Pavel Osten, MD, PhD, received his MD degree from the Medical School of Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic, and his PhD from the State University of New York, HSCB. He is currently Assistant Professor in the Department of Physiology, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University. His research interests include the development of viral vector-based methods for gene therapy applications, with a particular focus on targeting of cell type-specific neurons and identified neuronal networks, and the study of gene and cellular functions underlying the contributions of individual neurons and defined networks to cognitive performance. In 2005 he was the recipient of a Wellcome Trust Senior Fellowship.