Göttingen Graduate Center for Neurosciences, Biophysics, and Molecular Biosciences

Wojcik, Sonja M., Ph.D.

Group Leader


  • 1994: Diploma in Biology, RWTH Aachen, Germany
  • 2000: Ph.D. in Molecular and Cellular Biology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA
  • 2001: Postdoctoral fellow, Department of Molecular Neurobiology, Max Planck Institute of Experimental Medicine, Göttingen, Germany
  • 2008: Group leader, Max Planck Institute of Experimental Medicine, Göttingen, Germany
  • 2014: Habilitation, Medical Faculty of the University of Göttingen, Germany




Major Research Interests
We study the molecular processes underlying neurotransmitter release and the functional consequences of alterations in these processes at the cellular and network levels.
In the past, projects were mainly focused on analyzing the role of vesicular neurotransmitter transporters in neurons as determining factors in the establishment and maintenance of glutamatergic, GABAergic and glycinergic synaptic phenotypes.
Current projects include the analysis of regulatory mechanisms that control the release of non-classical neurotransmitters from large dense-core vesicles in neuroendocrine chromaffin cells and peptidergic neurons.

Homepage Department/Research Group
https://www.mpinat.mpg.de/de/brose

ORCID: 0009-0007-6106-252X