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Former Lab Members

Katharina Schaeff 2013-2017		Katharina was our technician from September 2013 to October 2017. Besides maintaining the lab in good shape, Katharina worked on both SHRED and ER-phagy.
Tamas Szoradi 2013-2018		Tamas did his PhD from October 2013 to March 2018, unravelling SHRED in all its glory. Tamas then moved to New York to do a postdoc with Liam Holt.
Jasmin Schäfer 2014-2020		Jasmin did her PhD from August 2014 to Januar 2020. The force was strong with this one and Jasmin heroically cracked (some of) the secrets of micro-ER-phagy. She then moved to Frankfurt to do a postdoc with Christian Münch.
Dorottya Polos 2014-2015		Dorottya was an ERASMUS student from October 2014 to June 2015. Afterwards, she returned to London to complete her Bachelor’s degree and do her PhD with Margaret Dallman.
Rolf Schmidt 2014-2019		Rolf did his PhD from December 2014 to April 2019, investigating how cells adapt protein degradation capacity to stress. He then stayed in Heidelberg to do a postdoc with Carlos Bas Orth.
Peter Bircham 2015-2018		Peter was a postdoc with us from February 2015 to September 2018 to study ER size control. Outside the lab, Peter still put yeast to good use brewing beer. This naturally led to his second postdoc with Kevin Verstrepen in Leuven, where Peter engineered yeast for making better beer.
Verena Bittl 2015		Verena did her Master thesis with us to explore potential ER-phagy substrates. She then moved to Frankfurt to pursue her PhD with Anja Bremm.
Dimitris Papagiannidis 2016-2022		Dimitris did his Master thesis with us and then his PhD from May 2017 to May 2022. By climbing from tubules to sheets and doing extensive bouldering on the yeast ER, he figured out what Ice2 actually does. He then ventured up another local hill to do a postdoc with Nassos Typas and Mikhail Savitski at EMBL.
Julia Schessner 2017-2018		Julia did her Master thesis with us on visualizing and quantifying micro-ER-phagy by time lapse microscopy. For her PhD, Julia joined Georg Borner’s group at the MPI for Biochemistry in Munich.
Giulia Ruffini 2018-2025		Giulia joined for her Master thesis and then stayed for her PhD from September 2019 to February 2025 to study ER biogenesis in human cells. Her efforts brought the beauty of the mammalian ER to the lab, and she was also the first to capture a picture of the fabled science fairy.
Sibylle Kanngießer 2019-2024		Sibylle did her PhD from April 2019 to December 2024, working closely with Niklas to unravel exactly how Roq1 talks to Ubr1 to activate SHRED. She then moved to Hamburg to take an industry position.
Niklas Peters 2019-2025		Niklas did his PhD from April 2019 to December 2024 and worked closely with Sibylle on the mechanism of SHRED. He then stayed on as a postdoc for a little bit before taking an industry job in nearby Bensheim. When Niklas left the Äkta wept.
Ayelén Valko 2020-2022		Ayelén was a postdoc with us from October 2020 to September 2022, working on micro-ER-phagy and ER morphogenesis. Aye is a serious artist with a (e)special interest in science-inspired paintings. She decided to turn to art full time and you can visit her work at www.ayelenvalko.com.
Carlos Martin de Hijas 2021		Carlos did his Master thesis to look at transcriptional responses to ER stress, mostly by staring at the computer screen. Carlos then took a job at a local Biotech company.
Anna Platzek 2021-2025		Anna did her PhD from April 2021 to May 2025. She initially wanted to find out what ER whorls are made of and ended up discovering how the entire yeast proteome is remodelled during stress.
Inge Reckmann 2021-2024		Inge was a long-time technician of Felix Wieland before we moved into the lab space she had been keeping in good shape for many years. After three happy years with us, we are sad to lose her to retirement.
Rafael Salazar Claros 2022		Rafael did his Master thesis by joining the SHREDders. He then continued studying the ubiquitin proteasome system as a PhD student in Satpal Virdee's lab in Dundee.
Alexander Wirth 2022-2023		Alex did his Master thesis with us to figure out how reticulon proteins control ER morphology in yeast. He then joined Jirka Peschek's group at the BZH for his PhD.