PhD students
PhD students
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Current position:
Since Feb. 2020 PhD student and research associate at Carl von Ossietzky University Oldenburg, Department of Human Medicine, Departments of Experimental Allergology and Immunodermatology & Anatomy.
Academic training and scientific career:
2018 - 2019 Master's degree in "Molecular Medicine" at Trinity College Dublin.
Master thesis at Trinity Biomedical Sciences Institute, Dublin
Testing the efficacy of therapeutic interventions in models of fatty liver diseases.
2015 - 2018 Bachelor's degree in "Molecular and Technical Medicine" at Furtwangen University, Villingen-Schwenningen.
Bachelor thesis at the University of Vienna, Department of Nutritional Sciences.
Investigation of the influence of the supplementation of a short-chain fatty acid on the development of alcohol-related liver disease in the model organism..
School education:
2006 - 2013 General qualification for university entrance at the Schickhardt-Gymnasium, Herrenberg.
Publications
Chen Y, Hausmann J, Zimmermann B, Helgers SOA, Dömer P, Woitzik J, Raap U, Gray N, Büttner A, Koch KW, Bräuer AU. Retinal degeneration protein 3 mutants are associated with cell-cycle arrest and apoptosis. Cell Death Discov. 2025 Apr 15;11(1):175. doi: 10.1038/s41420-025-02475-z. PMID: 40234400; PMCID: PMC12000573.
Weihrauch T, Gray N, Meyer NH, Loser K, Raap U. Protocol for autofluorescence-driven isolation of human peripheral blood eosinophils. STAR Protoc. 2024 Nov 19;5(4):103451. doi: 10.1016/j.xpro.2024.103451. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 39565692; PMCID: PMC11617454.
Weihrauch T, Melo RCN, Gray N, Voehringer D, Weller PF, Raap U. Eosinophil extracellular vesicles and DNA traps in allergic inflammation. Front Allergy. 2024 Aug 1;5:1448007. doi: 10.3389/falgy.2024.1448007. PMID: 39148911 ; PMCID: PMC11324581.
Weihrauch T, Gray N, Wiebe D, Schmelz M, Limberg M.M†, Raap, U†. TRPV1 Channel in Human Eosinophils: Functional Expression and Inflammatory Modulation. Int. J. Mol. Sci. 2024, 25(3):1922. https://doi.org10.3390/ijms25031922; †equal contribution
Gray N, Wiebe D, Weihrauch T, Raap U, Limberg MM. Density Gradient Centrifugation-Independent Purification of Human Basophils. Curr Protoc. 2024 Feb;4(2):e991. doi: 10.1002/cpz1.991. PMID: 38358026.
Limberg MM, Wiebe D, Gray N, Weihrauch T, Bräuer AU, Kremer AE, Homey B, Raap U. (2023) Functional expression of TRPV1 in human peripheral blood basophils and its regulation in atopic dermatitis. Allergy. 2023 Jul 1. doi: 10.1111/all.15802. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 37392059.
Wiebe D, Limberg MM, Gray N, Raap U. (2023) Basophils in pruritic skin diseases. Front. Immunol. 14:1213138. doi: 10.3389/fimmu.2023.1213138.
Limberg MM, Weihrauch T (joint 1st), Gray N, Ernst N, Hartmann K, Raap U. (2023) Eosinophils, Basophils, and Neutrophils in Bullous Pemphigoid. Biomolecules 13, 1019. doi.org/10.3390/biom13071019.
Weihrauch T, Limberg MM, Gray N, Schmelz M, Raap U. (2023) Neurotrophins: Neuroimmune Interactions in Human Atopic Diseases. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 2023; 24(7):6105. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms24076105.
Gray N, Limberg MM, Wiebe D, Weihrauch T, Langner A, Brandt N, Bräuer AU, Raap U. (2022) Differential Upregulation and Functional Activity of S1PR1 in Human Peripheral Blood Basophils of Atopic Patients. Int. J. Mol. Sci. 2022, 23(24), 16117; https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms232416117 (registering DOI).
Gray N, Limberg MM, Bräuer AU, Raap U. (2022) Novel functions of S1P in chronic itchy and inflammatory skin diseases. J Eur Acad Dermatol Venereol. 2022 Mar;36(3):365-372. doi: 10.1111/jdv.17764. Epub 2021 Nov 12.
Short biography
Short biography
Current Position:
Since Jan. 2021
PhD student, Department of Human Medicine, Carl von Ossietzky University of Oldenburg, Germany.
Academic training and academic career:
2017- Oct. 2020
Research assistant, National Institute of Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (NIGEB), Tehran, Iran.
2014-2017
M.Sc. degree in cellular and molecular biology, Nourdanesh Institute of Higher Education, Isfahan, Iran.
Dissertation Title: Anti-inflammatory effect of L. officinale callus extract on brain inflamed microglial cells of rat.
2009-2013
B.Sc. degree in cellular and molecular biology, Nourdanesh Institute of Higher Education, Isfahan, Iran.
School education:
2007-2008
Pre-University Course, Shoushtar, Iran.
2004-2007
High school Studies (diploma), Shoushtar, Iran.
Short biography
Short biography
Current Position:
Since Jun. 2021
PhD student, Department of Human Medicine, Carl von Ossietzky University of Oldenburg, Germany.
Academic training and academic career:
Sept. 2020 - Mar. 2021
Master student, University Medical Center Groningen, Department of Ageing Biology (ERIBA), Groningen, the Netherlands.
Project on unravelling novel mechanisms underlying neural development in zebrafish.
Feb. 2019 - Aug. 2019
Master Student, University Medical Center Groningen, Department of Biomedical Sciences of Cells and Systems, Groningen, the Netherlands.
Project on the validation and characterization of compounds preventing PolyQ aggregation in a DNAJB6-dependent manner.
Jul. 2018 - Sept. 2018
Summer Student, University Medical Center Groningen, Department of Ageing Biology (ERIBA), Groningen, the Netherlands.
Project on identifying the role of Protein Arginine Methyl Transferase 5 on chromosomal instability.
Sept. 2017 - Jul. 2018
Bachelor Student, University Medical Center Groningen, Department of Ageing Biology (ERIBA), Groningen, the Netherlands.
Project on identifying the role of Protein Arginine Methyl Transferase 5 on chromosomal instability.
2019-2021
M.Sc. degree in Biomedical Sciences at the Rijksuniversiteit Groningen, Groningen, the Netherlands.
Sept. 2018 - Feb. 2019
Premaster Biomedical Sciences at the Rijksuniversiteit Groningen, Groningen, the Netherlands.
Sept. 2014 - Jul. 2018
B.Sc. degree in Applied Sciences - Biology and Medical Research at the Hanze University of Applied Sciences, Groningen, the Netherlands
Publications
Gross I, Brandt N, Vonk D, Köper F, Wöhlbrand L, Rabus R, Witt M, Heep A, Plösch T, Hipp MS, Bräuer AU. (2022) Plasticity-Related Gene 5 Is Expressed in a Late Phase of Neurodifferentiation After Neuronal Cell-Fate Determination. Front Cell Neurosci. 2022 Apr 15;16:797588. doi: 10.3389/fncel.2022.797588.
Gross I, Tschigor T, Salman AL, Yang F, Luo J, Vonk D , Hipp MS, Neidhardt J, Bräuer AU (2021). A systematic expression analysis of plasticity-related genes in mouse brain development brings PRG4 into play. Dev Dyn. 2021 Oct 7. doi: 10.1002/dvdy.428. online ahead of print. PMID: 34622503.
Wu D, Vonk J J, Salles F, Vonk D, Haslbeck M, Melki R, Bergink S, Kampinga H H. The N terminus of the small heat shock protein HSPB7 drives its polyQ aggregation-suppressing activity. J Biol Chem 2019 Jun 21;294(25):9985-9994. doi: 10.1074/jbc.RA118.007117.
Short biography
Short biography
Current Position:
Since Oct. 2021
PhD student, Department of Human Medicine, Carl von Ossietzky University of Oldenburg
Academic training and academic career:
Aug. 2020 - Sep. 2021
Master Student, Springer Laboratory, Jacobs University, Bremen
Project regarding major histocompatibility complexes (MHC) class I molecules
Feb. 2020 - Sep. 2021
M.Sc. degree in Biology, City University of Applied Sciences, Bremen
Title: MHC class I heavy chain clusters - Preparation and biochemical analysis of heavy chain/ a3 domain complexes
Mar. 2019 - Aug. 2019
Bachelor Student, i3S - Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, Porto, Portugal
Project regarding the Development of a suitable protein linker for AIP56 and PRX-1
Oct. 2016 - Feb. 2019
B.Sc. in Biology, City University of Applied Sciences, Bremen, Germany
Aug. 2011 - Feb. 2014
Vocational studies as Pharmaceutical Technical Assistant, Völkerschule, Osnabrück
Publications
Brandt N, Köper F, Hausmann J, Bräuer AU. Spotlight on plasticity-related genes: Current insights in health and disease. Pharmacol Ther. 2024 Aug;260:108687. doi: 10.1016/j.pharmthera.2024.108687 . Epub 2024 Jul 3. PMID: 38969308 .
Gross I, Brandt N, Vonk D, Köper F, Wöhlbrand L, Rabus R, Witt M, Heep A, Plösch T, Hipp MS, Bräuer AU. (2022) Plasticity-Related Gene 5 Is Expressed in a Late Phase of Neurodifferentiation After Neuronal Cell-Fate Determination. Front Cell Neurosci. 2022 Apr 15;16:797588. doi: 10.3389/fncel.2022.797588.
Short biography
Current position
Since May 2022
Doctoral student and research assistant at the Carl von Ossietzky University of Oldenburg, Department of Health Services Research, Department of Assistance Systems and Medical Technology
Academic training and scientific career
2019-2022 Master's degree in computer science at Carl von Ossietzky University Oldenburg
Master's thesis topic: Induction of emotional stress from the intensive care context with storytelling in VR
2015-2019 Bachelor's degree in computer science with physics as an application subject at the Carl von Ossietzky University Oldenburg
Bachelor thesis topic: Implementation of multimodal alarms on augmented reality glasses for noise reduction in intensive care units
School education
2007-2015 General qualification for university entrance at the KGS Schwanewede
Publications
Cobus V, Busse S, Heuten W. Integration of multimodal alarms into Google Glass: demo. Proceedings of the 8th ACM International Symposium on Pervasive Displays. New York, NY, USA: Association for Computing Machinery; 2019. p. 1-2.
Cobus V, Busse S, Heuten W. Glass++ Evaluating Multimodal Alarms on Google Glass. Proceedings of Humans and Computers 2019. New York, NY, USA: Association for Computing Machinery; 2019. p. 795-799.
White S, Busse S, Heuten W. Inducing Emotional Stress From The Intensive Care Context Using Storytelling In VR. 2022 IEEE Conference on Virtual Reality and 3D User Interfaces (VR). 2022. p. 196-204.
Short biography
Current Position:
Since May 2024 PhD student, Department of Human Medicine, Carl von Ossietzky University of Oldenburg
Academic training and academic career:
Oct. 2021 - Feb. 2024
Master Student, Bräuer Laboratory, Carl von Ossietzky University, Oldenburg Project regarding Large Scale Protein Production and Purification of Plasticity Related Genes 3, 4 and 5
Oct. 2018 - Feb. 2022
Bachelor Student, Kretzberg Laboratory, Carl von Ossietzky University, Oldenburg Project regarding the Spike Initiation Zones of the Leech Touch Receptor