Group Members
Head
NameProf. Dr. Michele Solimena
Send encrypted email via the SecureMail portal (for TUD external users only).
Administrative Coordinator
NameKatja Pfriem
Send encrypted email via the SecureMail portal (for TUD external users only).
Administrative Assistant
NameAline Marx
Send encrypted email via the SecureMail portal (for TUD external users only).
Scientiffic Coordinator
NameDr. Frank Möller
Send encrypted email via the SecureMail portal (for TUD external users only).
Senior Scientist
NameKlaus-Peter Knoch
Send encrypted email via the SecureMail portal (for TUD external users only).
Senior Scientist
NameDr. Hassan Mziaut
Send encrypted email via the SecureMail portal (for TUD external users only).
Postdoc
NameDr. Inna Kalaidzidis
Send encrypted email via the SecureMail portal (for TUD external users only).
---------------------------------------
Postdoc
NameDr. Andreas Müller
Send encrypted email via the SecureMail portal (for TUD external users only).
The aim of my project is the ultrastructural analysis of insulin secretory granules (SGs) of different age. Insulin secretion in pancreatic islets occurs in two phases: a short and rapid first phase followed by a sustained second phase. There is evidence of an age dependent release of SGs, i.e. “older” SGs are less likely to undergo exocytosis relative to “younger” SGs. I will use the latest techniques in fluorescence and electron microscopy to investigate the ultrastructure of SGs of different age and their interaction with the cytoskeleton of the beta cell as well the influence of SG markers on SG aging.
Here is a presentation on one of my projects, which I gave at a symposium celebrating the 100th anniversary of the discovery of insulin at the University of Toronto:
---------------------------------------
Postdoc
NameDr. Juha Torkko
Send encrypted email via the SecureMail portal (for TUD external users only).
Elevated glucose is the predominant signal to commit beta cells for synthesis of proinsulin and also of other secretory granule associated proteins that undergo regulated processing and maturation for the biogenesis of the secretory-competent insulin granules. The goal of this project is to investigate the role of ICA512/IA-2 and other related factors in the generation and homeostasis of the insulin secretory granule stores.
---------------------------------------
Postdoc
NameEsteban Quezada Dulcic PhD
Send encrypted email via the SecureMail portal (for TUD external users only).
Predoc
NameOleksandra Topcheva
Send encrypted email via the SecureMail portal (for TUD external users only).
---------------------------------------
---------------------------------------
PhD student
NamePreethi Kesavan
Send encrypted email via the SecureMail portal (for TUD external users only).
---------------------------------------
Predoc
NameSolange Aurreceochea Duran
Send encrypted email via the SecureMail portal (for TUD external users only).
---------------------------------------
PhD student
NameAbishek Gunasekaran
Send encrypted email via the SecureMail portal (for TUD external users only).
MD student
NameSebastian Rummeny
Send encrypted email via the SecureMail portal (for TUD external users only).
MD student
NameAntonia Kosok
Send encrypted email via the SecureMail portal (for TUD external users only).
Predoc
NameLisa-Marie Kretschmar
Send encrypted email via the SecureMail portal (for TUD external users only).
Technician
NameKatharina Ganß
Send encrypted email via the SecureMail portal (for TUD external users only).
Technician
NameCarla Münster
Send encrypted email via the SecureMail portal (for TUD external users only).
Technician
NameAnke Sönmez
Send encrypted email via the SecureMail portal (for TUD external users only).
Technician
NameCarolin Eckert (Wegbrod)
Send encrypted email via the SecureMail portal (for TUD external users only).
Technician
NameDaniela Friedland (Richter)
Send encrypted email via the SecureMail portal (for TUD external users only).