Alumni

Previous Scientific Lab Members, Saarland University:

Ana Moreno-Pérez

Faes Farma, Bilbao, Basque Spain

Dennis Bakker

Research scientist, Biology

Lara Oberkircher

Master student, 2018

Next: Master student, Bonn/Melbourne

Dr. Benjamin Stein

PhD student, Dr.rer. nat. in 2017

Next: Ursapharm GmbH

Laura Tzeplaeff

Master student, Biology 2017

Next: PhD student,

Strassbourg University

Anela Arifovic

Master student, Biology (HiWi) 2016-2017

Tong Tong

PhD student; Dr. rer. nat in 2017

Next: Aachen, Germany, Now: Denmark

Dr Anabel Pérez-Gómez

Senior scientist

Next: Scripps Institute, San Diego, CA;

Faes Farma, Leioa, Basque, Spain

Michelle Müllenbach

Bachelor student, Life Sciences (FH) 2016

Dr. Pablo Chamero

Laboratoire de Physiologie de la Reproduction & des Comportements, Université François Rabelais

Saori Yano

Exchange PhD student from Hokkaido University; Next: Riken Brain Science Institute, Japan

Mathilde Mignard

Bachelor student, Biology 2016

Next: Master student in France

Christian Schauer

PhD student; Dr. rer. nat in 2015

Next: Universidad de Costa Rica, Ass.Prof; Espinoza & Schauer Servicio Médico

Philipp Hendrix

Dr.med. in 2015

Next: Physician, Neurosurgery; Germany, USA.

Ana Martin-Sanchez

Exchange PhD student, 2014

Next: Universidad de Valencia

Yannick Teuchert

Biology: Bachelor 2013; Master 2014

Next: PhD student, Biology; Saarland University, Lab: Frank Zufall

Sophie Peron

Bachelor student, Biology 2013

Next: Master student, Sorbonne, Paris

Dr. Hugues Petitjean

Postdoctoral fellow

Next: Postdoctoral fellow, McGill University, Lab: Reza Sharif Naeini

Mara Andrione

Master student 2012; ERASMUS, Universita' Degli Studi di Torino

Nicole Paschek

Bachelor student, Biology 2012

Next: Master student, Universität Göttingen

Katherin Bleymehl

Biology 2012

Now: Boehringer

Iris Götze

Cand.med. 2011, research year

Sarah Kircher

Bachelor student, Biology 2011

Next: Master student, Saarland University

Vasiliki (Vicky) Katsoulidou

Research scientist, Physics

Eric Jacobi

DiplomStudent Biology 2009

Dr.rer.nat in Heidelberg

Latest news:

Widespread distribution of luteinizing hormone/ choriogonadotropin receptor in human juvenile angiofibroma: Implicaations for a sex-specific nasal tumor. Wemmert, Pyrski, Pillong, Linxweiler, Zufall, Leinders-Zufall T, Schick B (2024) Cells 13, 1217

Congratulations to Dr. Kohei Koike for his outstanding doctoral thesis and receiving the Dr.-Eduard-Martin Preis !

News Saarland University Award

Congratulations to Dr. Brett Boonen for best short oral presentation at Behring-Röntgen and Leopoldina Tuft Cell Symposium in Gießen !

Optical activation of photoswitchable TRPC ligands in the mammalian olfactory system using laser scanning confocal microscopy. Ojha NK, Zufall F, Leinders-Zufall T (2023) In: Goldstein, B.J., Matsunami, H. (eds) The Olfactory System. Methods in Molecular Biology, vol 2710. Humana, New York, NY.

A succinate/SUCNR1-brush cell defense program in the tracheal epithelium. Perniss A, Boonen B, Tonach S, Thiel M, Poharkar K, Anouri WM, Keshavarz M, Papadakis T, Wiegand S, Pfeil U, Richter K, Althaus M, Obewinkler J, Schütz B, Boehm U, Offermans S, Leinders-Zufall T, Zufall F, Kummer W (2023) Science Advances.

Sensing and avoiding sick conspecifics requires Gai2+ vomeronasal neurons. Weiss J, Vacher H, Trouillet A, Leinders-Zufall T, Zufall F, Chamero P (2023) BMC Biol

Sensory detection of female olfactory cyes as a central regulator of energy metabolism and body weight in male mice. Garratt M, Neyt C, Ladyman SR, Pyrski M, Zufall F, Leinders-Zufall T (2024) iScience.

Lifespan extension in female mice by early, transient exposure to adult female olfactory cues. Garratt M, Erturk I, Alonso R, Zufall F, Leinders-Zufall T, Pletcher SD, Miller RA (2022) eLife.

BTDAzo – A photoswitchable TRPC5 channel activator. Müller M, Niemeyer K, Urban N, Ojha NK, Zufall F, Leinders-Zufall T, Schaefer M, Thorn-Seshold O (2022) Angew Chem Int Ed, ahead of print

Danger perception and stress response through an olfactory sensor for the bacterial metabolite hydrogen sulfide. Koike K, Yoo SJ, Bleymehl K, Omura M, Zapiec B, Pyrski M, Blum T, Khan m, Bai Z, Leinders-Zufall T, Mombaerts P, Zufall F (2021) Neuron 109, 2469-2484.

A diacylglycerol photoswitching protocol for studying TRPC channel functions in mammalian cells and tissue slices. Leinders-Zufall T, Storch U, Mederos y Schnitzler M, Ojha NK, Koike K, Gudermann T, Zufall F (2021) STAR Protocols 2, 100527.