SPP 2395 – Simon Schäfer

Prof. Dr. Simon Schäfer

Prof. Dr. Simon Schäfer

Technische Universität München
Arcisstraße 21
80333 München
Germany

simon.schafer@tum.de

FP1 Project 15 FP2 Project 16

Team

monique.schaefer@tum.de
janina.kaspar@tum.de
irene.santisteban@tum.de

Publications

A scalable human-zebrafish xenotransplantation model reveals gastrosome-mediated processing of dying neurons by human microglia

Villani, A., Wittmann, J., Wyss, T., Mallona, I., Santisteban Ortiz, I., Tichy, N., Biermeier, C. M., Pena, M., Pal, A. A., Gilmour, D., Schafer, S. T., Peri, F.

Commun Biol (2026) doi: 10.1038/s42003-026-09948-6 pmid: 41957412

REVIEW Nature and immune mechanisms of mental illnesses.

Priller, J., Schäfer, S., Safaiyan, S.

Nervenarzt 94, 11 (2023) doi: 10.1007/s00115-023-01554-9 pmid: 37815590
An in vivo neuroimmune organoid model to study human microglia phenotypes.

Schafer, S. T., Mansour, A. A., Schlachetzki, J. C. M., Pena, M., Ghassemzadeh, S., Mitchell, L., Mar, A., Quang, D., Stumpf, S., Ortiz, I. S., Lana, A. J., Baek, C., Zaghal, R., Glass, C. K., Nimmerjahn, A., Gage, F. H.

Cell 186, 10 (2023) doi: 10.1016/j.cell.2023.04.022 pmid: 37172564
REVIEW Transplantation Strategies to Enhance Maturity and Cellular Complexity in Brain Organoids.

Wang, M., Gage, F. H., Schafer, S. T.

Biol Psychiatry 93, 7 (2023) doi: 10.1016/j.biopsych.2023.01.004 pmid: 36739209