2019-present: PhD student at AG Neurosensorik (Animal Navigation), Institute of Biology and Environmental Sciences, Carl von Ossietzky Universität Oldenburg, Germany

Doctoral supervisor: Dr. D. Heyers, Group leader: Prof. Dr. H. Mouritsen

Project: Magnetic map processing in the brain of migratory birds (SFB 1372: Magnetoreception and Navigation in Vertebrates)

2017-2019: M.Sc. Developmental, Neural and Behavioral Biology, Georg-August-Universität Göttingen

Thesis at AG Molecular and Translational Neurology, Max-Planck-Institute for Experimental Medicine, Göttingen, Group leader: Prof. Dr. med. M. W. Sereda

Title: The glial metabolic support in peripheral nerves in Charcot-Marie-Tooth (CMT) disease type 1A

2014-2017: B.Sc. Biology at Carl von Ossietzky Universität Oldenburg

Thesis at AG Neurosensorik (Animal Navigation), Institute of Biology and Environmental Sciences, Carl von Ossietzky Universität Oldenburg, Germany, Group leader: Prof. Dr. H. Mouritsen

Title: Magnetic field-induced neuronal activation in the hippocampal formation of Zebra finches (Taeniopygia guttata)

2005-2013: Abitur at Gymnasium am Wall in Verden (Aller)

Katrin Haase, Isabelle Musielak, Leonie Warmuth-Moles, Bo Leberecht, Anna Zolotareva, Henrik Mouritsen, Dominik Heyers (2022) In search for the avian trigeminal magnetic sensor: Distribution of peripheral and central terminals of ophthalmic sensory neurons in the night-migratory Eurasian blackcap (Sylvia atricapilla). Frontiers in Neuroanatomy 16:853401. https://doi.org/10.3389/fnana.2022.853401

Franziska Curdt, Katrin Haase, Laura Ziegenbalg, Helena Greb, Dominik Heyers, Michael Winklhofer (2022) Prussian blue technique is prone to yield false negative results in magnetoreception research. Scientific Reports 12:8803. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-12398-9

Dmitry Kobylkov*, Isabelle Musielak*, Katrin Haase*, Noemi Rook, Kaya von Eugen, Karin Dedek, Onur Güntürkün, Henrik Mouritsen, Dominik Heyers (2022) Morphology of the “prefrontal” nidopallium caudolaterale in the long-distance night-migratory Eurasian blackcap (Sylvia atricapilla). Neuroscience Letters 789:136869. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neulet.2022.136869 *Authors contributed equally to this work.

Dominik Heyers, Isabelle Musielak, Katrin Haase, Christina Herold, Petra Bolte, Onur Güntürkün, Henrik Mouritsen (2022) Morphology, biochemistry and connectivity of Cluster N and the hippocampal formation in a migratory bird. Brain Structure and Function 227:2731-2749 https://doi.org/10.1007/s00429-022-02566-y

Bo Leberecht, Dmitry Kobylkov, Thiemo Karwinkel, Sara Döge, Lars Burnus, Siu Ying Wong, Shambhavi Apte, Katrin Haase, Isabelle Musielak, Raisa Chetverikova, Glen Dautaj, Marco Bassetto, Michael Winklhofer, P. J. Hore, Henrik Mouritsen (2022) Broadband 75-85 MHz radiofrequency fields disrupt magnetic compass orientation in night-migratory songbirds consistent with a flavin-based radical pair magnetoreceptor. Journal of Comparative Physiology A 208:97-106. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00359-021-01537-8 

Katrin Haase*, Isabelle Musielak*, Dominik Heyers (2021) The neuronal correlates of the avian magnetic senses. Neuroforum 27(3):167-174. https://doi.org/10.1515/nf-2021-0008 *Authors contributed equally to this work.

Katrin Haase, Isabelle Musielak, Leonie Warmuth-Moles, Bo Leberecht, Anna Zolotareva, Henrik Mouritsen, Dominik Heyers. “In search for the avian trigeminal magnetic sensor: organization of the ophthalmic sensory complex in the night-migratory Eurasian blackcap (Sylvia atricapilla)” FENS Forum 2022, Paris, France, 9-13 July 2022, poster presentation

Katrin Haase, Dmitry Kobylkov, Isabelle Musielak, Henrik Mouritsen, Dominik Heyers. “Magnetic map processing in the brain of night-migratory birds” 28th International Ornithological Congress 2022, virtual, 15-19 August 2022, oral presentation

2019: Student assistant at AG Molecular and Translational Neurology, Max-Planck-Institute for Experimental Medicine, Göttingen: Genotyping (PCR)

2016-2017: Student assistant at AG Neurosensorik (Animal Navigation), Institute of Biology and Environmental Sciences, Carl von Ossietzky Universität Oldenburg, Germany: Behavioral experiments

Cell culture, PCR, qRT-PCR, Western Blot, Tissue dissection, Immunohistochemistry (DAB & Fluorescence), Fluorescence microscopy, Confocal microscopy, Electron microscopy, Behavioral experiments, Laboratory Animal Science of Birds and Mice, Software: ImageJ, GraphPad Prism, Illustrator, Photoshop, R