Team Members

Dilara Hasavci, M.Sc., PhD Student
Tel.: +49 761 270-63132
dilara.hasavci@uniklinik-freiburg.de

Elena Steinhauser, Cand. med., MD Student
Tel.: +49 761 270-63133
elena.steinhauser@uniklinik-freiburg.de

Maxine Latzel, Cand. med., MD Student
Tel.: +49 761 270-63133
maxine.latzel@uniklinik-freiburg.de

Hannah Janz, Cand. med., MD Student
Tel.: +49 761 270-63132
hannah.janz@uniklinik-freiburg.de

Norwin Bernatowiczq, Cand. med., MD Student
Tel.: +49 761 270-63133
norwin.bernatowiczq@uniklinik-freiburg.de
Doctoral Alumni
Name | Dissertation Title | Affiliation |
Dr. Marius Schwabenland | Model systems of microglia-driven human brain pathologies (summa cum laude) | Institute of Neuropathology, University Medical Center Freiburg |
Dr. med. Lara Nabavi | Gut microbiota and sex-differences influence distinct processes of microglial aging (magna cum laude) | Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, University Medical Center Freiburg |
Dr. rer. nat. Omar Mossad | Gut microbiota exacerbates age-related dysfunctions in the brain: mechanistic profiling of the microbiota's influence on microglia in the aging brain, and modulation of neurocognition by a microbiota-derived metabolite through heterochronic microbiota transplatnation (summa cum laude) | Grünenthal Group |
Dr. med. Giulia Cascone | Long-term effects of neonatal infection on adult neurogenesis and the contribution of T-cells (magna cum laude) | Center for Pediatrics, University Medical Center Freiburg |
Dr. med. Franziska Kessler | On the role of microglia and type 1 interferon signaling alterations in autism-like behavior (magna cum laude) | Hegau-Bodensee-Klinikum Singen |
Principal Investigator

PD Dr. Thomas Blank
University Clinic Freiburg
Institute of Neuropathology
Breisacher Straße 64
79106 Freiburg
Tel.: +49 761 270-63105
Fax: +49 761 270-50500
thomas.blank@uniklinik-freiburg.de