User:NeuroJ3

Name: Johanna, PhD

Neuroscientist, philosopher and passionate science communicator

Education
2020: PostDoc at the TUM School of Life Sciences, Department Neural Circuits and Metabolism

2016-2020: PhD in Systemic Neurosciences with the Graduate School of Systemic Life Sciences of the LMU Munich - employed at the Technical University of Munich (Department Neural Circuits and Metabolism) and the Max Planck Institute of Neurobiology (Research Group 'Chemosensory Coding')

Phd thesis: "Neural mechanisms of pathogen-modulated feeding behaviour in Drosophila" - in this work, I described a mechanism underlying acquired aversions of spoiled food. I found that fruit flies are innately attracted to the odour of pathogenic bacteria, while ingestion of those pathogens induced a lasting avoidance of contaminated food. This feeding suppression required olfaction, the flies' learning and memory brain centre and two types of immune receptors in a specific type of neurons.

2013-2015: Master of Arts in philosophy at the LMU Munich - focus on neurophilosophy, philosophy of emotions and normative theory

2008-2013: Master and Bachelor of Science in biomedicine at the Julius-Maximilians-University in Würzburg - master thesis in molecular psychiatry, major fields of study: neuroscience and tumour biology, research internships in cancer immune therapy and tumor biology

Scientific publications

 * 2020: "Immune Receptor Signaling and the Mushroom Body Mediate Post-ingestion Pathogen Avoidance", Current Biology
 * 2019: "Innate Behavior: Flies Spring a Surprise", eLife
 * 2018: "Revisiting the developmental and cellular role of the pigmentation gene yellow in Drosophila using a tagged allele", Developmental Biology
 * 2018: "Internal State Dependent Odor Processing and Perception—The Role of Neuromodulation in the Fly Olfactory System", Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience
 * 2017: "Genetically driven brain serotonin deficiency facilitates panic-like escape behavior in mice", Translational Psychiatry

Organizations and volunteer work

 * July 2020 - present: GSN-LMU alumni
 * January 2018 - present: organizer and co-founder of the Munich section of Soapbox Science, a public outreach platform that aims at promoting women in science and the research they do by turning public spaces into areas of learning and debate
 * April 2014 - 2015 (volunteer), 2016-present (member): Amnesty International

Languages
German: mother tongue

English: fluent

French: good command

Spanish: basic