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Junior-Prof. Dr. Janina Hesse

Research Group Leader LIR, Juniorprofessor

Contact

Leibniz-Institut für Resilienzforschung gGmbH
Wallstraße 7
55122 Mainz

+49 (0)6131 89448-44
General Information
Year of Birth

1985

Current Position

Research Group Leader, Leibniz Institute for Resilience Research (LIR), Mainz, Germany

Juniorprofessor, University Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg-University Mainz, Germany

University training and degrees
2011 - 2017

PhD in Computational Neurosciences/Theoretical Biology, Bernstein Center for Computational Biology and Humboldt-University Berlin, Germany

2007 - 2011

Diploma in Physics & Cognitive Sciences, École Normale Supérieure Paris, France

Master of Science in Theoretical Physics of Complex Systems, University Pierre-et-Marie-Curie Paris, France

Bachelor of Science in Physics, École Normale Supérieure Paris, France, France

2005 - 2007

Vordiplom (intermediate diploma) in Mathematics, Goethe University Frankfurt, Germany

Study of Physics at Goethe University Frankfurt, Germany

Advanced academic qualifications
2017

Dr. rer. nat., Institute for Theoretical Biology, Humboldt-University Berlin, Germany (supervisor: Prof. Dr. Susanne Schreiber)

Postgraduate professional career
2020 - 2023

PostDoc · Circadian Systems Biology · MSH Hamburg & Charité Berlin

2017 - 2019

PostDoc ·Computational Neurosciences · Humboldt-University Berlin

Other professional activities or honors
since 2024

Member of the Institute for Quantitative and Computational Biology (IQCB) at Mainz University

2020

First prize of the Portuguese Pneumology Society, funded by Thomé Villar/Boehringer Ingelheim Stiftung

since 2020

Submission and defense of two patents

2019 – 2020

Lecturer for Math at Beuth Hochschule Berlin

2019

Co-initiator of ScientistsForFuture 

2019

Invited specialist for neurosciences at „Civics Innovation Hub” of the Federal Agency for Civic Education

2016

Workshop invitation; Dynamical Systems & Data Analysis in Neuroscience. Ohio State University, USA

2015

Science Slam at SO36 in Berlin

2013 & 2016

Lecterer at deutsche SchülerAkademie, summer school for teenagers

2012

Poster prize Berlin Neuroscience Forum

2007

Michael-Loulakis award for special study achievements

Selected Publications

Hesse J, Müller T, Relógio A (2023) An integrative mathematical model for timing treatment toxicity and Zeitgeber impact in colorectal cancer cells. NPJ Syst Biol Appl. 9(1):27. doi:10.1038/s41540-023-00287-4

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Hesse J, Schleimer JH, Maier N, Schmitz D, Schreiber S (2022) Temperature elevations can induce switches to homoclinic action potentials that alter neural encoding and synchronization. Nat Commun. 13(1):3934. doi:10.1038/s41467-022-31195-6

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Hesse J, Schleimer JH, Schreiber S (2017) Qualitative changes in phase-response curve and synchronization at the saddle-node-loop bifurcation. Phys Rev E. 95(5-1):052203. doi:10.1103/PhysRevE.95.052203

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Hesse J, Schreiber S (2015) Externalization of neuronal somata as an evolutionary strategy for energy economization. Curr Biol. 25(8):R324–5. doi:10.1016/j.cub.2015.02.024

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Hesse J, Gross T (2014) Self-organized criticality as a fundamental property of neural systems. Front Syst Neurosci. 8:166. doi:10.3389/fnsys.2014.00166

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