Curriculum Vitae
Karina Hadrian

Department of Ophthalmology
University of Cologne
Kerpener Str. 62
50937 Cologne, GERMANY
Scientific career
2019- PostDoc in Project 5 “Myeloid cell function in corneal hem- and lymphangiogenesis” in the DFG Research Unit FOR 2240 “Angiogenesis, Lymphangiogenesis and Cellular Immunity in Inflammatory Diseases of the Eye” at the Department of Ophthalmology, University of Cologne
2016-2020 Dissertation (Dr. rer. nat.) Biology, University of Duisburg-Essen, Essen University Hospital, Department of Ophthalmology,Supervisor: PD Dr. med. Michael Böhm, “Topographic differential analysis and function of age-related protein expression in the RPE of Callithrix jacchus”
2010-2013 Biochemistry – Ruhr-University Bochum, Bachelor of Science, Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Albrecht Bufe, Department of Experimental Pneumology
2013-2015 Biochemistry – Ruhr-University Bochum, Master of Science, Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Linke, Department of Cardiovascular Physiology
Prizes and awards
2020 Sicca advancement award for research of dry eye disease
2010 Leonardo da Vinci Grant for Internships in the EU Cancer Research Institute, Cambridge, UK
2009 Leonardo da Vinci Grant for Internships in the EU John Innes Centre, Norwich, UK
Selected publications
Hadrian K, Willenborg S, Bock F, Cursiefen C, Eming SA, Hos D. Macrophage-Mediated Tissue Vascularization: Similarities and Differences Between Cornea and Skin. Front Immunol (2021) 12:667830.
Hadrian K, Melkonyan H, Schlatt S, Wistuba J, Wasmuth S, Heiligenhaus A, Thanos S, Böhm MRR. Age-related distribution and potential role of SNCB in topographically different retinal areas of the common marmoset Callithrix jacchus, including the macula. Exp Eye Res (2019) 185:107676
König S, Hadrian K, Schlatt S, Wistuba J, Thanos S, Böhm MRR. Topographic protein profiling of the age-related proteome in the retinal pigment epithelium of Callithrix jacchus with respect to macular degeneration. J Proteomics, (2019)191:1-15.
Böhm MRR, Hadrian K, Brockhaus K, Melkonyan H, Thanos S. Age-Related Expression of Beta-Synuclein in the Ascending Visual Pathway and Comparative Analysis of its Function within the Neuroretina and Cerebral Cortex in-vitro. J Alzheimers Dis Parkinsonism,(2018) 8(1): 427