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.