Claudia Willmes
Claudia received her PhD from the Institute of Biochemistry at the Charité University
Hospital Berlin. She studied postsynaptic actin binding proteins, how they regulate spine formation, and how they contribute to synaptic transmission and plasticity. She then joined the Neuroscience Research Center, where she investigates the presynaptic release machinery in diverse hippocampal synapses. Besides her benchwork, Claudia writes for
the CNS Newsletter since December 2013 and started this blog in December 2016.
She is also a passionate runner and loves to organize events that bring
together people from different backgrounds. You can find her on Researchgate or
LinkedIn.
Constance Holman
Constance Holman is the co-editor-in-chief
of the CNS newsletter, as well as a PhD student in the Neuroscience Research
Centre, where she is studying the brain's navigational circuitry. When not writing
or researching, Constance enjoys working on
projects promoting scientific literacy, as well as playing on an Ultimate
Frisbee team and traveling. You can find her on LinkedIn and ResearchGate.
Helge Hasselmann
Helge is the co-editor-in-chief of the CNS
newsletter and a PhD student in the Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy
at Charité University Hospital
Berlin. In his doctorate, Helge
examines immune contributions to major depression. When he is not in the lab,
he enjoys writing for the CNS Newsletter, the British Psychological Society
Research Digest and Das Gehirn. You can find Helge on ResearchGate
and LinkedIn.
Ahmed Khalil
Ahmed is a PhD student at the Center for
Stroke Research Berlin.
His research interests include neuroimaging, neurophysiology, and clinical
trials. Since the March 2013 edition (Vol. 06, Issue 1), he has
contributed regularly to the CNS newsletter. He particularly enjoys writing
about novel or controversial topics that are, or have the potential to be,
directly applicable to the management of patients suffering from neurological
or psychiatric illnesses.
Mariana Cerdeira
Mariana Cerdeira is a PhD fellow at
the Charité working on molecular stroke research. She is passionate about
science communication and public outreach. Besides being an editor of the CNS
Newsletter, she is also a freelance science writer for online magazines. She
enjoys spending her free time traveling, and chronicles her journeys on her blog. You can find Mariana on LinkedIn.
Apoorva Rajiv Madipakkam
Apoorva is a PhD alumna of the Visual
Perception Laboratory, Berlin and as a
postdoctoral research associate at the University of Lübeck,
she spends her time investigating human decision making in social contexts. She
is fascinated by human behavior and enjoys learning, researching and writing
about it. Her articles try to cover the unusual and interesting aspects of
human behavior and she finds the newsletter and its quarterly themes as a nice
outlet for her curiousity. She also likes the opportunity the newsletter gives
her in contacting other academicians in writing about their research when it
fits the newsletter’s theme. You can
find Apoorva on LinkedIn.
Judith Houtman
Judith Houtman is a PhD student in the
Neuropathology department at the Charité in Berlin. Her research focuses on the
role of microglia in Alzheimer’s disease. In her free time, Judith enjoys
writing for the CNS Newsletter, cooking and hiking. You can find Judith on Researchgate and
LinkedIn.
Zara Khan
Zara Khan is a MSc Medical Neuroscience
student at the Charité. She enjoys writing and juggles her time between
lectures and learning the art of patch clamp electrophysiology at the lab. When
she is not running around the CCO or HGS, she can be found doing street
photography and debating social justice issues at the Berlin Debating Union
(BDU). Follow her on Twitter.
Juliane Schiweck
Juliane Schiweck is a PhD student at the institute of Biochemistry. She is fascinated by
neuronal regeneration and her research focuses on signaling between glia and
neurons during injury. Juliane is the deputy woman’s representative at the
Humboldt graduate school and is passionate about promoting gender equality and
fighting social injustice. In her freetime, she enjoys running, yoga and
drawing.
Eileen Schormann
Eileen Schormann is a PhD student in the
Biochemistry department of Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin. Her research focuses on
perturbations in the proteostasis networks in Alzheimer´s disease. In her free
time, Eileen enjoys writing for the CNS Newsletter and challenging her physical
fitness in the gym or on the pole. You can find Eileen on Researchgate or
LinkedIn.
Anahita is a PhD student at the Department of Biophysics and Molecular Neurosciences of the Leibniz Institute for Molecular Pharmacology. Her research focuses on the function of Glutamate receptors and its ontogenetic control. Since October 2015 Anahita enjoys contributing to the CNS Newsletter with controversial or merely informative topics. Besides her scientific life, she enjoys martial arts and private tutoring in a refugee camp. You can find her on LinkedIn and Researchgate.
Anahita Poshtiban
Anahita is a PhD student at the Department of Biophysics and Molecular Neurosciences of the Leibniz Institute for Molecular Pharmacology. Her research focuses on the function of Glutamate receptors and its ontogenetic control. Since October 2015 Anahita enjoys contributing to the CNS Newsletter with controversial or merely informative topics. Besides her scientific life, she enjoys martial arts and private tutoring in a refugee camp. You can find her on LinkedIn and Researchgate.
Ioana Weber
Ioana Weber was driven by her love of
biology and beautiful patterns to do a PhD in developmental neurobiology in the
laboratory of Cortex Development at the Charité. When she's not pipetting,
thinking about biomolecules or writing for the CNS, she's either drawing,
thinking about sociopolitical issues or trying to finish reading everything,
including the Internet itself. You can find Ioana on LinkedIn.
Anne Schwerk
Anne obtained her PhD in Medical
Neurosciences in October 2017 from the Humboldt University.
Her doctoral research focused on the treatment of Parkinson's disease and the
modulation of endogenous neurogenesis via intracerebral transplantation of
mesenchymal stem cells. After her doctorate Anne started a research assitant
position in the department of metabolic health at TNO in Leiden,
the Netherlands.
In her free time, Anne enjoys writing for the CNS Newsletter and is an active
member of Eclipse e.V., where she regularily organizes and participates in
conferences. You can find Anne on Researchgate or LinkedIn. Or check out her blog on healthy food and interesting edible plants.
Daniel Cortez Stevenson
Daniel is a Medical Neurosciences MSc student
at the Charité Universitätsmedizin zu Berlin.
His focus is on creating innovative health solutions and developing actionable
insights from health data. In his free time, he reads biographies and pursues
other nerdy ventures. You can find him on LinkedIn.
Pina Knauff
Pina is a PhD
student in the department of Cell- and Neurobiology at the Charité, where she
studies the function of a microRNA in cortical development. She is writing for
the CNS newsletter since March 2016. In her free time she enjoys training for
triathlon or traveling. You can find her on Researchgate and Linked-In.
Henriette Edemann Callesen
Henriette is currently finishing her PhD student in the group of Experimental
Psychiatry at the Charité
Universiätsmedizin,Berlin.
Her research focuses on new treatment options for hyperkinetic movement
disorders. In his/her free time, Henriette enjoys writing for the CNS
Newsletter and running. You can find Henriette on Researchgate or LinkedIn.
Larissa Kraus
Larissa is a PhD student in the experimental Neurology department. Her research
focuses on C-to-U RNA-edited glycine receptors and their role in temporal lobe
epilepsy. In her PhD she tries to identify new mechanisms in epilepsy for
possible treatments. Outside of the lab Larissa likes to go swimming. You can find her on Researchgate.
Ana I Faustino
Ana I. Faustino obtained her Ph.D. in
Behavioural Biology in May 2016 from the university ISPA-Instituto
Universitário (Portugal), having conducted
her experimental work and graduate education in Instituto Gulbenkian
de Ciência and Champalimaud Neuroscience Programme. Since June 2016, she is a
Postdoctoral research fellow at the Bioimaging and Neurophotonics lab at
NeuroCure. Ana I. Faustino research focuses on unravelling the neural
circuitry underlying vocalization behaviour using a new transparent fish as
a model organism. If she is not in the lab or reading/writing about
science, Ana I. Faustino enjoys
coordinating science communication and education events as part
of the Soapbox Science initiative in support of science gender
equality. Find her on LinkedIn & ResearchGate, and follow her on Twitter.
