Sarah Krüssel

This study identifies dendritic nanotubular networks in mammalian brains that facilitate intercellular communication and are implicated in Alzheimer's disease pathology.

The paper identifies VAP as a protein that stabilizes mitochondria near synapses to support synaptic plasticity and determines the spatial extent of dendritic segments involved.

This study shows that H-Ras overexpression increases dendritic spine numbers in mature neurons, suggesting spines have functions beyond serving as excitatory synapses.

This paper introduces ST-Cal-Light, a method to tag active neurons by converting somatic calcium signals into gene expression, enabling precise functional circuit analysis.

The paper develops a genetically-encoded optogenetic tool, OXTR-iTango2, to label OXT-sensitive neurons in behaving animals with high temporal resolution.