IMPRS for Translational Psychiatry

Our Faculty Members

Dr. Thomas Arzberger

Dr. Thomas Arzberger

Consultant Neuropathologist, Center of Neuropathology and Prion Research, LMU Munich

+49 89 2180-78066

thomas.arzberger@med.uni-muenchen.de

Dr. Alessio Attardo

Dr. Alessio Attardo

Research Group Leader, MPI of Psychiatry

+49 (0) 89-30622-574

alessio_attardo@psych.mpg.de

Prof. Dr. Herwig Baier

Prof. Dr. Herwig Baier

Director
Genes – Circuits – Behavior, MPI of Neurobiology

+49 89 8578-3200

hbaier@neuro.mpg.de

Prof. Dr. Dr. Elisabeth Binder

Prof. Dr. Dr. Elisabeth Binder

Director | Max Planck Institute of Psychiatry

+49 89 30622-586

binder@psych.mpg.de

Dr. Silvia Cappello

Dr. Silvia Cappello

Max Planck Research Group Leader

+49 89 30622-253

silvia_cappello@psych.mpg.de

Prof. Dr. Alon Chen

Prof. Dr. Alon Chen

+49 89 30622-586

alon_chen@psych.mpg.de

Associated Faculty Member

Dr. Jan Deussing

Dr. Jan Deussing

Research Group Leader, MPI of Psychiatry

+49 89 30622-639

deussing@psych.mpg.de

Prof. Dr. Peter Falkai

Prof. Dr. Peter Falkai

Chairman, Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, LMU Munich

+49 89 4400-55501

peter.falkai@med.uni-muenchen.de

Prof. Dr. Armin Giese

Prof. Dr. Armin Giese

Acting Chairman, Institute of Neuropathology, LMU Munich

+49 89 2180-78001

armin.giese@med.uni-muenchen.de

Dr. Nadine Gogolla

Dr. Nadine Gogolla

Circuits for Emotion, MPI of Neurobiology
Max Planck Research Group Leader

+49 89 8578-3493

ngogolla@neuro.mpg.de

Prof. Dr. med. Alkomiet Hasan

Prof. Dr. med. Alkomiet Hasan

Chairman, Department of Psychiatry, Psychotherapy and Psychosomatic, University of Augsburg, Medical Faculty

alkomiet.hasan@med.uni-augsburg.de

Dr. Janine Knauer-Arloth

Dr. Janine Knauer-Arloth

Project Group Leader, MPI of Psychiatry

+49 89 30622-554

arloth@psych.mpg.de

Prof. Dr. Nikolaos Koutsouleris

Prof. Dr. Nikolaos Koutsouleris

Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, LMU Munich
Senior Physician, Head of Workgroup, Max Planck Fellow

+49 89 4400 55885

nikolaos.koutsouleris@med.uni-muenchen.de

Dr. Dominic Landgraf

Dr. Dominic Landgraf

Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, LMU Munich
Head Circadian Biology Group

+49 (0)89 4400 52753

Dominic.Landgraf@med.uni-muenchen.de

Emilie Macé

MPI of Neurobiology
Max Planck Research Group Leader

emace@neuro.mpg.de

Prof. Dr. Bertram Müller-Myhsok

Prof. Dr. Bertram Müller-Myhsok

Research Group Leader, MPI of Psychiatry

+49 89 30622-246

bmm@psych.mpg.de

Recent Publications of IMPRS-TP Faculty

Buchsbaum IY, Cappello S: Neuronal migration in the CNS during development and disease: insights from in vivo and in vitro models. Development 2019 146: dev163766

Helmbrecht et al., & Baier H. Topography of a Visuomotor Transformation. Neuron 100, 1429–1445 December 19, 2018

Pérez-Brangulí F, ..., Cappello S & Winner B. Human SPG11 cerebral organoids reveal cortical neurogenesis impairment. Human Molecular Genetics, ddy397 OPEN ACCESS

Larsch J & Baier H. Biological Motion as an Innate Perceptual Mechanism Driving Social Affiliation. Current Biology 28, 3523–3532 November 19, 2018

Pöhlmann ML et al and Schmidt MV (2018): Pharmacological Modulation of the Psychiatric Risk Factor FKBP51 Alters Efficiency of Common Antidepressant Drugs. Front. Behav. Neurosci. 12:262

Bernal Sierra YA, ..., Baier H, ... and Schmitz D.: Potassium channel-based optogenetic silencing. Nature Communications | (2018) 9:4611 | DOI: 10.1038/s41467-018-07038-8 | OPEN access

Budde M, ..., Falkai P, Schulze TG & Heilbronner U. A longitudinal approach to biological psychiatric research: The PsyCourse study. Am J Med Genet Part B. 2018;00:1–14. https://doi.org/10.1002/ajmg.b.32639

Engel M, ..., Wotjak CT, Schmidt MV, Deussing JM, Binder EB, Chen A. The Role of m6A/m-RNA Methylation in Stress Response Regulation. Neuron Volume 99, Issue 2, p389–403.e9, 25 July 2018

Ezra-Nevo G, ..., Deussing JM, ... and Chen A. Cerebellar Learning Properties Are Modulated by the CRF Receptor. J of Neurosc. 25 July 2018, 38 (30) 6751-6765

N Dedic , …, CT Wotjak , …, A Chen, …, MV Schmidt , EB Binder and JM Deussing. Cross-disorder risk gene CACNA1C differentially modulates susceptibility to psychiatric disorders during development and adulthood. Molecular Psychiatry (2018) 23, 533–543 OPEN ACCESS

Kalman JL, ..., Comes AL, ...., Schulze TG. Investigating polygenic burden in age at disease onset in bipolar disorder: Findings from an international multicentric study. Bipolar Disord. 2018; 0 0 :1–8 OPEN ACCESS

Dedic N, ..., Wotjak CT, ..., Chen A, Schmidt MV, ..., Deussing JM; Chronic CRH depletion from GABAergic, long-range projection neurons in the extended amygdala reduces dopamine release and increases anxiety; Nature Neuroscience (2018), 21(6):803-807

Bolis D, & Schilbach L: ‘I Interact Therefore I Am’: The Self as a Historical Product of Dialectical Attunement. Topoi, Springer 2018, OpenAccess

Bedenk BT, ..., Deussing JM, ..., Wotjak CT. Mn2+ dynamics in manganese-enhanced MRI (MEMRI): Cav1.2 channel-mediated uptake and preferential accumulation in projection terminals. Neuroimage. 2018 Apr 1;169:374-382

Michael J. Ziller et al.: Dissecting the Functional Consequences of De Novo DNA Methylation Dynamics in Human Motor Neuron Differentiation and Physiology.
Cell Stem Cell 22, 559–574

Prellera KH, Schilbach L, ... and Vollenweider FX: Role of the 5-HT2A receptor in self- and other-initiated social interaction in LSD-induced states — a pharmacological fMRI study. J. Neurosci ; 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.1939-17.2018

Wei H, Landgraf D, Wang G, McCarthy MJ. Inositol polyphosphates contribute to cellular circadian rhythms: Implications for understanding lithium's molecular mechanism. Cell Signal. 2018 Jan 11;44:82-91

Metzger MW, ..., Schmidt MV, ..., Chen A, ...& Deussing JM: Heterozygosity for the mood disorder-associated variant Gln460Arg alters P2X7 receptor function and sleep quality. J Neurosci 2017, 37 (48) 11688-11700 Open Access Article

G. Balsevich, A.S. Häusl, C.W. Meyer, S. Karamihalev, ..., A. Chen, ... & M.V. Schmidt: Stress-responsive FKBP51 regulates AKT2-AS160 signaling and metabolic function. Nature communications | 8: 1725 | Open Access Article

Schormair B., ..., Müller-Myhsok B. & Winkelmann J.: Identification of novel risk loci for restless legs syndrome in genome-wide association studies in individuals of European ancestry: a meta-analysis. Lancet Neurol 2017; 16: 898–907

Bolis, D., Balsters, J., Wenderoth, N., Becchio, C., & Schilbach, L.: (in press) Beyond autism: Introducing the dialectical misattunement hypothesis and a Bayesian account of intersubjectivity. ©S. Karger AG, Psychopathology; in press

Dedic N, … Wotjak CT, … Chen A, … Schmidt MV, Binder EB and Deussing JM. Cross-disorder risk gene CACNA1C differentially modulates susceptibility to psychiatric disorders during development and adulthood.
Mol Psychiatry. 2017 Jul 11

Ballnus B., … and Theis FJ.: Comprehensive benchmarking of Markov chain Monte Carlo methods for dynamical systems. BMC Systems Biology (07/2017) 11:63

Gogolla, N. The Insular Cortex. Current Biology, Vol 27/12, 19 June 2017, R580–R586

Chlis, N.-K., Wolf, F., Theis, F.J.: Model-based branching point detection in single-cell data by K-Branches clustering. Bioinformatics, (June 05 2017)

Schroeder M, ...., and Chen A. A Methyl-Balanced Diet Prevents CRF-Induced Prenatal Stress-Triggered Predisposition to Binge Eating-like Phenotype. Cell Metabolism (2017), http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cmet.2017.05.001

Emeny RT,…, Schmidt MV, …, EB Binder and Ladwig KH.: Anxiety Associated Increased CpG Methylation in the Promoter of Asb1: A Translational Approach Evidenced by Epidemiological and Clinical Studies and a Murine Model. Neuropsychopharmacology (2017), 1–12

dal Maschio M, ..., and Baier H: Linking Neurons to Network Function and Behavior by Two-Photon Holographic Optogenetics and Volumetric Imaging. Neuron, May 17 2017, Vol 94, 4, p774–789.e5

Blasi, T. …and Theis, F.J.: cgCorrect: A method to correct for confounding cell-cell variation due to cell growth in single-cell transcriptomics.
Phys. Biol. 14:036001 (05/2017)

Park D, ... and Turck CW. Delineation of molecular pathway activities of the chronic antidepressant treatment response suggests important roles for glutamatergic and ubiquitin proteasome systems. Translational Psychiatry (2017) 7, e1078

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Previous Publications

A selection of publications from IMPRS-TP faculty members published prior to 2017 can be accessed here. more