Curriculum vitae

2021      Promotion to Dr. rer. nat.; Foundation of the University of               Veterinary Medicine Hanover

2017      Master of Science (MSc) in Biochemistry; Hanover Medical               School

2015      Bachelor of Science (BSc) in Biochemistry; Leibniz University               Hannover

Scientific career

Since 2021                Research associate at the Institute for Neuroanatomy and Cell Biology, Hannover Medical School

2019-2021                  Scientific assistant at the Institute for Neuroanatomy and Cell Biology, Hannover Medical School

2017                           ERASMUS+ scholarship holder at the Department of Physiology, Anatomy and Genetics, University of Oxford, UK

Additional qualifications

2015                          Genetic safety, advanced training course according to Section 15, Paragraph 2, Clause 1, No. 3 GenTSV

2015                          Animal experimental methods (requirements correspond to Annex 1 TierSchVersV, 2013 and Annex V of
                                  Directive 2010/63/EU)

Scientific focus

1. Research into the molecular mechanisms of neurodegenerative diseases
2. Investigating the influence of fibroblast growth factor 2 (FGF-2) on the development of Alcohol Use Disorder (AUD)

Online-Profile

ORCID:              0000-0002-7965-903X                           

Publications:

Protein Network Analysis Reveals a Functional Connectivity of Dysregulated Processes in ALS and SMA. Kubinski, S. and Claus, P. (2022) Neurosci Insights, 17, 26331055221087740. doi:10.1177/26331055221087740

Impairment of the neurotrophic signaling hub B-Raf contributes to motoneuron degeneration in spinal muscular atrophy. Hensel, N., Cieri, F., Santonicola, P., Tapken, I., Schüning, T., Taiana, M., Pagliari, E., Joseph, A., Fischer, S., Heidrich, N., Brinkmann, H., Kubinski, S., Bergmann, A.K., Richter, M.F., Jung, K., Corti, S., Di Schiavi, E. and Claus, P. (2021) Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A, 118. doi:10.1073/pnas.2007785118

HSV-1 triggers paracrine fibroblast growth factor response from cortical brain cells via immediate-early protein ICP0. Hensel, N., Raker, V., Förthmann, B., Detering, N.T., Kubinski, S., Buch, A., Katzilieris-Petras, G., Spanier, J., Gudi, V., Wagenknecht, S., Kopfnagel, V., Werfel, T.A., Stangel, M., Beineke, A., Kalinke, U., Paludan, S.R., Sodeik, B. and Claus, P. (2019) J Neuroinflammation, 16, 248. doi:10.1186/s12974-019-1647-5

Abnormal fatty acid metabolism is a core component of spinal muscular atrophy. Deguise, M.O., Baranello, G., Mastella, C., Beauvais, A., Michaud, J., Leone, A., De Amicis, R., Battezzati, A., Dunham, C., Selby, K., Warman Chardon, J., McMillan, H.J., Huang, Y.T., Courtney, N.L., Mole, A.J., Kubinski, S., Claus, P., Murray, L.M., Bowerman, M., Gillingwater, T.H., Bertoli, S., Parson, S.H. and Kothary, R. (2019) Ann Clin Transl Neurol, 6, 1519-1532. doi:10.1002/acn3.50855