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Forschungsinstitut fuer Augenheilkunde
INSTITUTE FOR OPHTHALMIC RESEARCH
FORSCHUNGSINSTITUT FÜR AUGENHEILKUNDE

Presentations

Soumaya Belhadj

SurnameBelhadj
First nameSoumaya
NationalityFrench
Present position and titlePostdoctoral Researcher, Ph.D.

Business address

Institute for Ophthalmic Research
Eberhard Karls University of Tübingen
Elfriede-Aulhorn-Strasse 7
D-72076 Tübingen,
Germany

Phone: +49 7071 29 87767
E-mail: soumaya.belhadj@uni-tuebingen.de

Academic Education

2018-2021PhD Student, Institute for Ophthalmic Research, Cell Death Mechanisms Lab, Tübingen
2014-2016M.Sc. in Cellular & Molecular Neuroscience, Université Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris
2010-2014Bachelor in Cell Biology and Physiology, Université Lille 1, Lille, France

Professional Experience

10/2016-03/2017Research assistant, Autoimmunity Transplantation Inflammation Department, Novartis Institutes for BioMedical Research, Basel

Research Interests

  • PKG and CNGC targeting
  • Animal models for hereditary retinal diseases
  • Retinal physiology and pathophysiology
  • Electrophysiology (Electroretinography)
  • Biomarker development for neurodegeneration

Selected Publications

  1. Belhadj S., Tolone, A., Christensen, G., Das, S., Chen, Y., Paquet-Durand, F. (2020) Long-Term, Serum-Free Cultivation of Organotypic Mouse Retina Explants with Intact Retinal Pigment Epithelium. J. Vis. Exp. (165), e61868, doi:10.3791/61868.
  2. Belhadj S, Rentsch A, Schwede F, Paquet-Durand F. Fluorescent detection of PARP activity in unfixed tissue. PLoS One. 2021 Jan 22;16(1):e0245369. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0245369. PMID: 33481867; PMCID: PMC7822349.
  3. Tolone A, Belhadj S, Rentsch A, Schwede F, Paquet-Durand F (2019) The cGMP Pathway and Inherited Photoreceptor Degeneration: Targets, Compounds, and Biomarkers. Genes. 10:453. doi: 10.3390/genes10060453