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Principal Investigators > Prof. Dr. Kerstin Kutsche

Prof. Dr. Kerstin Kutsche (geb. Schüddekopf)

Affiliation


Institut für Humangenetik
Zentrum für Geburtshilfe, Kinder- und Jugendmedizin
Universitätsklinikum Hamburg-Eppendorf
Campus Forschung
Martinistraße 52
20246 Hamburg
Tel: +49-40-7410-54597
Fax: +49-40-7410-55138
Email: kkutsche@uke.de
 

Date of birth


July 1, 1965
 

Education and Professional Experience


1984 - 1990

1990 - 1994

1994 PhD

1994

1994 - 1996

1996 - 2000

 
2001 - 2004

 
2004-present


Studies of Biology, University of Hannover and Bielefeld

PhD Student at the faculty of Biology, University of Bielefeld

PhD (Dr. rer. nat.), University of Bielefeld

Post-Doctoral Fellow at the University Hospital Freiburg

Post-Doctoral Fellow at the German Cancer Institute, Heidelberg

Research Assistant at the Institute of Human Genetics, University Medical Center, Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg

Group Leader, Institute of Human Genetics, University Medical Center, Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg

C3-Professor at the Institute of Human Genetics, University Medical Center, Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg

Supervisory work:


Since 1998 7 PhD-students, 7 MD students, and 7 undergraduate students (for
Diploma/Master thesis)
 

Selected research topics and accomplishments:


Identification of the causative gene for monogenic disorders by chromosomal
rearrangements

Functional characterization of proteins encoded by disease genes
 

10 most important publications
  • Nehls M, Kyewski B, Messerle M, Waldschütz R, Schüddekopf K, Smith AJ, Boehm, T (1996) Two genetically separable steps in the differentiation of thymic epithelium. Science 272: 886-889

  • Schüddekopf K, Schorpp M, Boehm T (1996) The whn transcription factor encoded by the nude locus contains an evolutionarily conserved and functionally indispensable activation domain. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 93: 9661-9664

  • Kutsche K, Yntema H, Brandt A, Jantke I, Nothwang HG, Orth U, Boavida MG, David D, Chelly J, Fryns JP, et al. (2000) Mutations in ARHGEF6, encoding a guanine nucleotide exchange factor for Rho GTPases, in patients with X-linked mental retardation. Nat Genet 26: 247-250

  • Bolz H, von Brederlow B, Ramirez A, Bryda EC, Kutsche K, Nothwang HG, Seeliger M, del C CM, Vila MC, Molina OP, et al. (2001) Mutation of CDH23, encoding a new member of the cadherin gene family, causes Usher syndrome type 1D. Nat Genet 27: 108-112

  • Rosenberger G, Jantke I, Gal A, Kutsche K (2003) Interaction of #PIX (ARHGEF6) with #-parvin (PARVB) suggests an involvement of #PIX in integrin-mediated signaling. Hum Mol Genet 12: 155-167

  • Wimplinger I, Morleo M, Rosenberger G, Iaconis D, Orth U, Meinecke P, Lerer I, Ballabio A, Gal A, Franco B, Kutsche K (2006) Mutations of the mitochondrial holocytochrome c-type synthase in X-linked dominant microphthalmia with linear skin defects (MLS) syndrome. Am J Hum Genet 79: 878-889

  • Kim HG, Kishikawa S, Higgins A, Seong IS, Donovan D, Shen Y, Lally E, Weiss L, Najm J, Kutsche K, Descartes M, Holt L, Braddock S, Troxell R, Kaplan L, Volkmar F, Klin A, Tsatsanis K, Noens I, Pauls D, Daly MJ, MacDonald ME, Morton CC, Quade BJ, Gusella JF (2008) Disruption of neurexin 1 (NRXN1) associated with autism spectrum disorder. Am J Hum Genet 82: 199-207.

  • Missy K, Hu B, Schilling K, Harenberg A, Sakk V, Kuchenbecker K, Kutsche K, Fischer KD (2008) #PIX Rho GTPase guanine nucleotide exchange factor regulates lymphocyte functions and antigen receptor signaling. Mol Cell Biol 28: 3776-3789.

  • Najm J, Horn D, Wimplinger I, Golden JA, Chizhikov VV, Sudi J, Christian SL, Ullmann R, Kuechler A, Haas CA, Flubacher A, Charnas LR, Uyanik G, Frank U, Klopocki E, Dobyns WB, Kutsche K (2008) Mutations of CASK cause a novel X-linked brain malformation phenotype with microcephaly and hypoplasia of the brainstem and cerebellum. Nat Genet 40: 1065-1067.

  • Rosenberger G, Meien S, Kutsche K (2009) Oncogenic HRAS mutations cause prolonged PI3K signaling in response to epidermal growth factor in fibroblasts of patients with Costello syndrome. Hum Mutat 30: 352-362.

Website with personal information


http://ihg.uke.uni-hamburg.de/publication_5.de.php

http://www.uke.de/institute/humangenetik/index_46872.php

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