Synthetic Biology

  • Hippocampus of an ePet-Cre mouse innervated via serotoneric axon terminals (green) and staining against glutamateric neurons (blue) and c-Fos (red)

    Welcome

    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

  • 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

  • Pyramidenzellen im Kortex

    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

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Teaching

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.

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New publication

Publikation in Nature Communications

Contact

Synthetic Biology

Prof. Dr. Olivia Masseck

University of Bremen
Faculty 2, NW2 Block B
Leobener Straße 5
D-28359 Bremen


Portrait von Olivia Masseck und Martin Kubitschke
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