Academic studies

2023               Medical licence

2015 - 2023    Medical Studies (state examination), Albert-Ludwigs-                             University Freiburg

Academic Career

since 2023      Group leader Neuroimmunology (physician), Medical                              School Hannover, Institute of Neuroanatomy and                                     Cell Biology

2018-2019      MOTI-VATE doctoral study course, medical faculty, Freiburg

2018-2023      Medical doctoral (MD) student at the Institute of Anatomy and Cell Biology, Department of Neuroanatomy, Albert-                                        Ludwigs-University Freiburg

Prizes and Awards

2022               Young Investigator Award of the Anatomische Gesellschaft

Scientific Focus

1. Immunological processes in the central nervous system: Microglia-Neuron Interactions and neuroinflammation
2. Translational research of mechanisms of synaptic plasticity and structure/function correlations in physiological
       and pathological conditions
3. Electrophysiological and microscopic characterisation of single neurons in neurosurgical sections of the human neokortex
4. Investigation of Brain-Body-Interactions
5. Development of cell culture models for translational and personalized research

Online presence:

ORCID:                                                 0000-0001-7990-654X

Twitter:                                                 @NeuroEichler

Signature Publications:

Microglial Cytokines Mediate Plasticity Induced by 10 Hz Repetitive Magnetic Stimulation. Eichler, A., Kleidonas, D., Turi, Z., Fliegauf, M., Kirsch, M., Pfeifer, D., Masuda, T., Prinz, M., Lenz, M., & Vlachos, A. (2023). The Journal of Neuroscience, 43(17), 3042 LP – 3060. https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.2226-22.2023

All-trans retinoic acid induces synaptic plasticity in human cortical neurons.Lenz, M., Kruse, P., Eichler, A., Straehle, J., Beck, J., Deller, T., & Vlachos, A. (2021). ELife, 10, e63026. https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.63026

Interleukin 10 Restores Lipopolysaccharide-Induced Alterations in Synaptic Plasticity Probed by Repetitive Magnetic Stimulation. Lenz, M., Eichler, A., Kruse, P., Strehl, A., Rodriguez-Rozada, S., Goren, I., Yogev, N., Frank, S., Waisman, A., Deller, T., Jung, S., Maggio, N., & Vlachos, A. (2020). IFrontiers in Immunology, Vol. 11. https://doi.org/10.3389/fimmu.2020.614509