Vita
| since 2025 | Professor, Department of Neuroanatomy, Institute of Anatomy and Cell Biology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, Freiburg |
| 2022 - present | Guest scientist at the research group of Dr. Kabashi at the Imagine Institute, Paris (France) |
| 2021 - 2025 | Junior Faculty, Institute of Anatomy and Cell Biology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ulm, Ulm |
| 2019 - 2021 | Postdoc, Institute of Anatomy and Cell Biology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ulm, Ulm |
| 2016 - 2019 | PhD in Molecular Medicine, International Graduate School of the Ulm University, Ulm |
| 2009 - 2015 | Undergraduate studies at the University of Milan and Insubria University, Italy |
Awards
| 2024 | Felix-Jerusalem-Preis für Neuromuskuläre Erkrankungen, German Society for Muscle Diseases |
| 2023 | Christa Lorenz-ALS Forschungspreis |
| 2023 | Else Kröner-Fresenius-Stiftung paper of the month |
| 2023 | European Network to Cure ALS - ENCALS young investigator award |
| 2021 | Nachwuchs-Preis der Anatomischen Gesellschaft |
Selected publications
- Lehmann J, Aly A, Steffke C, Fabbio L, Mayer V, Dikwella N, Halablab K, Roselli F, Seiffert S, Boeckers TM, Brenner D, Kabashi E, Mulaw M, Ho R, Catanese A (2024) Heterozygous knockout of Synaptotagmin13 phenocopies ALS features and TP53 activation in human motor neurons. Cell Death & Disease.
- Seidel M, Rajkumar S, Steffke C, Noeth V, Agarwal S, Roger K, Lipecka J, Ludolph A, Guerrera CI, Boeckers T, Catanese A (2023) Propranolol reduces the accumulation of cytotoxic aggregates in C9orf72-ALS/FTD in vitro models. Current Research in Neurobiology.
- Aly A, Laszlo ZI, Rajkumar S, Demir T, Hindley N, Lamont DJ, Lehmann J, Seidel M, Sommer D, Franz-Wachtel M, Barletta F, Heumos S, Czemmel S, Kabashi E, Ludolph A, Boeckers TM, Henstridge C, Catanese A (2023) Integrative proteomics highlight presynaptic alterations and c-Jun misactivation as convergent pathomechanisms in ALS. Acta Neuropathologica.
- Catanese A*, Rajkumar S, Sommer D, Masrori P, Hersmus N, Van Damme P, Witzel S, Ludolph A, Ho R, Boeckers TM, Mulaw M* (2023) Multiomics and machine-learning identify novel transcriptional and mutational signatures in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. Brain. * co-corresponding authors.
- Catanese A*, Rajkumar S, Sommer D, Freisem D, Wirth A, Aly A, Massa-Lopez D, Olivieri A, Torelli F, Ioannidis V, Lipecka J, Guerrera IC, Zytnicki D, Ludolph A, Kabashi E, Mulaw MA, Roselli F*, Boeckers TM* (2021) Synaptic disruption and CREB-regulated transcription are restored by K+ channel blockers in ALS. EMBO Molecular Medicine. * co-corresponding authors.