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On the following page we would like to introduce our (associated) PhD- & MD students, the most important part of our RTG2824!

Our PhD and MD students within the RTG 2824

RP1: "Phospho-proteomic regulation and dysfunction of the human sarcoendoplasmic (SER) Ca2+ signalosome in excitable brain and striated muscle cells"

RP.1.1: Anastasiia Gorshkova (PhD)

       

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

RP1.2: n.n. (PhD)

RP1: Dustin Schierholz (MD)

     

Short CV:

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

dustin.schierholz(at)stud.uni-goettingen.de

RP2: "High-resolution imaging of Ca2+ dynamics of microdomains in excitable cells using chemical dyes"

RP2.1: Ursa Maity (PhD)

     

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

ursa.maity(at)med.uni-goettingen.de

RP2.2: n.n. (PhD)

Project start from 01 April 2025!

RP2: Magdalena Cöln (MD)

Short CV:

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

magdalena.coeln(at)stud.uni-goettingen.de

RP3: "Reactive oxygen species drive metabolism in excitable cells: implications for the Takotsubo Syndrome"

RP3.1: Vamsi Priya Vikram (PhD)

   

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

RP3.2: Verena Ebner (PhD)

    

Short CV:

  • B.Sc. Biology: Universität Bremen; 2021
  • M.Sc. Cardiovascular Science: Georg-August Universität, Göttingen; 2024

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

RP3: n.n. (MD)

RP4: "Modelling Takotsubo Syndrome in a human 3-dimensional innervated heart model"

RP4.1: Aylin Seedorf (PhD)

    

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

RP4.2: n.n (PhD)

Project start from 01 April 2025!

RP4: Julia Maiwald (MD)

    

Short CV:

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

julia.maiwald01(at)stud.uni-goettingen.de

RP5: "Molecular basis of proteotoxic dysfunctions in models of Alzheimer´s disease and dilated cardiomyopathy"

RP5.1: Cleophas Cheruiyot (PhD)

   

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

RP5.2: n.n. (PhD)

Project start from 01 April 2025!

RP5: n.n. (MD)

RP6: "EndMT: Loss of transcriptional and cellular identity as causal link between Alzheimer’s disease and heart failure"

RP6.1: Mohammed Mehedi Hassan (PhD)

    

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

RP6.2: n.n. (PhD)

Project start from 01 April 2025!

RP6: Fynn Schumann (MD)

Short CV:

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

f.schumann02(at)stud.uni-goettingen.de

RP7: "Understanding inter-organ signaling in heart-brain and brain-heart diseases"

RP7.1: Vignesh Gnanaskandan (PhD)

   

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

RP7.2: n.n. (PhD)

Project start from 01 April 2025!

RP7: n.n. (MD)

RP8: "Enlightening the interplay between heart failure and post-operative cognitive dysfunction"

RP8.1: Farima Irfan (PhD)

   

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

RP8.2: n.n. (PhD)

Project start from 01 April 2025!

RP8.2: n.n. (MD)

RP9: "Influence of cardiac signals on cortical dynamics"

RP9.1: Ege Kingir (PhD)

    

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

RP9.2: n.n. (PhD)

Project start from 01 April 2025!

RP9: n.n. (MD)

RP10: "Electrophysiological analyses of mutual heart brain interactions after stroke"

RP10.1: Shamim Ghamsari Sasani (PhD)

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

shamim.sasani(at)med.uni-goettingen.de

RP10.2: n.n. (PhD)

Project start from 01 April 2025!

RP10: n.n. (MD)

RP11: "Non-invasive analysis of the heart – brain axis using a novel Zebrafish model"

RP11.1: n.n. (PhD)

RP11: n.n. (MD)

Our associated PhD and MD students

RPA1: Aishwarya Bhonsle

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

RPA2: Luca Büschgens

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

RPA3: Yamin Chen

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

RPA4: Merle Fricke

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

RPA5: Verena Gisa

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

RPA8: Svenja T. Zihsler

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

RPA9: Anika Göpel

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

RPA10: Daria Plota

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.de

RPA11: Chaodi Cheng

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

 

RPA12: Jonah Schrauder

Title of his associated PhD project RPA12 (Prof. Boretius): "Enlightening the Interplay of Heart and Brain: Simultaneous Data Acquisition Across Organs Using (Self)-Gated Magnetic Resonance Imaging"

Short CV:

  • B.Sc.: Physics; Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, 2021
  • M.Sc.: Physics; Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, 2023

RP13: Kolja Schirge

Title of his associated MD project RPA13 (Prof. Brügmann):

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

Short CV:

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

k.schirge(at)stud.uni-goettingen.de   

Our GRK2824 Alumni

Mansi Rajput

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
PhD: “Molecular Medicine”; GNNB/Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, Germany, 2024

Current position: 
PostDoc, University Medical Center Göttingen (AG von Arnim)

Areej Mostafa Alkhachroum

Title of her associated PhD project RPA6 (Prof. Wilke): "Studying the interaction between heart and brain with autonomic challenges"

Short CV:
MD; Georg-August Universität, University Medical Center Göttingen; 2024

Current position:
Assistant doctor, University Medical Center Göttingen, Department of Neurology

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