Biography Silvana Valtcheva
Research Group Postpartum neurocircuits
Scientific career |
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|---|---|
| 2025 - current |
Lise Meitner Group Leader
Max Planck Institute for Metabolism Research, Cologne, Germany, CECAD Cluster of Excellence, Cologne, Germany |
| 2022 - 2025 |
Emmy Noether Group Leader
University of Cologne, Medical Faculty, Cologne, Germany, CECAD Cluster of Excellence, Cologne, Germany |
| 2017 - 2021 |
Postdoctoral fellow
Froemke lab, New York University School of Medicine, New York, USA |
| 2012 - 2016 |
Graduate student
Venance Lab, Collège de France, Paris, France |
Education |
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| 2012 - 2016 |
PhD, Neuroscience
Pierre and Marie Curie University, Paris, France |
| 2010 - 2012 |
MS, Neuroscience
Pierre and Marie Curie University, Paris, France |
| 2007 - 2010 |
BS, Life Sciences
Pierre and Marie Curie University, Paris, France |
Funding |
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| 2025 |
MPG Lise Meitner
Max Planck Institute for Metabolism Research, Cologne, Germany |
| 2025 |
CRC 1451
Max Planck Institute for Metabolism Research, Cologne, Germany |
| 2025 |
IBRO Collaborative Research Grant
University of Cologne, Medical Faculty, Cologne, Germany |
| 2022 |
DFG Emmy Noether
University of Cologne, Medical Faculty, Cologne, Germany |
| 2019 |
NARSAD Young Investigator Award postdoctoral fellowship
New York University School of Medicine, New York, USA |
| 2018 |
Leon Levy Foundation postdoctoral fellowship
New York University School of Medicine, New York, USA |
| 2017 |
Fyssen Foundation postdoctoral fellowship
New York University School of Medicine, New York, USA |
| 2015 |
LabEx MemoLife École Normale Supérieure PhD student fellowship
Collège de France, Paris, France |
| 2012 |
French Ministry of Higher Education and Research PhD student fellowship
Collège de France, Paris, France |
Awards and Prizes |
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| 2024 | FENS/Gatsby Travel Award |
| 2021 | EBBS Young Investigator Award |
| 2020 | APAN meeting Poster Award |
| 2020 | NYU Postdoc Career Development Award |
| 2019 | Skirball Institute Retreat Outstanding Poster Prize |
| 2019 | NYU Postdoc Travel Award |
| 2019 | MPFI Neuroimaging Techniques course – Travel Award |
| 2018 | International Society for Developmental Psychobiology meeting - Travel Award |
| 2018 | FENS-IBRO/PERC - Travel Award |
| 2014 | Plymouth Microelectrode Techniques for Cell Physiology workshop - Travel Award |
Organized meetings |
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| 2023 | Society for Neuroscience meeting, Washington D.C. – Co-chair & Speaker |
| 2022 | DFG Event at FENS, Research in Germany – Speaker |
| 2020 | Sense to Synapse meeting, New York – Organizer (cancelled due to Covid-19) |
| 2020 | Neuroscience Institute Annual Retreat, Mohonk – Organizer (cancelled due to Covid -19) |
| 2019 | Workshop in Electrophysiology, New York University ( Organizer & speaker ) |
| 2019 | Skirball Institute for Biomolecular Medicine Annual Retreat, Mohonk – Organizer |
| 2019 | NYU Leon Levy minisymposium, New York – Organizer |
| 2019 | Sense to Synapse meeting, New York – Organizer |
Services |
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| Paper reviewer | Nat Commun, Neuron, Commun Biol, Journal of Neuroendocrinology, Biological Psychiatry, Translational Psychiatry Brain Res, eNeuro, Frontiers |
| Grant reviewer | German National Science Foundation, French NSF, Swiss NSF, Wellcome |