Research technician

• Katharina Bartalska, MSc, 2015 – 2022. 
  Differentiation and analysis of human induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs)-derived retinal organoids and microglia.

Postdoc

• Balint Nagy, 2017 – 2021.
  Investigation of the role of microglia in postnatal retina development.
  Now: Study director at Charles River Laboratories, Veszprem, Hungary.
• Rajeshwari Meli, FWF Hertha Firnberg fellowship recipient, 2016 – 2018.
  The role of microglia in neuronal ceroid-lipofuscionosis.

PhD students

• Gloria Colombo, 2017 – 2022.
  MorphOMICs, a tool for mapping microglial morphology, reveals brain region- and sex-dependent phenotypes.
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  Now: Postdoc in Prof. Rosa Chiara Paolicelli lab at the Universite de Lausanne (UNIL), Switzerland.

• Rouven Schulz, OeAW DOC fellowship recipient, 2017 – 2022.
  Chimeric G protein-coupled receptors mimic distinct signaling pathways and modulate microglia function.

Master students:

• Rasika Jitendra Bagwe, BSc, 2021 – 2022.
• Gabriele Wögenstein, BSc, 2018 – 2020. Optimizing strategies for efficient transgene delivery in microglia via viral approaches.
  Now: PhD student University of Zürich, Lab for Retinal Cell Biology, Zürich, Switzerland.
• Iris Soliman, BSc, 2017 – 2018.
• Verena Hübschmann, BSc, 2017– 2018. Characterization of microglia-like cells differentiated from human induced pluripotent stem (iPS) cells.
  Now: Joined ISTA graduate school program in 2018. Affiliated to my research group in 2019.

 Scientific intern:

• Marian Kirsch, Student, 08.2022
• Bohdana Ruzhytska, Student, Academic Visitor, 03.2022 – 09.2022.
• Isabelle Mayer, 05.2021 – 09.2021.
• Sarah Gorkiewicz, 06.2020 – 09.2021.
• Ionelia Buzatu, Academic Visitor, 06.2021 – 09.2021.
• Mariam Atef Othman, 12.2019 – 05.2020.
• Irina Khven, Academic Visitor, 06.2018 – 09.2018.
• Julie Harrison, Academic Visitor, 06.2019 – 08.2019.
• Benedetta Mendicino, 03.2019 – 02.2020.
• Evangelia Fourli, 02.2018 – 07.2018.
• Francis Belen Pacheco Fiallos, 07.2017 – 09.2017.
• Teresa Maria Lassacher, BSc., 05.2017 – 08.2017. 
• Paulo André Dias Bastos, MSc, 02.2017 – 06.2017.
• Antonija Mravak, MSc, 01.2017 – 07.2017.
• Mansi Harvadan Maheta, BSc, ERASMUS trainee, 03.2017 – 05.2017.
• Tanja Himmel, Med.vet, 11.2016 – 02.2017.
• Marta Biarnes Martinez, BSc., ERASMUS trainee, 09.2016 – 12.2016.            
• Anna Schrempf, BSc., 08.2016 – 10.2016.            
• Natascha Schmid, BSc., Academic Visitor, 06.2016 – 08.2016.   
  
• Rouven Schulz, MSc, 04.2016 – 09.2016.
• Gloria Colombo, MSc, ERASMUS trainee, 11.2015 – 09.2016.