Dr. rer. nat. Lorena Morton

Investigating how chronic arterial hypertension impairs neurovascular function by driving metabolic dysfunction in brain pericytes.
Exploring the potential of healthy donor-derived EVs to restore mitochondrial integrity and suppress vascular inflammation in cerebral small vessel disease.

June 2026: German Medical License (Approbation)
July 2025 -- July 2027: recipient of the Polycarp Leporin Fellowship (PLP) grant at the Medical Faculty for the topic "Extracellular vesicles and pericyte metabolic reprogramming in hypertensive cerebral small vessel disease", University Hospital Magdeburg
Since January 1, 2025: Postdoctoral Researcher at the Institute of Inflammation and Neurodegeneration, Otto von Guericke University Magdeburg
June, 2025: awarded the Young Researcher Award in the category of Basic Biomedical Research for her research project: "Pericyte reprogramming and therapeutic potential of extracellular vesicles in hypertensive cerebral microangiopathy."
December 18, 2024: Ph.D. (Dr. rer. nat.): "Pericyte and Microglia Reprogramming in Hypertensive Cerebral Small Vessel Disease", Prof. Dr. rer. nat. habil. Ildiko Rita Dunay, Otto von Guericke University Magdeburg, Germany
2015 – 2018: M. Sc. Integrative Neuroscience, Otto von Guericke University Magdeburg, Germany
2007 – 2013: M.D. (Dr. med.), Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León, Mexico