Kirsten Schmerder, M.Sc.

CONTACT

Kirsten Schmerder, M.Sc.
Ruhr-University/LWL University Hospital Bochum
Experimental and Molecular Psychiatry
Zentrum für klinische Forschung (ZKF) 1, 2.051
phone: +49 (0) 234-32-25481
Kirsten.Schmerder@ruhr-uni-bochum.de

short CV

Since 2021: PhD student
Experimental and Molecular Psychiatry at the Ruhr-University/LWL University Hospital Bochum, Germany

2020: FELASA C
Ruhr- University, Germany

2019: FELASA B
Ruhr- University, Germany

2018-2020:  M.Sc. Biology (Focus Neurobiology)
Ruhr- University Bochum, Germany

2014-2017: B.Sc. Biology
Ruhr-University Bochum, Germany

Publications

Abraham M, Schmerder K, Hedtstück M, Bösing K, Mundorf A, Freund N.
Maternal separation and its developmental consequences on anxiety and parvalbumin interneurons in the amygdala.
J Neural Transm (Vienna). 2023 Sep;130(9):1167-1175. doi: 10.1007/s00702-023-02657-y. Epub 2023 Jun 9. PMID: 37294327; PMCID: PMC10460741.

Schmerder K, Freund N
Animal Models for Mania. In: Harro, J (eds) Psychiatric Vulnerability, Mood, and Anxiety Disorders
Neuromethods. vol 190. Humana, New York, 2022

Conferenz Contribution

Schemerder K, Juckel G, Freund N
The gut-brain axis in an animal model of schizophrenia.
Poster at the Forum of Neuroscience (FENS), Vienna, Austria 2024

Schmerder K, Masseck O. A, Freund N
Does sleep deprivation make us sick? A study of photoperiod lengths manipulation in mice.
Poster at German Society for Bipolar disorder (DGBS), Bielefeld, Germany 2023

Does sleep deprivation make us sick? A study of photoperiod lengths manipulation in mice.
Presentation at the German Society for Bipolar disorder (DGBS), Heilbronn, Germany 2021.

Awards/ FELLOWSHIPS

Schmerder K, Masseck O. A, Freund N
Does sleep deprivation make us sick? A study of photoperiod lengths manipulation in mice.
Poster Award at German Society for Bipolar disorder (DGBS), Bielefeld, Germany 2023