CV
2003 |
University-entrance diploma in Erfurt |
2003-2004 | Study of Bioengineering TU Karlsruhe |
2004-2010 | Study of Biomedical Chemistry JGU Mainz |
2010 | Diploma thesis at the Clinic for Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Prof. H. Lüddens, Mainz |
2011-2014 | PhD student at the Clinic for Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Prof. H. Lüddens, Mainz |
2013-2015 | Project leader (MAIFOR) „Assembly and stoichiometry of GABAA-receptors: the role of individual subunits in a pentameric complex“ |
2015 | Dissertation in Biochemistry |
since 2015 | Postdoc at the Institute of Physiology II, Prof. K. Benndorf, Jena |
Research
- Assembly and stoichiometry of GABAA- und P2X-receptors
- Development of subtype specific ligands
- Relation between receptor binding and activation
Skills
- Electrophysiology (Patch-Clamp, TEVC)
- Proteinbiochemistry (Radioligandenassays, Western-Blot)
- Molecular biology (PCR, Cloning, in vitro transcription)
Funding and Awards
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2011 Travel Grant (Focus Program Translational Neurosciences, Mainz) und Grant from the university of Helsinki for an internship at the Biomedicum in Helsinki, Prof. E. Korpi
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2013 Travel Grant (Boehringer Ingelheim Fonds) for an internship at the Biomedicum in Uppsala, Prof. B. Birnir
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2013-2015 Grant for junior scientists at the University Medical Center Mainz (MAIFOR)
Teaching
- Practical course „Basic Biochemistry for chemists and biologists“
- Lecture „Neuobiology of humans“
- Assistance for the diploma thesis „Connection of GABAA-receptor-subunits via the GABA binding site“
- Workshop for PhD students in the Rhine-Main Neuroscience Network
- Practical course „Physiology for human medicine, dentistry and pharmacy“
- Seminar „Physiology for dentistry“
- Seminar „Clinical Physiology – Exercise and Doping“
- Seminar „Clinical Physiology – Blood“