Alumni (MSc)

This page honors the achievements of the MSc alumni of the Neuroscience Program. The first graduates of the Master's program submitted their Master's thesis by March 2002. Many of them continued with a PhD thesis project in the Neuroscience Program. Other Master's graduates continued their PhD research at another university in Germany or abroad. We would like to congratulate and wish them all the best for their future.

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To download a pdf-version of the Newsletter (October 2010) of the Neuroscience program, click here.

The following Master's thesis projects have been successfully completed in the Neuroscience Program since 2002 (click on title of project for abstract):

Master's theses 2011

Student	Title of Master's thesis	Supervisor, Co-Referee	Institution, Department
Sarah-Anna Hescham	Assessing psychoactivity of the MDMA analogue 6-F-MDMA as potential medicinal agent	Thomas Bayer, André Fischer	University of Göttingen, Molecular Psychiatry
Hung-En Hsia	The Nedd4 Ubiquitin Ligase Subfamily in Rodent Brain Development	Nils Brose , André Fischer	MPI for Experimental Medicine, Molecular Neurobiology
Ziqiang Huang	Study on the Recovery Effect of adult neurogenesis in DG after Suppression by Temozolomide	Thomas Bayer, Anastassia Stoykova	University of Göttingen, Molecular Psychiatry y
Oleksandr Korolov	Study of novel glia specific function using Drosophila as a model system	Mikael Simons, Halyna Shcherbata	MPI for Experimental Medicine , Cellular Neuroscience
Este Leidmaa	Lsamp-/-mice display lower dopamine transporter gene expression and altered behaviour in response to amphetamine and cocaine	André Fischer, Gabriele Flügge	European Neuroscience Institute Göttingen, Laboratory for Aging and Cognitive Diseases
Chaitali Mukherjee	Biochemical and Epigenetic analysis of the F-box protein FBX041	Judith Stegmüller , Mikael Simons	MPI for Experimental Medicine, Cellular and Molecular Neurobiology
Christina Reetz	Investigation of myelin basic protein dependent phosphatidylinositol(4,5)bisphosphate distribution in primary oligodendrocytes and solid-supported lipid bilayers	Mikael Simons, Andreas Wodarz	MPI for Experimental Medicine, Cellular Neuroscience

Master's theses 2010

Student	Title of Master's thesis	Supervisor, Co-Referee	Institution, Department
Malte Frederick Alf	Accelerated Mapping of the Neurometabolic Profile of Ischemia in Mice at 14.1 Tesla	Hannelore Ehrenreich, Jens Frahm	MPI for Experimental Medicine , Clinical Neurosciences
I-Wen Chen	Modeling of Calcium Channel Inactiviation in the Calyx of Held	Erwin Neher , Fred Wolf	MPI for Biophysical Chemistry, Membrane Biophysics
Carolina Medeiros Cunha	Identification of Neuroligin-2 and -3 Protein Interactors	Nils Brose , Hannelore Ehrenreich	MPI for Experimental Medicine, Molecular Neurobiology
Srinivas Gorur Shandilya	Relating Topology and Dynamics in Neuronal Networks	Fred Wolf, André Fiala	Max Planck Institute for Dynamics and Self-Organization, Nonlinear Dynamics
Xiaojie Huang	Electrophysiological characterization of homeostatic synapse-driven membrane plasticity in hippocampus CA1 pyramidal cells	Oliver Schlüter , Erwin Neher	European Neuroscience Institute Göttingen, Molecular Neurobiology
Cordelia Imig	Synaptic connectivity of horizontal cells in the mouse retina	Nils Brose , Judith Stegmüller	MPI for Experimental Medicine, Molecular Neurobiology
Zhizi Jing	Auditory Nerve Fiber Rate Adaptation and Inner Hair Cell Synapse Vesicle Pool Dynamics	Tobias Moser, Martin Göpfert	University of Göttingen, InnerEarLab
Maria Eleni Kastriti	Study of the transcription factor Lilliputian during the development of Drosophila melanogaster	Andreas Wodarz , Silvio Rizzoli	University of Göttingen, Stem Cell Biology
Jatin Nagpal	Characterization of Channelrhodopsin responses to fluctuating and constant light stimuli	Fred Wolf, Walter Stühmer	Max Planck Institute for Dynamics and Self-Organization, Nonlinear Dynamics
Srinivas Parthasarathy	Role of Sip-1 and Layer VI, Subplate in Cortical Connectivity	Victor Tarabykin , Till Marquardt	MPI for Experimental Medicine , Molecular Biology of Neuronal Signals
Nicolas Snaidero	Exploring techniques for 3D electron microscopy studies on myelination and features of axonal morphology	Klaus-Armin Nave , Mikael Simons	MPI for Experimental Medicine , Neurogenetics
Swathi Srivatsa	Expression and function of Olig3 in the hindbrain	Till Marquardt , Victor Tarabykin	European Neuroscience Institute Göttingen , Developmental Neurobiology
Benjamin G. Wilhelm	Repeated recycling of single synaptic vesicles	Silvio Rizzoli, Michael Hörner	European Neuroscience Institute Göttingen , STED Microscopy of Synaptic Function

Master's theses 2009

Student	Title of Master's thesis	Supervisor, Co-Referee	Institution, Department
Hope Yao Agbemenyah	Characterization of Genetically Modified MeCP2 Neurons	Wolfgang Engel, Swen Hülsmann	University of Göttingen , Human Genetics
Derya Akad	Phosphorylation of PSD-95 as a Mechanism to Regulate Signaling Scaffolds	Oliver Schlüter, Walter Stühmer	European Neuroscience Institute Göttingen, Molecular Neurobiology
Irina Ionescu	Inducing the early-onset, inflammatory phenotype of demyelinating cerebral childhood adrenoleukodystrophy (CCALD) in the Abcd1null-mouse model of X-ALD	Klaus-Armin Nave, Victor Tarabykin	MPI for Experimental Medicine , Neurogenetics
Sadim Jawhar	Studies on Pyroglutamate-Modified Abeta and Glutaminyl Cyclase in Mouse Models of Alzheimer’s Disease	André Fischer, Hannelore Ehrenreich	European Neuroscience Institute Göttingen , Laboratory for Aging and Cognitive Diseases
Natalia Manrique Hoyos	Proteomic analysis of myelin in aging and demyelinating disease	Mikael Simons, Wolfgang Brück	MPI for Experimental Medicine , Molecular and Cellular Neurobiology - Membrane Biology
Chor Hoon Poh	Postnatal development of perisomatic inhibition to pyramidal neurons in prefrontal cortex of mouse	Weiqi Zhang, Michael Hörner	University of Göttingen , Neuro- and Sensory Physiology
Andreas Schindler	Monocular Signals and Utrocular Discrimination in the Human Visual System	Stefan Treue, Jens Frahm	German Primate Center, Cognitive Neuroscience

Master's theses 2008

Student	Title of Master's thesis	Supervisor, Co-Referee	Institution, Department
Christoph Anacker	Prostaglandin E2 EP1 and EP4 receptors: Opposing cellular actions in neonatal Hypoxic-Ischemic Encephalopathy and involvement of a PKA/ β-Catenin signalling mechanism in EP4 mediated neuroprotection	Jörg B. Schulz, Stefan Eimer	University of Göttingen , Neurodegeneration
Dario Arcos-Díaz	The role of DNA methylation in the extinction of learned fear	André Fischer, Oliver Schlüter	European Neuroscience Institute Göttingen, Laboratory for Aging and Cognitive Diseases
David Hermann	Glutamateric synaptic transmission and short-term plasticity but not sharp wave-ripple complexes are impaired in APPswe overexpressing mice	Oliver Schlüter, Jörg B. Schulz	European Neuroscience Institute Göttingen, Molecular Neurobiology
Johann Sebastian Richter	Activity-dependent secretion of amyloid precursor protein and stimulated exocytosis of multivesicular bodies in rat hippocampal neurons	Jürgen Klingauf, Erwin Neher	MPI for Biophysical Chemistry, Membrane Biophysics
Jessica Wittnam	The Role of HDAC 1 in the Extinction of Conditioned Fear	André Fischer, Oliver Schlüter	European Neuroscience Institute Göttingen, Laboratory for Aging and Cognitive Diseases

Master's theses 2007

Student	Title of Master's thesis	Supervisor, Co-Referee	Institution, Department
Jin Bao	Information content of synapses with realistic short-term dynamics	Erwin Neher, Fred Wolf	MPI for Biophysical Chemistry, Membrane Biophysics
Agnieszka Burzynska	White matter microstructure in CNS of mouse models of neurodegeneration - a correlation of MRI and histopathology	Jens Frahm, Klaus-Armin Nave	MPI for Biophysical Chemistry, Biomedical Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Ltd.
Minou Susan Djannatian	Monitoring the activation of G protein-coupled receptors using Split-TEV	Klaus-Armin Nave, Nils Brose	MPI for Experimental Medicine, Neurogenetics
Kalina Draganova	Discrimination of Prion Strains Using Luminescent Conjugated Polyelectrolytes	Kerstin Krieglstein, Fred Wouters	University of Göttingen, Neuroanatomy
Thomas Frank	Confocal Microscopy of the Calcium Influx at the Hair Cell's Afferent Synapse	Tobias Moser, Detlev Schild	University of Göttingen, InnerEarLab
Sebastian Gliem	Optical characterization of amine olfactory receptors in larval Xenopus laevis	Detlev Schild, Ralf Heinrich	University of Göttingen, Neurophysiology and Cellular Biophysics
Christian Henrich	Inferring Neural Network Connectivity from Dynamical Response Measurements	Theo Geisel, Fred Wolf	Max Planck Institute for Dynamics and Self-Organization, Nonlinear Dynamics
Burcu Kasapoglu	Molecular characterization of a novel myelin protein, the NAD⁺-dependent deacetylase SIRT2	Klaus-Armin Nave, Nils Brose	MPI for Experimental Medicine, Neurogenetics
Manuel Koch	Physiology of the organotypic culture of the organ of Corti	Tobias Moser, Jakob Soerensen	University of Göttingen, InnerEarLab
Ewa Ratajczak	Imaging studies on transmembrane topology of CLN3	Fred Wouters, Evgeni Ponimaskin	European Neuroscience Institute Göttingen, Cell Biophysics
Florian Rüßmann	Tau at the plasma membrane	Fred Wouters, Mathias Bähr	European Neuroscience Institute Göttingen, Cell Biophysics
Andrea Wirmer	Involvement of nitric oxide in the reproductive behavior of female Chorthippus biguttulus	Ralf Heinrich, Andreas Stumpner	University of Göttingen, Neurobiology

Master's theses 2006

Student	Title of Master's thesis	Supervisor, Co-Referee	Institution, Department
Ioanna Bethani	Characterization of SNARE interactions from the early endosomal compartment	Reinhard Jahn, Nils Brose	MPI for Biophysical Chemistry, Neurobiology
Thorsten Döppner	Effects on TAT-Bcl_xl-mediated neuroprotection on endogenous neurogenesis after focal cerebral ischemia in mice	Mathias Bähr, Kerstin Krieglstein	University of Göttingen, Neurology
Eva Eismann	Generation and in vitro Characterization of EGFP-tagged Neurexophilin 3 and Neurexophilin 4	Markus Missler, Kerstin Krieglstein	University of Göttingen, Neuro- and Sensory Physiology
Yunyun Han	Towards an Understanding of Functional, Morphological and Molecular Properties of Bushy Cells of the Rat Ventral Cochlear Neurons	Ralf Schneggenburger, Erwin Neher	École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Switzerland, Brain Mind Institute
Annette Heinrich	Effect of the Mood Stabilizer Lithium on the Interaction between the Transcription Factor CREB and its Coactivator TORC as Revealed by a Cell-Free Assay System	Willhart Knepel, Gabriele Flügge	University of Göttingen, Molecular Pharmacology
Aycan Sentürk	Reelin and ephrin signalling during cortical development	Klaus-Armin Nave, Stephan Sigrist	MPI for Experimental Medicine, Neurogenetics
Alexander Walter	Characterization of the Spinal Locomotor Network in the Adult Zebrafish	Diethelm Richter, Tobias Moser	University of Göttingen, Neuro- and Sensory Physiology

Master's theses 2005

Student	Title of Master's thesis	Supervisor, Co-Referee	Institution, Department
Amit Agarwal	Role of Neuregulin1 in oligodendroglial survival and axonal maintenance	Klaus-Armin Nave, Mathias Bähr	MPI for Experimental Medicine, Neurogenetics
Tsai-Wen Chen	In-situ background intensity estimation in quantitative fluorescence imaging	Detlev Schild, Edgar Brunner	University of Göttingen, Molecular Neurophysiology
Jasmin Roya Djannatian	Time frame of pneumolysin-induced mitochondrial dysfunction and mitochondrial protection by lithium chloride in neuronal cells	Fred Wouters, Mathias Bähr	European Neuroscience Institute Göttingen, Cell Biophysics
Stephan Junek	Using glass fibres for measuring fast dynamics of fluorescent dyes	Detlev Schild, Walter Stühmer	University of Göttingen, Molecular Neurophysiology
Michael Kunst	The NO/cGMP signalling pathway in the central body complex of insects	Ralf Heinrich, Gabriele Flügge	University of Göttingen, Neurobiology
Schanila Nawaz	New approaches to in vitro myelination	Klaus-Armin Nave, Reinhard Jahn	MPI for Experimental Medicine, Neurogenetics
Francisca v. Saint Paul	Circuit analysis of experience-dependent plasticity in the neocortex using laser scanning photostimulation in acute brain slices	Karel Svoboda, Erwin Neher	Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, USA, Svoboda Group
Arwed Weigel	Resolution in the ApoTome and the CLSM: a comparison	Detlev Schild, Walter Stühmer	University of Göttingen, Neuro- and Sensory Physiology
Klaus Wunderlich	Neural correlates of binocular rivalry in the human lateral geniculate nucleus	Stefan Treue, Gerd Lüer	German Primate Center, Cognitive Neuroscience
Le Xiao	Role of cholesterol in neurite outgrowth of cerebellar granule cells in vitro	Klaus-Armin Nave, Reinhard Jahn	MPI for Experimental Medicine, Neurogenetics

Master's theses 2004

Student	Title of Master's thesis	Supervisor, Co-Referee	Institution / Department
Katharina Anton-Erxleben	Psychophysics and functional brain imaging of attentional modulation	Stefan Treue, Jens Frahm	German Primate Center, Cognitive Neuroscience
Jayeeta Basu	Energetics and kinetics of neurotransmitter release in hippocampal neuronal autapses	Christian Rosenmund, Erwin Neher	Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, USA, Molecular and Human Genetics
Irina Dudanova	Discrete structural abnormalities in the brains of adult α-neurexin double knockout mice may reflect long-term consequences of impaired synaptic transmission	Markus Missler, Kerstin Krieglstein	University of Göttingen, Neuro- and Sensory Physiology
Bao-Guo Hsieh	Construction and expression of EGFP-neurexin fusion proteins	Markus Missler, Stephan Sigrist	University of Göttingen, Neuro- and Sensory Physiology
Dragana Jancic	Functional characterisation of the role of Smad5 in the development of mammalian forebrain	Walter Stühmer, Kerstin Krieglstein	MPI for Experimental Medicine, Molecular Biology of Neuronal Signals
Zaved Ahmed Khan	Regulation of the CDK inhibitor p21 by tyrosine kinases	Ludger Hengst, Walter Stühmer	MPI of Biochemistry, Munich, Regulation of Cell Profileration
Bibhash Mukhopadhyay	Computational prediction and experimental validation of modular transcriptional enhancer elements regulating gene expression during eye development in Drosophila melanogaster	Ulrike Gaul, Anastassia Stoykova	The Rockefeller University, New York, USA, Developmental Neurogenetics
Primoz Pirih	Optimisation of analysis of non-stationary fluctuations of exocytotic capacitance changes in mouse inner heir cells	Tobias Moser, Jürgen Klingauf	University of Göttingen, Otorhinolaryngology

Master's theses 2003

Student	Title of Master's thesis	Supervisor, Co-Referee	Institution / Department
Pinar Boyraz	Visual perception and illusions of speed of motion in human subjects	Stefan Treue, Uwe Jürgens	German Primate Center, Cognitive Neuroscience
Ajit Singh Dhaunchak	Intracellular trafficking of PLP and ist mutated isoforms	Klaus-Armin Nave, Harald Neumann	MPI for Experimental Medicine, Neurogenetics
José Tiago Goncalves	Use of FRET for detection of interactions between subunits of hEAG1 and hEAG2 voltage-gated potassium channels	Walter Stühmer, Fred Wouters	MPI for Experimental Medicine, Molecular Biology of Neuronal Signals
Garrit Jentsch	A minimal model of chemical signal transduction	Reiner Kree, Erwin Neher	University of Göttingen, Theoretical Physics
Ira Milosevic	Plasma membrane microdomains of proteins and lipids involved in exocytosis	Erwin Neher, Reinhard Jahn	MPI for Biophysical Chemistry, Membrane Biophysics
Vardanush Sargsyan	α-Neurexins as key modulators of synaptic Ca²⁺-channel function	Weiqi Zhang, Reinhard Jahn	University of Göttingen, Neuro- and Sensory Physiology

Master's theses 2002

Student	Title of Master's thesis	Supervisor, Co-Referee	Institution / Department
Yaisa Andrews	Interaction between the active zone components Munc13-1 and RIM1: Definition of binding sites using a random mutagenesis approach	Nils Brose, Reinhard Jahn	MPI for Experimental Medicine, Molecular Neurobiology
Beatriz Campo Fernandez	Experience-dependent plasticity of drosophila neuromuscular junctions	Herbert Jäckle, Marjan Rupnik	MPI for Biophysical Chemistry, Molecular Developmental Biology
Urs Heilbronner	α2B-Adrenoceptor expression in cells of the tree shrew (Tupaia belangeri) thalamus: Co-Localization with GABA- and glutamate-like immunoreactivity	Friedrich-Wilhelm Schürmann, Eberhard Fuchs	German Primate Center, Neurobiology
Martin Wienisch	A slow endocytosis pathway in hippocampal synapses	Erwin Neher, Detlev Schild	MPI for Biophysical Chemistry, Membrane Biophysics