Contact

Prof. Dr. Nadja Freund
Ruhr-University/LWL University Hospital
Experimental and Molecular Psychiatry
Zentrum für klinische Forschung (ZKF) 1,  2.050
Phone: +49 (0) 234-32-28035
nadja.freund@rub.de

 

short CV

Since 2016: Juniorprofessorin (assistant professor)
Experimental and Molecular Psychiatry, Ruhr-University / LWL Hospital, Bochum, Germany

2014-2017: academic assistant (research fellow)
Department of Psychiatry, Karl Eberhards University, Tübingen,  Germany

2010-2014: research fellow
Laboratory of Developmental Neuropharmacology, McLean Hospital, Belmont, USA

2010-2014: research fellow in psychiatry
Harvard Medical School, Boston, USA

2009-2010: visiting scientist
Department of Anatomy and Structural Biology, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand

2005-2009: PhD in Biopsychology
Ruhr-University, Bochum, Germany

2000-2005: Diplom (M.Sc.) in Biochemistry
Ruhr-University, Bochum, Germany

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Publications (selection)

Comprehensive list: http://freundlab.com/publications/

Manns M, El Basbasse Y, Freund N*, Ocklenburg S*
Paw preferences in mice and rats: Meta-analysis.
Neurosci Biobehav Rev. 2021; 127:593-606 (* shared last authorship)

Beyer DKE, Mattukat A, Freund N
Prefrontal dopamine D1 receptor manipulation influences anxiety behavior and induces neurinflammation within the hippocampus.
Int J Bipolar Disord. 2021; 9(1):1-10

Juckel G, Manitz M-P, Freund N, Gatermann S
Impact of Poly I: C induced maternal immune activation on offspring’s gut microbiome diversity–Implications for schizophrenia.
Prog Neuropsychopharmacol Biol Psychiatry. 2021; 110:110306

Bölükbas I, Mundorf A Freund N
Maternal separation in rats induces neurobiological and behavioral changes on the maternal side.
Sci Rep. 2020; 10:22431

Wegrzyn D, Manitz M-P, Kostka M, Freund N, Juckel G, Faissner A
Poly I:C induced maternal immune challenge reduces perineuronal net area and raises spontaneous network activity of hippocampal neurons in vitro.
Eur J Neurosci. 2020; 00: 1– 22

Mundorf A*, Schmitz J*, Güntürkün O, Freund N*, Ocklenburg S*
Methylation of MORC1: A possible biomarker for depression.
J Psychiatr Res. 2018; 103:208-211 (* shared first/last authorship)

Beyer DKE, Freund N
Animal models for bipolar disorder: from bedside to the cage.
Int. J. Bipolar Disord. 2017; 5 (1):35.

 Freund N, Thompson BS, Sonntag K, Medea S, Andersen SL
When the party is over: depressive-like states following termination of cortical D1 receptor overexpression.
Psychopharmacology 2016; 233(7):1191-1201

Freund N, Thompson BS, Norman KJ, Einhorn P, Andersen SL
Developmental emergence of an obsessive-compulsive phenotype and binge behavior in rats.
Psychopharmacology 2015; 232 (17), 3173-3181

Sonntag KC, Brenhouse HC, Freund N, Thompson BS, Puhl M, Andersen SL
Prefrontal cortical D1 dopamine receptors play a role in high-risk behaviors: Comparison with adolescence.
Psychopharmacology 2014; 231(8):1615-26

Puig MV, Rose J, Schmidt R, Freund N
Dopamine modulation of learning and memory in the prefrontal cortex: insights from studies in primates, rodents, and birds.
Front Neural Circuits 2014; 8:93

 

AWARDS/ FELLOWSHIPS

Jules Angst Award of the German Society for Biplar Disorder, 2019

Member of the Global Young Faculty V, 2017-2019

Member of the Junior Academy Medical School, Eberhard-Karls-University Tübingen Van Ameringen Investigator,2012

Leopoldina Research Fellowship by the Deutsche Akademie der Naturforscher Leopoldina (LPDS2009-40), 08/2010 to 07/201