Title of her PhD project RP1.1:

"Phospho-proteomic regulation and dysfunction of the human sarcoendoplasmic (SER) Ca²⁺ signalosome in excitable brain and striated muscle cells"

Short CV:

• B.Sc.: Biology; Lomonosov Moscow State University, Russia; 2019
• M.Sc.: Bioorganic Chemistry; Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology, Moscow, Russia; 2022

anastasiia.gorshkova(at)med.uni-goettingen.de

Title of her PhD project RP1.2:

"High-resolution imaging of Ca²⁺ dynamics of microdomains in excitable cells using chemical dyes"

Short CV:

• B.Tech: Electrical engineering; Indian Institute of Engineering, Science & Technology, India; 2019
• M.Tech: Electrical Engineering; Indian Institute of Engineering, Science & Technology, India; 2020
• M.A.Sc.: Biomedical Engineering; University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada; 2023

Title of her PhD project RP1.3:

"Reactive oxygen species drive metabolism in excitable cells: implications for the Takotsubo Syndrome"

Short CV:

• B.Pharm.: Pharmacology; Chebrolu Hanumaiah Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences (CHIPS), Guntur, India; 2020
• M.S.Pharm.: Pharmacology; National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Reserah (NIPER) Guwahati, India; 2022

vamsi.vikram(at)med.uni-goettingen.de

Title of her PhD student project RP1.4:

"Modelling Takotsubo Syndrome in a human 3-dimensional innervated heart model"

Short CV:

• B.Sc.: Biomedical Engineering; FH Aachen, University of applied Sciences, Germany; 2020
• M.Sc.: Biomedical Sciences; The Netherlands; 2022

aylin.seedorf(at)med-uni.goettingen.de

Title of the PhD project RP1.5:

"Molecular basis of proteotoxic dysfunctions in models of Alzheimer´s disease and dilated cardiomyopathy"

Short CV:

• B.Sc.: Biomedical Science with IT, Maseno University, Kenya; 2014
• M.Sc.: Medical Biotechnologies, University of Siena, Italy; 2019

cleophas.cheruiyot(at)med.uni-goettingen.de

The title of his PhD project RP1.6:

"EndMT: Loss of transcriptional and cellular identity as causal link between Alzheimer’s disease and heart failure"

Short CV:

• B.Sc.: Pharmaceutical Sciences; North South University, Dhaka, Bangladesh; 2018
• M.Sc.: Translational Neuroscience; Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, Germany; 2022

mohammed.hassan(at)med.uni-goettingen.de

Title of his PhD project RP1.7:

"Understanding inter-organ signaling in heart-brain and brain-heart diseases"

Short CV:

• B.Tech.: Biotechnology; Sri Venkateswara College of Engineering, Sriperumbdur, Tamil Nadu, India; 2019
• M.Sc.: Cardiovascular Science; Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, Germany; 2022

Vignesh.Gnanaskandan(at)dzne.de

Title of her PhD project RP1.8:

"Enlightening the interplay between heart failure and post-operative cognitive dysfunction"

Short CV:

• Pharm-D: Pharmacy; University of Karachi, Pakistan; 2016
• M.Phil.: Molecular Medicine; University of Karachi, Pakistan; 2022

fatima.irfan(at)med.uni-goettingen.de

Title of his PhD project RP1.9:

"Influence of cardiac signals on cortical dynamics"

Short CV:

• B.Sc.: Molecular Biology and Genetics; Bogazici University, Istanbul, Turkey; 2021
• M.Sc.: Cognitive Neuroscience; Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, Germany; 2023

ege.kingir(at)med.uni-goettingen.de

Title of her PhD project RP1.10:

"Electrophysiological analyses of mutual heart brain interactions after stroke"

Short CV:

• B.Sc.: Aerospace Engineering; Sharif University of Technology, Teheran, Iran; 2015
• M.Sc.: Biomechanical Engineering; Iran University of science and Technology, Teheran, Iran; 2023

Title of the PhD project RP1.11:

"Non-invasive analysis of the heart – brain axis using a novel Zebrafish model"

Project start from 01 April 2025!

Title of her associated PhD project RPA1 (Prof. Wilke):

"Contribution of heart-brain interactions to conscious visual perception"

Short CV:

• B.Sc.: Biological Physics, Neuroscience; Brandeis University, Waltham MA, USA; 2015
• M.Sc.: Biophysics and Molecular Life Sciences with Merit; University of Bristol, Bristol, UK; 2016
• M.Sc.: Neuroscience; International Max Planck Research School for Neurosciences, Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, Germany; 2019

aishwarya.bhonsle(at)med.uni-goettingen.de

Title of his associated PhD project RPA2 (Prof. Wirths):

"The role of STAT1 signal transduction in the pathogenesis of Alzheimer’s disease"

Short CV:

• B.Sc.: Biology; Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, Germany; 2018
• M.Sc.: Developmental, Neural and Behavioral Biology; Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, Germany; 2021

luca.bueschgens(at)med.uni-goettingen.de

Title of her associated Dr. med. project RPA3 (Prof. Katschinski):

"ROS-driven metabolic changes in cardiac hypertrophy and failure"

Short CV:

• B.Sc.: Clinical/Internal Medicine; Hebei North University, China; 2018
• M.Med.: Clinical/Internal Medicine; Jinzhou Medical University, China; 2022

yamin.chen(at)medizin.uni-goettingen.de

Title of her associated PhD project RPA4 (Prof. Wirths):

"The role of oligodendrocytes on amyloid-beta peptide generation in Alzheimer’s disease"

Short CV:

• B.Sc.: Biology; Technical University Braunschweig, Germany; 2018
• M.Sc.: Developmental, neural and behavioural biology; Georg-August-Universität Göttingen; 2022

merle.fricke(at)med.uni-goettingen.de

Title of her associated PhD project RPA5 (Prof. Fischer):

"H3K4 Methylation in Heart Failure"

Short CV:

• B.Sc.: Biology; Justus-Liebig University Gießen, Germany; 2018
• M.Sc.: Molecular Biology; Justus-Liebig University Gießen, Germany; 2020

verena.gisa(at)med.uni-goettingen.de

Title of her associated MD project RPA6 (Prof. Wilke):

"Studying the interaction between heart and brain with autonomic challenges"

Short CV:

• MD; Georg-August Universität, University Medical Center Göttingen; 2018

a.mostafaalkhachro(at)stud.uni-goettingen.de

Title of her associated PhD project RPA7 (Prof. von Arnim):

"Consequences of obese-ageing on brain-heart-liver and their functional interaction"

Short CV:

• B.Sc.: Zoology; University of Delhi, New Delhi, 2013
• M.Sc.: Biotechnology; Panjab University, Chandigarh, India; 2016
• M.Sc.: Developmental, Neural, and Behavioural Biology; Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, Germany; 2020

mansi.rajput(at)med.uni-goettingen.de

Title of her associated MD project RPA8 (Prof. Wilke):

"Functional analysis of heart & brain interaction in autonomic challenges: An ECG & EEG study"

Short CV:

• B.Sc.: Molecular Medicine; Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nuremberg; 2018
• M.Sc.: Molecular Medicine; Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, ongoing
• MD: Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, University Medical Center Göttingen,ongoing

svenja.zihsler(at)med.uni-goettingen.de

Title of her associated PhD project RPA9 (Prof. Katschinski):

"Nuclear Actin and its Functional Dynamics in Hypoxia"

Short CV:

• B.Sc.: Biological Sciences; University of Rostock, Germany; 2017
• M.Sc.: Integrative Zoology; University of Rostock, Germany; 2020

anika.goepel(at)med.uni-goettingen.de

Title of her associated MD project RPA10 (Dr. Ebert):

"Common biomarkers in the secretome of patient-derived iPSC-CMs and cardiomyopathy patients"

Short CV:

• MD: Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, University Medical Center Göttingen,ongoing

daria.Plota(at)med.uni-goettingen.dee

Title of her associated Dr. med. project RPA11 (Prof. Brügmann):

"Gene transfer into ventricular slices from mice, pigs and humans for optogenetic stimulation and read-outs"

Short CV:

• B.Sc.: Clinical Medicine; Capital Medical University, Beijing, China; 2020
• M.Sc.: Clinical Medicine; Capital Medical University, Beijing, China; 2023