An overview of the doctoral students currently enrolled in the Brain Dynamics Graduate School

  • Acharya Namrata
    Research Group Kittel
    Research project: "Task-dependent orchestration of insect olfactory sensory neuron performance"
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  • Açil Dorukhan
    Research Group von Klitzing
    Research Group White
    Research project: "When do youth generalize representations of parents to peers?"
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  • Apel Katharina
    Research Group Simon
    Research project: "Motor neuron-driven spinal motor circuit pathology in spinal muscular atrophy with respiratory distress"
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  • Aravamudhan Aishwarya
    Research Group Kittel
    Research project: "Modulation of drosophila active zones by cyclic AMP"
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  • Bailey Emma
    Research Group Eippert
    Research project: "Non-invasive electrophysiology in the human spinal cord"
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  • ­Beltran Velandia Ferney
    Research Group Bogdan
    Research project: "Modelling the olfactory system using spiking neural networks with synaptic dynamics to study drifting in electronic noses"
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  • ­Bluhm Alexandra
    Research Group Roßner
    Research project: "Post-translational protein modification of alpha-synuclein"
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  • Bracher Angelika
    Research Group von Klitzing
    Research Group White
    Research project: "Investigating synchrony in caregiver-adolescent dyads with maltreatment experience"
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  • Braga Alessandro
    Research Group Schönwiesner
    Research project: "Cortical substrates of auditory predictive processing"
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  • Burkart Marie-Elisabeth
    Research Group Lippmann
    Research project: "Modulation of GABAergic drive and network oscillations in the hippocampal area CA1"
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  • ­Büttner Jannik Maximilian
    Research Group Simon
    Research project: "Pathophysiology of the sensory motor circuit in motor neuron diseases"
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  • Chung Yin Kwan
    Research Group Langenhan
    Research project: "Effect of GAIN domain cleavability of adhesion GPCRs on the trafficking and signaling of receptors"
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  • ­Fleischer Niko
    Research Group Fledrich
    Research project: "Glial and axonal contributions to local and remote peripheral nerve de- and regeneration"
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  • Franke Ulrike
    Research Group Pauls
    Research project: "Dissecting the octopaminergic system in reward processing"
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  • ­Gerstner Florian
    Research Group Simon
    Research project: "Pathophysiology of the cerebellum in motor neuron diseases"
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  • ­Grochow Thomas
    Research Group Fietz
    Research project: "Establishment and validation of an animal model for the investigation of (human) congenital toxoplasmosis"
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  • Großjohann Alexandra
    Research Group Thum
    Research project: "The role of the octopaminergic system in larval learning and memory of Drosophila"
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  • Gutsfeld Sebastian
    Research Group Tal
    Research project: "Exploring chemical-microbiome interactions in zebrafish"
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  • Hemberger Mareike
    Research Group Langenhan
    Research project: "Development of optical methods to interrogate aGPCR function"
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  • Herold Nadia Katherine
    Research Group Tal
    Research project: "Exploring novel neurotoxic mechanisms"
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  • Hesse Ricarda
    Research Group Kittel
    Research project: "Molecular mechanisms of nociception resolution in Drosophila"
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  • Kirmann Toni
    Research Group Hallermann
    Research project: "Antibody neutralization as a potential treatment for NMDA receptor encephalitis"
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  • ­Klein Cheslie
    Research Group Friederici
    Research Group Grosse Wiesmann
    Research project: "The neural basis of syntax acquisition during early childhood"
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  • Kurzke Josephine
    Research Group Lippmann
    Research project: "Cognitive impairment underlying DEND syndrome - Modulation of hippocampal gamma activity by the K-atp gain of function mutation V59M"
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  • Lamberty Marius
    Research Group Kittel
    Research project: "Functional nanoscopy of the synaptic active zone"
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  • ­Lee Harin
    Research Group Schönwiesner
    Research project: "Cross-cultural differences in music cognition"
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  • Lehning Maria
    Research Group Stassart
    Research project: "The role of Neuregulin-1 signaling in parvalbumin positive interneurons"
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  • Liebmann Maximilian André
    Research Group Hirrlinger
    Research project: "Investigations on the pathophysiology of asparagine synthetase deficiency-induced microcephaly"
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  • Lohmann Jonas
    Research Group Morawski
    Research project: "Investigation of neuroanatomical and morphological correlates of synaptic and neuronal activity in hibernating Syrian golden hamsters"
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  • ­­­Murai von Bünau Timothy
    Research Group Schmidt
    Research project: "Presynaptic mechanisms of long-term plasticity at neocortical synapses"
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  • Otte Nathanael
    Research Group Simon
    Research project: "Mechanism of motoneuron degeneration in a mouse model of spinal muscular atrophy with respiratory distress type 1"
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  • Pilaszanovich Jakab
    Research Group Schönwiesner
    Research project: "Perceptual learning and neural plasticity in synthetic worlds: The case of distance perception"
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  • Plantera Laura
    Research Group Bechmann
    Research project: "Obesity-driven microglial activation - functional role of cerebral sterol metabolism"
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  • Richter Vincent
    Research Group Thum
    Research project: "The chemosensory system of the Drosophila larva reconstructed at ultra-resolution"
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  • ­Riedl Juliane
    Research Group Exner
    Research project: "Complaint validation - Improving the identification of simulation and aggravation tendencies in neuropsychological symptoms"
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  • Schmidt Louisa
    Research Group Grüneisen
    Research project: "Impact of prosocial and cooperative motivations on children's (unequal) norm enforcement"
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  • Schulz Anja
    Research Group Richter
    Research project: "In vivo optogenetics study of the role of striatal parvalbumin-reactive interneurons in the pathophysiology of distonia"
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  • Schulz Charlotte
    Research Group von Klitzing
    Research Group White
    Research project: "Effects of child maltreatment on adolescent brain structure and function"
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  • Schwarze Max
    Research Group Schmidt
    Research project: "Layer- and area specific differentiation of cortical synaptic coupling distances"
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  • Seelbach Anna
    Research Group Stassart
    Research project: "Axon-glia interactions in the injured peripheral nerve"
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  • ­Seiffer Sophie
    Research Group Bechmann
    Research project: "Regulation of GPR34 in microglia during Alzheimer's disease"
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  • Sharma Prarthita
    Research Group Claßen
    Research project: "Investigating the dynamics of cross-frequency phase amplitude coupling during movement"
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  • Svensson Frederike
    Research Group Exner
    Research project: "Adjustment processes after aquired brain injury"
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  • Tast Valentina
    Research Group Schröger
    Research project: "The auditive predictive coding framework in adults and children"
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  • Tebbe Anna-Lena
    Research Group Grosse Wiesmann
    Research project: "Neural correlates of the development of perspective taking"
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  • Wehle Sebastian
    Research Group Müller
    Research project: "Neuronal signals of visual attention in object processing"
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  • Wender Magdalena
    Research Group Schmidt
    Research project: "Postnatal changes in functional calcium signaling at cerebellar synapses"
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  • Wolff Christopher
    Research Group Hirrlinger
    Research project: "Effects of obesity associated signals on astrocytic metabolism"
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Brain Dynamics alumni

Dr. Anika Lüttig
Research Group Richter
Doctoral thesis "Brevican-Expression in Dystoniemodellen (dtsz Hamster, DYT1 Knock-in-Maus) und Einflüsse tiefer Hirnstimulationen" defended on 11.04.2023.
Current position: postdoc at the Institute of Pharmacology, Pharmacy and Toxicology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University Leipzig.

Dr. Philip Ruthig
Research Group Schönwiesner
Doctoral thesis "Lateral specializations of microanatomy in the mammalian auditory cortex" defended on 03.02.2023.
Current position: postdoc at the Paul Flechsig Institute of Brain Research, Medical Faulty, University Leipzig.

Dr. Ole Bialas
Research Group Schönwiesner
Doctoral thesis "An electroencephalographic investigation of the encoding of sound source elevation in the human cortex" defended on 09.12.2022.
Current position: postdoc at the Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Rochester, NY, USA.

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