SASLAB · Team

Our team

SASLAB brings together clinical psychiatry, laboratory science and data-oriented research.

Group lead

Prof. Dr. med. Johann Steiner

Group lead · W2 Professor of Translational Psychiatry · Permanent Deputy to the Director of the University Clinic of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Magdeburg

Profile and academic background

Research and study team

Dipl.-Ing. Henrik Dobrowolny

Electrical engineer · Research scientist

Leon Dudeck

Chemical engineer (Master’s degree) · Research scientist

Gabriela Meyer-Lotz

Clinical Study and Laboratory Team · ORAKEL

Moritz Neveling

Psychologist (Master’s degree) · ORAKEL study team

Nadji Sayed Taha

Physician · ORAKEL Study Team

Laboratory team

Bianca Jerzykiewicz

Lead medical-technical laboratory assistant (MTA)

Katrin Brenner

Medical-Technical Laboratory Assistant

Katrin Meister

Medical-Technical Laboratory Assistant

Doctoral researchers and topics

Safa Haddad

Blood NfL and IGFBP2 in schizophrenia and major depression.

Franziska Huster

Blood neurofilament light chain (NfL) in treatment-resistant major depression before and after electroconvulsive therapy; collaboration with PD Dr. Alexandra Neyazi, University of Magdeburg.

Amira Kalmar

PEth (phosphatidylethanol) and EtG (ethyl glucuronide) during alcohol withdrawal; collaboration with Dr. rer. med. Böttcher, MVZ Dessau.

Isabell Lindner

Immunity, brain MRI structure and disease course in depression, bipolar disorder and schizophrenia; collaboration with Prof. Thilo Kircher and Dr. Frederike Stein, University of Marburg.

Madeleine Nussbaumer

TMEM119+ and HLA-DR+ microglial cell counts in schizophrenia and affective disorders using digital image analysis; meta-analyses of microglia and differential blood counts in schizophrenia.

Leila Shokati Asl

Blood NfL and IGFBP2 in schizophrenia and major depression.

Jannis Stolz

TMEM119+ microglial morphology in schizophrenia and affective disorders in post-mortem tissue using digital image analysis.

David Strischewski

Oxidative stress and inflammation during alcohol withdrawal; collaboration with Dr. rer. med. Böttcher, MVZ Dessau.

Jonas Ungewickell

TMEM119+ and HLA-DR+ microglia and the neurogenesis marker doublecortin (DCX) in post-mortem brain tissue; TMEM119+ cells in the subventricular zone in schizophrenia and affective disorders.

Simon Vogt

TMEM119+ microglial morphology in schizophrenia and affective disorders in post-mortem tissue using digital image analysis.

Nele Wagner

Immunity, brain MRI structure and disease course in depression, bipolar disorder and schizophrenia; collaboration with Prof. Thilo Kircher and Dr. Frederike Stein, University of Marburg.

Julia Wagus

Leaky-gut markers in major depression; meta-analysis of differential blood counts in bipolar disorders.