The working groups at the Institute of Neuroanatomy and Cell Biology offer numerous opportunities for completing scientific qualification and final theses (bachelor's and master's theses, doctorates).
If you are interested, please send your detailed application documents to neuroanatomie@mh-hannover.de
When studying medicine, we offer an insight into our research work as part of the science module. You will work for 6 weeks in our teams specializing in molecular, cellular and translational neuroscience.
There is the possibility of subsequent transfer into a doctorate. We would be happy to inform you!
Subject areas:
Effect of cytokines on synaptic plasticity (AG Neuroinflammation and –infection)
Synaptic plasticity in viral CNS infections (AG Neuroinflammation and –infection)
De novo protein synthesis as a mechanism of homeostatic plasticity (AG Neuroconnectivity and Homeostasis)
Pathophysiological principles in Alzheimer's disease (AG Neuroconnectivity and Homeostasis)
Electron Microscopy analysis of neuronal networks (AG Ultrastructural Resources of Synaptic Resilience)
Transcriptional regulation and non-coding RNA in neurological disorders (AG Neuroepigenetics and RNA-based therapies)
Animalfree model systems for the investigation of novel therapeutic approaches (AG Neuroepigenetics and RNA-based therapies; AG Advanced Tissue Culture Models)
Biomimetic 3D models of neurodegenerative diseases: understanding disease mechanisms and investigating promising therapeutics (AG Advanced Tissue Culture Models)
The Anatomical Society's Young Talent Award goes to Amelie Eichler.
This year's Young Talent Award from the Anatomical Society was awarded to Amelie Eichler, Institute for Neuroanatomy and Cell Biology. The award ceremony took place at the annual meeting of the specialist society in Graz. Every year, the Anatomical Society honors outstanding work by young scientists with the prize. Amelie Eichler received the prize for her dissertation entitled “Activity-dependent regulation of the structure and function of microglia in nervous tissue”. In this work she investigated the essential influence of microglia – the resident immune cells of the CNS – on synaptic transmission and plasticity. She was able to show that activity-dependent release of cytokines during non-invasive brain stimulation is significantly involved in synaptic adaptation reactions. Their work thus provides novel insights into the role of cellular interactions in maintaining physiological conditions in neuronal networks.
Since September 2023, Ms. Eichler has been working at the Institute for Neuroanatomy and Cell Biology at the Hannover Medical School, where she heads the “Neuroinfection and Immunology” working group.