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Awards and Grants

July 2024 - June 2027

Research grant from the OPO Foundation (CHF 200.000)

Project: Mitochondrial Transplantation: Mechanisms and Practical Implementation for Application in Brain Diseases

January 2024 - December 2026

Research grant from the Wilhelm Doerenkamp-Foundation (EUR 280.000)

Project: Natural mitocans in cancer: Impact on glioblastomas and therapeutic perspectives

July 2023 - June 2026

Research grant from the Synapsis Foundation, Dementia Research Switzerland (CHF 300.000)

Project: Optogenetic-induced mitochondrial injury in tauopathy: impact on mitochondria transfer between astrocytes and neurons

January 2023 - June 2024

Research grant from the Novartis FreeNovation (CHF 180.000)

Project: Mitochondrial transplantation as a therapeutic approach in tauopathies

September 2022 - August 2023

Research grant from the Novartis Foundation for Medical-biological Research (CHF 80.000)

Project: Abnormal tau impacts on the endoplasmic reticulum - mitochondria coupling and mitochondrial cholesterol metabolism: a translational study

August 2020 - November 2021

Research grant from the Research Fund of University of Basel (Universität Basel Forschungsfonds) (CHF 80.000).

Project: Intracellular cholesterol homeostasis in tauopathies: role of the ER-mitochondria coupling.

April 2018 - March 2020

Career Development Award from the Synapsis Foundation, Alzheimer research in Switzerland (CHF 200.000).

Project: The role of the endoplasmic reticulum-mitochondria coupling in Tau-related neurodegenerative diseases.

April 2017 - March 2018

Early Postdoc.Mobility Grant from the Swiss National Science Foundation (SNF), # P2BSP3_172045 (CHF 50.500).

Project: Dissecting the dendritic function of Tau protein and the Src kinase FYN, two proteins implicated in Alzheimer’s disease.

2016
  • Travel fellowship of the Volkswagen Foundation, Conference: Beyond Amyloid - Widening the View on Alzheimer's Disease, Hanover, Germany October 10-11, 2016.

  • ICBEM Grant Award: Sex hormone-specific modulation of amyloid-β and Tau-induced mitochondrial dysfunction: Relevance for Alzheimer’s disease, 12th International Conference on Brain Energy Metabolism, Hong Kong, China, May 25-28, 2016.

  • Antelope professorship 2016": Enrolled in the competitive program for the career development of female researchers of the University of Basel.

2015
  • Thesis prize 2015 of the “Association des Amis des Universités de l’Accadémie de Strasbourg” for the PhD work: Mitochondria, Neurosteroids and Biological Rhythms: implications in health and disease states.

  • Thesis prize 2015 of the Society of Biology of Strasbourg for the PhD work: Mitochondria, Neurosteroids and Biological Rhythms: implications in health and disease states.

  • Seahorse Travel Award (Seahorse Bioscience): Dissecting the effect of neurosteroids in Alzheimer’s disease: modulation of Aβ and Tau-induced mitochondrial dysfunction. 12th International Conference on Alzheimer´s and Parkinson´s Diseases, Nice, France, March 18-22, 2015

2014
  • ECNP Travel Award: Effects of neuroactive steroids on cellular bioenergetics. European College of Neuropsychopharmacology (ECNP) Workshop for Junior Scientists in Europe, March 6-3, 2014

2013
  • Award of the «Fédération de Médecine Translationnelle de Strasbourg» for the best short communication, section Neuroscience: Estradiol metabolism and mitochondrial function in Alzheimer’s disease. 1st Scientific meeting of the «Fédération de Médecine Translationnelle de Strasbourg» (FMTS), June 13-14, 2013

  •  Travel Award (Seahorse Bioscience): Amyloid-β Binding Alcohol Dehydrogenase (ABAD), estradiol and mitochondrial dysfunction in Alzheimer’s disease. 11th International Conference on Alzheimer´s and Parkinson´s Diseases, Florence, Italy, March 6-10, 2013

2012
  • Society for Research on Biological Rhythms Research Merit Award: Mitochondrial Activity: From genes to function. 13th Biennial Meeting of Society for Research on Biological Rhythms, Destin, Florida, USA, May 19-24, 2012

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