RG Systems Neuroscience in Psychiatry (SNiP)

The work group Systems Neuroscience in Psychiatry (SNiP) is dedicated to the examination of the genetic and environmental mechanisms conferring risk and protection for psychiatric illness in large epidemiological cohorts and patient populations. To achieve this, we use a broad set of cutting-edge methods including multimodal neuroimaging, daily-life ambulatory assessments, genome-wide (epi)genetic data, geoinformatic reconstruction of environmental exposures and neural network-based analysis methods. 

Our group’s current research priorities are:

Longitudinal assessment of the effects of molecular and environmental factors on the neurobiological development, mental health and well-being in children, adolescents and adults in the general population (MARVeL, Deutsches Zentrum für psychische Gesundheit (DZPG), Contact: Oksana Berhe)

Intense characterization of triggers, modifying factors and mechanisms at course transition points in human addiction (TRR 265, A04, Contact: Abhijit Sreepada)

Multimodal characterization of daily-life and neural predictors of negative symptoms in schizophrenia and major depressive disorder (INDICATE-N, Contac: Anastasia Benedyk)

Translational studies in pain chronicity: role of cortico-thalamo-striatal pathways in stress-sensitization and comorbidity development  (SFB 1158 B04, Contact: Seda Karabulut)

Plasticity in brain circuits underlying interactions between pain and depression (SFB 1158 B09, Contact: Didenur Sahin-Cevik)

Social modulation of chronic pain: Inter-individual neural covariation and pair interaction (SFB1158 B11N, Kontaktperson: Lisa Raoul)

Development of a transportable, secure and expandable cross-lingual communication tool for psychiatric care of refugees (RELATER, Contact: Janina Schweiger)

Urban vegetation and mental health  (UBORETUM, Contac: Anastasia Benedyk)

Investigation of neural circuits governing reward-stress interactions as the neural substrate for resilience and as a risk factor for mental health  (RESIST-D, Contact: Oksana Berhe)

Peripersonal spatial violations and social threat: Everyday psychological and neural mechanisms of environmental risks for reactive aggression (TRR379 A05, Contact: Habiba Hassan)

Neuropsychobiology of aggression: A transdiagnostic approach to mental disorders (TRR 379 A06, Kontaktperson: David Grimaldi)

Lab-Management

Mirjam Melzer
M.Sc. | M.P.A. | Lab-Manager

Phone: +49 621 1703-6538, -6513
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Research and Administration Building, 4th floor, Room 409

Lab-Manager

Silke Krabbe

Phone: +49 621 1703-6846
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Research and Administration Building, 4th floor, Room 414