Position:
Doctoral Candidate
Started in:
July 2021
Fields of Research:
Intracellular signaling mechanisms of olfactory and vomeronasal sensory neurons, Microgel-cell interactions
Methods:
In vitro Electrophysiology, In vitro Ca2+-Imaging, Uncaging, Optogenetics, Cell Culture, (Confocal) Microscopy, STED Microscopy
Contact:
v.switacz@sensorik.rwth-aachen.de
Phone: +49 (0) 241 / 80-20827
Researchgate
Publications:
| Andrey Babenyshev, Victoria K. Switacz, Marc Spehr, Walter Richtering (2025) Size and softness synergy in cellular microgel uptake: a force spectroscopy study. Nanoscale; https://doi.org/10.1039/D5NR02681D |
| Rudolf Degen, Victoria K Switacz, Jennifer Spehr, Marc Spehr (2025) Ca2+-Activated Ion Channels Exert Opposite Effects in Different Signaling Compartments of Vomeronasal Sensory Neurons. Journal of Neuroscience 16 April 2025, 45 (16) e2134242025; https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.2134-24.2025 |
| Christoph Hamacher, Rudolf Degen, Melissa Franke, Victoria K. Switacz, David Fleck, Raghu Ram Katreddi, Andres Hernandez-Clavijo, Martin Strauch, Nao Horio, Enno Hachgenei, Jennifer Spehr, Stephen D. Liberles, Dorit Merhof, Paolo E. Forni, Geraldine Zimmer-Bensch, Yoram Ben-Shaul, and Marc Spehr (2024) A revised conceptual framework for mouse vomeronasal pumping and stimulus sampling, Current Biology 34, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2024.01.036 |
| Victoria K Switacz, Sarah K. Wypysek, Rudolf Degen, Jérôme J. Crassous, Marc Spehr and Walter Richtering (2020) Influence of Size and Cross-Linking Density of Microgels on Cellular Uptake and Uptake Kinetics. Biomacromolecules. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.biomac.0c00478 |
