Jessica Tittelmeier
Postdoc
Hey! My name is Jessica Tittelmeier. I started my PhD in April 2018 in the Nussbaum lab. My project investigates the role that the Hsp70/co-chaperone network has on α-synuclein and tau aggregation and toxicity using cell culture and C. elegans models. This project, will hopefully, add to the understanding of how to negate the progression of these neurodegenerative diseases.
I was born and raised in beautiful Alaska, USA. I left the cold mountains of Alaska and moved to the desert for my undergraduate studies in Arizona, USA. After teaching high school Biology, I decided to continue my own education and moved to Germany for my graduate studies. I consider Heidelberg a nice compromise from cold Alaska and the hot desert of Arizona.
Email: Jessica.Tittelmeier@med.uni-muenchen.de
Phone: +49-89-2180-72705
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Gamze Uzunoglu
Doctoral Candidate (Dr. rer. nat.)
In our team, I focus on the development of new methodologies to investigate mediators of α-Syn spreading using our C. elegans model. Since most of the biological pathways are conserved between C. elegans and humans, our study promises great advancement in understanding synucleinopathies. After finishing my Bachelor studies in molecular biology and genetics in Istanbul, my hometown, I moved to Heidelberg to pursue the molecular biosciences masters programme at the University of Heidelberg. I am a member of the Nussbaum Lab since September 2018.
Email: Gamze.Uzunoglu@med.uni-muenchen.de
Phone: +49-89-2180-72705
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Nicole Martin
Doctoral Candidate (Dr. rer. nat.)
For my Master thesis, I investigate genes and pathways modulating the endo-lysosomal vesicle rupture that is thought to contribute to the propagation of protein aggregates in neurodegenerative diseases. To this end, I utilize C. elegans models for spreading of alpha-synuclein and tau. I first started working with these models for my Bachelor thesis and since then repeatedly joined the fun and motivating environment of the Nussbaum group during my Master studies at the University of Heidelberg. Now that I’m finishing my studies in Heidelberg, I am excited to follow the Nussbaum group to the Ludwig-Maximilians-University of Munich for my PhD.
Email: nicole.martin@med.uni-muenchen.de
Phone: +49-89-2180-72705
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Siwen Liang
Master Student
After living and studying in Beijing for the first 22 years of my life, I decided to explore the bigger world and continued my study in Heidelberg. I first joined the Nussbaum lab as a rotation student and conducted polysome profiling in C. elegans to investigate the effect of ribosome tagging and α-synuclein expression on global translation. Now, I’m very happy to be back in the team for my master thesis, establishing the use of inducible CRISPRi/a cell models to study the role of individual proteostasis network components in α-synuclein seeding and spreading.
Email: Siwen.Liang@stud.uni-heidelberg.de
Phone: +49-89-2180-72705
Deike El-Kabarity
Doctoral Candidate (Dr. med.)
In my research, I study the propagation of protein aggregates in the field of neurodegenerative diseases. Using C. elegans as a model, I investigate different genes and pathways connected to lysosomal rupture that is thought to be involved in the spreading of tau and alpha-synuclein.
Having moved from Emden, my hometown near the North Sea, to Munich in 2020, I am currently in my fourth year of studying medicine at the Ludwig-Maximilian-University in Munich. I am very excited to get to be a part of the Nussbaum group.
Email: D.Kabarity@campus.lmu.de
Phone: +49-89-2180-72705
Sabine Tost
Technician
More information coming soon….
Email: sabine.tost@med.uni-muenchen.de
Phone: +49-89-2180-72678
Sarah Wübbel
Technician
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Email: sarah.wuebbel@med.uni-muenchen.de
Phone: +49-89-2180-72678
Frauke Paschoud
Technician
I belong to the technical staff of the Department of Anatomy II since autumn 2017. Being a newby working with C. elegans as a model for neurodegenerative diseases, I try to catch up with methods from the former Heidelberg research group around Carmen Nussbaum. The goal is to be one of the helpful hands in the background.
Email: Frauke.Paschoud@med.uni-muenchen.de
Phone: +49-89-2180-72654
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