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Beruflicher Werdegang

• 2020-2024         PostDoc Neuroanatomie, Institut für Anatomie, Universitätsmedizin Magdeburg
• 2020                   Promotion Neurobiologie, Leibniz-Institut für Neurobiologie, Magdeburg
• 2016                   Master Biologie, Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg
• 2014                   Bachelor Biologie, Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg

Forschungsaufenthalte

2013                 Sleep Research Lab, NeuRA Sydney, Australien

Publikationen

2023

Mancini N, Thoener J, Tafani E, Pauls D, Mayseless O, Strauch M, Eichler K, Champion A, Kobler O, Webwer D, Weiglein A, Hartenstein V, Thum AS, Rohwedder A, Schleyer M, Gerber B. 2023. Rewarding capacity of optogenetically activating a giant GABAergic central-brain interneuron in larval Drosophila. J Neurosci 43: 7393-7428.  https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.2310-22.2023

2022

Albrecht A, Müller I, Weiglein A, Pollali E, Caliskan G, Stork O. 2022. Choosing memory retrieval strategies: a critical role for inhibition in the dentate gyrus. Neurobiol Stress 20: 100474. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ynstr.2022.100474

Thoener J, Weiglein A, Gerber B, Schleyer M. 2022. Optogenetically induced reward and ‚frustration’ memory in Drosophila. J Exp Bio 225: jeb244565. https://doi.org/10.1242/jeb.244565

Weiglein A, Gaffal E, Albrecht A. 2022. Probing the skin-brain axis: new vistas using mouse models. Int J Mol Sci 23: 7484. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms23137484

2021

Thoener J, König C, Weiglein A, Toshima N, Mancini N, Fatima A, Schleyer M. 2020. Associative learning in larval and adult Drosophila is impaired by the dopamine-synthesis inhibitor 3-Iodo-L-tyrosine. Biology Open 10: bio058198.  https://doi.org/10.1242/bio-058198 

Weiglein A, Thoener J, Feldbruegge I, Warzog L, Mancini N, Schleyer M, Gerber B. 2021. Aversive teaching signals from individual dopamine neurons in larval Drosophila show qualitative differences in their temporal 'fingerprint'. J Comp Neurol 529: 1553-1570. https://doi.org/10.1002/cne.25037

Kobler O, Weiglein A, Hartung K, Chen Y-c, Gerber B, Thomas U. 2021. A quick and versatile protocol for the 3D isualization of transgene expression across the whole body of larval Drosophila. J Neurogenet 35: 306-319.  https://doi.org/10.1080/01677063.2021.1892096

2020

Michels B, Franke K, Weiglein A, Sultani H, Gerber B, Wessjohann L. 2020. Rewarding compounds identified from the medicinal plant Rhodiola rosea. J Exp Biol 223: jeb223982. https://doi.org/10.1242/jeb.223982

Schleyer M, Weiglein A, Thoener J, Strauch M, Hartenstein V, Kantar Weigelt M, Schuller S, Saumweber T, Eichler K, Rohwedder A, Merhof D, Zlatic M, Truman JW, Thum AS, Gerber B. 2020. Identification of dopaminergic neurons that can both establish associative memory and acutely terminate its behavioral expression. J Neurosci 40: 5990-6006. https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.0290-20.2020

2019

Toshima N, Kantar M, Weiglein A, Boetzl FA, Gerber B. 2019. An amino-acid mixture can be both rewarding and punishing to larval Drosophila. J Exp Biol 222. DOI: 10.1242/jeb.209486

Mancini N, Hranova S, Weber J, Weiglein A, Michael S, Weber D, Thum AS, Gerber B. 2019. Reversal learning in Drosophila larvae. Lern Mem 26: 424 - 435. https://doi.org/10.1101/lm.049106.118

Weiglein A, Gerstner F, Mancini N, Schleyer M, Gerber B. 2019. One-trial learning in larval Drosophila. Learn Mem 26: 109 - 120. https://doi.org/10.1101/lm.049510.119