• Participation in “Cells in Motion”

    • Research interests: Staphylococcus aureus pathogenesis, S. aureus-host cell interaction/ -host cell invasion, imaging of bacterial infections

  • Papers in the research focus “cell dynamics and imaging”

    2023

    Ludwig N, Thörner-van Almsick J, Mersmann S, Bardel B, Niemann S, Chasan AI, Schäfers M, Margraf A, Rossaint J, Kahl BC, Zarbock A, Block H. Nuclease activity and protein A release of Staphylococcus aureus clinical isolates determine the virulence in a murine model of acute lung infection. Front. Immunol. 2023;14Abstract

    2021

    Maisuls I, Singh J, Salto IP, Steiner ST, Kirse TM, Niemann S, Strassert CA, Faust A. Conjugated Pt(II) Complexes as Luminescence-Switch-On Reporters Addressing the Microenvironment of Bacterial Biofilms. Inorg Chem 2021;60: 11058-11069. Abstract
    Masthoff M, Freppon FN, Zondler L, Wilken E, Wachsmuth L, Niemann S, Schwarz C, Fredrich I, Havlas A, Block H, Gerwing M, Helfen A, Heindel W, Zarbock A, Wildgruber M, Faber C. Resolving immune cells with patrolling behaviour by magnetic resonance time-lapse single cell tracking. EBioMedicine 2021;73: 103670. Abstract

    2020

    Fischer-Riepe L, Daber N, Schulte-Schrepping J, Veras De Carvalho BC, Russo A, Pohlen M, Fischer J, Chasan AI, Wolf M, Ulas T, Glander S, Schulz C, Skryabin B, Wollbrink Dipl-Ing A, Steingraeber N, Stremmel C, Koehle M, Gärtner F, Vettorazzi S, Holzinger D, Gross J, Rosenbauer F, Stoll M, Niemann S, Tuckermann J, Schultze JL, Roth J, Barczyk-Kahlert K. CD163 expression defines specific, IRF8-dependent, immune-modulatory macrophages in the bone marrow. J Allergy Clin Immunol 2020;146: 1137-1151. Abstract

    2018

    Grüner MC, Niemann S, Faust A, Strassert CA. Axially Decorated Si(IV) -phthalocyanines Bearing Mannose- or Ammonium-conjugated Siloxanes: Comparative Bacterial Labeling and Photodynamic Inactivation. Photochem Photobiol 2018;94: 890-899. Abstract
    Niemann S, Bertling A, Brodde MF, Fender AC, Van de Vyver H, Hussain M, Holzinger D, Reinhardt D, Peters G, Heilmann C, Löffler B, Kehrel BE. Panton-Valentine Leukocidin associated with S aureus osteomyelitis activates platelets via neutrophil secretion products. Sci Rep 2018;8: 2185. Abstract

    2017

    Klemm C, Bruchhagen C, van Kruchten A, Niemann S, Löffler B, Peters G, Ludwig S, Ehrhardt C. Mitogen-activated protein kinases (MAPKs) regulate IL-6 over-production during concomitant influenza virus and Staphylococcus aureus infection. Sci Rep 2017;7: 42473. Abstract
    Van de Vyver H, Bovenkamp PR, Hoerr V, Schwegmann K, Tuchscherr L, Niemann S, Kursawe L, Grosse C, Moter A, Hansen U, Neugebauer U, Kuhlmann MT, Peters G, Hermann S, Löffler B. A Novel Mouse Model of Staphylococcus aureus Vascular Graft Infection: Noninvasive Imaging of Biofilm Development in Vivo. Am J Pathol 2017;187: 268-279. Abstract

    2016

    Galstyan A, Block D, Niemann S, Grüner MC, Abbruzzetti S, Oneto M, Daniliuc CG, Hermann S, Viappiani C, Schäfers M, Löffler B, Strassert CA, Faust A. Labeling and Selective Inactivation of Gram-Positive Bacteria Employing Bimodal Photoprobes with Dual Readouts. Chemistry 2016;22: 5243-5252. Abstract
    Strobel M, Pfortner H, Tuchscherr L, Volker U, Schmidt F, Kramko N, Schnittler H-J, Fraunholz MJ, Löffler B, Peters G, Niemann S. Post-invasion events after infection with Staphylococcus aureus are strongly dependent on both the host cell type and the infecting S aureus strain. Clin Microbiol Infect 2016;22: 799-809. Abstract

    2015

    Tuchscherr L, Bischoff M, Lattar SM, Noto Llana M, Pfortner H, Niemann S, Geraci J, Van de Vyver H, Fraunholz MJ, Cheung AL, Herrmann M, Volker U, Sordelli DO, Peters G, Löffler B. Sigma Factor SigB Is Crucial to Mediate Staphylococcus aureus Adaptation during Chronic Infections. PLoS Pathog 2015;11: e1004870. Abstract