Katharina Schellhaus Email & Phone Number

Stockholm, Stockholm County, Sweden

My role as medical assessor involves to determine whether a pharmaceutical product shall be subsidized by the state. We work in cross-functional teams and on several projects simultaneously.

We were organizing events that helped postdoctoral researchers to pursue their career either in- or outside academia. Some of our events involved more than 100 participants. My role involved event organization and coordination, networking, assessing needs of the postdoctoral community, communication and more.

Solna, Sweden

Research area: Protein aggregation in neurodegenerative diseases In my project I used biochemical and molecular biology methods to improve our understanding of protein misfolding/neurodegenerative diseases (mainly Huntington's and Alzheimer's diseases). I focused on studying protein aggregates in mammalian cell culture systems. I used cell-based assays and microscopy to engineer a system of inducible aggregation. This project was done in collaboration with other research groups… Show more Research area: Protein aggregation in neurodegenerative diseases In my project I used biochemical and molecular biology methods to improve our understanding of protein misfolding/neurodegenerative diseases (mainly Huntington's and Alzheimer's diseases). I focused on studying protein aggregates in mammalian cell culture systems. I used cell-based assays and microscopy to engineer a system of inducible aggregation. This project was done in collaboration with other research groups and I was involved in managing/organizing our regular communication etc.https://ki.se/en/cmb/nico-dantumas-group Show less

Aachen, Germany

I was responsible to transfer knowledge and methods to newly hired colleagues after the move of the lab. Next to other methods, the highly sophisticated isolation of mitotic chromatin clusters from cells.https://www.ukaachen.de/kliniken-institute/institut-fuer-biochemie-und-molekulare-zellbiologie/institut/team.html

Tuebingen, Germany

Thesis title: The GTPase DRG1 controls microtubule dynamics & is involved in chromatin decondensationI used mainly biochemical methods as well as the Xenopus laevis egg extract system during my project. I was able to identify that the GTPase DRG1 is involved in spindle assembly during mitosis. This was an unexpected and novel finding as DRG1 was not described before to have microtubule-associated functions or binding activities of which we found several.http://fml.mpg.de/

Hamilton, Canada

Research intern in the lab of David W. Andrews. Mainly applying live cell imaging and automated microscopy.

Doctor Of Philosophy - Phd, Biochemistry, Magna Cum Laude

Activities and Societies: Thesis title: The GTPase DRG1 controls microtubule dynamics & is involved in chromatin decondensation Thesis.

Diploma, Biochemistry, 1.0 ("Very Good")

During my studies I did self-organized lab rotations on a variety of topics using a diversity of methods in the labs of following.

Biochemistry

In the first term I studied biochemistry like a regular student (attending lectures, seminars, wrote exams) while in the second term I was.