Dr. rer. nat.

Scientist	Period	Title of the research project
Dr. rer. nat. Laura Krumm	2021 - 2024	Understanding disease modulators of SPG11-linked hereditary spastic paraplegia
Dr. rer. nat. Johanna Kaindl	2017 - 2021	Advances in human stem cell-based disease models of neurodegeneration
Dr. rer. nat. Tatyana Pozner	2016 - 2021	Deciphering the mechanisms of hereditary spastic paraplegia type11 in stem cell-derived neuronal models
Dr. rer. nat. Florian Krach	2016 - 2019	TDP-43 in sporadic ALS: pathological changes of an RNA-binding protein and consequences on RNA metabolism
Dr. rer. nat. Katrin Simnacher	2015 - 2020	Investigation of senescence and axonal transport as cellular mechanisms in Parkinson's disease
Dr. rer. nat. Tania Rizo	2015 - 2019	Elucidation of SPG4 associated pathological mechanisms using human iPSZ derived neurons
Dr. rer. nat. Annika Sommer	2014 - 2017	Modeling Neuroinflammation in sporadic Parkinson’s disease
Dr. rer. nat. Himanshu Kumar Mishra	2011 - 2016	Modeling neurodevelopment and cortical dysfunction in SPG11-linked hereditary spastic paraplegia using human induced pluripotent stem cell
Dr. rer. nat. Steven Jonathan Havlicek	2010 - 2014	Modelling SPG4-related hereditary spastic paraplegia using human induced pluripotent stem cells

Dr. med.

Scientist	Period	Title of the research project
Dr. med. Anna Brendler	2017 - 2021	Differential roles of T cell subsets in α-synuclein aggregation
Dr. med. Marios Razvan Brandis	2016 - 2021	Neuronal vulnerability in human stem cell-based models of Parkinson's disease
Dr. med. Svenja Stoll	2015 - 2017	Influence of the NMDA signaling pathway and of α-synuclein oligomers on adult hippocampal neurogenesis
Dr. med. Sebastian Schreglmann	2008 - 2010	Neurogenesis in the hippocampus in transgenic α-synuclein mouse models
Dr. med. Christian Hagl	2005 - 2011	Effects of the dopamine agonist pramipexole on neurogenesis in adults
PD Dr. med. Martin Regensburger	2005 - 2010	Adult-onset neurogenesis in dystonia
PD Dr. med. Franz Marxreiter	2004 - 2010	Effects of α-synuclein on adult neurogenesis in inducible models of synucleinopathies
Dr. med. Martin Geyer	2004 - 2010	Neurogenesis of the olfactory bulb in the 6-OHDA-PD model
Dr. med. Johannes Brix	2005 - 2008	Olfactory function in Parkinson's disease patients - correlation with disease stage

Masther thesis

Scientist	Period	Title of the research project
Lorena Savini	2021 - 2022	Investigation of the dynamics of CSF1R phosphorylation
Elizaveta Gerasimova	2021	The development of a human co-culture system of T cells and stem cell-derived midbrain organoids
Eva Kunzelmann	2021	Human stem cell model to investigate inflammatory effects on the gut-brain-axis
Laura Krumm	2020	Designing genome-edited cellular models for precise detection of spatacsin
Lena Mautner	2019	Effects of senescent astrocytes on human induced pluripotent stem cell-derived midbrain dopaminergic neurons in Parkinson's disease
Jonas Lafner	2019	Characterization of the human microglial response in Parkinson's disease using induced pluripotent stem cell models
Sebastian Franz Hans Loskarn	2018 - 2019	Genetic rescue of SNCA-duplication in human iPSC-derived neurons via CRISPR/Cas9 genome editing
Julia Riedlberger	2018 - 2019	Using human induced pluripotent stem cells and CRISPR/Cas9 to shed light on endoplasmic reticulum and microtubule morphology in hereditary spastic paraplegia type4
Tom Börstler	2018	Phenotypic characterization of neural precursor cells derived from ARID1B and SOX11 gene edited human embryonic stem cells
Florian Krach	2016	Diving into ALS-associated TDP-43 pathology: the role of USP13 and a dysfunctional RNA splicing network
Naime Denguir	2014	Electrophysiological characterization of human neural cells from patients with hereditary spastic paraplegia 4
Vanessa Veber	2013	Axonal transport in synucleinopathies
Stefanie Brey	2012	Effects of α-synuclein oligomers on membrane function of neurons