Dr. Beate Knauer Despite recognition of the claustrum as a distinct brain area more than 200 years ago, its function remains unclear. With his research, Dr. David Reser tests the hypothesis that the…

Dr. Katharina Reglinski Peroxisomes are less known but still fascinating organelles, essential to the cellular functions. Many steps of various catabolic and anabolic pathways take place in…

Dr. Nils Jäkel Teacher and student dispositions, in particular self-efficacy, have been shown to impact the quality of classroom teaching as well as students’ achievements. Studies have investigated…

Dr. Peter Sebastian Bachler Cancer and HIV are two of the most prominent and lethal diseases affecting human beings. Unfortunately, neither their development nor their course is satisfactorily…

Dr. Selma Siew Li Bidlingmaier The rise in rent and the dwindling number of affordable housing in cities such as New York have often been attributed to the urban trend of ‘gentrification’. While…

Dr. Julia Velten In epidemiological studies, about 50 % of women report some kind of sexual difficulty during the past year. About 20 to 30 % of women experience low sexual desire, about half of…

Dr. Timothy Goering During my postdoc at Harvard University, I will intensify my research on intellectual history. I will research how the discipline of intellectual history (in German “Ideen-“ or…

Dr. Fangyan Yu Autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease (ADPKD) is a common inherited nephropathy, characterized by the development of renal cysts and various extrarenal manifestations. ADPKD…

Dr. Jan Terhag Epilepsy in Infants with Migratory Focal Seizures (EIMFS) is a very rare but grave form of epilepsy. It affects newborns and is characterized by extremely severe seizures. 20 % of…

Dr. Lara Schlaffke The incidence of neuromuscular diseases is about 1 in 2000 but there are more than 800 variants, some of them are rare. The clinical evaluation is mostly based on different…