Prof. Dr. Wilfried A. Kues
Contact
Telephone: +49 5034 871 5120
Fax: +49 5034 871 5101
Email contact
Address
Höltystr. 10
31535 Neustadt
Scientific interests
- Transgenic animal and cell culture models
- Early ontogenesis of mammaals and cell fate determination
- Epigenetic mechanisms of inheritance
Recent research activities
- Enzyme-catalyzed transgenesis of mammals (DFG funded)
- Non-genetic transmission of germ cell components
- Effects of nanoparticles on germ cells (DFG SPP1313; www.spp1313.de)
- Generation of transgenic pigs for xenotransplantation (Transregio Collaboration Research Center 127(DFG))
Academic grades
- Habilitation in „Cell Biology“, University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover, Foundation, Germany (Stiftung Tierärztliche Hochschule)
- Dissertation in „Neuronal Cell Biology“, Ruprecht Karls-University Heidelberg, Germany
- Diploma in Biology, Georg August-University Göttingen, Germany
Patents
- Patent No: EP2009/059117; WO/2010/007118. Method for cell identification and cell sorting. Inventors: Petersen S, Barcikowski S, Taylor U, Kues W, Rath D.
- Patent No WO 2005/038014 A1 (No. PCT/AU2004/01408). Method and media composition for the selective expansion of stem cell-like cells from mesenchymal connective tissue. Inventors: Niemann H, Kues W.