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Maths on a boat: Thomas Vogt

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We spoke to Thomas Vogt on a boat trip on the beautiful River Neckar, during the 2017 Heidelberg Laureate Forum. Thomas is a PhD student at the University zu Lübeck, researching mathematical methods for imaging neurons in our brains. In this short clip he tells us about his work.

You can see more articles about the maths of image analysis here. Click here for more interviews with young researchers at the HLF.

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