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Dr. Alan Kania

Postdoctoral fellow

Abteilung Neuropeptidforschung in der Psychiatrie

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About me

I obtained my PhD in the Department of Neurophysiology and Chronobiology at Jagiellonian University in Krakow, Poland. From the outset of my laboratory work, I have been interested in the interactions of neuropeptidergic signalling in the control of physiological processes and behaviour. My research employs various techniques, with a focus on electrophysiological approaches in vivo and ex vivo. My current studies mainly focus on understanding how a single neuropeptide can modulate different aspects of social interaction through modulation of forebrain structures (e.g. the hippocampus). Furthermore, I have continued to investigate the modulatory action of oxytocin in brainstem regions that control arousal, a topic that I explored during my PhD studies.

 

Alan holds a BSc in Neuroscience and a PhD in Biological Sciences from the Faculty of Exact and Natural Sciences. He joined our lab as a postdoctoral researcher in April 2021.

 

Expertise

Ex vivo electrophysiologyStereotactic Injections
ImmunohistochemistryFiber photometry
Publikationen in peer-reviewed Zeitschriften seit 2006

TOP 5 Publikationen:

  1. Qian T, Wang H, Wang P, Geng L, Mei L, Osakada T, Wang L, Tang Y, Kania A, Grinevich V, Stoop R, Lin D, Luo M, Li Y. A genetically encoded sensor measures temporal oxytocin release from different neuronal compartments.Nat Biotechnol. 2023 41(7):944-957. Epub 2023 Jan 2.
  2. Iwasaki M, Lefevre A, Althammer F, Clauss Creusot E, Łąpieś O, Petitjean H, Hilfiger L, Kerspern D, Melchior M, Küppers S, Krabichler Q, Patwell R, Kania A, Gruber T, Kirchner MK, Wimmer M, Fröhlich H, Dötsch L, Schimmer J, Herpertz SC, Ditzen B, Schaaf CP, Schönig K, Bartsch D, Gugula A, Trenk A, Blasiak A, Stern JE, Darbon P, Grinevich V, Charlet A. An analgesic pathway from parvocellular oxytocin neurons to the periaqueductal gray in rats.Nat Commun. 2023 14(1):1066.
  3. Schimmer S, Kania A, Lefevre A, Afordakos K, Wang K, Lebedeva J, Rozov A, Raftogianni A, Tiwari R, Netser S, Zovko A, Shaheen H, Schimmer J, Patwell R, Denis C, Grelot V, Petitjean H, Geng L, Hefter D, Boender A, Podpecan Y, Schommer F, Schubert I, Sanetra A, Trenk A, Gugula A, Hurlemann R, Wagner S, Li Y, Althammer F, Blasiak A, Melzer S, Monyer H, Charlet A, Eliava M, Grinevich V. Oxytocin facilitates social behavior of female rats via selective modulation of interneurons in the medial prefrontal cortexbioRxiv. 2025.

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