Areas of activity
Light microscopic methods (confocal, wide field microscopy; high content analysis), Neuronal model systems in vitro and in vivo, Drug testing in neuronal culture systems, Molecular genetic knockdown methods (shRNA, miRNA, siRNA) in vitro and in vivo, Individualized lentiviral transduction systems, Immunocyto-, histochemistry; 3D-reconstruction of biological sample material, Non-marking detection method
Stages of career
2008 - Present project manager, Department of Molecular Neurobiology, NMI
2005 - 2008 Research associate at the Department of Molecular Biology, NMI
2005 Postdoctoral research fellow, Institute for Developmental Biochemistry, Georg-August-Universität Göttingen
2005 PhD in Developmental Biology at the Georg-August-University Göttingen on morphogenetic factors of head development in vertebrates
1996 - 2001 Study of Biology at the Georg-August-Universität Göttingen
1995 - 1996 Study of Social Sciences with focus on Economics, Psychology at the Justus-Liebig-University Gießen, Germany
Areas of activity
Molecular neurobiology, Development of patient-derived iPSC-based in vitro cell culture systems in 2D and 3D for the research of neurodegenerative and psychiatric diseases
Stages of career
2020 - Present Research Assistant in Molecular Biology and Neurobiology, NMI
2017 - 2019 Master of Science in Biomedical Sciences in Sigmaringen
2013- 2017 Bachelor of Science in Molecular and Technical Medicine in Villingen-Schwenningen
Areas of activity
Molecular mechanisms of neuronal plasticity
Stages of career
Since 1998 Head of the Molecular Biology Department
1994 - 1998 Postdoc at the Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine, Berlin-Buch, Germany
1989 - 1994 Postdoctoral research fellow at the Center for Molecular Neurobiology, Hamburg
1989 PhD in Genetics, University of Tübingen, Germany
1979 - 1984 Study of Biology, University of Tübingen
Areas of activity
We focus on the analysis of cellular responses to gene expression in order to validate target genes for the pharmaceutical industry. Furthermore, we aim at developing improved cell culture models (co-culture, inflammatory response to exposure to hazardous substances), which, due to their more physiological nature, allow higher predictivity.
Stages of career
since 2009 Group leader of Target Expressions Systems
2002 - 2009 Head of laboratory in the Dept. of Molecular Biology
1998 - 2002 Post-doctoral fellow at the Max Planck Institute of Biology, Tübingen
1997 Doctoral degree at the Free University of Berlin (bacteriophage DNA replication)
1994 - 1996 Doctoral fellow at the National Centre of Biotechnology, Madrid, Spain
1987 - 1993 Student of biochemistry at the Free University of Berlin
