Dr. Anna Ziegler
Dr. Anna Ziegler
anna.ziegler@uni-muenster.de
Tel.: (+49)-(0)251/83-23891
MIC - Multiscale Imaging Centre
Röntgenstraße 16
48149 Münster
Research Areas
- Neurobiology
- Lipid metabolism
- Neurodegenerative diseases
- Drosophila genetics
CV
2021-present: Junior-Group Leader at the Institute for Behavior- and Neuroscience, University Münster, Germany
2015-2021: Postdoctoral researcher at the Helmholz Institute: German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE) in Bonn, Germany
2010-2015: Postdoctoral researcher at the CNRS Dijon, France
2002-2010: Studies in Biology and doctoral thesis in Chemistry and Biochemistry at the Ruhr-University Bochum, Germany
Projects
DFG gefördertes Projekt ZI 1690/2-1: „The role of Ceramide Synthase for neuronal maintenance and function“
List of publications
2021
Kilo L., Stürner T, Tavosanis G., Ziegler AB#: Fantastic actin dynamics and where to find them. Cells 2021, 10(10), 2777; https://doi.org/10.3390/cells10102777
#corresponding author
2018
Ziegler AB# and Tavisanis G: Glycerophospholipids - Emerging players in neuronal dendrite branching and outgrowth. Dev Biol. 2018 Dec 18. pii: S0012-1606(18)30341-5.
doi: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2018.12.009.
#corresponding author
Borycz J.*, Ziegler AB*, Borycz JA, Uhlenbrock G, Caceres L, Hovemann BT, Meinertzhagen IA: Location and functions of Inebriated in the Drosophila eye. Biol Open. 2018 Jul 23;7(7).
doi: 10.1242/bio.034926.
*equal contribution
Ziegler AB*, Maniére G*, Grosjean Y: JhI-21 plays a role in Drosophila insulin-like peptide release from larval IPCs via leucine transport. Scientific Reports. 2018 Jan 30;8(1):1908.
doi: 10.1038/s41598-018-20394-1.
*equal contribution
2017
Ziegler AB, Thiele C, Tenedini F, Richard M, Leyendecker P, Hoermann A, Soba P, Tavosanis G: Cell-Autonomous Control of Neuronal Dendrite Expansion via the Fatty acid synthesis regulator SREBP. Cell reports. 2017 Dec 19;21(12):3346-3353. doi:10.1016/j.celrep.2017.11.069.
2016
Islam MS, Nolte H, Jacob W, Ziegler AB, Pütz S, Grosjean Y, Szczepanowska K, Trifunovic A, Braun T, Heumann H, Heumann R, Hovemann B, Moore DJ, Krüger M.: Human R1441C LRRK2 regulates the synaptic vesicle proteome and phosphoproteome in a Drosophila model of Parkinson's disease. Human Molecular Genetics. 2016 Dec 15;25(24):5365-5382.
doi: 10.1093/hmg/ddw352.
Maniére G *, Ziegler AB *, Geillon F, Featherstone DE, Grosjean Y: Direct sensing of Nutrients via a LAT1-like Transporter in Drosophila Insulin-Producing Cells.
Cell Reports. 2016 Sep 27;17(1):137-148. doi: 10.1016/j.celrep.2016.08.093.
* equal contribution
Ziegler AB, Augustin H, Clark N, Berthelot-Grosjean M, Simonnet M, Steinert JR, Geillon F, Maniére G, Featherstone DE, Grosjean Y: JhI-21 Coevolves with Glutamate Receptors, Impacts NMJ Physiology, and Regulates Locomotor Activity in Drosophila Larvae.
Scientific Reports. 2016 Jan 25;6:19692. doi: 10.1038/srep19692
2015
Ziegler AB#, Menage C, Garcia T, Ferveur J-F, Bretillon L, Grosjean Y#: PUFAs are necessary and required for synapse function in the Drosophila visual system.
PLoS One. 2015 Aug 26;10(8):e0135353. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0135353.
#corresponding authors
2013
Ziegler AB, Berthelot-Grosjean M, Grosjean Y: The smell of love in Drosophila (invited Review) Frontiers in Physiology. 2013 Apr 5;4:72. doi: 10.3389/fphys.2013.00072.
Ziegler AB, Brüsselbach F, Hovemann BT: Activity and coexpression of Drosophila black with ebony in fly optic lobes reveals putative cooperative tasks in vision that evade electroretinographic detection. Journal of Comparative Neurology. 2013 Apr 15;521(6):1207-24. doi: 10.1002/cne.23247.