Responsibilities
SFB 870-Principal Investigator, Institute of Physiology - Department of Physiological Genomics, LMU Munich
Senior Scientist, Institute of Stem Cell Research, Helmholtz Zentrum München
Contact
Biomedical Center LMU Munich
LS Zellbiologie (Anatomie III)
Großhaderner Str.9
D-82152 Planegg-Martinsried
Phone:
+49 (0)89 / 2180-71633
Email:
ninkovic@helmholtz-muenchen.de
Website:
https://www.en.bmc.med.uni-muenchen.de/research/research_areas/principal_investigators/ninkovicj/index.html
Further Information
Research focus: Neural development, neural stem cells, cell fate, neuronal progenitor diversity, evolution of adult neurogenesis across vertebrate species
Key words: Developmental neurobiology, neurogenetics
Current GSN students: Alessandro Zambussi, Sven Aschenbroich, Christina Koupourtidou, Klara Tereza Novoselc, Veronika Schwarz, Finja Berger
Graduated GSN students: Dr. Stefania Petricca, Dr. Tjasa Lepko, Dr. Anita Kociaj, Dr. Tamara Đurović
Selected publications:
Baumgart EV, Barbosa JS, Bally-Cuif L, Götz M and Ninkovic J. (2012) Stab wound injury of the zebrafish telencephalon: a model for comparative analysis of reactive gliosis. Glia 60(3):.343-57.
Fischer J, Beckervordersandforth R, Tripathi P, Steiner-Mezzadri A, Ninkovic J and Götz M. (2011) Prospective isolation of adult neural stem cells from the mouse subependymal zone. Nat Protoc. 6(12):.1981-9.
Asami M, Pilz GA, Ninkovic J, Godinho L, Schroeder T, Huttner WB and Götz M. (2011) The role of Pax6 in regulating the orientation and mode of cell division of progenitors in the mouse cerebral cortex. Development 138(23): 5067-78.
Beckervordersandforth-Bonk R, Tripathi P, Ninkovic J, Bayam E, Lepier A, Kirchhoff F, Hirrlinger J, Haslinger A, Lie C, Beckers J, Irmler M and Götz M. (2010) In vivo fate mapping and expression analysis of prospectively isolated adult neural stem cells from the mouse subependymal zone. Cell Stem Cell 7(6): 744-58.
Ninkovic J, Pinto L, Petricca S, Sun J, Rieger M, Schroeder T, Cvekl A, Ashery-Padan R, Favor J and Götz M. (2010) The transcription factor Pax6 regulates survival of dopaminergic olfactory bulb neurons via crystallin αA. Neuron 68(4): 682-94.