Academic Qualifications
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2017 |
Habilitation, Physiology, Medical Faculty, University of Würzburg |
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2006 |
Doctorate, Dr. rer. nat., University of Göttingen |
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2002 |
B.Sc. with Honours in Neurosciences, University of Glasgow, Scotland |
Postgraduate Professional Career
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since 2018 |
Professor, Department of Animal Physiology, Institute of Biology, Faculty of Life Sciences, Leipzig University |
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2014-2018 |
Senior Lecturer (Akademischer Rat/ Oberrat) and Group Leader, Department of Physiology, Medical Faculty, University of Würzburg |
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2009-2014 |
Emmy Noether Group Leader, Department of Physiology, Medical Faculty, University of Würzburg |
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2007-2009 |
Postdoctoral fellow, Carl-Ludwig Institute for Physiology, Medical Faculty, Leipzig University |
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2006-2007 |
Postdoctoral fellow, Institute of Clinical Neurobiology, Medical Faculty, University of Würzburg |
Research System and University Engagement
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since 2025 |
Vice Dean for Research, Faculty of Life Sciences, Leipzig University |
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since 2025 |
Representative of the Faculty of Life Sciences, Research Commission, Leipzig University |
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since 2022 |
Course Coordinator, M.Sc. Neuroscience and Behavioural Biology, Faculty of Life Sciences, Leipzig University |
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2021-2022 |
Course Coordinator, B.Sc. Biology, Faculty of Life Sciences, Leipzig University |
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since 2020 |
Representative of the Faculty of Life Sciences, Graduate Commission, Leipzig University |
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2019 |
Symposium Co-Organizer ‘The presynaptic active zone’, 13th Meeting of the German Neuroscience Society, Göttingen |
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since 2015 |
Review Editorial Board Member of Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience |
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2014 |
Conference Co-Organizer ‘Channelrhodopsin et al.’, Würzburg |
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2014 |
Committee Member ‘The Active Zone Meeting’, Würzburg |
Regular reviewer for international scientific journals and funding agencies.
Academic Distinctions
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since 2025 |
Spokesperson of the DFG Research Training Group NeuroTune (GRK 3102), https://www.uni-leipzig.de/en/grk-neurotune |
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2009-2015 |
Emmy Noether Program of the German Research Foundation (DFG) |
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2008 |
Formel 1 Junior Research Award, Medical Faculty, Leipzig University |
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Research Field
Molecular mechanisms of neuronal communication, with a particular focus on synaptic structure, function, and plasticity.
Relevant Recent Scientific Publications
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Sachidanandan D*, Aravamudhan A*, Balles IS*, Mrestani A, Nerlich J, Lamberty M, Hasenauer N, Ehmann N, Pauls D, Seubert T, Fallaha A, Maiellaro I, Selcho M, Heckmann M, Owald D#, Hallermann S#, Kittel RJ# (2026) Memory formation requires Rab3-mediated presynaptic depression. Nat Commun accepted.
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Rozenfeld E*, Ehmann N*, Manoim JE, Kittel RJ#, Parnas M# (2023) Homeostatic synaptic plasticity rescues neural coding reliability. Nat Commun 14:2993. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-38575-6
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Dannhäuser S, Lux TJ, Hu C, Selcho M, Chen JT-C, Ehmann N, Sachidanandan D, Stopp S, Pauls D, Pawlak M, Langenhan T, Soba P, Rittner HL#, Kittel RJ# (2020) Antinociceptive modulation by the adhesion GPCR CIRL promotes mechanosensory signal discrimination. eLife 9:e56738. https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.56738
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Scholz N*, Ehmann N*, Sachidanandan D, Imig C, Cooper BH, Jahn O, Reim K, Brose N, Meyer J, Lamberty M, Altrichter S, Bormann A, Hallermann S, Pauli M, Heckmann M, Stigloher C, Langenhan T#, Kittel RJ# (2019) Complexin cooperates with Bruchpilot to tether synaptic vesicles to the active zone cytomatrix. J Cell Biol 218:1011-1026. https://doi.org/10.1083/jcb.201806155
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Scholz N*, Guan C*, Nieberler M*, Grotemeyer A*, Maiellaro I, Gao S, Beck S, Pawlak M, Sauer M, Asan E, Rothemund S, Winkler J, Prömel S, Nagel G, Langenhan T#, Kittel RJ# (2017) Mechano-dependent signaling by Latrophilin/CIRL quenches cAMP in proprioceptive neurons. eLife 6:e28360. https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.28360
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Dawydow A*, Gueta R*, Ljaschenko D, Ullrich S, Hermann M, Ehmann N, Gao S, Fiala A, Langenhan T, Nagel G#, Kittel RJ# (2014) Channelrhodopsin-2-XXL, a powerful optogenetic tool for low light applications. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 111:13972-7. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1408269111
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Ehmann N*, van de Linde S*, Alon A, Ljaschenko D, Keung XZ, Holm T, Rings A, DiAntonio A, Hallermann S, Ashery U, Heckmann M, Sauer M#, Kittel RJ# (2014) Quantitative super-resolution imaging of Bruchpilot distinguishes active zone states. Nat Commun 5:4650-61. https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms5650
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Ljaschenko D, Ehmann N, Kittel RJ (2013) Hebbian plasticity guides maturation of glutamate receptor fields in vivo. Cell Rep 3:1407-13. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.celrep.2013.04.00
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Kittel RJ*, Wichmann C*, Rasse TM*, Fouquet W, Schmidt M, Schmid A, Wagh DA, Pawlu C, Kellner RR, Willig KI, Hell SW, Buchner E, Heckmann M#, Sigrist SJ# (2006) Bruchpilot promotes active zone assembly, Ca2+ channel clustering, and vesicle release. Science 312:1051-4. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1126308
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