PhD Nadia Herold - Helmholtz-Centre for Environmental Research

Nadia Katherine Herold

Address:
Permoserstr. 15
04318 Leipzig
Germany

Building: 6.1
Room: 702
Phone: +49 341 235 1327

Nadia Katherine Herold

Research Interests

My research focus is on understanding how chemical exposure causes neurotoxicity outcomes using zebrafish as a model organism. To do this, I use a combination of automated developmental toxicity and developmental neurotoxicity assays and behavioral barcoding. My work also uses gene editing to understand mechanisms that govern toxicity effects in the early life stage of zebrafish.

Curriculum Vitae

Since 01/2022

PhD student/scientist
Department of Bioanalytical Ecotoxicology, Helmholtz-Centre for Environmental Research, Leipzig, Germany

04/2021 - 12/2021

Research Assistant, Molecular Toxicology Group
Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research, Leipzig, Germany

03/2021

Environmental Protection and Agricultural Food Production MSc.
University of Hohenheim, Stuttgart, Germany
Master thesis: The vitality of Arnica montana L. as affected by drought and ammonia

11/2020 - 01/2021

Student Research Assistant Laboratory work with Arnica montana L.,
University of Hohenheim, Stuttgart, Germany

07/2020 - 10/2020

Student Research Assistant phenotyping work with Arabidopsis Seedling
University of Hohenheim, Stuttgart, Germany

10/2017 - 01/2018

Intern researched biological nitrification inhibition
University of Hohenheim, Stuttgart, Germany

09/2017

Bachelor’s degree Agricultural Engineer
Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá, Colombia

Awards/Grants/other Activities

04/2021

DAAD and Hohenheim University STIBET scholarship

06/2008

Universidad Nacional de Colombia first places of admissions

Department News

Staff News

SOT Awards

BIOTOX PhD Student Sebastian Gutsfeld honored at the 2023 Society of Toxicology Meeting in Nashville, TN, USA

Congratulations to Sebastian Gutsfeld!

The work of PhD Student Sebastian Gutsfeld, pictured here with his mentor Prof. Dr. Tamara Tal, was recognized at the 2023 Society of Toxicology Meeting in Nashville, USA. Sebastian’s research on the molecular mechanisms by which exposure to structurally similar Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) cause visual startle response hyperactivity in early life stage zebrafish was honored by the Carl C. Smith Graduate Student Award (First Place). This prestigious award was earned in a two-stage process. The first was based on Sebastian’s abstract, two-page research synopsis, and two letters of support. In a second, invited stage, Sebastian submitted a full-length, unpublished manuscript. Sebastian’s research was also recognized by the Toshio Narahashi Trainee Conference Endowment Award, earned by applicants whose research impacts the field of neurotoxicology.

Projekte

The goal of PrecisionTox is to improve chemical safety assessment to better protect human health and the environment by using non-traditional test species, multiple fields of knowledge, and powerful computational approaches to understand which chemicals are toxic and why.

https://precisiontox.org/

DaNa4.0 is a science communication project dealing with the safety of innovative materials. Complex, toxicological issues from current materials research are presented in a generally understandable way for non-scientists (interested consumers, journalists, politicians, NGOs, etc.) on a website.

https://nanopartikel.info/

Logo des Forschungsvorhabens

PlasticsFatE - Plastics Fate and Effects in the human body aims at improving our present understanding of the impact of micro- and nano-plastics (MP/NP) and associated additives/adsorbed contaminants (A/C) in the human body. To do so, reliable and validated methods will be developed that are able to generate the science-based data we need. PlasticsFatE is a 48-month project funded by the Horizon 2020 Research and Innovation programme of the European Union. The project will run from 1st April 2021 to 31st March 2025.

https://www.plasticsfate.eu

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We are partners of the project Climshift. The objective is 'A mechanistic understanding of stressors interactions acting on shallow aquatic systems'.