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Dr. rer. nat. Silke Müller
SpaceLife Doctoral Candidate 2010 - 2014

Dr. rer. nat. Silke Müller

Deutsches Zentrum für Luft und Raumfahrt (DLR)
German Aerospace Center

Müller S (2014) Salt-dependent chemotaxis of macrophages – Dissertation (Dr. rer. nat.), Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Fakultät der Rheinischen Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn.

Key data during active SpaceLife membership:

Research Field:

Gravitational Biology of Cells

Topic:

Salt-dependent chemotaxis of macrophages

DLR Supervisor:

PD Dr. Ruth Hemmersbach

University Supervisor:

Prof. Kolanus, Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn

Education:

• Degree: Diploma Human Biology, Philipps-Universität Marburg
• Study of Human Biology

Experience:

• Title of Diploma Thesis: Examination of colocalization of the neuropeptide CGRP with ACh in parasympathetic neuronal and epithelial non-neuronal cell populations of the mouse Internship at the Center for Molecular Medicine, Karolinska Intitutet, Stockholm, Sweden
• Internship at Roche Diagnostics GmbH labs, Penzberg, Germany
• Student teaching assistant at the Institute for Anatomy and Cell Biology, Philipps-Universität Marburg; supervisor of practical exercises and seminar in neurobiology for human biology students

Research Interests:

• How macrophages react to changing salt concentrations under altered gravity conditions (for example during parabolic flights, in clinostats, on centrifuges); effects on signal transduction cascades, e.g. those resulting in activation of the transcription factor NF-κB.