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2026

April

Ann-Kathrin Kramer joins the lab as Master study to work on her thesis on Proprioception.

March

Margarita Sison, PhD in the Sober Lab (Emory University, Atlanta) received a Boehringer Ingelheim fellowship to spend few weeks in the lab to study single-unit recruitment during challenging locomotor tasks.

March

Gerlach I, Koch M, Gatto G, Lackmann JW, Lehmann HC, Schroeter M, Kohle F. (2026) ActIIR inhibition improves motor outcome and preserves muscle fibers after experimental autoimmune neuritis. Acta Neuropathol Commun. doi: 10.1186/s40478-026-02277-z.

January

Luca Sander joins the lab as Master study to work on his thesis on Diabetic Neuropathy.

2025

November

Lab is awarded a CMMC grant for the project "Unlocking the Prodromal Code: Early Signs of Sensory Dysfunctions in Diabetic Neuropathy".

October

Mason Thom joins the Masseck and Gatto labs as PhD for the I03 CRC1451 project "Dissecting the mouse circuits for motor execution in a deterministic reversal learning task".

September

Lab in collaboration with the Masseck lab is awarded a University grant for the intersectional project "Dissecting the mouse circuits for motor execution in a deterministic reversal learning task", part of the CRC1451

March

Marianna Tolve joins the Korotkova and Gatto labs as postdoc for the Z02 Project of the CRC1451.

15th January

Ebru Ozer Yildiz joins the lab as postdoc to study "The role of peripheral and central neuronal circuits in the onset and progression of chemotherapy induced neuropathy"

January

Yao M, Nagamori A, Campos-Macas S, Azim EA*, Sharpee T*, Goulding M*, Golomb D*, Gatto G* (2025) The spinal premotor network driving scratching flexor and extensor alternation. Cell Reports 44(6):115845, 10.1016/j.celrep.2025.115845 *co-corresponding

2024

25th November

Lab is awarded two project grants from DFG, as part of the CRC1451, to study "Descending control of spinal circuits in health and disease" - Project A09, and to further develop "Animal Motor Circuits Core Facility" - Project Z02:

25th July

Lab receives a grant from the Dr. Mildred Scheel Stiftung für Krebsforschung (Deutschen Krebshilfe) to study "The role of peripheral and central neuronal circuits in the onset and progression of chemotherapy induced neuropathy"

3rd Jun

Tolve M, Tutas J, Özer-Yildiz E, Klein I, Koletsu E, Petzold A, Liebsch F, Silverman Q, Overhoff M, Schwarz G, Korotkova T, Valtcheva S, Gatto G, Kononenko NL. Endocytic adaptor AP-2 maintains Purkinje cell function by balancing cerebellar parallel and climbing fiber synapses bioRxiv 2024.06.02.596459; doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2024.06.02.596459

1st June

Anna Becker is awarded the CRC fellowship for the MD/PhD

18th April

Carla Laumann is awarded the Köln Fortune fellowship for the MD/PhD

15th April

Anna Becker joins the lab as MD/PhD

14th April

Hosseini M, Klein I, Kuzu TD, Semmler C, Wunderle V, Mardare V, Galvao A, Haustein M, Büschges A, Grefkes C, Korotkova T, Fink GR, Weiss PH, Gatto G*, Daun S* AutoGaitA – Automated Gait Analysis in Python bioRxiv 2024.04.14.589409; doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2024.04.14.589409

15th Feb

Carla Laumann joins the lab as MD/PhD

27th Jan

Tutas J, Tolve M, Özer-Yildiz E, Ickert L, Klein I, Hosseini M, Liebsch F, Dethloff F, Gavalisco P, Endepols H, Yang M, Georgomanolis T, Neumaier B, Drzezga A, Daun S, Schwarz G, Thorens B, Gatto G, Frezza C, Kononenko NL. Autophagy regulator ATG5 preserves cerebellar function by safeguarding its glycolytic activity bioRxiv 2024.01.27.577372; doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2024.01.27.577372

2023

2nd August

Hayashi, M., Senturk, G., Gullo, M., Di Costanzo, S., Osseward, II P. J., Nagasaki, S. C., Kageyama, R., Imayoshi, I.*, Goulding, M.*, Pfaff, S. L.*, Gatto, G.* (2023). A spinal synergy of excitatory and inhibitory neurons coordinates ipsilateral body movements. eLife12:RP89362 doi:10.7554/eLife.89362.1.

1st August

Ines Klein joins the lab as postdoc

12th July

Chung, B., Zia, M., Thomas, K., Michaels, A. J., Jacob, A., Pack, A., Williams, M., Nagapudi, K., Teng, L. H., Arrambide, E., Ouellette, L., Oey, N., Gibbs, R., Anschutz, P., Lu, J., Wu, Y., Kashefi, M., Oya, T., Kersten, R., Mosberger, A., O’Connell, S., Wang, R., Marques, H., Mendes, A. R., Lenschow, C., Kondakath, G., Kim, J. J., Olson, W., Quinn, K., Perkins, P., Gatto, G., Thanawalla, A., Coltman, S., Kim, T., Smith, T., Binder-Markey, B., Zaback, M., Thompson, C. K., Giszter, S., Person, A., Goulding, M., Azim, E., Thakor, N., O’Connor, D., Trimmer, B., Lima, S. Q., Carey, M., Pandarinath, C., Costa, R. M., Pruszynski, J. A., Bakir, M., Sober, S. J. (2023). Myomatrix arrays for high-definition muscle recording. eLife 12:RP88551 doi:10.7554/eLife.88551.1

5th April

Felix Kohle has been awarded the Cologne Clinical Scientist Program Fellowship to join the lab as clinician postdoc

3rd April

Sandrina Campos Maçãs has been selected to attend the FENS – Chen Institute – NeuroLéman Summer School on Motor control: from thought to action, to be held in Lausanne, Switzerland, 2-8 July 2023.