S. (2010) High-performance genetically targetable optical neural silencing by light- driven proton pumps, Nature 463:98-102. (* co-first authors)

Prosthetic systems for therapeutic optical activation and silencing of genetically-targeted neurons

Proc Soc Photo Opt Instrum Eng | 2008

Bernstein, J. G., Han, X., Henninger, M. A., Ko, E. Y., Qian, X., Franzesi, G. T., McConnell, J. P., Stern, P., Desimone, R., and Boyden, E. S. (2008) Prosthetic systems for therapeutic optical activation and silencing of genetically-targeted neurons, Proc Soc Photo Opt Instrum Eng 6854:68540H.