Identification
Personal identification
- Full name
- Ira Milosevic
Citation names
- Milosevic, Ira
Author identifiers
- Ciência ID
- F61C-2A69-493D
- ORCID iD
- 0000-0001-6440-3763
Knowledge fields
- Medical and Health Sciences - Basic Medicine - Neurosciences
Languages
Language | Speaking | Reading | Writing | Listening | Peer-review |
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English | Proficiency (C2) | Proficiency (C2) | Proficiency (C2) | Proficiency (C2) | Proficiency (C2) |
Croatian (Mother tongue) | |||||
German | Advanced (C1) | Proficiency (C2) | Advanced (C1) | Advanced (C1) | Advanced (C1) |
Portuguese | Beginner (A1) | Beginner (A1) | Beginner (A1) | Elementary (A2) | Beginner (A1) |
Education
Degree | Classification | |
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2003 - 2006
Concluded
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PhD in Neuroscience (Doctor of Philosophy)
Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, Germany
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Summa cum laude |
2001 - 2003
Concluded
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MSc in Neuroscience (Master)
Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, Germany
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1996 - 2001
Concluded
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Diploma (Dipl. Ing.) in Molecular Biology (Licence)
Sveucilište u Zagrebu Prirodoslovno-Matematicki Fakultet, Croatia
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5.0/5.0 from 51 exams |
Affiliation
Science
Category Host institution |
Employer | |
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2021/03/01 - Current | Coordinating Researcher (Research) | Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal |
Multidisciplinary Institute for Ageing (MIA-Portugal), Portugal | ||
2020/10 - Current | Principal Investigator (Research) | University of Oxford, United Kingdom |
University of Oxford Nuffield Department of Clinical Medicine, United Kingdom | ||
2013 - 2021 | Principal Investigator (Research) | Europäisches Neurowissenschaftliches Institut Göttingen, Germany |
Projects
Grant
Designation | Funders | |
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2020/10 - Current | John Black Senior Research Fellowship in Parkinson's Disease
John Black Senior Research Fellowship
Principal investigator
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Ongoing
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2022/10/01 - 2029/09/30 | Novel mechanisms of v-ATPase regulation in vertebrates
Principal investigator
University of Oxford, United Kingdom
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Wellcome Trust
Ongoing
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2022/12/01 - 2025/12/01 | Endosomal sub-compartments in health and disease
Principal investigator
Multidisciplinary Institute for Ageing (MIA-Portugal), Portugal
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Centro de la Fundació Caixa Castelló
Ongoing
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2021/03/29 - 2024/03/28 | A maturacao da vesicula sinaptica e a sua relevancia para a neurodegeneracao
PTDC/MED-NEU/8030/2020
Principal investigator
Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Neurociências e Biologia Celular, Portugal
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Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia |
2021/05/01 - 2023/04/30 | Mechanisms of neurodegeneration caused by defective endocytosis
Principal investigator
University of Oxford John Fell Fund, United Kingdom
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Ongoing
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2016/01 - 2021/01 | Characterization of mitochondria-ER contact sites and their role in cellular signalling (P02)
Principal investigator
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Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft
Ongoing
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2016/01 - 2021/01 | Dynamic Membrane Traffic at the Neuronal Synapse
T287/25457
Principal investigator
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Schram Stiftung
Ongoing
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2015/01 - 2020/01 | Molecular physiology of synaptic vesicle recycling at the hair cell ribbon synapse (A08*)
Principal investigator
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Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft |
2013/01 - 2020/01 | Pathological mechanisms of synaptic vesicle recycling
Principal investigator
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Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft |
2016/09 - 2019/09 | The role of phosphoinositides in platelet formation
Researcher
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Hrvatska Zaklada za Znanost |
Outputs
Publications
Book chapter |
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Conference poster |
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Journal article |
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Preprint |
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Activities
Oral presentation
Presentation title | Event name Host (Event location) |
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2023/02 | Improving synaptic transmission in the failing brain | INGRAM seminars
University of Kent (Canterbury, United Kingdom)
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2022/12 | Regulation of synaptic vesicle acidification | 2022 UK Membrane Trafficking Meeting
University College London (London, United Kingdom)
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2022/11 | Improving organellar acidification in neurons undergoing neurodegeneration | Parkinson's Research Day
University of Oxford (Oxford, United Kingdom)
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2022/10 | Towards improving synaptic transmission in the ageing mammalian brain | RESET Ageing
University of Newcastle (Newcastle, United Kingdom)
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2022/09 | Towards improving organelle acidification and synaptic vesicle filling | HDBMB-22
Croatian Society of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (Brela, Croatia)
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2022/07 | From chromaffin cells to neurons: how to improve secretory vesicle acidification | 21st International Symposium on Chromaffin Cell Biology (ISCCB-21)
ISCCB (Hamburg, Germany)
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2022/05 | Novel mechanisms of vertebrate v-ATPase activity regulation | EMBO workshop Autophagy in brain health and disease
EMBO (Sant Feliu de Guixols, Spain)
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2022/05 | Towards improving synaptic transmission in the failing brain | 8th Conference of the Mediterranean Neuroscience Society (MNS)
Mediterranean Neuroscience Society (MNS) (Dubrovnik, Croatia)
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2022/04 | Negative regulation of exocytosis by amisyn/STXBP6 | 39th IUPS Congress
(Beijing, China)
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2020 | 20th International Symposium on Chromaffin Cell Biology (ISCCB-20), IIT Madras, Chennai, India | 20th International Symposium on Chromaffin Cell Biology (ISCCB-20), IIT Madras, Chennai, India |
2019 | Society for Neuroscience (SfN) 2019 Annual Meeting | |
2019 | Janelia/HHMI Conference: Cell Biology of Neurons and Circuits | Janelia/HHMI Conference: Cell Biology of Neurons and Circuits |
2019 | 7th Mediterranean Neuroscience Society (MNS) Conference | 7th Mediterranean Neuroscience Society (MNS) Conference |
2019 | Biophysical Society: Quantitative aspects of membrane fusion and fission, 05/2019, Padova, Italy | |
2019 | Biophysical Society Annual Meeting, Exocytosis & Endocytosis, 03/2019, Baltimore, MD, USA | |
2019 | German Neuroscience Society (NWG) Biannual Meeting, Symposium on Neurodegenerative diseases: shaping neuronal circuits by membrane trafficking, 03/2019, Göttingen, Germany | |
2018 | CAJAL Neuroscience Advanced Imaging Course (FENS/IBRO course), 09/2018, Bordeaux, France | |
2018 | Utrecht Summer School: Neural Circuit Development and Plasticity, 07/2018, Utrecht, Netherlands | |
2018 | GRC Conference: Cell Biology of the Neuron, 06/2018, Waterville Valley, NH, USA | |
2017 | Frontiers in Hearing Research - Shanghai Forum, 12/2017; Shanghai, China | |
2017 | Janelia/HHMI Conference: Cell Biology of Neurons and Circuits, 09/2017, Ashburn, VA, USA | |
2017 | EMBO Conference Endocytic trafficking and signalling in health & disease, 09/2017, Serlock, Poland | |
2016 | 18th International Neuroscience Winter Conference, 04/2016, Sölden, Austria | |
2015 | CAJAL Neuroscience Training Courses (FENS/IBRO course), 10/2015, Bordeaux, France |
Supervision
Thesis Title Role |
Degree Subject (Type) Institution / Organization |
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2022/04 - 2022/09 | Studying the Role of Rabconnectin 3a in Lysosomal Acidification and Lysosomal Function
Supervisor of Rachinnth Ravichandran
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MSc in Pharmacology (Master)
University of Oxford Department of Pharmacology, United Kingdom
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2022/04 - 2022/09 | Studies of Rabconnectin-3a protein structure
Supervisor of Mohammad Uzzal Hossain
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MSc in Pharmacology (Master)
University of Oxford Department of Pharmacology, United Kingdom
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2022/04 - 2022/09 | Links between Rabconnectin-3a and cell proliferation, glucose metabolism and mitochondria
Supervisor of Onyeka Awunor
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MSc in Pharmacology (Master)
University of Oxford Department of Pharmacology, United Kingdom
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2018 - 2022/04/01 | Characterization of neuronal SNARE protein amisyn and its role in neurotransmission
Supervisor of Dr. Jialin Jin
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GGNB, https://www.uni-goettingen.de/en/56640.html (PhD)
Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, Germany
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2018 - 2021/11/04 | Development of a versatile microfluidic platform to study the ionic mechanisms of vesicular neurotransmitter transporters
Co-supervisor of Dr Helena Maria Olsthoorn
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Neuroscience (PhD)
Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, Germany
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2015 - 2020/01/10 | Morphological Studies of Synaptic Vesicle Recycling at the Inner Hair Cell Ribbon Synapse
Supervisor of Dr Jana Kroll
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GGNB - Sensory and Motor Neuroscience, https://www.uni-goettingen.de/en/sh/58713.html (PhD)
Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, Germany
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2019 - 2020 | Characterization of amisyn expression and localization in the brain over mouse lifespan
Supervisor of Joana Pires
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Biomedicine (Master)
Universidade de Aveiro Departamento de Ciências Médicas, Portugal
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2019 - 2020 | CHARACTERIZATION OF PROTEIN AND TRANSCRIPT LEVELS IN AMISYN MUTANT MICE
Supervisor of JOANA SOFIA LOPES FERREIRA
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Biomedicine (Master)
Universidade de Aveiro Departamento de Ciências Médicas, Portugal
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2019 - 2020 | The role of Rabconnectin-3ß regulation in mTORC1 and autophagy
Supervisor of Joana Brandão Moreira
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Biomedicine (Master)
Universidade de Aveiro Departamento de Ciências Médicas, Portugal
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2019 - 2020 | Study of the role of Rabconnectin-3a at the auditory hair cell ribbon synapse
Supervisor of Mariana Moreira
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Biomedicine (Master)
Universidade de Aveiro Departamento de Ciências Médicas, Portugal
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2015 - 2019/11/19 | Mechanisms of regulation of mitochondria-endoplasmic reticulum contact sites
Co-supervisor of Dr. Renata Lopes Familiar Couto
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Cell Biology (PhD)
Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, Germany
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2015 - 2019/10/25 | Onset and Progression of Neurodegeneration in Mouse Models for Defective Endocytosis
Supervisor of Dr. Christine Melina Rostosky
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GGNB in Sensory and Motor Neuroscience, https://www.uni-goettingen.de/en/sh/58713.html (PhD)
Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, Germany
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2016 - 2019/05/17 | Using cell type-specific methods to understand molecular processes in the brain
Co-supervisor of Dr. Ashish Rajput
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Neuroscience (PhD)
Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, Germany
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2018 - 2019 | Measuring the transmembrane potential of lysosomes using a novel single vesicle assay
Supervisor of Daniel Alberto Giraldo Isaza
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Molecular Medicine MSc Program (Master)
Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, Germany
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2014 - 2018/11/15 | Lysosomal and mitochondrial crosstalk: the role of lysosomal signalling on mitochondrial biogenesis and function
Supervisor of Dr. King Faisal Yambire
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International Max Planck Research School (IMPRS) in Neuroscience (PhD)
Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, Germany
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2017 - 2018 | The role of molecular chaperones and ATP in protein aggregation in Saccharomyces cerevisiae during metabolic stress
Supervisor of Udhaya Bhaskar Sathya Narayanan
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Faculty of Biology, MSc Program (Master)
Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, Germany
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2017 - 2018 | Characterization of lipid binding properties of the E3-ubiquitin ligase Fbxo32
Co-supervisor of Nikhil Kalra
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MSc in Chemical and Bioprocess Engineering, TU Hamburg (Master)
Technische Universität Hamburg, Germany
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2014 - 2018 | Molecular mechanisms of synaptic vesicle recycling with a focus on Endophilin A and Rabconnectin-3a
Supervisor of Dr. Sindhuja Gowrisankaran
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International Max Planck Research School (IMPRS) in Neuroscience (PhD)
Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, Germany
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2016 - 2017 | Links between defective endocytosis and mitochondria
Co-supervisor of Katarzyna Wieciorek
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Mestrado Integrado em Engenharia Biomédica e Biofísica, with Prof. Alexandre Andrade (Master)
Fundação da Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal
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2014 - 2016 | Studies of clathrin-coated vesicle acidification
Supervisor of Matija Krunic
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IMPRS Neuroscience (Master)
Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, Germany
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2014 - 2015 | The impact of endophilin-A on large dense core vesicle dynamics in neurosecretory cells
Supervisor of Vicky Steubler
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MSc Program in Developmental Biology (Master)
Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, Germany
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2014 - 2015 | The role of endophilin-A in trafficking of pro-survival molecules and FBXO32-induced cell death
Supervisor of Siona Freytag
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Program in Developmetal Biology (Master)
Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, Germany
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2014/01 - 2014/06 | Development of molecular tools to study the role of Rabconnectin-3a in synaptic vesicle recycling and membrane trafficking
Supervisor of Sindhuja Gowrisankaran
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IIMPRS in Neuroscience (Master)
Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, Germany
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2013 - 2014 | THE CELLULAR BASIS OF EPILEPSY IN MICE WITH PARTIAL ENDOPHILIN FUNCTION
Supervisor of Pratibha Narayanan
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IMPRS Neuroscience - 2014 (Master)
Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, Germany
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Event organisation
Event name Type of event (Role) |
Institution / Organization | |
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2019 - Current | 3nd Organelle Network Mini-Symposium (2019 - 2019) | |
2023/06/26 - 2023/07/07 | EIT Health Advanced course - Ageing: from fundamental biology to societal impact (2023/06/26 - 2023/07/07)
Workshop (Co-organisor)
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2022/10/20 - 2022/10/21 | 8TH EUROPEAN SYNAPSE MEETING – COIMBRA 2022, https://esm-coimbra2022.cnc.uc.pt/ (2022/10/20 - 2022/10/21)
Conference (Co-organisor)
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2022/06/27 - 2022/07/08 | EIT Health Advanced course - Ageing: from fundamental biology to societal impact (2022/06/27 - 2022/07/08)
Workshop (Co-organisor)
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2019 - 2019 | ELECTRAIN: FENS Advanced Course in Electrophysiology (2019 - 2019) | |
2019 - 2019 | Mitochondria in Neurodegeneration’ Symposium within the German Neuroscience Society (NWG) Biannual Meeting (2019 - 2019) | |
2019 - 2019 | 10th Schram Symposium ‘The mammalian brain: development and function’ (2019 - 2019) | |
2018 - 2018 | 2nd Organelle Network Mini-Symposium Goettingen (2018 - 2018) | |
2018 - 2018 | ELECTRAIN: FENS course in electrophysiology, Göttingen (2018 - 2018) | |
2018 - 2018 | Inter-organelle Communication and Neurodegeneration Symposium, Split, Croatia (2018 - 2018) | |
2016 - 2016 | Synapses, Circuits and Sensory Systems Symposium, Göttingen (2016 - 2016) | |
2016 - 2016 | 1st Organelle Network Symposium; Göttingen (2016 - 2016) | |
2004 - 2004 | 1st Neurizons: Interdisciplinary PhD Symposium (2004 - 2004) |
Jury of academic degree
Topic Role |
Candidate name (Type of degree) Institution / Organization |
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2019 | GGNB Goettingen | J. Kroll (PhD) |
2019 | GGNB Goettingen | R. Couto (PhD) |
2018 | GAUSS Goettingen | A. Rajput (PhD) |
2018 | GGNB Goettingen | C. Rostosky (PhD) |
2018 | GAUSS Goettingen | C. Masaracchia (PhD) |
2018 | IMPRS Goettingen | S. Gowrisankaran (PhD) |
2017 | GAUSS Goettingen | K. Bersch (PhD) |
2017 | GGNB Goettingen | L. Fernandez-Mosquera (PhD) |
2017 | IMPRS Goettingen | K. F. Yambire (PhD) |
2015 | Free University of Amsterdam | J. Kurps (PhD) |
2015 | IMPRS Goettingen | Z. Farsi (PhD) |
2015 | CMPB Goettingen | L. Cui (PhD) |
2013 | GGNB-Goettingen | S. Chang (PhD) |
2013 | CMPB Goettingen | X. Huang (PhD) |
2013 | IMPRS Goettingen | Z. Jing (PhD) |
Committee member
Activity description Role |
Institution / Organization | |
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2022 - Current | Wellcome Centre for Human Genetics General Purpose Committee, University of Oxford
Member
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University of Oxford, United Kingdom |
2022 - Current | British Society for Research on Ageing (BSRA) Board of Trustees member
Member
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British Society for Research on Ageing, United Kingdom |
2014/01 - Current | International Max Planck Research School (IMPRS) in Neuroscience
MSc & PhD admission panels
Member
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International Max Planck Research School (IMPRS) in Neuroscience, Germany |
2014/01 - 2018/01 | Göttingen Graduate Center for Neurosciences, Biophysics, and Molecular Biosciences (GGNB)
Sensory and Motor Neuroscience (SMN) panel admission member
https://www.uni-goettingen.de/en/58713.html
Member
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Georg-August-Universität Göttingen Universitätsmedizin, Germany |
2014/01 - 2014/12 | Speaker of ENI group leaders within European Neuroscience Institute Board of Directors
Member
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Europäisches Neurowissenschaftliches Institut Göttingen, Germany |
Conference scientific committee
Conference name | Conference host | |
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2022/04/04 - 2022/04/08 | Spring Ageing School and Symposium | University of Coimbra |
Evaluation committee
Activity description Role |
Institution / Organization | Funding entity | |
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2022 - Current | Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) grant evaluator
Evaluator
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Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft, Germany | Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft |
2020/01 - Current | Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) grant evaluator
Evaluator
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Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council, United Kingdom | Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council |
2020 - Current | Wellcome Trust, for Sir Henry Dale Fellowships
Evaluator
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Wellcome Trust, United Kingdom | Wellcome Trust |
2018 - Current | Austrian Academy of Science - PhD Fellowship Program, Vienna, Austria
Evaluator
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Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften, Austria | Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften |
2018 - Current | Alzheimer's Research UK
Evaluator
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Alzheimer's Research Trust, United Kingdom | Alzheimer's Research Trust |
2018 - Current | Fondation pour la Recherche Médicale grant evaluator
Evaluator
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Fondation pour la Recherche Médicale, France | Fondation pour la Recherche Médicale |
2017 - 2020 | European Neuroscience Institute - Group Leader Job Search Committee
Evaluator
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Europäisches Neurowissenschaftliches Institut Göttingen, Germany |
Journal scientific committee
Journal title (ISSN) | Publisher | |
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2020 - Current | Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences (1420-9071) | Springer-Verlag |
2019 - Current | Science (0036-8075) | American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) |
2018 - Current | Frontiers in Molecular Neuroscience (1662-5099) | Frontiers Media SA |
2018 - Current | Cell Reports (2211-1247) | Elsevier |
2017 - Current | Frontiers in Neuroscience (1662-453X) | Frontiers Media SA |
2017 - Current | Molecular Neurodegeneration (1750-1326) | Springer (Biomed Central Ltd.) |
2016 - Current | Scientific Reports (2045-2322) | Springer Science and Business Media LLC |
2015 - Current | Journal of Neuroscience Methods (0165-0270) | Elsevier |
2012 - Current | Journal of Neuroscience (1529-2401) | Society for Neuroscience |
2012 - Current | Traffic (1600-0854) | Wiley (Blackwell Publishing) |
Distinctions
Award
2022 | Wellcome Trust Investigator Award in Science
Wellcome Trust, United Kingdom
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2020 | John Black Senior Research Fellowship |
2014 | Synaptic Systems Award |
2013 | Emmy Noether Young Investigator Award |
2011 | Federation of European Biochemical Societies (FEBS) Anniversary Prize
Federation of European Biochemical Societies, United Kingdom
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2007 | European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO) Postdoctoral Fellowship
Gesellschaft zur Förderung der Lebenswissenschaften Heidelberg GmbH, Germany
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2003 | Boehringer Ingelheim Fond (B.I.F.) Fellowship |
2000 | Chancellor’s Award for the Year 2000, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia |
Other distinction
2014 | AcademiaNet: Database of Leading Women Scientists |