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Univ.-Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Friedemann Kiefer

Current affiliations

  • European Institute of Molecular Imaging (EIMI)

Curriculum Vitae (CV)

  • Development, morphogenesis and maintenance of lymphatic vessels
  • Interplay of hypoxia, the vascular systems and leukocytes in different physiological and pathological settings and its relevance for organ function

Academic Education

2001Habilitation: Venia Legendi in Cell Biology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Marburg
1989 - 1993Promotion: Dr. rer. nat. Institute of Molecular Pathology (I.M.P.) Vienna and University of Tübingen
1988Diploma in Biochemistry and Physiological Chemistry
1981 - 1988Study of Biochemistry and Physiological Chemistry, University of Tübingen

Work Experience

since 08/2017Professor for Intravital Molecular Imaging and Director of the European Institute for Molecular Imaging (EIMI)
since 04/2006Head of Transgenic Services, Max Planck Institute, Münster
10/2007 - 07/2017Reseach group leader (W2), Max Planck Institute, Münster
07/2002 - 09/2007Group leader, Dept. Vasc. Cell Biol., Max Planck Institute for Molecular Biomedicine, Münster
08/1988 - 06/2002Principal Investigator, Dept. Mol. Cell Biol., Max Planck Institute for Physiological and Clinical Research, Bad Nauheim
07/1996 - 07/1998Postdoctoral fellow, Samuel Lunenfeld Research Institute, Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, Canada
05/1993 - 06/1996Postdoctoral fellow, Ontario Cancer Institute, Princess Margaret Hospital, Toronto, Canada, DFG fellowship

Functions and Memberships

since 2017Hon. treasurer of the European Vascular Biology Organization (EBVO)
since 2016Member of the editorial board: Molecular and Cellular Biology
since 2010Member of the editorial board: Cell News (DGZ)
since 2006Member of the Faculty of 1000, division of cell biology
2010 - 2017Apl. Professor, University of Münster, Faculty of Medicine, Germany
2006 - 2008Secretary of the German Society for Cell Biology (DGZ)

Publications

Active Axial Motion Compensation in Multiphoton-Excited Fluorescence Microscopy
Kunisch, Manuel; Beutler, Sascha; Pilger, Christian; Kiefer, Friedemann; Huser, Thomas; Wirth, Benedikt (2025)
In: Optics Express, 33(2), 3620-3636. doi:10.1364/OE.547244
Research article (journal) | Peer reviewed | Published
Covalently Platinated DNA Oligonucleotides as Ratiometric Dioxygen Sensors
Schäfer, T; Bauer, N; Maisuls, I; Layh, M; Hepp, A; Strassert, CA; Kiefer, F; Müller, J (2025)
In: Bioconjugate Chemistry, 36, 2487-2496. doi:10.1021/acs.bioconjchem.5c00449
Research article (journal) | Peer reviewed | Published
SAM meets Gaze: Passive Eye Tracking for Prompt-based Instance Segmentation
Beckmann, Daniel; Kockwelp, Jacqueline; Gromoll, Joerg; Kiefer, Friedemann;Risse, Benjamin (2024)
In: Proceedings of Machine Learning Research, 2023.
Research article (journal) | Peer reviewed | Published
Therapy-induced modulation of tumor vasculature and oxygenation in a murine glioblastoma model quantified by deep learning-based feature extraction
Bauer N; Beckmann D; Reinhardt D; Frost N; Bobe S; Erapaneedi R; Risse B; Kiefer F (2024)
In: Scientific Reports, 14(1), 2034-2034. doi:10.1038/s41598-024-52268-0
Research article (journal) | Peer reviewed | Published
Scalable robust graph and feature extraction for arbitrary vessel networks in large volumetric datasets
Drees D, Scherzinger A, Hägerling R, Kiefer F, Jiang X (2021)
In: BMC Bioinformatics, 22(1), 346. doi:10.1186/s12859-021-04262-w
Research article (journal) | Peer reviewed | Published
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Projects

CRC 1450: Multiscale Imaging of Organ-Specific Inflammation (inSight)
Duration: 01/01/2025 - 31/12/2028 | 2nd Funding period
Funded by: DFG - Collaborative Research Centre
Type of project: Main DFG-project hosted at University of Münster
CRC 1450 - B04: Multiscale visualisation and analysis of innate immune cell migration at sites of hypoxic inflammation in vivo
Duration: 01/01/2025 - 31/12/2028 | 2nd Funding period
Funded by: DFG - Collaborative Research Centre
Type of project: Subproject in DFG-joint project hosted at University of Münster
CRC 1450 - MGK: Integrated Research Training Group (IRTG) Multiscale Imaging
Duration: 01/01/2025 - 31/12/2028 | 2nd Funding period
Funded by: DFG - Collaborative Research Centre
Type of project: Subproject in DFG-joint project hosted at University of Münster
CRC 1348: Dynamic cellular interfaces - formation and function
Duration: 01/01/2022 - 31/12/2025 | 2nd Funding period
Funded by: DFG - Collaborative Research Centre
Type of project: Main DFG-project hosted at University of Münster
CRC 1348 - B07: Morphogenetic mechanisms during lymphatic vessel formation
Duration: 01/01/2022 - 30/06/2022 | 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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Doctorates

In vivo imaging of human monocyte trafficking in a preclinical model of murine myocardial infarction to study mononuclear cell function in the context of…
Candidate: Iking, Janette | Supervisors: Waltenberger, Johannes; Püschel, Andreas; Kiefer, Friedemann
Period of time: 11/08/2015 - 23/10/2018
Doctoral examination procedure finished at: Doctoral examination procedure at University of Münster