Friedrike Bergmann

EDUCATION

College / University

University of Freiburg

Highest Degree

Medical Doctor

Major Subjects

Neurology

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Country

Germany

Lab Experience

Medical thesis (1995 - 1998) at the Dept. of Physiology at the University of Innsbruck, Austria, mainly in the field of molecular biology
Since November 2000: Laboratory work at the Dept. of Neurophysiology at the University of Göttingen, Germany in the field of electrophysiology and calcium measurements of neurons

Projects / Research

  • Medical thesis: The human gene of the swelling induced chloride channel Icln. Ph.D. project: calcium signalling in hypoglossal motoneurons that are particularly vulnerable during amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

SCIENTIFIC INTERESTS AND GOALS

Neurodegenerative deseases. Role of calcium in the mechanism of neurodegeneration in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.