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I’m Heike, the Research Technician in the Bahl group. My role is a mix of keeping things running smoothly and supporting research. In the lab, I take care of our zebrafish, help establish new techniques and contribute to a variety of projects using methods like HCR-FISH, photoactivation and two-photon imaging. I also work with the microscopes at our Bioimaging Center and generate and maintain new fish lines. Alongside this, I help organize the lab and take on safety responsibilities as a safety officer and first aid and fire safety helper. In my spare time, I like to travel, go hiking, do water sports, go skiing and garden. But as well as the countryside, I enjoy big city life, art and culture

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Positions

Education

2026

• Slangewal K., Aimon S., Capelle M. Q., Kämpf F., Naumann H., Slanchev K., Baier H., Bahl A. (2026) Visuomotor decision-making through multifeature convergence in the larval zebrafish hindbrain. Nature Communications. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-026-69633-4

2025

• Klusmann F. S., Kögler A. C., Slangewal K., Önder O., Naumann H., Marx A., Bahl A., Müller P. (2025) An RNA ligase shapes transcriptional profiles, neural function, and behaviour in the developing larval zebrafish. https://doi.org/10.64898/2025.12.01.691575
• Slangewal K., Aimon S., Capelle M. Q., Kämpf F., Naumann H., Baier H., Slanchev K., Bahl A. (2025) Parallel and convergent pathways for multifeature visual processing in larval zebrafish sensorimotor decision-making. https://doi.org/10.1101/2025.08.12.669772
• Boulanger-Weill J., Kämpf F., Schalek R. L., Petkova M., Vohra S. K., Savaliya J. H., Wu Y., Schuhknecht G. F. P., Naumann H., Eberle M., Kirchberger K. N., Rencken S., Bianco I. H., Baum D., Bene F. D., Engert F., Lichtman J. W., Bahl A. (2025) Correlative light and electron microscopy reveals the fine circuit structure underlying evidence accumulation in larval zebrafish. https://doi.org/10.1101/2025.03.14.643363

2024

• Serresi M., Cetin A. O., Dramaretska Y., Kertalli S., Schmitt M. J., Naumann H., Zschummel M., Liesse-Labat M., Maciel L. F., Declercq J., Marine J., Gargiulo G. (2024) Transcriptional Dosage of Oncogenic KRAS Drives Lung Adenocarcinoma Cell States, Progression and Metastasis. https://doi.org/10.1101/2024.12.29.630643

2021

• Schmitt M. J., Company C., Dramaretska Y., Barozzi I., Göhrig A., Kertalli S., Großmann M., Naumann H., Sanchez-Bailon M. P., Hulsman D., Glass R., Squatrito M., Serresi M., Gargiulo G. (2021) Phenotypic Mapping of Pathologic Cross-Talk between Glioblastoma and Innate Immune Cells by Synthetic Genetic Tracing. Cancer Discovery. https://doi.org/10.1158/2159-8290.CD-20-0219

2018

• (2018) Robo signalling controls pancreatic progenitor identity by regulating Tead transcription factors. Nature Communications. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-07474-6
• (2018) The RhoGAP Stard13 controls insulin secretion through F-actin remodeling. Molecular Metabolism. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.molmet.2017.12.013

2017

• (2017) Stepwise reprogramming of liver cells to a pancreas progenitor state by the transcriptional regulator Tgif2. Nature Communications. https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms14127

2013

• (2013) Mutually exclusive signaling signatures define the hepatic and pancreatic progenitor cell lineage divergence. Genes & Development. https://doi.org/10.1101/gad.220244.113
• (2013) Rho signalling restriction by the RhoGAP Stard13 integrates growth and morphogenesis in the pancreas. Development. https://doi.org/10.1242/dev.082701

2010

• (2010) Combinations of genetic mutations in the adult neural stem cell compartment determine brain tumour phenotypes. The EMBO Journal. https://doi.org/10.1038/emboj.2009.327

2007

• (2007) ERK activation causes epilepsy by stimulating NMDA receptor activity. The EMBO Journal. https://doi.org/10.1038/sj.emboj.7601911
• (2007) Disease-Associated Prion Protein Oligomers Inhibit the 26S Proteasome. Molecular Cell. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.molcel.2007.04.001
• (2007) Hyperphosphorylation of tau and neurofilaments and activation of CDK5 and ERK1/2 in PTEN-deficient cerebella. Molecular and Cellular Neuroscience. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mcn.2006.11.014

2003

• (2003) Wnt signalling inhibits neural differentiation of embryonic stem cells by controlling bone morphogenetic protein expression. Molecular and Cellular Neuroscience. https://doi.org/10.1016/s1044-7431(03)00232-x

2002

• (2002) Absence of the prion protein homologue Doppel causes male sterility. The EMBO Journal. https://doi.org/10.1093/emboj/cdf386

1999

• (1999) Inhibition of Mitochondrial ATP Generation by Nitric Oxide Switches Apoptosis to Necrosis. Experimental Cell Research. https://doi.org/10.1006/excr.1999.4514
• (1999) Nitric Oxide Inhibits Execution of Apoptosis at Two Distinct ATP-Dependent Steps Upstream and Downstream of Mitochondrial CytochromecRelease. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. https://doi.org/10.1006/bbrc.1999.0491

1997

• (1997) Tumor necrosis factor-induced apoptosis during the poisoning of mice with hepatotoxins. Gastroenterology. https://doi.org/10.1053/gast.1997.v112.pm9041255