Hippocampus of a ePet-Cre mouse innervated via serotoneric axon terminals (green) and staining against glutamateric neurons (blue) and c-Fos (red) | photo: AG SynBio
Synthetic Biology
Welcome
Hippocampus
of the mouse (coronal slicing) with nissle staining | photo: AG SynBio
Dorsal raphe
of a ePet-Cre mouse with stained serotonergic neurons (yellow) and stained cell nuclei with DAPI (blue) | photo: AG SynBio
Pyramidal neurons in the Cortex
of a Nex-Cre mouse (green) with stained cell nuclei with DAPI (blue) | photo: AG SynBio
Serotonergic neurons
of the dorsal raphe stained with a TPH antibody (green) | photo: AG SynBio
Research
We investigate the role of the neuromodulator serotonin, especially its influence on emotional behavior and psychiatric diseases, such as anxiety and depression. Our investigations range from single cells to the system level.
Methods
Molecular Biology, Optogenetics, Electrophyisology, Immunhistochemistry, Behavior
moreTeaching
We are involved in teaching the Bachelor of Biology and Master of Neuroscience and Master of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology. For more information please see module description.
moreContact
Synthetic Biology
University of Bremen
Faculty 2, NW2 Block B
Leobener Straße 5
D-28359 Bremen