Hanne Twenhöfel
PhD candidate
My research aims to better understand the interactions between (reactive) astrocytes and dopaminergic neurons in Parkinson’s disease. Using human iPSC-derived 2D and 3D models, I study the molecular and functional consequences of astrogliosis on neuronal activity and survival.
human iPSCs, brain organoids, assembloids, neuron-astrocyte co-cultures, astrogliosis, neuronal activity