Bachelor and Master Theses
We are always looking for active support for our research projects. In most cases, you’ll find topics for bachelor’s and master’s theses as well as doctoral dissertations that align well with your own interests. If you’re interested, please note: We are currently fully booked through and including SoSe2027.
Completed Bachelor Theses
2025
- Ann Efje Veerkamp “The Effect of Acute Caffeine Treatment on Neuronal Network Activity in vitro Die Wirkung einer akuten Koffeinbehandlung auf die Aktivität neuronaler Netzwerke in vitro”
- Jan Gubi “Rest phase snacking dampens mRNA expression of the jejunal circadian clock in mice regardless of snack composition”
2024
- Emelie Luise Fischer “The Crosstalk of Chrebp and Bmal1 in Murine Hepatocytes”
2023
- Raphael Enders “Sex and regional differences in the circadian rhythm of adipose metabolism in mice”
- Jonas Kleinen “The role of the SCN clock in energy metabolism under chronodisruption in mice”
- Franziska Tapken "The role of SCN-clock in learning and memory"
2022
- Alina Pohl "The role of thyroid hormone receptor ß in the diurnal regulation of liver metabolism"
- Charlotte Kocinski "The circadian regulation of cholesterol metabolism in adiponectin dificient mice"
- Alicia Wenghöfer "Der Einfluss eines einmaligen Snacks auf den SCN und verschiedene Gehirnregionen, die für die homöostatische oder hedonische Appetitregulation verantwortlich sind"
- Melek Solmaz "An investigation of circadian gating of insulin action in the arcuate nucleus by characterisation of immortoalised neurons"
2021
- Pia Witt "Impact of a chronic hedonic snack on the glucose and lipid metabolism as well as the locomotor activity and body temperature in mice"
- Frederic Beba "Einfluss des Östruszyklus auf die Anpassung der Laufradaktivität an neue Licht-Dunkel-Verhältnisse bei Mäusen"
- Merle Marquardt "Validation of the lumiscope for the estimation of the PER2::LUC profile in the SCN and investigation of the effect of high and low estrogen concentration on the rhythm of period 2 in the central clock and ovaries using PER2::LUC females"
- Tim Holzer "Influence of Adiponectin on the Circadian Regulation of Insulin Signaling in Skeletal Muscle"
2020
- Oliver Scheer "Einfluss des Östruszyklus auf die Anpassung der Laufradaktivität an neue Licht-Dunkel-Verhältnisse bei Mäusen"
- Celina Hoffmann "Einfluss von akutem Schlafentzug auf die Expression von Uhrengenen im Hippocampus"
- Anna Kabilka "Interaction of Thyroid Hormones and the Circadian Clock Regarding the Expression of Metabolism Genes"
- Juliana Peters "Interplay of Thyroid Hormones and the Circadian Clock with Regard to the Expression of Lipid-Metabolic Genes"
- Lea Rudzki "Influence of TNFa Signaling on the Circadian Clock of Hippocampal Neurons"
- Miriam von Lampe "Der Einfluss eines hedonischen Snacks auf den Lipidstoffwechsel sowie die Expression von Uhrengenen in der Leber"
2019
- Wiebke Evers "Einfluss von Östrogenen auf den Energiemetabolismus und auf stoffwechselreagierende Gene in weiblichen Mäusen"
- Anne-Sophie Gutt "Effekte von akutem Schlafentzug auf die Funktion der HPA-Achse"
- Katharina Remstedt "Einfluss des Östruszyklus auf die Anpassung der Laufradaktivität an neue Licht-Dunkel-Verhältnisse bei Mäusen"
2018
- Beke Kolms "Einfluss von Östrogen auf die zirkadiane Uhr weiblicher C57BL/6-Mäuse"
2015
- Anna-Lena Müller "Zusammenspiel von Licht und Nahrungsaufnahme in der Synchronisation peripherer zirkadianer Uhren"
2013
- Undine Haverkamp "Die Rolle neuronaler Uhren in der Regulation circadianer Verhaltensrhythmen"
2012
- Lea Ehrhardt "Appetite regulation in circadian Clock mutant mice"
2010
- Franziska Dallmann "Function of the murine circadian system during the embryonic development"
- Milena Schönke "Investigations on the circadian expression profile of leptin receptors in mice under high fat conditions"
2009
- Christian Martin Achten "Embryonic development of the murine circadian system"
Completed Master Theses
2024
- Amrei Zürcher “Circadian effect of ketamine on the medial prefrontal cortex in male and female mice”
- Marie Lengert “The effect of palmitate on the circadian rhythm in white and brown adipose tissue spheroids of wildtype mice”
- Sophia Marie Reiners “Distribution of Progesterone Receptors in Hypothalamic Neurons and Astrocytes of Female Mice”
2023
- Janna Valhaus “Meal Timing, Its Relation to Metabolism, and Heritability in the NUtriGenomic Analysis in Twins Cohort”
- Tim Broß "The effect of mefloquine on the circadian clock in H295R cells"
2022
- Iris Pfeffer "Patterns of Arc/Arg3.1-expression in the neonatal brain"
- Lina Sophie Schlaeger "The effects of estrogen on coupling in the SCN via gap junctions"
2021
- Elisabeth Kirschke "Sex Differences in Sex Steroidogenesis and Responsiveness in Murine Microglia"
- Clara Ritter "Elucidating the pathways through which the saturated fatty acid palmitate affects the cellular circadian clock"
- Selin Özcakir "Characterization of circadian gene expression in human hair follicles"
2020
- Jacqueline Kaiser "Effects of exercise in CaMKK2.1 mutant mice on spatial memory, anxiety-like behavior and AMPK regulation"
2018
- Kimberly Begeman "Analysing circadian changes in the dopaminergic system after hedonic food intake"
- Antje Rackisch "Einfluss der zirkadianen Uhr auf die Hypoxie-Antwort in H9C2-Zellen"
2017
- Xenia Schmidt "Einfluss von T3 auf die zirkadianen Uhr der Leber"
- Alexandra Brod "Wiederherstellung zirkadianer Rhythmen in Uhrengendifizienten Mäusen durch rhythmische Glukokortikoid Supplementierung"
- Julia Auer "Circadian effects of metabolic inflammation in epididymal white adipose tissue"
- Laura Griewahn "Circadian regulation of the central leptin function"
2015
- Isabel Heyde "Einfluss der tageszeitlichen Futterbeschränung auf das Verhalten der Maus"
2014
- Lisbeth Harder "Influence of the circadian rhythm on learning and memory formation in mice"
- Jana-Thabea Kiehn "Influence of the circadian clock in leptin receptor-positive neurons on food reward"
2011
- Eralp Sayit "Effects of sleep on metabolism"
2010
- Georg Hildebrand "Circadian transcriptome analysis after sleep restriction in mice"
2005
- Randi Kristina Franke "Charaktierisierung des zellulären zirkadianen Uhrwerks in syncrhonisierten Fibroblasten"
- Sebastian Damerow "Untersuchungen zur zirkadianen Regulation der Genexpression in der Nebenniere"
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