Dr. rer. nat. Leonie Herrmann

Regenerative Biomedicine
Centre of Reproductive Medicine and Andrology
Albert-Schweitzer-Campus 1, Geb. D11
48149 Münster
Tel. +49 (0)251 83-54859
E-Mail: Dr. Leonie Herrmann

  • Scientific career

    since 2021 Scientist at the "Centrum für Reproduktionsmedizin und Andrologie" of the University Hospital Münster
    2021 Ph.D. Degree in Biology, University Bielefeld
    2018-2021 Ph.D. thesis at the Heart and Diabetes Centre NRW, Bad Oeynhausen
    2016-2017 Scientist at the Heart and Diabetes Centre NRW, Bad Oeynhausen
    2014-2016 Studies of Molecular Biomedicine at the Westfälische-Wilhelms-University Münster
    2011-2014 Studies of Biology at the University Bielefeld

  • Publications

    Young, S., Schiffer, C., Wagner, A., Patz, J., Potapenko, A., Herrmann, L., Nordhoff, V., Pock, T., Krallmann, C., Stallmeyer, B., Röpke, A., Kierzek, M., Biagioni, C., Wang, T., Haalck, L., Deuster, D., Hansen, J. N., Wachten, D., Risse, B., Behre, H. M., Schlatt, S., Kliesch, S., Tüttelmann, F., Brenker, C., Strünker, T. (2023) "Unexplained infertility is frequently caused by defective CatSper function preventing sperm from penetrating the egg coat" MedRxiv 2023.03.23.23286813, doi.org/10.1101/2023.03.23.23286813
    Herrmann, L., Schelletter, L., Hoffrogge, R., Niehaus, K., Rudolph, V., & Farr, M. Human Coxsackie- and adenovirus receptor is a putative target of neutrophil elastase-mediated shedding. Molecular Biology Reports, 49(4), 3213–3223. doi.org/10.1007/s11033-022-07153-2
    Herrmann, L., Filip, A., Lapuente, D., Tenbusch, M., Niehaus, K., Rudolph, V., Farr, M. (2020). Naturally occurring variants in the transmembrane and cytoplasmic domains of the human Coxsackie- and adenovirus receptor have no impact on virus internalisation. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications 527, 401–405. doi.org/10.1016/j.bbrc.2020.03.082
    Makarewicz, O., Lucas, M., Brandt, C., Herrmann, L., Albersmeier, A., Rückert, C., Blom, J., Goesmann, A., van der Linden, M., Kalinowski, J., Pletz, M. (2017). Whole genome sequencing of 39 invasive Streptococcus pneumoniae sequence type 199 isolates revealed switches from serotype 19A to 15B. PLOS ONE 12, e0169370. doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0169370