Martin Heisenberg (b. 7 August 1940) is a German neurobiologist and geneticist. As of 2006, he is the chair for genetics and neurobiology at the bio centre of the University of Würzburg. August 7 is the 219th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (220th in leap years), with 146 days remaining. ... Year 1940 (MCMXL) was a leap year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1940 calendar). ... Neuroscience is a field of study which deals with the structure, function, development, genetics, biochemistry, physiology, pharmacology and pathology of the nervous system. ... For a non-technical introduction to the topic, please see Introduction to genetics. ... 2006 is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... [ recorded in this] The University of Würzburg is a university in Würzburg, Germany, founded in 1402. ...

The son of Werner Heisenberg, Heisenberg studied chemistry and molecular biology in Munich, Tübingen and Pasadena. In 1975 he became Professor of genetics and neurobiology at the University of Würzburg. Heisenberg's work has focused on the neurogenetics of Drosophila (the fruit fly), with the aim of investigating the genetic foundations of the Drosophila brain by studying the effect of genetic mutations on brain function. Werner Karl Heisenberg (December 5, 1901 – February 1, 1976) was a celebrated German physicist and Nobel laureate, one of the founders of quantum mechanics, and acknowledged to be one of the most important physicists of the twentieth century. ... Type Species Musca funebris Fabricius, 1787 Drosophila is a genus of small flies whose members are often called small fruit flies, or more appropriately vinegar flies, wine flies, pomace flies, grape flies, and picked fruit-flies. ... Fruit fly may refer to: Tephritidae, the family of large fruit flies. ...

Martin Heisenberg is also the father of film director Benjamin Heisenberg.

Selected publications

• Gerhard Technau & Martin Heisenberg (1982). "Neural reorganization during metamorphosis of the corpora pedunculata in Drosophila melanogaster". Nature 295: 405-407. DOI:10.1038/295405a0. Retrieved on 23 June 2006.

• JS de Belle, M Heisenberg (February 1994). "Associative odor learning in Drosophila abolished by chemical ablation of mushroom bodies". Science 263: 692-695. Retrieved on 23 June 2006.