Niklas Kroner-Weigl
Doctoral CandidateResearch Interests: Non-invasive brain stimulation - focused ultrasound neuromodulation - transcranial magnetic stimulation - pain modulation - psychiatric disorders
Academic Education
| since 2024 | Doctoral candidate, Max Planck School of Cognition, Leipzig, Germany Supervisor: Arno Villringer Lab rotations in the orientation phase: Romy Lorenz, Gesa Hartwigsen, Arno Villringer |
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| 2021 - 2024 | Master of Science in Molecular Medicine, University of Regensburg, Germany |
| 2018 - 2021 | Bachelor of Science in Molecular Medicine, University of Regensburg, Germany |
Scholarship
| 2019 - 2023 | Scholarship for undergraduate and master’s studies from the Heinrich Böll Foundation |
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Poster presentations and talks
| July 22-24 2026 | Kroner-Weigl, N., Eger, A., Handel, T., Schülert, L., Uhle, N., Mildner, T., Möller, H. E., Kielmann, J., Schmitgen, A., Hewener, H., Tretbar, S., Melzer, A., Villringer, A. Advancing a translational pipeline for transcranial ultrasound neuromodulation in 3MP-FUS: MR-ARFI-based target verification and concurrent TUS-fMRI readiness. Poster presented at the Focused Ultrasound Neuromodulation Conference (FUN26), Paris, France |
| May 26 2026 | Kroner-Weigl, N. (2026). Neuromodulation using low-intensity transcranial focused ultrasound - History and current state of the technology. Invited talk at the Department of Physics, Sensor and Ultrasound Technology, University of Applied Sciences Merseburg, Merseburg, Germany |
| April 22 2026 | Kroner-Weigl, N. (2026). Neuromodulation using low-intensity transcranial focused ultrasound - History and current state of the technology. Talk presented at the Medical Physics Seminar, Institute of Physics, Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Halle, Germany |
| April 9-10 2026 | Kroner-Weigl, N., Uhle, N., Schwarz, M., Waltmann, M., Eger, A., Handel, T., Schülert, L., Nierhaus, T., Kielmann, J., Schmitgen, A., Hewener, H., Tretbar, S., Melzer, A., Villringer, A. Advancing a translational pipeline for focused ultrasound neuromodulation: EEG confound control, reward-circuit targeting and concurrent TUS-MRI readiness. Poster presented at the 8th European Symposium on Focused Ultrasound Therapy, Vienna, Austria |
Publications
Graça, A. L., Kroner-Weigl, N., Reyes Alcaraz, V., Müller-Deubert, S., Rudert, M., & Docheva, D. (2024). Demonstration of Self-Assembled Cell Sheet Culture and Manual Generation of a 3D Tendon/Ligament-Like Organoid by using Human Dermal Fibroblasts. Journal of visualized experiments : JoVE, (208), 10.3791/66047. https://doi.org/10.3791/66047
Kroner-Weigl, N., Chu, J., Rudert, M., Alt, V., Shukunami, C., & Docheva, D. (2023). Dexamethasone Is Not Sufficient to Facilitate Tenogenic Differentiation of Dermal Fibroblasts in a 3D Organoid Model. Biomedicines, 11(3), 772. https://doi.org/10.3390/biomedicines11030772
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