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Neurosciences

J88: Florian Krach, Department of Stem Cell Biology
new RNA-binding proteins in sporadic ALS

Main Research: Neurosciences

Term: 16.11.2020 – 15.05.2023

sALS is a motor neuron disease where pathological insoluble states of TDP-43, an alternative splicing (AS) factor are found. Dysregulated AS is detected, but it is unknown whether TDP-43 aggregation is causative for this. We develped an iPSC-derived model of sALS where AS changes in this system are not dependent on TDP-43. We propose to investigate pathological mechanisms of new AS factors in sALS using proteomics and NGS approaches and subsequent validation in sALS post mortem tissue.

Principal Investigator
Dr. Florian Krach
e-mail: Florian.Krach@uk-erlangen.de

J93: Liubov Kalinichenko, Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy
Lipids and Serotonin in drug instrumentalization

Main Research: Neurosciences

Term: 01.01.2022 – 30.06.2024

Alcoholism and depression are highly comorbid disorders. Neutral sphingomyelinase (NSM) is suggested as a missing link between emotional status and alcohol consumption due to the downstream effects on the serotoninergic system. A new line of mice with NSM gene knockout specifically in the brain serotoninergic system was created to investigate if the interaction between NSM and the brain serotoninergic system determines the comorbidity between negative emotional state and alcohol consumption.

Principal Investigator
Dr. Liubov Kalinichenko
Phone: +49 9131 85-44145
Email: Liubov.Kalinichenko@uk-erlangen.de

J94: Patrick Süß, Department of Molecular Neurology
Neuroinflammation and synucleinopathy in IBD

Main Research: Neurosciences

Term: 01.12.2021 – 31.05.2024

Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) predisposes for synucleinopathies like Parkinson Disease. This is putatively caused by propagation of chronic inflammation into the brain. The hypothesis of this project is that chronic inflammation in IBD activates microglia in distinct brain regions, thereby mediating neuronal pathology and aggravating synucleinopathy. This hypothesis will be tested in post mortem brain tissue of IBD patients and mice with colitis.

Principal Investigator
Dr. Patrick Süß
Phone: +49 9131 85-44194
Email: Patrick.Suess@uk-erlangen.de

J95: Franziska Thiele, Institute of Biochemistry
Role of Tip60 in the PNS

Main Research: Neurosciences

Term: 01.01.2022 – 30.06.2024

Proper Schwann cell development and myelination are essential for a functional peripheral nervous system and regulated by networks of chromatin modifiers and transcription factors. Here I plan to study the role of the acetyltransferase Tip60 as part of the Tip60/Ep400 chromatin remodeling complex in lineage progression and myelination by characterizing its target genes and interaction with transcription factor Sox10. Results may help to better understand peripheral neuropathies.

Principal Investigator
Dr. Franziska Thiele
Phone: +49 9131 85-22469
Email: franziska.froeb@fau.de

J99: Margareta Miriam Düll, Department of Medicine 1
Reactive carbonyls in metabolic diseases

Main Research: Neurosciences

Term: 01.10.2022 – 31.05.2025

Reactive carbonyl species (RCS) are linked to development of metabolic syndrome including neuropathic pain and fatty liver disease (MAFLD), but the possibly synergistic role of RCS in both conditions remains to be investigated. This project aims at analyzing RCS as biomarkers in neuropathic pain patients with or without concomitant MAFLD, with parallelncomprehensive experimental neurophysiological examinations of patients and assessment of functional effects of RCS on sensory neurons in vitro.

Principal Investigator
Dr. Margareta Miriam Düll
Email: miriam.duell(at)uk-erlangen.de
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