Neural
Resilience
Across Scales
The brain stabilizes its function to withstand perturbations, including pathological challenges.
We seek to unravel molecular and cellular mechanisms that underlie this resilience.
Research Questions
We employ a broad and integrative set of approaches, ranging from electrophysiology and super-resolution microscopy to animal behavior, and model systems spanning Drosophila to human iPSC-derived neurons, to tackle the following questions:
Updates from the lab
Dr. Alena Kapnulina! 🎓
A huge congratulations to Alena, who successfully defended her PhD thesis "KCNQ2 variant-specific signatures in channel function, neuronal excitability and gene expression" on October 2nd! She guided the audience through years of beautiful work with clarity and confidence, and impressed the committee — Prof. Dr. Anita Rauch, Prof. Dr. Magdalini Polymenidou, and Prof. Dr. Jon Sack — in the discussion that followed. The celebration afterwards came complete with a truly spectacular doctoral hat. We are so proud of you, Dr. Kapnulina! 🥂
A huge congratulations to Alena, who successfully defended her PhD thesis "KCNQ2 variant-specific signatures in channel function, neuronal excitability and gene expression" on October 2nd! She guided the audience through years of beautiful work with clarity and confidence, and impressed the committee — Prof. Dr. Anita Rauch, Prof. Dr. Magdalini Polymenidou, and Prof. Dr. Jon Sack — in the discussion that followed. The celebration afterwards came complete with a truly spectacular doctoral hat. We are so proud of you, Dr. Kapnulina! 🥂
Double the neurons, double the fun — welcome Michela & Tim! 🥂
September brings two new faces to the lab: Michela joins as a postdoc and Tim as a PhD student. Both are here to enrich the iPSC side of the lab — welcome aboard, you two!
September brings two new faces to the lab: Michela joins as a postdoc and Tim as a PhD student. Both are here to enrich the iPSC side of the lab — welcome aboard, you two!
Müller Lab at GRS/GRC (Synaptic Transmission)
Marta, Nasrin and Jiwon represented the Müller Lab at this year’s GRS/GRC on Synaptic Transmission, joining researchers working across diverse models and approaches to understand how synapses function and adapt. A special congratulations to Nasrin, who co-chaired the meeting alongside Rebecca from the Dickman Lab — yay, Team Drosoooophilaaa!
Marta, Nasrin and Jiwon represented the Müller Lab at this year’s GRS/GRC on Synaptic Transmission, joining researchers working across diverse models and approaches to understand how synapses function and adapt. A special congratulations to Nasrin, who co-chaired the meeting alongside Rebecca from the Dickman Lab — yay, Team Drosoooophilaaa!