Margarethe Daumen has been working as a study coordinator at the MS day clinic since March 2025. With more than 30 years of clinical experience, she is primarily responsible for the eRECLAIM stem cell project.
Daumen, Margarethe
Laserra, Francesco
Francesco Laserra studied Medicine and Surgery at Università Vita-Salute San Raffaele in Milan, Italy. Drawn by the complexity and social impact of multiple sclerosis, he attended the Department of Neurology at San Raffaele Hospital, where he completed his MD thesis, focused on the role of environmental factors in the progression of subjects with Radiologically Isolated… Read more »
Hofner, Laura
Laura Hofner studied medicine at the Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg (JMU) and started her residency at the Department of Neurology at the University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf (UKE) in 2024. For her MD thesis, she investigated the management of depressive disorders in primary care at the Department of General Practice in Würzburg. During her studies she was funded… Read more »
Ehrhardt, Tim
Since December 2024 Tim Ehrhardt is working at the multiple sclerosis out patient clinic. His main function is the admission of patients and to enter patient-related data into the Hospital System. He maintains the MS Patient Database and is responsible for the correspondence between doctors and patients.
Mattern, K. Michel-J.
K. Michel-J. Mattern studied Biology and Neuroscience at the Universities of Freiburg and Copenhagen. During his Master thesis, he investigated the transcriptional regulation of the circadian neuroendocrine system. He then joined the INIMS as a research assistant and attended bioinformatics lectures at the University of Hamburg. Michel is especially interested in understanding the molecular interactions… Read more »
Köpke, Sascha
Kasper, Jürgen
Gold, Stefan
Rahn, Anne Christin
Telmon, Victoria
Victoria Telmon studied Molecular Life Sciences at the University of Hamburg and completed her master’s degree in October 2024. During this time she established an IPSC derived model to study inflammatory neurodegeneration. She started her PhD at the INIMS in January 2025 where she will focus on epigenetic control of neurogenesis and neuronal loss in… Read more »
Foiz, Farzeen
Farzeen Foiz is currently studying medicine at the University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf (UKE). In July 2024 he began his MD thesis at the INIMS investigating the use of therapeutic antibody fragments for neuronal immunomodulation and their potential neuroprotective effects in experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis (EAE).
Winkler, Iris
Nagel, Darwin
Darwin Nagel is currently studying medicine at the University Medical Center Hamburg (UKE). Prior to studying medicine, he worked in the computer science field and is now eager to bring that knowledge into medical research. Starting his work in academia, he visited the Center for translational and computational neuroimmunology (CTCN) at the Columbia University in… Read more »
Kolakowska, Aneta
Aneta Kolakowska studied at Gdansk University of Technology, Faculty of Chemistry, where in 2022 she completed her Master’s degree in the field of Molecular Biotechnology. During that time, she was enrolled in different projects focusing on the infection and virulence of various species of fungi from genus Aspergillus and Candida. In 2022 she also participated… Read more »
Gerschwitz, Pauline
Pauline Gerschwitz studied psychology at Kiel University and graduated with a master’s degree in 2021. From 2020 to 2021, she worked as a student trainee in neuropsychological research at the MS Day Clinic and INIMS. As part of her master’s thesis, she developed a metacognitive questionnaire for people with multiple sclerosis and depressive symptoms. After… Read more »
Neves Silva, Daniela
Daniela Silva studied Biochemistry at the University of Porto, and completed her master ‘s degree in Neurobiology at the University of Porto, Faculty of Medicine in 2022. During her degrees she enrolled in different projects, such as searching for miRNAs as potential biomarkers for MS and searching for potential beneficial effects of different repurposed drugs… Read more »
Bürger, Nico
Kechagia, Bachar
Keller, Alex Maximilian
Alex Maximilian Keller studied „Health promotion and management“ (B.A.) at the University of Applied Sciences in Magdeburg and completed his M.Sc. in „Health Sciences“ at the University of Applied Sciences (HAW) in Hamburg. He has been working as a PhD student at INIMS since early 2023, where he is conducting research on lifestyle interventions for… Read more »
Bonari, Masoumeh
Since December 2022 Masoumeh Bonari is working at the multiple sclerosis out patient clinic. Her main function is the admission of patients and to enter patient-related data into the Hospital System. She maintains the MS Patient Database and is responsible for the correspondence between doctors and patients.
Großhans, Henrike
Henrike Grosshans studied medicine at the Albert-Ludwigs-University of Freiburg and completed clinical traineeships at Yale New Haven Hospital, the Ludwig-Maximilians-University Hospital in Munich and in Zurich. Curious about basic science and intracellular calcium signaling, she spent one year at Yale University (New Haven, USA) as a research fellow in Professor Ehrlich´s laboratory. For her MD… Read more »
Kahn, Audrey
I have studied the ‚International master: from fundamental molecular biosciences to biotherapies ‚ at Sorbonne Universite – Pierre et Marie-Curie, gratuating in June 2021. During my master, I first investigated stem cells regeneration in an inflammatory context (Instituto de Medicina Molecular, Lisboa). Further on, I did my master thesis looking at the role of a… Read more »
Christodoulou, Phaidon
Phaidon Christodoulou is a medical student at the University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf (UKE). He started his MD thesis at the INIMS in October 2022 and aims to understand the mechanisms that drive T-cell mediated immunopathology in cerebral malaria.
Anschlag, Maximilian
Maximilian Anschlag is currently studying medicine at the University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf (UKE). He started his MD thesis at the INIMS in October 2022 and will investigate the formation and composition of neurotoxic aggregates of the presynaptic protein Bassoon in multiple sclerosis.
von Grebmer zu Wolfsthurm, Julia
Julia von Grebmer is a medical student at the University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf (UKE). She started her MD thesis at the INIMS in October 2022 and is investigating the role of adenosine kinase (ADK) and its isoforms in modulating inflammation-induced neurodegeneration.
Niehoff, Lena Sophie
Lena Sophie Niehoff is currently studying medicine at the University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf (UKE). She started her MD thesis at the INIMS in April 2022 and will investigate the changes in neurogenesis in experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis (EAE) and possible therapeutic approaches to improve the development of new neurons in the adult brain.
Zeiler, Christina
Rugenstein, Tassja
Montes Cobos, Elena
Roth, Vanessa
Tarayrah, Mahmoud
Musetto, Valeria
Bose, Aparajita
Heckmann, Nina
Tintelnot, Joseph
Mensching, Daniel
Eggert, Britta
Patas, Konstantinos
Fischer, Anja
Schattling, Benjamin
Fleischer, Sabine
Piedavent-Salomon, Melanie
Stürner, Klarissa
Stellmann, Patrick
Ufer, Friederike
Winkler, Hanna
Heidermann, Karsten
Volkmann, Constantin
Shaposhnykov, Artem
Steinbach, Karin
Lucas Ruiz, Fernando
Fernando Lucas Ruiz studied the Biochemistry Bachelor degree at the University of Murcia. From 2015 to 2020 he completed his PhD in the Experimental Ophthalmology group at the University of Murcia, focusing on the study of the neurodegenerative and neuroinflammatory processes of retinal ganglion cells after the optic nerve axotomy. In 2021 he joined the… Read more »
Balser, Julia
Since December 2021 Julia Balser is working at the multiple sclerosis out patient clinic. Her main function is the admission of patients and to enter patient-related data into the Hospital System. She maintains the MS Patient Database and is responsible for the correspondence between doctors and patients. Julia Balser also supports the infusion therapy of… Read more »
Pfeffer, Lena Kristina
Lena Kristina Pfeffer studied medicine at the Technical University of Munich (TUM) and trained at the University of Zurich (UZH) and at the University College London (UCL). She carried out her MD thesis at the Institute of Clinical Neuroimmunology (Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, LMU) studying the role of autoantibodies in Multiple Sclerosis. In 2020,… Read more »
Lassay, Franziska
Franziska Lassay studied medicine at the Universities of Marburg and Hamburg and started working at the Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy at the University Medical Centre Hamburg-Eppendorf in 2018. Her scientific interests are the alterations of microRNA in schizophrenia and multiple sclerosis.
Bruns, Iris
Iris Bruns is physiotherapist and joined the Institute of Neuroimmunology and Multiple Scleroris (INIMS) in 2021. She has 20 years of profound experience in the area of clinical and outpatient treatment at the University Medical Center in Hamburg-Eppendorf. In 2014 she received the Master of Neurological Rehabilitation from the University of Krems. Within INIMS, Iris… Read more »
von Glasenapp, Barbara
Barbara von Glasenapp has been recruited for the POWER@MS1 project in August 2021. She has a Bachelor of Science degree in Physiotherapy and is a certified paramedic assistant. Previously she worked as a physiotherapist in field of epilepsy. She assists the Power@MS1 project and other clinical trials.
Fischbach, Felix
Felix Fischbach studied medicine at the Ludwig-Maximilian’s University of Munich (LMU). Fascinated by the complex interactions of glial cells and neurons in a neuroinflammatory condition he carried out his MD thesis in the Department of Neuroanatomy in Munich investigating oligodendroglial stress responses in inflammatory and metabolic animal models of Multiple Sclerosis. In April 2020 he… Read more »
Lopes Fonseca, Ricardo
Ricardo Lopes Fonseca is currently studying medicine at the University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf (UKE). He started his MD thesis at the INIMS in April 2021 and will investigate the role of purinergic signaling and the potential neuroprotective effects in experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis (EAE).
Bier, Jasmina
Jasmina Bier studied Medicinal Chemistry and Chemical Biology at the Jacobs University in Bremen and completed her master degree in Neurosciences at the University of Göttingen in 2020. She started her PhD at the INIMS in 2021 and will investigate neuroprotective strategies in multiple sclerosis such as exercise and hypoxia.
Hagemeyer, Hannah
Hannah Luna Hagemeyer studied medicine at the University of Hamburg, Bern, Cape Town, and La Laguna and started her residency at the Department of Neurology at the University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf (UKE) in 2025. After her doctoral thesis at the INIMS about the interferon-stimulated gene Apolipoprotein L6 in neuroinflammation, she is currently investigating viral infections… Read more »
Mayer, Christina
Christina Mayer obtained her medical degree from the University of Heidelberg and trained at Karolinska Institute in Stockholm and University College London. Fascinated by the fine-tuned interplay between immune cells and neurons, she carried out her MD thesis in the Department of Neurology in Heidelberg investigating neurodegenerative alterations in retinal ganglion cells during onset of… Read more »
Unger, Lisa
Seddiq Zai, Susan
Susan Seddiq Zai studied psychology at the University of Kiel and received her diploma in 2019. Since 2017 she is engaged in neuropsychological assessments and neuropsychiatric research in multiple sclerosis at the MS Day Hospital and INIMS. Currently, she is working as a PhD student on a project aiming to validate a driving simulator for… Read more »
Sonner, Jana
Jana Sonner studied Molecular Biotechnology at the University of Heidelberg until 2014 and completed her Ph. D. studies in 2017. From 2014 to 2019 she worked in the Clinical Cooperation Unit Neuroimmunology and Brain Tumor Immunology at the German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ) in Heidelberg, where she dissected the role of tryptophan metabolism in regulating… Read more »
Schubert, Charlotte
Charlotte Schubert studied medicine at the Universities of Freiburg im Breisgau, Marseille and Paris. Fascinated by the complexity of neurobiology she carried out her thesis on neuroplasticity through 2-Photon long-term in vivo imaging in a model of epilepsy. In 2017 she started her residency at the Department of Neurology at the University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf… Read more »
Häußler, Vivien
Vivien Häußler studied medicine at the Universities of Hamburg and Trondheim and started her residency in 2013 at the Department of Neurology at the University Medical Centre Hamburg-Eppendorf. She completed her MD thesis in the area of postischaemic inflammation and first focused on basic science in the context of ischaemic stroke. Her clinical interests lie… Read more »
Hadjilaou, Alexandros
Alexandros Hadjilaou studied medicine at the University of Leipzig. From 2012 to 2014 he worked on the immunology of the dengue fever at the Virology Department of the University of Leipzig and of the University of California, Berkeley (UCB) under the supervision of Christian Jassoy and Eva Harris respectively. His work, which culminated in his… Read more »
Krause, Nicole
Nicole Krause studied Health Sciences (M.Sc.) at the Hamburg University of Applied Sciences (HAW Hamburg) and received her master‘s degree in 2018. After her studies, she was working as a research assistant at the HAW Hamburg. She joined the Heesen Group at the INIMS in October 2018 and completed her PhD in 2023. In her… Read more »
Bal, Lukas
Lukas C. Bal studied medicine at the University Medical Centre Hamburg-Eppendorf (UKE) and completed clinical internships in Vienna, the University Hospital Heidelberg, University Hospital Rechts der Isar (Munich), and the National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery (London, UK). He also studied neurodegenerative diseases at Yale Medical School in the Lab of Prof. Strittmatter (New Haven,… Read more »
Miara, Marile
As administrative assistant of the MS Outpatient Clinic, Marile Miara supports the clinical team realising clinical research projects, e.g. registration at ethical review committees and contracts. Accordingly, she organises correspondence and meetings and assists in all administrative aspects regarding personnel, clinical case management, financial and purchase matters.
Ipenberg, Inbal
Harnisch, Kathrin
Since May 2017 Kathrin Harnisch is working at the multiple sclerosis out patient clinic. Her main function is the admission of patients and to enter patient-related data into the Hospital System. She also maintains the MS Patient Database and is responsible for the correspondence between doctors and patients.
Rothammer, Nicola
Nicola Rothammer studied Biology at the University Regensburg and received her master degree in neural, developmental and human biology in 2016. She finished her PhD at the INIMS in May 2022 and is investigating the role of epigenetic changes induced by inflammatory neurodegeneration.
Vieira, Vanessa
Vanessa Vieira joined the INIMS lab in 2017 as a technical assistant. In addition to lab organization and the processing of blood samples for the Biobank she has also been involved in several neurological projects. Her expertise lies in mouse CNS preparations and in methods such as BacTRAP and 10X single cell experiments.
Winschel, Ingo
Woo, Marcel
Marcel S. Woo studied medicine at the University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf (UKE), Germany and McGill University, Canada. He is a resident physician at the Department of Neurology, UKE, postdoctoral researcher at the INIMS, UKE and associated researcher at the Translational Neuroimaging Laboratory, McGill University, Canada. His main interests are the identification of new strategies to… Read more »
Binkle-Ladisch, Lars
Lars Binkle-Ladisch studied biology at the Freie Universität Berlin. For his PhD he joined the Institute for Molecular and Cellular Cognition (IMCC) at the Center for Molecular Neurobiology Hamburg (ZMNH) and received his PhD (Dr. rer. nat.) in 2010. In 2011 he became a postdoctoral fellow at the IMCC studying the molecular function of the… Read more »
Schiffmann, Insa
Insa Schiffmann studied Medicine at the University of Freiburg and Sevilla and started her residency in 2017 at the MS day hospital and outpatient clinic of the University Medical Center Hamburg Eppendorf (UKE). In her thesis she examined the effects of epigenetic drugs on histone modifications in Non-small cell lung cancer. She is a member… Read more »
Kaufmann, Max
As a strong believer in the transformational power of digitalisation, Max Kaufmann investigates molecular disease mechanisms of multiple sclerosis using a high-throughput, data-driven approach. By treating patients as a physician and observing the current limitations of available medicines first-hand, he draws great motivation to extend beyond these boundaries with his research. Dr. Kaufmann’s scientific work… Read more »
Riemann-Lorenz, Karin
Karin Riemann-Lorenz studied nutritional sciences in Gießen and Mönchengladbach and got her diploma in 1991. She has been working as a freelance nutritionist, in adult education and as a nutrition expert for a consumer organization. In addition to her professional activity, she has completed master’s degrees in Adult Education and Public Health. Since 2016, she… Read more »
Nagel, Sabine
Since 2009 Sabine Nagel has been working in the multiple sclerosis out patient clinic. She is a qualified administrative assistant in public service. Her main function is the admission of patients and to enter patient-related data into the hospital system. She also coordinates the day clinic.
Walkenhorst, Mark
Lau, Stephanie
Stephanie Lau studied education at the University of Cologne. After her degree she completed a journalism traineeship and worked as a journalist for several TV stations. Since 2010, she has been working in the MS Outpatient Clinic, mainly in charge of neuropsychiatric assesments and the development and realisation of educational research projects for MS patients…. Read more »
Mönch, Andrea
Since 1998 Andrea has been working at the multiple sclerosis out patient clinic and was involved in setting up the structures of the clinic. She is a qualified nurse and as a study nurse is responsible for most of the multicenter phase 2 and 3 clinical trials.
Grentzenberg, Kristina
Since 2008 Kristina Grentzenberg has been working in the multiple sclerosis day clinic. She is a qualified nurse for intensive care and a study nurse. She coordinates the day clinic and is involved in patient education programmes, specifically the DECIMS (Decision Coach in MS)-project.
Reimers, Bärbel
As administrative assistant, Bärbel Reimers supports the director and researchers of the INIMS since 2014 in realising their research and clinical projects. In accordance she organises correspondence and meetings and assists in all administrative aspects regarding personnel, financial and purchase matters. Since 2019 she has been involved in the training of office management assistants and… Read more »
Pöttgen, Jana
Jana Pöttgen studied psychology at the University of Hamburg and received her diploma in 2009. Since 2006 she is engaged in neuropsychological assessments and neuropsychiatric research in multiple sclerosis at the MS Day Hospital and INIMS. She is interested in cognitive behavioral interventions in multiple sclerosis and the development and validation of neuropsychiatric outcome parameter…. Read more »
Reinhardt, Stefanie
Stefanie Reinhardt has been working in the INIMS laboratory since 2007 as a technical assistant. Furthermore, she is a trained study nurse involved in Investigator Initiated Trials conducted by the multiple sclerosis outpatient clinic, i.e. investigating therapeutic effects of autologous hematopoietic stem cell transplantation or boswellia serrata in multiple sclerosis.
Bauer, Simone
Simone Bauer has been working in the INIMS lab since 2011 as a technical assistant, where she is involved in several neurobiological and immunological projects. Besides genotyping and lab organization she is trained in the preparation of immune cells from different tissues including the inflamed CNS, isolation and culture of bone marrow derived dendritic cells,… Read more »
Meurs, Nina
Nina Meurs joined the INIMS in 2011 as a technical assistant in the Friese lab, and since she is involved in different neurobiological and immunological projects. Besides lab organization and mouse preparations, such as ZNS, lymph nodes or spleen preparations, her main area of expertise comprises 10X single cell experiments, flow cytometry including cell sorting… Read more »
Winkler, Iris
Iris Winkler started her studies in English and Biology at Bergische University of Wuppertal. Discovering her fascination of how the central nervous system (CNS) works, she intensified her studies at Ruhr-University of Bochum with focus on neurobiology. Within her bachelor thesis she explored the regulation and function of a neuropeptide in migraine and during her… Read more »
Engler, Jan Broder
Jan Broder Engler studied medicine at the Charité Berlin and the University of Córdoba in Spain. Fascinated by how immune responses are regulated, he joined the Group of Cell Autoimmunity at the German Rheumatism Research Centre Berlin (DRFZ) and received his MD for his work on autoreactive T cells in lupus in 2010. For gaining… Read more »
Willing, Anne
Anne Willing studied biology and biomedical sciences at the University of Münster and the transnational University Limburg (Netherlands/ Belgium). From 2009 to 2013 she completed her PhD study characterizing IL-17 producing CD8+ T cells in multiple sclerosis at the INIMS. Her main research focus is T cell and particularly MAIT cell biology in the context… Read more »
Gold, Stefan
Stefan Gold studied psychology in Giessen and Hamburg and received his PhD from the University of Hamburg in 2003. He completed postdoctoral training in neuroimaging at New York University (NYU) and in neuroimmunology at the University of California Los Angeles (UCLA). Stefan is a guest scientist at the INIMS and Heisenberg Professor of Neuropsychiatry at… Read more »
Heesen, Christoph
Christoph Heesen studied medicine at the Universities of Marburg and Kiel and received his MD in 1993. He completed his neurology training at the General Hospital in Bremen –Ost and the Univeristy Medical Centre Hamburg-Eppendorf. Since 1995 he is head of the MS outpatient unit and since 2004, he has been consultant neurologist. He was… Read more »
Friese, Manuel A.
Manuel A. Friese studied medicine at the Universities of Hamburg, Oxford and University College London and received his MD in 2001. He completed his neurology training at the Universities of Tübingen and Hamburg. After his postdoctoral training at the University of Oxford from 2004–2008, he started his laboratory as an Emmy Noether research fellow of… Read more »
Rosenkranz, Sina C.
Sina C. Rosenkranz studied medicine at the Universities of Hamburg, Berlin, Zürich, Pretoria and Campeche and started her residency in 2012 at the Department of Neurology at the University Medical Centre Hamburg-Eppendorf by focusing on Neuroimmunology. After completing her MD thesis at the Institute of Neuropathology on Alzheimer‘s disease she enrolled in the MD/PhD programme… Read more »
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