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2015-2017

Alahäivälä Aino

City and country of origin:
Kemi, Finland

Educational Background:

• Bachelor of Science in Biomedical Laboratory Technology, Oulu University of Applied Sciences

   

Main scientific interests:

• Cognitive Neuroscience
• Mechanisms of memory formation
• Neural plasticity, neuronal regeneration

Future plans and objectives:

• Completing the ECN Master's Programme successfully
• Pursuing a PhD in one of the fields of my scientific interest

   

Brenner Christoph

City and Country of origin:
Berlin, Germany

Educational background:

• B.Sc. in "Liberal Arts and Sciences" from Maastricht University. Thesis: Chemical synthesis of a radiolabelled mGluR2 - selective positive allosteric modulator, performed at University of Copenhagen, Department of Drug Design & Pharmacology

Main scientific interests

• Aetiology & treatment of affective disorders
• Pharmacology of psychoactive substances

Future Plans and objectives

• Expand my activities within the field of science communication
• Get a PhD in Neuroscience after graduating from ECN

Birdal Guenes-Guel

City and country of origin:
Istanbul, Turkey

Educational background:

• B.Sc. in Molecular Biology and Genetics, Boğaziçi University
• Bachelor thesis: "The distinct genetic pattern of ALS in Turkey and novel mutations."

Main scientific interests:

• Neurodegenerative Diseases (Mainly ALS)
• Psychobiology (Depression, Handedness, Circadian Rhythms)
• Psychiatric Disorders

   

Future plans and objectives:

• Ph.D. in Neuroscience

Czieselsky Katja

City and country of origin:
Hoyerswerda, Germany

Educational background:

• B.Sc. in Biotechnology, University of Applied Science Senftenberg, Germany
• Bachelor thesis: Characterisation of Glutamat co-expression in hypothalamic kisspeptin neurons using transgenic mice; University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand

Main scientific interests:

• Endocrinology of reproduction and stress associated effects
• Clinical research/trials

   

Future plans and objectives:

• Career in clinical research or industry.
  

del Río Magdalena

City and country of origin:
Madrid, Spain

Educational background:

• Bachelor thesis: “miTRAP (miRNA trapping by RNA in vitro affinity purification) - detection of mRNAprotein
  interactions”

• B.Sc. in Biochemistry, Technincal University of Munich
  

  
  

Main scientific interests:

• Neuropsychiatric disorders and diseases

• Cognitive and behavioral neuroscience: language, emotion, social cognition, self-awareness,
  consciousness
  
  

Future plans and objectives

• PhD in a field of my scientific interest

Fischer Nico

City and country of origin:
Karlsruhe, Germany

Educational background:

• B.Sc. in Applied Biology, Karlsruher Institute of Technology
• Bachelor thesis: “Malaria intervention strategies”
  

Main scientific interest:

• CNS infections
• Neurodegenerative and neuropsychiatric diseases
• Interaction of condition and physical reactions (body and soul)
  
  

• Have a nice time with the ECN X members and successfully graduate the program
• PhD in a scientific field of interest

Issa Rahaf

City and country of origin:
Lattakia- Syria

Educational background:

• B.Sc. in Pharmacology and Pharmaceutical Chemistry , Damascus University
• M.Sc. in Clinical and Hospital Pharmacy , Damascus University
  

Main scientific interest:

• Memory and neuroplasticity
• Neuropharmacology and clinical neuroscience
• Neurodegenerative diseases and neuropsychiatric disorders

• PhD in the field of neuroscience

Kabulska Zuzanna

City and country of origin:
Warsaw, Poland

Educational background:

• B.Sc. in Biotechnology, Warsaw University of Technology

• Bachelor thesis: “Effect of curcumin on the elasticity of human smooth muscle cells derived from the aorta”
  

Main scientific interests:

• Clinical neuroscience: mechanisms underlying brain disorders, possible treatments of diseases, neurogenesis and neuronal regeneration
• Cognitive neuroscience of learning and memory
• Neuropharmacology

  
  

Future plans and objectives:

• Broaden my knowledge in neuroscience during ECN Programme
• PhD in Neuroscience
• Working as a neuroscientist and doing research in order to improve the understanding of how the brain works and how to prevent some neurodegenerative diseases

   

Leehr Lucia

City and country of origin:
Augsburg, Germany

Educational background:

• B.Sc. in Biological Sciences, University of Konstanz
  
• Bachelor thesis: "Developmental Neurotoxicity in a Human Stem Cell Based Model System"

   

Main scientific interests

• Cognitive Neuroscience
  
• Neuropsychology
  
• Neurodegenerative Diseases

Future plans and objectives

• PhD

  
  

Stephan Marius

City and country of origin:
Gnotzheim, Germany

Educational background:

• B.Sc. in Biology at the Friedrich Alexander University of Erlangen Nuremberg
• Bachelor thesis: “Immortalization of murine B cells in vitro” at the Nikolaus Fiebiger Center in Erlangen

   

Main scientific interests:

• Neural development (including physiological aging) and disorders connected to it.
• Neuroplasticity
• The genetic and epigenetic components of mental disorders

   

• Learning as many methods in as many neuroscientific fields as possible
• Finding a PhD position on an interesting topic

Weitian Sun

City and country of origin:
Jiamusi, China

Educational background:

• B.Sc. in Biology, Acadia University, Canada
  

Main scientific interests:

• Cellular and molecular based mechanisms of consciousness
• Higher functions of brain, including cognation and memory processes.
• The mechanisms of psychiatric diseases

   

Master project

• Learning as many neuroscience knowledges and techniques as I can in ECN program
  

• Pursuing a PhD degree in one my interested fields.

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