Prof. Dr. Tanja Kuhlmann

Current affiliations

Curriculum Vitae (CV)

Research Focus

  • demyelinating diseases
  • de- and regeneration in the CNS

Academic Education

11/2007Habilitation and venia legendi for neuropathology, University of Göttingen
1991 - 1998Medical School at University of Göttingen
1995 - 1997PhD thesis

Work Experience

since 04/2008Associated professor and senior consultant for neuropathology, Department of Neuropathology, University Hospital Münster
05/2002 - 03/2008Medical residency and research fellow, Departments of Neuropathology and Pathology, University Hospital Göttingen
08/2007 - 09/2007Visiting scientist, Montreal Neurological Institute, McGill, Montreal, Canada
07/2006Specialty qualification
05/2002 - 04/2004Postdoctoral Research Fellowship, Neuroimmunology Unit, Montreal Neurological Institute and Molecular Oncology Group, McGill, Montreal, Canada (Emmy-Noether-Fellowship of the German Research Foundation)
06/1999 - 04/2002Medical residency and research fellow, Departments of Neuropathology and Neurology, Charité, Berlin
05/1998 - 05/1999Medical residency and research fellow, Departement of Neuropathology, University Hospital Göttingen

Functions and Memberships

Reviewer for a variety of journals and foundations
since 06/2010Founding member of Myelin-Netzwerk e.V.
since 10/2006Member of the German Society for Neuropathology and Neuroanatomy

Publications

Irmer B; Wlochowitz D; Krekeler C; Richter KM; Chandrabalan S; Bayerlova M; Wolff A; Lenz G; Conradi LC; Schildhaus HU; Stadelmann C; Rohde V; Proescholdt M; Salinas G; Homayounfar K; Kuhlmann T; Hailfinger S; Pukrop T; Menck K; Beissbarth T; Bleckmann A (2025)
In: Molecular Oncology2025(1). doi:10.1002/1878-0261.13748
Research article (journal) | Peer reviewed | Published
Köhne M; Shakiba MH; Schmidleithner L; Schulte-Schrepping J; Scholz R; Elmzzahi T; Sommer D; Li Y; Carraro C; De Domenico E; Wißfeld J; Händler K; Hamada D; Frolov A; Cheng X; Baumgart AK; Holsten L; Osei-Sarpong C; Bourry S; Thabet Y; Renken H; Paulusch S; Sadlon T; Buch T; Wunderlich FT; Wickenhauser C; Alferink J; Kuhlmann T; Geyer M; Bonaguro L; Barry SC; Schultze JL; Beyer MD (2025)
In: Cell Reports44(7)115866-115866. doi:10.1016/j.celrep.2025.115866
Research article (journal) | Peer reviewed | Published
Janoschka C; Lindner M; Koppers N; Starost L; Liebmann M; Eschborn M; Schneider-Hohendorf T; Windener F; Schafflick D; Fleck AK; Koch K; Deffner M; Schwarze AS; Schulte-Mecklenbeck A; Metz I; Gross CC; Meuth SG; Schwab N; Meyer Zu Hörste G; Wiendl H; Kuhlmann T; Klotz L; Stoll M (2023)
In: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America120(1)e2209944120-e2209944120. doi:10.1073/pnas.2209944120
Research article (journal) | Peer reviewed | Published
Beuker C, Schafflick D, Strecker JK, Heming M, Li X, Wolbert J, Schmidt-Pogoda A, Thomas C, Kuhlmann T, Aranda-Pardos I, A-Gonzalez N, Kumar PA, Werner Y, Kilic E, Hermann DM, Stumm R, Wiendl H, Minnerup J, Meyer Zu Hörste G (2022)
In: Nature Communications13(1)945-945. doi:10.1038/s41467-022-28593-1
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Chaudhary R, Albrecht S, Datunashvili M, Cerina M, Lüttjohann A, Han Y, Narayanan V, Chetkovich DM, Ruck T, Kuhlmann T, Pape HC, Meuth SG, Zobeiri M, Budde T (2022)
In: Cerebral cortex32(20)4397-4421. doi:10.1093/cercor/bhab491
Research article (journal) | Peer reviewed | Published
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Projects

Duration: 01/01/2021 - 30/06/2024 | 3rd Funding period
Funded by: DFG - Collaborative Research Centre
Type of project: Subproject in DFG-joint project hosted at University of Münster
Duration: 01/01/2021 - 30/06/2024 | 3rd Funding period
Funded by: DFG - Collaborative Research Centre
Type of project: Subproject in DFG-joint project hosted at University of Münster
Duration: 01/05/2019 - 31/01/2024
Funded by: EC H2020 - Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions - Innovative Training Network
Type of project: EU-project hosted outside University of Münster
Duration: 01/07/2016 - 31/12/2020 | 2nd Funding period
Funded by: DFG - Collaborative Research Centre
Type of project: Subproject in DFG-joint project hosted at University of Münster
Duration: 01/07/2016 - 31/12/2020 | 2nd Funding period
Funded by: DFG - Collaborative Research Centre
Type of project: Subproject in DFG-joint project hosted at University of Münster
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Prizes

Young Investigator Award, 2. poster prize, Charcot-Meeting
Awarded by: Charcot-Foundation
Award given to: Kuhlmann, Tanja
Date of awarding: 01/01/2006
Type of distinction: Best publication award
Teaching Award (3rd Prize), International Graduate Program Medical Neuroscience
Awarded by: Charité, Berlin
Award given to: Kuhlmann, Tanja
Date of awarding: 01/01/2006
Type of distinction: Research award or other distinction
Teaching Award (1st Prize), International Graduate Program Medical Neurosciences
Awarded by: Charité, Berlin
Award given to: Kuhlmann, Tanja
Date of awarding: 01/01/2005
Type of distinction: Research award or other distinction
Emmy Noether program
Awarded by: German Research Foundation
Award given to: Kuhlmann, Tanja
Announced at: 01/01/2002
Type of distinction: Research award or other distinction
Heidenreich von Siebold-fellowship
Awarded by: Medical Faculty, Georg-August-University of Göttingen
Award given to: Kuhlmann, Tanja
Announced at: 01/01/2008
Type of distinction: Scholarship

Doctorates

Skin Mapping Projekt: Epidermisdicke und Nervenfasermorphologie bei Psoriasis vulgaris
Candidate: Becker, Ruth Aileen | Supervisors: Ständer, Sonja; Kuhlmann, Tanja | Reviewers: Ständer, Sonja Kuhlmann, Tanja
Period of time: 01/12/2016 - 09/05/2022
Doctoral examination procedure finished at: Doctoral examination procedure at University of Münster
Skin Mapping Projekt: Epidermisdicke und Nervenfasermorphologie bei Psoriasis vulgaris
Candidate: Becker, Ruth Aileen | Supervisors: Ständer, Sonja Kuhlmann, Tanja
Period of time: 21/12/2016 - 18/10/2021
Doctoral examination procedure finished at: Doctoral examination procedure at University of Münster
Untersuchung MS-bedingter Einflussfaktoren auf die periphere Immunsignatur anhand von für MS diskordanten monozygoten Zwillingen
Candidate: Mannig, Bianca | Supervisors: Klotz, Luisa; Kuhlmann, Tanja
Period of time: until 09/11/2020
Doctoral examination procedure finished at: Doctoral examination procedure at University of Münster
In vitro-Einfluss von aktivierten Makrophagen und Mikroglia auf die Migration und Proliferation von Oligodendrozytenvorläuferzellen
Candidate: André Schramm | Supervisors: Klotz, Luisa; Kuhlmann, Tanja
Period of time: until 04/05/2020
Doctoral examination procedure finished at: Doctoral examination procedure at University of Münster
Die Rolle von Zwei-Poren-Domänen Kaliumkanälen bei der Reifung von oligodendroglialen Zellen und der Myelin-Regeneration
Candidate: Nowack, Luise | Supervisors: Kuhlmann, Tanja; Paul, Rüdiger J.; Meuth, Sven G.
Period of time: 14/09/2015 - 31/07/2018
Doctoral examination procedure finished at: Doctoral examination procedure at University of Münster
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