Götz Lab
Neurogenesis
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Prof. Dr. Magdalena Götz
Neurogenesis
Division of Physiological Genomics
+49 89 2180 75255
magdalena.goetz@helmholtz-muenchen.de
Research Topics
- Neural stem cells
- Neurogenesis
- Glia-to-neuron reprogramming
- Neuronal repair
We study the mechanisms of brain development and neurogenesis to understand basic novel mechanisms of neural stem cell self-renewal and differentiation and mechanisms of neuronal fate specification which we can then transfer aiming towards repair. Neurons are not replaced after injury or in neurodegenerative disease. We have therefore pioneered the approach to turn local glial cells in the adult mammalian brain into new neurons and now work on improving this conversion, examining the integration of the new neurons and targeting scar-forming glia for reprogramming to also alleviate scar-formation. Read more...
Publications
Scientific vita
- since 2011
- W3 Professorship in the Dept. of Physiological Genomics, Biomedical Center, LMU Munichsince
- 2004
- Chair of Physiological Genomics, Medical Faculty, LMU Munichsince
- 2004
- Director of the Stem Cell Institute, GSF – since 01.01.2008: Helmholtz Zentrum München, Neuherberg-Munich
- 1997-2003
- Group Leader at the Max-Planck Institute of Neurobiology, Martinsried
- 1997
- Scientist, Max-Planck Institute of Biophysical Chemistry, Göttingen
- 1994-1996
- Postdoctoral Scientist, SmithKline Beecham Harlow, U.K
- 1993-1994
- Postdoctoral Fellow, National Institute for Medical Research, London, U.K.
- 1992
- PhD in Biology, Friedrich-Miescher Institute of the Max-Planck Society, Tübingen