Gerald Falkenberg

Single-cell quantification of the iron-neuromelanin balance in dopaminergic neurons across the lifespan

The paper quantifies iron and neuromelanin in dopaminergic neurons across chimpanzee lifespan, finding stable iron-to-neuromelanin ratios and no evidence of saturation or increased toxicity with age.

Multimodal imaging reveals no evidence for magnetite-based magnetoreceptors in the mole-rat eye

The paper uses multimodal imaging to investigate magnetite-based magnetoreceptors in the mole-rat eye and finds no evidence for their presence.

Impaired maturation of wild-type superoxide dismutase 1 associated with neurodegeneration in Parkinson disease brain and a novel murine model

The paper investigates wild-type SOD1 misfolding in Parkinson's disease using proteomics and a novel mouse model, showing mismetallation and altered post-translational modifications contribute to pathology and dopamine neuron degeneration.