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Forschungsinstitut fuer Augenheilkunde
INSTITUTE FOR OPHTHALMIC RESEARCH
FORSCHUNGSINSTITUT FÜR AUGENHEILKUNDE

Ellen Kilger

SurnameKilger
First nameEllen
NationalityGerman
Present position and titleScience Management, Dr. rer. nat.

Business address

Institute for Ophthalmic Research
University of Tübingen
Elfriede-Aulhorn-Strasse 7
D-72076 Tübingen,
Germany

Phone: +49 (0)7071 29-84947
Fax: +49 (0)7071 29-5777
E-mail: ellen.kilger@uni-tuebingen.de

Academic Education

YearDegreeUniversityField of study

2014

Journalist

Freie Journalistenschule (FJS) Berlin

Journalism, PR

1998

Dr. rer. nat.

Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität (LMU) Munich

Biochemistry

1994

Diploma

Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität (LMU) Munich

Biology

Professional Experience

PeriodInstitutionPositionDiscipline

2016 - present

University of Tübingen, Institute for Ophthalmic Research

Science Management

Ophthalmology

 

2011 - present

Freelance

Journalist and Photographer

Science, Biology, Medicine, Travel, Event

2003 - 2011

University of Tübingen, Hertie Institute for Clinical Brain Research

Group leader

Cell biology of Neurological Diseases, Alzheimer Research

1999 - 2003

Boehringer Ingelheim Pharma KG, Ingelheim und Biberach/Riss

Postdoc

Alzheimer Research, Genomics

1998 - 1999

Institute for Clinical Molecular Biology and Tumor Genetics at GSF-National Research Center for Environment and Health in Munich

Postdoc

Viral Vectors, Epstein-Barr-Virus production in cell lines

1995 - 1998

Institute for Clinical Molecular Biology and Tumor Genetics at GSF-National Research Center for Environment and Health in Munich

PhD student

Epstein-Barr-Virus, Cell Biology, Tumor Virology

Awards

2011

Award “Paper of the week” by the Journal of Biological Chemistry for J Biol Chem. 2011 Oct 28;286(43):37446-57. DOI: 10.1074/jbc.M111.288373

1999

Award from GSF Research Center Munich for best doctoral thesis in biology

Publications

  1. Merle, D. A., Provenzano, F., Jarboui, M. A., Kilger, E., Clark, S. J., Deleidi, M., Armento, A., and Ueffing, M. (2021) mTOR Inhibition via Rapamycin Treatment Partially Reverts the Deficit in Energy Metabolism Caused by FH Loss in RPE Cells. Antioxidants (Basel) 10
  2. Armento, A., Schmidt, T. L., Sonntag, I., Merle, D. A., Jarboui, M. A., Kilger, E., Clark, S. J., and Ueffing, M. (2021) CFH Loss in Human RPE Cells Leads to Inflammation and Complement System Dysregulation via the NF-kappaB Pathway. Int J Mol Sci 22
  3. Armento, A., Murali, A., Marzi, J., Almansa-Garcia, A. C., Arango-Gonzalez, B., Kilger, E., Clark, S. J., Schenke-Layland, K., Ramlogan-Steel, C. A., Steel, J. C., and Ueffing, M. (2021) Complement Factor H Loss in RPE Cells Causes Retinal Degeneration in a Human RPE-Porcine Retinal Explant Co-Culture Model. Biomolecules 11
  4. Armento, A., Honisch, S., Panagiotakopoulou, V., Sonntag, I., Jacob, A., Bolz, S., Kilger, E., Deleidi, M., Clark, S., and Ueffing, M. (2020) Loss of Complement Factor H impairs antioxidant capacity and energy metabolism of human RPE cells. Sci Rep 10, 10320
  5. Kilger, E., Buehler, A., Woelfing, H., Kumar, S., Kaeser, S. A., Nagarathinam, A., Walter, J., Jucker, M., and Coomaraswamy, J. (2011) BRI2 protein regulates beta-amyloid degradation by increasing levels of secreted insulin-degrading enzyme (IDE). J Biol Chem 286, 37446-37457
  6. Coomaraswamy, J., Kilger, E., Wolfing, H., Schafer, C., Kaeser, S. A., Wegenast-Braun, B. M., Hefendehl, J. K., Wolburg, H., Mazzella, M., Ghiso, J., Goedert, M., Akiyama, H., Garcia-Sierra, F., Wolfer, D. P., Mathews, P. M., and Jucker, M. (2010) Modeling familial Danish dementia in mice supports the concept of the amyloid hypothesis of Alzheimer's disease. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 107, 7969-7974
  7. Kaeser, S. A., Herzig, M. C., Coomaraswamy, J., Kilger, E., Selenica, M. L., Winkler, D. T., Staufenbiel, M., Levy, E., Grubb, A., and Jucker, M. (2007) Cystatin C modulates cerebral beta-amyloidosis. Nature genetics 39, 1437-1439
  8. Hamid, R., Kilger, E., Willem, M., Vassallo, N., Kostka, M., Bornhovd, C., Reichert, A. S., Kretzschmar, H. A., Haass, C., and Herms, J. (2007) Amyloid precursor protein intracellular domain modulates cellular calcium homeostasis and ATP content. J Neurochem 102, 1264-1275
  9. Eisele, Y. S., Baumann, M., Klebl, B., Nordhammer, C., Jucker, M., and Kilger, E. (2007) Gleevec increases levels of the amyloid precursor protein intracellular domain and of the amyloid-beta degrading enzyme neprilysin. Molecular biology of the cell 18, 3591-3600
  10. Meyer-Luehmann, M., Coomaraswamy, J., Bolmont, T., Kaeser, S., Schaefer, C., Kilger, E., Neuenschwander, A., Abramowski, D., Frey, P., Jaton, A. L., Vigouret, J. M., Paganetti, P., Walsh, D. M., Mathews, P. M., Ghiso, J., Staufenbiel, M., Walker, L. C., and Jucker, M. (2006) Exogenous induction of cerebral beta-amyloidogenesis is governed by agent and host. Science 313, 1781-1784
  11. Dirmeier, U., Hoffmann, R., Kilger, E., Schultheiss, U., Briseno, C., Gires, O., Kieser, A., Eick, D., Sugden, B., and Hammerschmidt, W. (2005) Latent membrane protein 1 of Epstein-Barr virus coordinately regulates proliferation with control of apoptosis. Oncogene 24, 1711-1717
  12. Dirmeier, U., Neuhierl, B., Kilger, E., Reisbach, G., Sandberg, M. L., and Hammerschmidt, W. (2003) Latent membrane protein 1 is critical for efficient growth transformation of human B cells by epstein-barr virus. Cancer Res 63, 2982-2989
  13. Kilger, E., and Hammerschmidt, W. (2001) Genetic analysis and gene expression with mini-Epstein-Barr virus plasmids. Methods Mol Biol 174, 23-35
  14. Kilger, E., Pecher, G., Schwenk, A., and Hammerschmidt, W. (1999) Expression of mucin (MUC-1) from a mini-Epstein-Barr virus in immortalized B-cells to generate tumor antigen specific cytotoxic T cells. J Gene Med 1, 84-92
  15. Gires, O., Kohlhuber, F., Kilger, E., Baumann, M., Kieser, A., Kaiser, C., Zeidler, R., Scheffer, B., Ueffing, M., and Hammerschmidt, W. (1999) Latent membrane protein 1 of Epstein-Barr virus interacts with JAK3 and activates STAT proteins. EMBO J 18, 3064-3073
  16. Kilger, E., Kieser, A., Baumann, M., and Hammerschmidt, W. (1998) Epstein-Barr virus-mediated B-cell proliferation is dependent upon latent membrane protein 1, which simulates an activated CD40 receptor. EMBO J 17, 1700-1709
  17. Kieser, A., Kilger, E., Gires, O., Ueffing, M., Kolch, W., and Hammerschmidt, W. (1997) Epstein-Barr virus latent membrane protein-1 triggers AP-1 activity via the c-Jun N-terminal kinase cascade. EMBO J 16, 6478-6485