Prof. Dr. Dag Harmsen

Current affiliations

  • Department of Periodontology

Curriculum Vitae (CV)

  • Molecular diagnostic
  • Epidemiology
  • Applied bioinformatics in microbiology
  • Epidemiology and phylogeny of microorganisms

Academic Education

2004Habilitation and Venia legendi for Medical Microbiology and Hygiene „Sequence based identification of microorganisms“
1992Experimental medical thesis “Sequence analysis of the nucleocapside gene of the human Coronavirus 229E”, Institute for Virology, University of Würzburg
08/1986 - 07/1991Medical School at the University of Würzburg
08/1983 - 07/1986Undergraduate medical education, Rijksuniversiteit Antwerpen (Belgium), Kandidaat van de Geneeskunde

Work Experience

06/2005 - 07/2008Temporary head of the Department of Periodontology at the University of Münster
02/2002 - 08/2004Institute for Hygiene at the University of Münster
09/2000 - 01/2002Head of R&D CREATOGEN AG diagnostic division, Augsburg, Germany
01/1997 - 08/2000Institute for Hygiene and Microbiology at the University of Würzburg
1998Inclusion in the German microbiology and infectious epidemiology specialist register
01/1996 - 12/1996Internal Medicine at the University of Würzburg
07/1995 - 12/1995Institute for Virology at the University of Würzburg
08/1991 - 06/1995Institute for Hygiene and Microbiology at the University of Würzburg

Functions and Memberships

since 06/2007Member of the Professional Development Committee (PDC) of the American Society for Microbiology (ASM)
since 06/2005Executive Board Member-at-large of the International Committee on Systematics of Prokaryotes (ICSP) of the International Union of Microbiology Societies (IUMS)

Appointments

09/2004Offer to a Professorship for Molecular Periodontology, Department of Periodontology, University of Münster (accepted)

Publications

Richter A; Pietsch M; Harmsen D; Juraschek K; Lang C; Mellmann A; Middendorf-Bauchart B; Pulz M; Roth S; Schuh E; Fruth A; Flieger A (2023)
In: Bundesgesundheitsblatt - Gesundheitsforschung - Gesundheitsschutz, 66(1)
Type of Publication: Research article (journal)
Treffon J.; Prior K.; Dreesman J.; Egelkamp R.; Flieger A.; Middendorf-Bauchart B.; Projahn M.; Richter A.; Schuh E.; Harmsen D.; Mellmann A. (2023)
In: Journal of Clinical Microbiology, 61(3)
Type of Publication: Research article (journal)
Landsiedel R, Hahn D, Ossig R, Ritz S, Sauer L, Buesen R, Rehm S, Wohlleben W, Groeters S, Strauss V, Sperber S, Wami H, Dobrindt U, Prior K, Harmsen D, Schnekenburger J, van Ravenzwaay B (2022)
In: Particle and Fibre Toxicology, 19(1)
Type of Publication: Research article (journal)
Kampmeier S; Prior K; Cunningham SA; Goyal A; Harmsen D; Patel R; Mellmann A (2022)
In: Journal of Clinical Microbiology, 60(11)
Type of Publication: Research article (journal)
Tönnies H, Prior K, Harmsen D, Mellmann A (2020)
In: J Clin Microbiol, 59(3)
Type of Publication: Research article (journal)
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Projects

Duration: 01/01/2011 - 31/12/2012
Type of project: Own resources project
Duration: 01/10/2010 - 30/09/2013
Funded by: Federal Ministry of Education and Research
Type of project: Participation in BMBF-joint project
Duration: 01/10/2008 - 30/09/2010
Funded by: Federal Ministry of Education and Research
Type of project: Participation in BMBF-joint project
Duration: 01/10/2007 - 30/09/2010
Funded by: Federal Ministry of Education and Research
Type of project: Participation in BMBF-joint project

Prizes

BioMérieux Diagnostics price 2002
Awarded by: Deutsche Gesellschaft für Hygiene und Mikrobiologie (DGHM)
Award given to: Harmsen, Dag
Date of awarding: 15/09/2002
Type of distinction: Research award or other distinction
Research fellowship
Awarded by: Deutsche Gesellschaft für Parodontologie (DGParo)
Award given to: Harmsen, Dag; Ehmke, Benjamin
Announced at: 01/01/2006
Type of distinction: Scholarship

Doctorates

Statistische Methoden für hoch-dimensionale Daten in der Mikrobiomforschung
Candidate: Kleine Bardenhorst, Sven (Institut für Epidemiologie und Sozialmedizin) | Supervisors: Karch, André (Institut für Epidemiologie und Sozialmedizin), Harmsen, Dag (Poliklinik für Parodontologie), Schmidt, Rene (Institut für Biometrie und Klinische Forschung)
Period of time: 01/07/2019 - 30/06/2022
Doctoral examination procedure finished at: Doctoral examination procedure at University of Münster
Genome Comparison of Pathogenic Escherichia coli
Candidate: Kiel, geb. Schreiner, Matthias | Supervisors: Dobrindt, Ulrich; Kurz, Joachim; Harmsen, Dag
Period of time: 01/11/2014 - 26/10/2018
Doctoral examination procedure finished at: Doctoral examination procedure at University of Münster
Evaluation ausgewählter Diagnostikverfahren zum Nachweis parodontalpathogener Markerkeime
Candidate: Kettner, Anna | Supervisors: Harmsen, Dag
Period of time: until 19/10/2010
Doctoral examination procedure finished at: Doctoral examination procedure at University of Münster
Differenzierung von Mykobakterien mittels vergleichender 16S-rDNA-, rpoB- und gyrB- Sequenzanalyse
Candidate: Fahrendorf, Delia M. | Supervisors: Harmsen, Dag
Period of time: until 16/03/2009
Doctoral examination procedure finished at: Doctoral examination procedure at University of Münster
MIRU-VNTRplus: datenbankgestützte polyphasische Analyse vonMycobacterium tuberculosis complex Genotypisierungsdaten
Candidate: Weniger, Thomas | Supervisors: Harmsen, Dag
Period of time: until 19/11/2008
Doctoral examination procedure finished at: Doctoral examination procedure at University of Münster
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