Ayse Ulusoy

Ayse received her PhD in 2010 in Lund (Sweden). There, she gained expertise in developing animal models of neurodegeneration, particularly by designing and applying specific adeno-associated viral vectors in vivo to modulate disease-related gene expression in the dopaminergic system. Later, she worked at the German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases, Bonn (Germany) as a post-doctoral researcher, where she expanded her research to investigate Parkinson’s disease pathology beyond the nigrostriatal system. Particularly, she is interested in elucidating mechanisms of alpha-synuclein spreading throughout the brain as well as in the peripheral nervous system. She is currently pursuing her research interests as a staff scientist at the German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases, Bonn.