Kontakt
Prof. Dr. Henrik Mouritsen
AG Neurosensorik/Animal Navigation, IBU
Carl von Ossietzky Universität Oldenburg
Carl-von-Ossietzky-Strasse 9-11
D-26129 Oldenburg
Telefon: +49 (0) 441 798 3081
+49 (0) 441 798 3095
E-Mail: henrik.mouritsen[at]uol.de
Assistentin von Prof. Dr. Mouritsen
Nadine Ruthenberg
Telefon: +49 (0) 441 798 3149
E-Mail: nadine.ruthenberg[at]uol.de
Katrin Haase, PhD student
Personal Data

Address: AG Neurosensorik/ Animal Navigation, IBU
Carl von Ossietzky Universität Oldenburg
Carl-von-Ossietzky-Straße 9-11
D-26129 Oldenburg
Germany
Phone: +49 (0) 441 798 3180
Email: katrin.haase@uni-oldenburg.de
Work
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)
Education
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)
Publications
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.
conference contributions
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
Practical experience
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
Skills
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