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Christine Winterstein, Ph.D.

Postdoctoral Fellow

Contact Information

Phone: (805) 893-4725
Fax: (805) 893-4724
E-mail: winterstein@lifesci.ucsb.edu

Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology
University of California, Santa Barbara
Santa Barbara, CA 93106-9610

Area of general research interest:

SNAREs and epithelial cell polarity

Professional education and positions held:

2007-Present Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology, UCSB, Advisor: Thomas Weimbs
2003-2007 Graduate Student, University of Mainz, Germany, Advisor: Prof. Dr. Jacqueline Trotter and Dr. Eva-Maria Kraemer-Albers, final degree "Dr. rer. nat." (PhD)
2003-2004 Teaching Assistant, Unit of Molecular Cell Biology, University of Mainz, Germany
1999-2002 Undergraduate Studies and Research in Molecular Biology, Cell Biology and Zoology, University of Heidelberg, Germany, final degree “Diplom Biologin” (MS)
1997-1999 Undergraduate studies in Biology, University of Mainz, Germany

Awards

  • Cancer Center Santa Barbara, 2007 Postdoctoral Fellowship

Publications

Anke Feldmann, Christine Winterstein, Robin White, Jacqueline Trotter, and Eva-Maria Krämer-Albers (2009)
Comprehensive Analysis of Expression, Subcellular Localisation and Cognate Pairing of SNARE Proteins in Oligodendrocytes
Journal of Neuroscience Research, in press

Winterstein C, Trotter J, Kraemer-Albers E-M (2008)
Distinct endocytic recycling of myelin proteins promotes oligodendroglial membrane remodeling
The Journal of Cell Science, 121, 834-842

Kraemer-Albers E-M, Bretz N, Tenzer S, Winterstein C, Moebius W, Berger H, Nave K-A, Schild H, Trotter J (2007)
Oligodendrocytes secrete exosomes containing major myelin and stress-protective proteins: Trophic support for axons?
Proteomics - Clinical Application 1, 1446-1461

 

Weimbs Lab • Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology
• University of California, Santa Barbara, Ca 93106-9610

Updated 10-dec-08