Caghan Kizil

Address

Department of Neurology and The Taub Institute for Research on Alzheimer’s Disease and the Aging Brain, Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, 650 W, 168th St., New York 10032
https://www.neurology.columbia.edu/profile/caghan-kizil-phd

Education and Work Experience

BSc (Molecular Biology and Genetics), 1999-2003: Molecular Biology and Genetics, Dept. of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey.
MSc (Molecular Biology), 2003-2005: International Max Planck Research School for Molecular Biology, Göttingen, Germany / Max Planck Institute for Developmental Biology, Dept. of Genetics, Tübingen, Germany (Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Erez Raz).
PhD (Developmental Biology), 2005-2009: Max Planck Institute for Developmental Biology, Department of Genetics, Tübingen, Germany (Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Christiane Nüsslein-Volhard).
Postdoc (Developmental Genetics, Neuroscience); 2009- 2013: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) Cluster of Excellence, Center for Regenerative Therapies Dresden (CRTD), Dresden, Germany.
Visiting Scholar (2018): Columbia University Medical Center, NY, New York, USA
Helmholtz Tenure-Track Young Investigator Group Leader (2014-2020): German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE) within Helmholtz Association, Dresden, Germany.
W2 Tenured Group Leader (2020-2022): German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE) within Helmholtz Association, Dresden, Germany.
Habilitation in Experimental Neurology, Carl Gustav Carus University Clinic, TU Dresden, Germany
Schaefer Research Scholar, Visiting Professor, Department of Neurology, Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University Irving Medical Center
Associate Professor of Neurological Sciences, Department of Neurology and The Taub Institute for Research on Alzheimer’s Disease and the Aging Brain, Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University Irving Medical Center.

Funding, Awards and Fellowships, Recognition

Schaefer Research Scholar Award, Columbia University (2020)
F1000 Faculty Member, Neurodevelopment Section (2020 – )
Tenured W2 Appointment – German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE) within Helmholtz Association, Dresden, Germany (2020 – )
Novo Nordisk Foundation Fellowship / Copenhagen Bioscience Conference (2018)
Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft Research Grant (2018-2020)
Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft Research Grant (2017-2019)
DZNE Innovation to Application I2A Award (2016-2017)
Helmholtz Association Young Investigator Award (2014-2018)
Alzheimer Intiative e.V. Research Award (joint) (2014-2016)
Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft Research Grant (2015-2018)
Gordon Meeting Neural Development Travel and Participation Grant (2014)
Associate Professorship – Universitelerarasi Kurul, YOK, Turkey (2014)
The Company of Biologists, Development Traveling Fellowship (2013)
International Society for Stem Cell Research (ISSCR). Travel and Participation Award (2012)
National Institutes of Health (NIH). Keystone Meeting Scholarship. (2012)
Gordon Research Conferences. Participation and Travel Grant (2011)
Technische Universitaet Dresden. Research Stipend. (2010)
6^th Framework Project Core Funding / ZF-MODELS (project participation, 2006-2008)
Max Planck Society. Stipend for graduate studies. (2005-2009)
METU scholarship for basic sciences (1999-2003)
Ministry of Education fellowship for undergraduate studies (1999)
Türkiye Is Bankasi A.S University Entrance Exams Success Award (1999).
Ministry of Education Distinction Award (1999)

Publications

Felsky D, Santa-Maria I, Cosacak MI, French L, Schneider JA, Bennett DA, De Jager PL, Kizil C, Tosto G. The Caribbean-Hispanic Alzheimer’s disease brain transcriptome reveals ancestry-specific disease mechanisms. Neurobiol Dis. 2022 Nov 30;176:105938. doi: 10.1016/j.nbd.2022.105938. Epub ahead of print. PMID:
36462719.
Siddiqui T, Celikkaya H, Atasavum ZT, Popova S, Freudenberg U, Werner C, Kizil C. Three-Dimensional Biohybrid StarPEG-Heparin Hydrogel Cultures for Modeling Human Neuronal Development and Alzheimer’s Disease Pathology. Methods Mol Biol. 2023;2561:159-170. doi: 10.1007/978-1-0716-2655-9_8. PMID: 36399269.
Kim YA, Siddiqui T, Blaze J, Cosacak MI, Winters T, Kumar A, Tein E, Sproul AA, Teich AF, Bartolini F, Akbarian S, Kizil C, Hargus G, Santa-Maria I. RNA methyltransferase NSun2 deficiency promotes neurodegeneration through epitranscriptomic regulation of tau phosphorylation. Acta Neuropathol. 2022 Nov 10. doi: 10.1007/s00401-022-02511-7. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 36357715.
Bhattarai P, Turgutalp B, Kizil C. Zebrafish as an Experimental and Preclinical Model for Alzheimer’s Disease. ACS Chem Neurosci. 2022 Oct 19;13(20):2939-2941. doi: 10.1021/acschemneuro.2c00583. Epub 2022 Oct 4. PMID: 36194560.
Turgutalp B, Bhattarai P, Ercetin T, Luise C, Reis R, Gurdal EE, Isaak A, Biriken D, Dinter E, Sipahi H, Schepmann D, Junker A, Wünsch B, Sippl W, Gulcan HO, Kizil C, Yarim M. Discovery of Potent Cholinesterase Inhibition-Based Multi-Target-Directed Lead Compounds for Synaptoprotection in Alzheimer’s Disease. J Med Chem. 2022 Sep 22;65(18):12292-12318. doi: 10.1021/acs.jmedchem.2c01003. Epub 2022 Sep 9. PMID: 36084304.
Cosacak MI, Bhattarai P, De Jager PL, Menon V, Tosto G, Kizil C. Single Cell/Nucleus Transcriptomics Comparison in Zebrafish and Humans Reveals Common and Distinct Molecular Responses to Alzheimer’s Disease. Cells. 2022 May 31;11(11):1807. doi: 10.3390/cells11111807. PMID: 35681503; PMCID: PMC9180693.
Lee AJ, Raghavan NS, Bhattarai P, Siddiqui T, Sariya S, Reyes-Dumeyer D, Flowers XE, Cardoso SAL, De Jager PL, Bennett DA, Schneider JA, Menon V, Wang Y, Lantigua RA, Medrano M, Rivera D, Jiménez-Velázquez IZ, Kukull WA, Brickman AM, Manly JJ, Tosto G, Kizil C, Vardarajan BN, Mayeux R. FMNL2 regulates gliovascular interactions and is associated with vascular risk factors and cerebrovascular pathology in Alzheimer’s disease. Acta Neuropathol. 2022 Jul;144(1):59-79. doi: 10.1007/s00401-022-02431-6. Epub 2022 May 24. PMID: 35608697; PMCID: PMC9217776.
Kizil C, Sariya S, Kim YA, Rajabli F, Martin E, Reyes-Dumeyer D, Vardarajan B, Maldonado A, Haines JL, Mayeux R, Jiménez-Velázquez IZ, Santa-Maria I, Tosto G. Admixture Mapping of Alzheimer’s disease in Caribbean Hispanics identifies a new locus on 22q13.1. Mol Psychiatry. 2022 Jun;27(6):2813-2820. doi:10.1038/s41380-022-01526-6. Epub 2022 Apr 1. PMID: 35365809; PMCID: PMC9167722.
Siddiqui T, Bhattarai P, Popova S, Cosacak MI, Sariya S, Zhang Y, Mayeux R, Tosto G, Kizil C. KYNA/Ahr Signaling Suppresses Neural Stem Cell Plasticity and Neurogenesis in Adult Zebrafish Model of Alzheimer’s Disease. Cells. 2021 Oct 14;10(10):2748. doi: 10.3390/cells10102748. PMID: 34685728; PMCID: PMC8534484.
D’Gama PP, Qiu T, Cosacak MI, Rayamajhi D, Konac A, Hansen JN, Ringers C, Acuña-Hinrichsen F, Hui SP, Olstad EW, Chong YL, Lim CKA, Gupta A, Ng CP, Nilges BS, Kashikar ND, Wachten D, Liebl D, Kikuchi K, Kizil C, Yaksi E, Roy S, Jurisch-Yaksi N. Diversity and function of motile ciliated cell types within ependymal lineages of the zebrafish brain. Cell Rep. 2021 Oct 5;37(1):109775. doi: 10.1016/j.celrep.2021.109775. PMID: 34610312; PMCID: PMC8524669.
Chang W, Pedroni A, Bertuzzi M, Kizil C, Simon A, Ampatzis K. Locomotion dependent neuron-glia interactions control neurogenesis and regeneration in the adult zebrafish spinal cord. Nat Commun. 2021 Aug 11;12(1):4857. doi: 10.1038/s41467-021-25052-1. PMID: 34381039; PMCID: PMC8357999.
Fore S, Acuña-Hinrichsen F, Mutlu KA, Bartoszek EM, Serneels B, Faturos NG, Chau KTP, Cosacak MI, Verdugo CD, Palumbo F, Ringers C, Jurisch-Yaksi N, Kizil C, Yaksi E. Functional properties of habenular neurons are determined by developmental stage and sequential neurogenesis. Sci Adv. 2020 Sep 4;6(36):eaaz3173. doi: 10.1126/sciadv.aaz3173. PMID: 32917624; PMCID: PMC7473745.
Jurisch-Yaksi N, Yaksi E, Kizil C. Radial glia in the zebrafish brain: Functional, structural, and physiological comparison with the mammalian glia. Glia. 2020 Dec;68(12):2451-2470. doi: 10.1002/glia.23849. Epub 2020 May 31. PMID: 32476207.

Cosacak MI, Bhattarai P, Kizil C. Protocol for Dissection and Dissociation of
Zebrafish Telencephalon for Single-Cell Sequencing. STAR Protoc. 2020 Jun
19;1(1):100042. doi: 10.1016/j.xpro.2020.100042. Epub 2020 May 29. PMID:
32835293; PMCID: PMC7263268
Fore S, Acuña-Hinrichsen F, Mutlu KA, Bartoszek EM, Serneels B, Faturos NG,
Chau KTP, Cosacak MI, Verdugo CD, Palumbo F, Ringers C, Jurisch-Yaksi N, Kizil
C, Yaksi E. Functional properties of habenular neurons are determined by
developmental stage and sequential neurogenesis. Sci Adv. 2020 Sep
4;6(36):eaaz3173. doi: 10.1126/sciadv.aaz3173. PMID: 32917624; PMCID:
PMC7473745.
Chang W, Pedroni A, Bertuzzi M, Kizil C, Simon A, Ampatzis K. Locomotion
dependent neuron-glia interactions control neurogenesis and regeneration in the
adult zebrafish spinal cord. Nat Commun. 2021 Aug 11;12(1):4857. doi:
10.1038/s41467-021-25052-1. PMID: 34381039; PMCID: PMC8357999.
D’Gama PP, Qiu T, Cosacak MI, Rayamajhi D, Konac A, Hansen JN, Ringers C,
Acuña-Hinrichsen F, Hui SP, Olstad EW, Chong YL, Lim CKA, Gupta A, Ng CP, Nilges
BS, Kashikar ND, Wachten D, Liebl D, Kikuchi K, Kizil C, Yaksi E, Roy S,
Jurisch-Yaksi N. Diversity and function of motile ciliated cell types within
ependymal lineages of the zebrafish brain. Cell Rep. 2021 Oct 5;37(1):109775.
doi: 10.1016/j.celrep.2021.109775. PMID: 34610312; PMCID: PMC8524669.
Siddiqui T, Bhattarai P, Popova S, Cosacak MI, Sariya S, Zhang Y, Mayeux R,
Tosto G, Kizil C. KYNA/Ahr Signaling Suppresses Neural Stem Cell Plasticity and
Neurogenesis in Adult Zebrafish Model of Alzheimer’s Disease. Cells. 2021 Oct
14;10(10):2748. doi: 10.3390/cells10102748. PMID: 34685728; PMCID: PMC8534484.
Bhattarai P, Cosacak MI, Mashkaryan V, Demir S, Popova SD, Govindarajan N, Brandt K, Zhang Y, Chang W, Ampatzis K, Kizil C. Neuron-glia interaction through Serotonin-BDNF-NGFR axis enables regenerative neurogenesis in Alzheimer’s model of adult zebrafish brain. PLoS Biol. 2020 Jan 6;18(1):e3000585. doi: 10.1371/journal.pbio.3000585. Open access.
Cosacak MI, Bhattarai P, Kizil C. Alzheimer’s disease, neural stem cells and neurogenesis: cellular phase at single-cell level. Neural Regen Res. 2020 May;15(5):824-827. doi: 10.4103/1673-5374.268896. Open access.
Mashkaryan V, Siddiqui T, Popova S, Cosacak MI, Bhattarai P, Brandt K, Govindarajan N, Petzold A, Reinhardt S, Dahl A, Lefort R, Kizil C. Type 1 Interleukin-4 Signaling Obliterates Mouse Astroglia in vivo but not in vitro. Front Cell Dev Biol. 2020 Feb 26;8:114. doi: 10.3389/fcell.2020.00114. Open access.
Cosacak MI, Bhattarai P, Reinhardt S, Petzold A, Dahl A, Zhang Y, Kizil C. Single-Cell Transcriptomics Analyses of Neural Stem Cell Heterogeneity and Contextual Plasticity in a Zebrafish Brain Model of Amyloid Toxicity. Cell Reports. 2019 Apr 23;27(4):1307-1318.e3. doi: 10.1016/j.celrep.2019.03.090. Open access. (PDF)
Diaz Verdugo C, Myren-Svelstad S, Aydin E, Van Hoeymissen E, Deneubourg C, Vanderhaeghe S, Vancraeynest J, Pelgrims R, Cosacak MI, Muto A, Kizil C, Kawakami K, Jurisch-Yaksi N, Yaksi E. Glia-neuron interactions underlie state transitions to generalized seizures. Nature Communications. 2019 Aug 23;10(1):3830. doi: 10.1038/s41467-019-11739-z. Open access. (PDF)
Cosacak MI, Bhattarai P, Kizil C. Alzheimer’s disease, neural stem cells and neurogenesis: cellular phase at single-cell level. Neural Regeneration Research. 2020 May;15(5):824-827. doi: 10.4103/1673-5374.268896. Open access.
Celikkaya H, Cosacak MI, Papadimitriou C, Popova S, Bhattarai P, Biswas SN, Siddiqui T, Wistorf S, Nevado-Alcalde I, Naumann L, Mashkaryan V, Brandt K, Freudenberg U, Werner C, Kizil C. (2019) GATA3 Promotes the Neural Progenitor State but Not Neurogenesis in 3D Traumatic Injury Model of Primary Human Cortical Astrocytes. Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience. 13:23. doi:10.3389/fncel.2019.00023. Open access. (PDF)
Reinhardt L, Kordes S, Reinhardt P, Glatza M, Baumann M, Drexler HCA, Menninger S, Zischinsky G, Eickhoff J, Fröb C, Bhattarai P, Arulmozhivarman G, Marrone L, Janosch A, Adachi K, Stehling M, Anderson EN, Abo-Rady M, Bickle M, Pandey UB, Reimer MM, Kizil C, Schöler HR, Nussbaumer P, Klebl B, Sterneckert JL. (2019) Dual Inhibition of GSK3β and CDK5 Protects the Cytoskeleton of Neurons from Neuroinflammatory-Mediated Degeneration In Vitro and In Vivo. Stem Cell Reports. 12(3):502-517. doi: 10.1016/j.stemcr.2019.01.015. Open access.
Kizil C, Bhattarai P. (2018) Is Alzheimer’s Also a Stem Cell Disease? – The Zebrafish
Perspective. Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology. 6:159. doi:10.3389/fcell.2018.00159. Open Access. (PDF)
Papadimitriou C, Celikkaya H, Cosacak MI, Mashkaryan V, Bray L, Bhattarai P, Brandt K, Hollak H, Chen X, He S, Antos CL, Lin W, Thomas AK, Dahl A, Kurth T, Friedrichs J, Zhang Y, Freudenberg U, Werner C, Kizil C. (2018) 3D Culture Method for Alzheimer’s Disease Modeling Reveals Interleukin-4 Rescues Aβ42-Induced Loss of Human Neural Stem Cell Plasticity. Developmental Cell. 46(1):85-101.e8. doi: 10.1016/j.devcel.2018.06.005. (PDF)
Kizil, C. (2018). Mechanisms of pathology-induced neural stem cell plasticity and neural regeneration in adult zebrafish brain. Current Pathobiology Reports. 10.1007/s40139-018-0158-x (PDF)
Cosacak, MI, Yigit, H, Kizil, C, Akgul, B. (2018) Re-Arrangements in the Cytoplasmic Distribution of Small RNAs Following the Maternal-to-Zygotic Transition in Drosophila Embryos. Genes 9:82. 10.3390/genes9020082. (PDF)
Kizil, C. (2018). Turkish Medical Association central council detained for demanding peace. Lancet. PubMed 10.1016/S0140-6736(18)30201-0 (PDF) + Related Editorial (2018). Lancet. (PDF)
Cosacak MI, Bhattarai P, Bocova L, Dzewas T, Mashkaryan V, Papadimitriou C, Brandt K, Hollak H, Antos CL, Kizil C. (2017). Human TAUP301L overexpression results in TAU hyperphosphorylation without neurofibrillary tangles in adult zebrafish brain. Scientific Reports. 7(1), 12959. PubMed 10.1038/s41598-017-13311-5 (PDF)
Bhattarai P, Thomas AK, Mashkaryan V, Cosacak MI, Papadimitriou C, Zhang Y, Kizil C. (2017) Modeling Amyloid-beta42 toxicity and neurodegeneration in adult zebrafish brain. JoVE. 128. PubMed 10.3791/56014
Bhattarai P, Thomas AK, Zhang Y, Kizil C. (2017). The effects of ageing on Amyloid-b42-induced neurodegeneration and regeneration in adult zebrafish brain. Neurogenesis. 4(1):e1322666. PubMed 10.1080/23262133.2017.1322666 (PDF)
Kizil C. (2017) An existential threat. New Scientist. 234(3121):24-25. doi: 1016/S0262-4079(17)30727-3.
Bhattarai P, Thomas AK, Cosacak MI, Papadimitriou C, Mashkaryan V, Froc C, Reinhardt S, Kurth T, Dahl A, Zhang Y, Kizil C. (2016) IL4/STAT6 activates neural stem cells in response to Amyloid-b42 aggregation in adult zebrafish brain. Cell Reports, 17(4): 941-948.
Tincer, G., Mashkaryan, V., Bhattarai, P., Kizil, C. (2016). Neural stem/progenitor cells in Alzheimer’s disease. The Yale Journal of Biology and Medicine, 89(1), 23–35.
Kizil C. (2016) Degrees of freedom. New Scientist. 231(3084):20-21. doi: 1016/S0262-4079(16)31366-5.
Kizil C*, Alberts B, Ayata P, Blobel G, Capecchi M, Clark MM, Curl R, Freiwald WA, Hoffmann R, Mucida D, Nestler EJ, Skotheim JM, Trautmann A, zur Hausen H, Altindis E. (2016). Government: Concern grows for Turkey’s academics. Nature. 529(7587):466. doi: 10.1038/529466a. (*Corresponding author)
Kizil C*, Kyritsis N, Brand M. (2015) Effects of inflammation on stem cells: together they strive? EMBO Reports. 16(4):416-26. (corresponding author)
Cosacak MI, Papadimitriou C, Kizil C. (2014). Regeneration, plasticity and induced molecular programs in adult zebrafish brain. BioMed Research International. 2015:769763.
Kizil C, Iltzsche A, Thomas AK, Bhattarai P, Zhang Y, Brand M. (2015) Efficient Cargo Delivery into Adult Brain Tissue Using Short Cell-Penetrating Peptides. PLoS One. 10(4):e0124073.
Kizil C, Küchler B, Yan JJ, Ozhan G, Moro E, Argenton F, Brand M, Weidinger G, Antos CL. (2014) Simplet/Fam53b is required for Wnt signal transduction by regulating β-catenin nuclear localization. Development. 141(18):3529-39.
Kyritsis N*, Kizil C*, Brand M. (2014) The role of neuroinflammation in central nervous system regeneration. Trends in Cell Biology. 24(2):128-35 (* equal contribution)
Kizil C^#, Iltzsche A, Kaslin J, Brand M. (2013) Micromanipulation of gene expression in the adult zebrafish brain using cerebroventricular microinjection of morpholino oligonucleotides. JoVE. e50415 (^# Corresponding author)
Altindis E, Alpar MA, Aksay E, Beckwith J, Bökel C, Curl RF, Darnell RB, Elledge SJ, Erman B, Frahm J, Goff SP, Greengard P, Hoffmann R, Ilhan B, Kaslin J, Lipkin SM, Poulopoulou C, Raz E, Rubin MA, Salturk M, Schrock RR, Trautmann A, Unutmaz D, Weinstein H, Kizil C^*. (2013) Turkey must end violent response to protests. Science. 341(6143):236. (^*Corresponding author)
Kizil C, Kyritsis N, Dudczig S, Kroehne V, Freudenreich F, Kaslin J, Brand M. (2012) Regenerative neurogenesis from neural progenitor cells requires injury-induced expression of Gata3. Developmental Cell. 23(6): 1230-1237.
Kyritsis N, Kizil C, Kroehne V, Zocher S, Kaslin J, Freudenreich D, Iltzsche A, Brand M. (2012) Acute inflammation initiates the regenerative response in the adult zebrafish brain. Science. 338(6112): 1353-1356.
Kizil C, Dudczig S, Kyritsis N, Machate A, Blaesche J, Kroehne V, Brand M. (2012). The chemokine receptor cxcr5 regulates the regenerative neurogenesis response in the adult zebrafish brain. Neural Development 7:27.
Kizil C, Kaslin J, Kroehne V, Brand M. (2012) Adult neurogenesis and brain regeneration in zebrafish. Developmental Neurobiology 72(3):429-461.
Kizil C, Brand M (2011) Cerebroventricular Microinjection (CVMI) into Adult Zebrafish Brain Is an Efficient Misexpression Method for Forebrain Ventricular Cells. PLoS ONE 6(11): e27395.
Kizil C. (2011) Academic autonomy: more freedom for Turkish science. Nature. 477(7366):538.
Kizil C. (2011) Turkish science seeks freedom. Science. 334(6055):452-3.
Kizil C, Otto GW, Geisler R, Nüsslein-Volhard C, Antos CL. (2009). Simplet controls cell proliferation and gene transcription during zebrafish caudal fin regeneration. Developmental Biology. 325(2):329-40.

Selected Invited Talks and Seminars

Columbia University Irving Medical Center, February 2020, NY, New York, USA
Interdisciplinary Center for Neurosciences (IZN) Heidelberg, October 30, 2019. Heidelberg, Germany.
SFB seminar, Münster. September 12, 2019. Münster, Germany.
PREDICT 3D tissue models summit. 4-6 September 2019. Boston, MA, USA.
Polish Neuroscience Society meeting. 24-26 August 2019, Katowice, Poland.
Session Chair and Speaker: Disease Models and Mechanisms. 14th International Zebrafish Conference. June 12-14, 2019. Suzhou, China
TEDx. January, 2019, Ankara, Turkey.
3rd Brainswick Symposium. Braunschweig, October 2018, Germany.
World Preclinical Congress 2018. 18-21 June 2018. Boston, MA, USA
2^nd Demetia Action Day. 16 May 2017. Dresden, Germany.
European Zebrafish Principal Investigator Meeting, 20-23 March 2018. Trento, Italy.
2^nd International Conference on Stem Cells. 1 October 2017. Rhodos, Greece.
École normale supérieure. 13 September 2017. Paris, France.
Karlsruhe Institute of Technology. 5 September 2017. Karlsruhe, Germany
1^st Demetia Action Day. 5 May 2017. Dresden, Germany
Columbia University Medical Faculty, Taub Seminar. 24 February 2016. New York City, NY, USA
Kavli Institute for Systems Neuroscience, September 11, 2015. Trondheim, Norway
Abcam meeting. Adult Neurogenesis: Evolution, Regulation and Function, May 6-8, 2015, Dresden, Germany.
Yale University. April 2015. New Haven, CT, US.A
Seminar Series in CNRS. 20 March 2015. Gif-sur-Yvette, France.
Gordon Research Conferences, Neural Development. 10-15 August 2014. Salve Regina University, Newport, RI, USA.
Route 28 Summits in Neurobiology. 5-11 September 2014. Frauenchiemsee, Germany.
Molecular Neurosiences Workshop. 3-7 September, Bogazici University, Istanbul, Turkey.
Brain and Mind Research Institute (BMRI) Weill Cornell Medical College Special Seminar. 29 May 2014. New York, NY, USA.
International Meeting of the German Society of Cell Biology. Regensburg, Germany. 19 March 2014.
NERF, IMEC, KU Leuven, Belgium. 10 January 2014.
SFB 629 research seminar. University of Münster, Germany. 14 February 2013.
International Society for Stem Cell Research (ISSCR) 10th Annual Meeting. Yokohama, Japan. 13-16 June 2012.
Gordon Research Conference Tissue Repair & Regeneration. New London, NH, USA. 4-10 June 2011.
Wnt Meeting 2010. Stockholm, Sweden. 27-30 October 2010.

Patents

International Patent Cooperation Treaty. Number: PCT/DE 2017/100408. Method for forming a functional network of human neuronal and glial cells

Peer-reviewer

Science, Nature Biomedical Engineering, Proceedings of the National Academies of Sciences of the USA (PNAS), European Journal of Neuroscience, Development, Cell Reports, Nature Communications, Stem Cell Reports, Developmental Biology, Neural Development, The Journal of Neuroscience, Current Biology, Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology, Developmental Neurobiology, Current Drug Targets, Stem Cell Research, BioTechniques, PLoS One, Journal of Visualized Experiments, Neurotherapeutics, Journal of Neurological Sciences, BMC Genomics, Biochemical Pharmacology, Behavioral Brain Research, Progress in Neurobiology, Trends in Pharmacological Sciences, Mechanisms of Aging and Development.