Dr. Hanna Zwaka

 

Research Focus:

  • Investigating the impact of sleep deprivation on the olfactory system in zebrafish larvae using behavioral assays, molecular analyses, and in vivo calcium imaging.

  • Elucidating the conserved molecular and neural pathways influenced by sleep and sleep deprivation across species.

 

Vita

  • Since Jan 1, 2024: Principal Investigator -- Project: Effects of sleep deprivation on brain and behavior.  Leibniz Institute of Neurobiology, Magdeburg

  • August 2016 – December 2023: Postdoctoral Researcher at the Molecular and Cellular Biology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
  • September 2015 -- July 2016: Research assistant, Project: Cognitive enhancement in insects by Rhodiola rosea, Leibniz Institute of Neurobiology,  Magdeburg

  • April 2011 -- December 2015: Ph.D. (Dr. rer. nat.): "Behavioral and neural analysis of learning and memory in the honeybee Apis mellifera" at the Institute of Neurobiology at the Freie Universität Berlin, Germany

  • 2004 -- 2011: Biology diploma, Freie Universität Berlin, Berlin

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