The Team
Tânia C. Medeiros, PhD
Principal investigator
Fatemeh Ataellahi
PhD candidate
Anja Herdlitschke
Lab Technician
2026-Current, Junior Group Leader,Dept. of Biochemistry and molecular cell biology, University of Medicine, Georg-August-University Göttingen, Germany.
2019–2025, Postdoctoral Researcher, Max Planck Institute for Biology of Aging, Research Group Metabolism of Infection, Cologne, Germany.
2014–2019, Ph.D. University of Cologne, Max Planck Institute for Biology of Aging, Research Group Regulation of Autophagy, Cologne, Germany.
2011–2013, M.Sc. University of Porto, Institute for Molecular and Cell Biology, Research Group Yeast Signaling Networks, Porto, Portugal.
2008–2011, B.Sc. University of Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro, Dept. of Genetics & Biotechnology, Vila Real, Portugal.
August 2026-Current, PhD student,Dept. of Biochemistry and molecular cell biology, University of Medicine, Georg-August-University Göttingen, Germany.
March 2026–June 2026, Research Intern, Institute for Molecular Immunology Faculty of Medicine of the University of Cologne, Germany
2021–2024, Research Assistant, Shiraz University, Iran.
2016–2019, M.Sc. Cellular and Molecular Biology, Shiraz University, Iran.
2012–2016, B.Sc. Cellular and Molecular Biology, Shiraz University, Iran.
August 2026-Current, Lab Technician ,Dept. of Biochemistry and molecular cell biology, University of Medicine, Georg-August-University Göttingen, Germany.
2024–2026, Lab Technician, Myriamed GmbH, Göttingen, Germany
2018–2024, Lab Technician, PortaCellTec Biosciences GmbH, Göttingen, Germany.
2002–2018, Lab Technician, Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, Germany.
We are looking for enthusiastic and motivated students, PhD candidates and Postdocs to join our team. You have a strong biochemistry, molecular and cellular biology background? You are interested in exploring molecular mechanisms underpinning metabolic regulation of mtDNA regulation and mitochondrial function. Contact us!