

Research Areas
- Mouse models of human cardiovascular diseases
- Histology & Microscopy
CV
Education
- Promotion, Dr. rer. nat., German Primate Center, Göttingen / Institute for Systematic Zoology and Comparative Embryology, University of Münster
- Study of Biology, Diploma, University of Münster
Positions
- Research fellow, European Institute for Molecular Imaging (EIMI), University of Münster
- Research fellow, Department of Nuclear Medicine, University Hospital Münster
- Research fellow, Department of Cardiology and Angiology, University Hospital Münster
- Research fellow, Institute for Reproductive Medicine, University Hospital Münster
Publications
2023
Höltke C, Enders L, Stölting M, Geyer C, Masthoff M, Kuhlmann MT, Wildgruber M, Helfen A. Detection of Early Endothelial Dysfunction by Optoacoustic Tomography. Int J Mol Sci 2023;24Abstract 2022
Herting J R Berg A M Hadova K Heinick A König S Kuhlmann M Müller F U Kirchhefer U. Myocardial overexpression of protein phosphatase 2A-B56α improves resistance against ischemia-reperfusion injury. J Mol Cell Cardiol 2022Abstract 2020
Kimm MA, Haas H, Stölting M, Kuhlmann M, Geyer C, Glasl S, Schäfers M, Ntziachristos V, Wildgruber M, Höltke C. Targeting Endothelin Receptors in a Murine Model of Myocardial Infarction Using a Small Molecular Fluorescent Probe. Mol Pharm 2020;17: 109-117. Abstract Wistuba J, Beumer C, Warmeling A-S, Sandhowe-Klaverkamp R, Stypmann J, Kuhlmann M, Holtmeier R, Damm OS, Tüttelmann F, Gromoll J. Testicular blood supply is altered in the 41,XX(Y)* Klinefelter syndrome mouse model. Sci Rep 2020;10: 14369. Abstract 2018
Gran S, Honold L, Fehler O, Zenker S, Eligehausen S, Kuhlmann MT, Geven E, den Bosch M van, van Lent P, Spiekermann C, Hermann S, Vogl T, Schäfers M, Roth J. Imaging, myeloid precursor immortalization, and genome editing for defining mechanisms of leukocyte recruitment_in vivo_. Theranostics 2018;8: 2407-2423. Abstract Seifert R, Kuhlmann MT, Eligehausen S, Kiefer F, Hermann S, Schafers M. Molecular imaging of MMP activity discriminates unstable from stable plaque phenotypes in shear-stress induced murine atherosclerosis. PLoS One 2018;13: e0204305. Abstract 2017
Abdurrachim D, Nabben M, Hoerr V, Kuhlmann MT, Bovenkamp P, Ciapaite J, Geraets IME, Coumans W, Luiken JJFP, Glatz JFC, Schafers M, Nicolay K, Faber C, Hermann S, Prompers JJ. Diabetic db/db mice do not develop heart failure upon pressure overload: a longitudinal in vivo PET, MRI, and MRS study on cardiac metabolic, structural, and functional adaptations. Cardiovasc Res 2017;113: 1148-1160. 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 Wiesmann M, Zinnhardt B, Reinhardt D, Eligehausen S, Wachsmuth L, Hermann S, Dederen PJ, Hellwich M, Kuhlmann MT, Broersen LM, Heerschap A, Jacobs AH, Kiliaan AJ. A specific dietary intervention to restore brain structure and function after ischemic stroke. Theranostics 2017;7: 493-512. Abstract Zinnhardt B, Pigeon H, Theze B, Viel T, Wachsmuth L, Fricke IB, Schelhaas S, Honold L, Schwegmann K, Wagner S, Faust A, Faber C, Kuhlmann MT, Hermann S, Schäfers M, Winkeler A, Jacobs AH. Combined PET Imaging of the Inflammatory Tumor Microenvironment Identifies Margins of Unique Radiotracer Uptake. Cancer Res 2017;77: 1831-1841. Abstract 2016
Fricke IB, Viel T, Worlitzer MM, Collmann FM, Vrachimis A, Faust A, Wachsmuth L, Faber C, Dolle F, Kuhlmann MT, Schafers K, Hermann S, Schwamborn JC, Jacobs AH. 6-hydroxydopamine-induced Parkinson's disease-like degeneration generates acute microgliosis and astrogliosis in the nigrostriatal system but no bioluminescence imaging-detectable alteration in adult neurogenesis. Eur J Neurosci 2016;43: 1352-1365. Abstract Hermann S, Kuhlmann MT, Starsichova A, Eligehausen S, Schafers K, Stypmann J, Tiemann K, Levkau B, Schafers M. Imaging Reveals the Connection Between Spontaneous Coronary Plaque Ruptures, Atherothrombosis, and Myocardial Infarctions in HypoE/SRBI-/- Mice. J Nucl Med 2016;57: 1420-1427. Abstract 2015
Bovenkamp PR, Brix T, Lindemann F, Holtmeier R, Abdurrachim D, Kuhlmann MT, Strijkers GJ, Stypmann J, Hinrichs KH, Hoerr V. Velocity mapping of the aortic flow at 94 T in healthy mice and mice with induced heart failure using time-resolved three-dimensional phase-contrast MRI (4D PC MRI). Magma 2015;28: 315-327. Abstract Zinnhardt B, Viel T, Wachsmuth L, Vrachimis A, Wagner S, Breyholz H-J, Faust A, Hermann S, Kopka K, Faber C, Dolle F, Pappata S, Planas AM, Tavitian B, Schafers M, Sorokin LM, Kuhlmann MT, Jacobs AH. Multimodal imaging reveals temporal and spatial microglia and matrix metalloproteinase activity after experimental stroke. J Cereb Blood Flow Metab 2015;35: 1711-1721. Abstract 2014
Ring J, Hoerr V, Tuchscherr L, Kuhlmann MT, Löffler B, Faber C. MRI Visualization of Staphyloccocus aureus-Induced Infective Endocarditis in Mice. PLoS One 2014;9: e107179. Abstract Schäfers KP, Bolwin K, Büther F, Hermann S, Jacobs AH, Kösters T, Kuhlmann M, Schäfers M, Viel T. High-Resolution Small Animal Imaging. In: Comprehensive Biomedical Physics 2014;Elsevier, Oxford: 181-211. Abstract Schelhaas S, Wachsmuth L, Viel T, Honess DJ, Heinzmann K, Smith D-M, Hermann S, Wagner S, Kuhlmann MT, Muller-Tidow C, Kopka K, Schober O, Schafers M, Schneider R, Aboagye EO, Griffiths J, Faber C, Jacobs AH. Variability of Proliferation and Diffusion in Different Lung Cancer Models as Measured by 3'-Deoxy-3'-18F-Fluorothymidine PET and Diffusion-Weighted MR Imaging. J Nucl Med 2014;55: 983-988. Abstract van Duijnhoven SMJ, Robillard MS, Hermann S, Kuhlmann MT, Schafers M, Nicolay K, Grull H. Imaging of MMP activity in postischemic cardiac remodeling using radiolabeled MMP-2/9 activatable peptide probes. Mol Pharm 2014;11: 1415-1423. Abstract Wenning C, Kloth C, Kuhlmann MT, Jacobs AH, Schober O, Hermann S, Schafers MA. Serial F-18-FDG PET/CT distinguishes inflamed from stable plaque phenotypes in shear-stress induced murine atherosclerosis. Atherosclerosis 2014;234: 276-282. Abstract 2013
Diepenbrock S, Hermann S, Schäfers M, Kuhlmann M, Hinrichs K. Comparative Visualization of Tracer Uptake in In Vivo Small Animal PET/CT Imaging of the Carotid Arteries. Comput Graph Forum 2013;32: 241-250. Abstract Hoerr V, Nagelmann N, Nauerth A, Kuhlmann MT, Stypmann J, Faber C. Cardiac-respiratory self-gated cine ultra-short echo time (UTE) cardiovascular magnetic resonance for assessment of functional cardiac parameters at high magnetic fields. J Cardiovasc Magn Reson 2013;15: 59. Abstract Viel T, Monfared P, Schelhaas S, Fricke IB, Kuhlmann MT, Fraefel C, Jacobs AH. Optimizing glioblastoma temozolomide chemotherapy employing lentiviral-based anti-MGMT shRNA technology. Mol Ther 2013;21: 570-579. Abstract Viel T, Schelhaas S, Wagner S, Wachsmuth L, Schwegmann K, Kuhlmann M, Faber C, Kopka K, Schafers M, Jacobs AH. Early assessment of the efficacy of temozolomide chemotherapy in experimental glioblastoma using [18F]FLT-PET imaging. PLoS One 2013;8: e67911. Abstract 2012
Hermann S, Starsichova A, Waschkau B, Kuhlmann M, Wenning C, Schober O, Schäfers M. Non-FDG imaging of atherosclerosis: Will imaging of MMPs assess plaque vulnerability?. J Nucl Cardiol 2012;19: 609-617. Abstract Kuhlmann MT, Cuhlmann S, Hoppe I, Krams R, Evans PC, Strijkers GJ, Nicolay K, Hermann S, Schäfers M. Implantation of a Carotid Cuff for Triggering Shear-stress Induced Atherosclerosis in Mice. J Vis Exp 2012: 3308. Abstract Paulis LE, Geelen T, Kuhlmann MT, Coolen BF, Schäfers M, Nicolay K, Strijkers GJ. Distribution of lipid-based nanoparticles to infarcted myocardium with potential application for MRI-monitored drug delivery. J Control Release 2012;162: 276-285. Abstract 2011
Baumann A, Faust A, Law MP, Kuhlmann MT, Kopka K, Schäfers M, Karst U. Metabolite identification of a radiotracer by electrochemistry coupled to liquid chromatography with mass spectrometric and radioactivity detection. Anal Chem 2011;83: 5415-5421. Abstract 2010
Buscher K, Judenhofer MS, Kuhlmann MT, Hermann S, Wehrl HF, Schäfers KP, Schäfers M, Pichler BJ, Stegger L. Isochronous assessment of cardiac metabolism and function in mice using hybrid PET/MRI. J Nucl Med 2010;51: 1277-1284. Abstract Schnöckel U, Hermann S, Stegger L, Law M, Kuhlmann M, Schober O, Schäfers K, Schäfers M. Small-animal PET: a promising, non-invasive tool in pre-clinical research. Eur J Pharm Biopharm 2010;74: 50-54. Abstract 2009
Kopka K, Faust A, Hermann S, Kuhlmann M, Wagner S, Klohs J, Schober O, Wunder A, Schäfers M. 18F-Labeled Isatin as putative biomarker for the specific imaging of activated caspases in apoptosis. J Labelled Comp Radiopharm 2009;52: S39-S39. 2008
Kopka K, Hermann S, Faust A, Kuhlmann M, Wagner S, Breyholz HJ, Schober O, Schäfers M. Imaging of the "roads to ruin": 18F-labelled isatin as potential tracer for the molecular visualisation of activated caspases in apoptosis. Q J Nucl Med Mol Imaging 2008;52: 21-22. Scobioala S, Klocke R, Kuhlmann M, Tian W, Hasib L, Milting H, Koenig S, Stelljes M, El-Banayosy A, Tenderich G, Michel G, Breithardt G, Nikol S. Up-regulation of nestin in the infarcted myocardium potentially indicates differentiation of resident cardiac stem cells into various lineages including cardiomyocytes. FASEB J 2008;22: 1021-1031. Abstract