PhD Anne Petzold

Emmy Noether Group leader: Neural Circuits for Behavioral Adaptation

2009: BA Philosophy of Mind, Magdeburg, Germany
2012: M.Sc. Integrative Neuroscience, Magdeburg, Germany
2017: Ph.D. in Life Sciences, Imperial College, London, UK
2017–2019: Postdoc, Max Planck Institute for Metabolism Research, Cologne, Germany
2019-2024: Postdoc, University of Cologne, Germany
2024–present: Emmy Noether Group Leader, European Neuroscience Institute

Major Research Interests

We uncover how peripheral signals from the body inform subcortical networks of the brain to modulate essential innate behaviors according to physiological needs and environmental opportunities.
We specialize in single-photon microendoscopy in the freely moving animal, as well as cell type-specific neural activity manipulations and neuropsychopharmacology to identify and characterize the neural substrates for behavioral regulation.

Homepage Department/Research Group

https://www.petzoldlab.org/

https://eni-g.de/de/gruppen/neural-circuits-for-behavioural-adaptation

Selected Recent Publications

Tolve M, Tutas J, Özer-Yildiz E, Klein I, Koletsou E, Petzold A, Liebsch F, Silverman Q, Overhoff M, Korotkova T, Schwarz G, Valcheva S, Kononenko N, Gatto G (2025). Endocytic adaptor AP-2 maintains Purkinje cell function by balancing cerebellar parallel and climbing fiber synapses. Cell Reports, 25;44(2):115256. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.celrep.2025.115256
Petzold A, Figge-Schlensok R, van den Munkhof HE, Schumacher C, Korotkova T (2024). Identification of state-dependent encoding of innate rewards by deep-brain single-cell imaging in freely behaving mice. In: Rusakov, D. (eds) Fluorescence Imaging of the Brain. Neuromethods, vol 209. Humana, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-0716-4011-1_11
Petzold A, van den Munkhof HE, Figge-Schlensok R, Korotkova T (2023). Complementary lateral hypothalamic populations resist hunger pressure to balance nutritional and social needs. Cell Metab, 35; 3, 456 - 471.e6. https://www.cell.com/cell-metabolism/fulltext/S1550-4131(23)00044-X