Alumni
Sucheta Sridhar, PhD student 2020-2024
Position after finishing PhD: Postdoctoral researcher in the Department of Nephrology, University Hospital Zurich.
Published work from Sucheta’s PhD thesis:
- Sridhar S., Zhou Y., Ibrahim A., Bertazzo S., Wyss T., Swain A., Maheshwari U., Huang SF., Colonna M., Keller A. Targeting TREM2 signaling shows limited impact on cerebrovascular calcification. Life Sci Alliance. 2024 Oct 28;8(1):e202402796.
Upasana Maheshwari, Postdoctoral Researcher 2020-2024
Position after finishing PhD: Postdoctoral researcher in the department of Thoracic Surgery, University Hospital Zurich and currently working on improved diagnosis and personalized treatment for patients with chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension.
Upasana’s first-author publications from her postdoctoral research:
- Maheshwari U., Mateos J. M., Weber‐Stadlbauer U., et al. Inorganic phosphate exporter heterozygosity in mice leads to brain vascular calcification, microangiopathy, and microgliosis.
Brain Pathol. 2023 Nov;33(6):e13189. - Maheshwari U., Huang S.F., Sridhar S., Keller A. The interplay between brain vascular calcification and microglia. Front Aging Neurosci. 2022 Mar 2:14:848495.
Johanna Schaffenrath, PhD student 2016-2021
Position after finishing PhD: Postdoctoral fellow in Dr. Erwin Wagner group, Medical University of Vienna
Published work from Johanna’s PhD thesis:
- Schaffenrath, J., Huang, SF., Wyss, T., et al. Characterization of the blood–brain barrier in genetically diverse laboratory mouse strains. Fluids Barriers CNS 18, 34 (2021).
- Schaffenrath, J. and Keller A. New Insights in the Complexity and Functionality of the Neurovascular Unit. Handbook of Experimental Pharmacology.
- Schaffenrath J. , Wyss T., He L., et al. Blood-brain barrier alterations in human brain tumors revealed by genome-wide transcriptomic profiling. Neuro-Oncology, 2021;, noab022
Orsolya Török, MD-PhD Student 2015-2020
Position after finishing PhD: Neurology Resident Physician, University of Pécs Clinical Center, Department of Neurology, Hungary
Published work from Orsolya’s thesis:
- Török O., Schreiner B., Schaffenrath J. et al . Pericytes regulate vascular immune homeostasis in the CNS. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences Mar 2021, 118 (10) e2016587118
Yvette Zarb, PhD student 2015-2019
Position after finishing PhD: Postdoctoral fellow in Dr. Magdalena Götz’s lab, Ludwig-Maximillians Universität München, Germany.
Published work from Yvette’s thesis:
- Zarb Y., Sridhar S., Nassiri S. et al. Microglia control small vessel calcification via TREM2. Sci Adv . 2021 Feb 26;7(9):eabc4898. doi: 10.1126/sciadv.abc4898.
- Zarb Y., Franzoso F.D., Keller A. (2019) Pericytes in Primary Familial Brain Calcification. In: Birbrair A. (eds) Pericyte Biology in Disease. Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology, vol 1147. Springer, Cham.
- Zarb Y, Weber-Stadlbauer U, Kirschenbaum D, et al. Ossified blood vessels in primary familial brain calcification elicit a neurotoxic astrocyte response. Brain : a Journal of Neurology. 2019 Apr;142(4):885-902.
Francesca Franzoso, postdoc 2018-2019
Position after finishing Postdoc study: Scientist at Children’s Hospital Zürich
Josephin Wagner, MSc in Medical Biology 2015-2018
Position after finishing master study: Postdoctoral fellow at NIAAA/NIH
Alejandro Restrepo, MSc student 2016-2017
Position after finishing master study: PhD student in Klaus-Armin Nave’s lab, University of Göttingen, Germany.
Terry Louise Jones, MSc student 2015-2016
Position after finishing master study: Policy Advisor, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, UK