Anne Grünewald, PhD

Anne Grünewald studied Biotechnology at the University of Applied Sciences Jena before specializing in genetics of movement disorders during her doctoral studies with Prof Christine Klein at University of Lübeck (2005-2008). During a research stay in the laboratory of Prof Anthony Schapira at University College London, she got fascinated with the multifaceted functions of mitochondria. To deepen her understanding of mitochondria, she visited the mitochondrial disease expert Prof. Carolyn Sue at Sydney University in 2010. She then pursued postdoctoral studies at the Wellcome Trust Centre for Mitochondrial Research, Newcastle University, under Prof Doug Turnbull, where she explored the role of mtDNA maintenance impairments in Parkinson’s disease (PD) brain tissue. This work led to a successful application for a 5-year ATTRACT career development award from the Luxembourg Research Fund. In 2016, Anne joined the Luxembourg Centre for Systems Biomedicine, where she established her own group focused on mitochondrial signaling in PD.