Kim Knorr
Kim Knorr
04/2023-now: PhD Student at GSI Helmholtzzcenter for Heavy Ion Research GmbH
Effects of space radiation and microgravity on region-specific brain organoids
08/2022 – 02/2023: Master thesis at GSI Helmholtz Center for Heavy Ion Research GmbH
- Effects of X-Ray irradiation on brain organoid slices co-cultured with tumor-like cells
4/2021-03/2023: M.Sc. in Biology at the Technical University of Darmstadt
09/2020 – 12/2020: Bachelor thesis at GSI Helmholtz Center for Heavy Ion Research GmbH
- Comparison of two different cerebral organoid models on mRNA and protein level
10/2017-01/2021: B.Sc. in Biotechnology at Darmstadt University of Applied Sciences
Elpiniki Ninou
Dr. Elpiniki Ninou is a biologist, a graduate of the Department of Biology of the University of Athens. She holds a MSc in Molecular Medicine from the School of Medicine of the University of Athens and a Doctorate from the Department of Biology of the University of Athens. Her research interests focus on Neurobiology, Developmental Biology, and the mechanisms of neurodegeneration. She has worked with research groups in Athens (BRFAA), Valencia (IATA-CSIC), Dresden (DZD/PLID) and San Francisco (UCSF) and she is a NASA STAR-4 alumni. She has participated in several publications in prestigious international scientific journals and in several Greek and European research programs. Since September 2022, she works as a postdoctoral researcher at the Laboratory of Cellular and Molecular Neurobiology of the Hellenic Pasteur Institute, in the group of Dr. Era Taoufik, and her main research topic is the molecular profiling of microglia in human and animal models of familial Parkinson's disease.
