PD Dr. Martin Westermann

University Hospital Jena
Electron microscopic center
Ziegelmühlenweg 1
07743 Jena
Phone: +49 3641 9 33 123
Fax:      +49 3641 9 33 102
martin.westermann@uni-jena.de
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Functions

  • Commissioner of the Electron Microscope Center

Research

  • Cell biology
  • Electron microscopy
  • Freeze-fracture
  • Membrane structure
  • Localization of membrane components

Publications (selected 5 most recent)

  1. Rhiel E, Hoischen C, Westermann M. Rhodopsins build up the birefringent bodies of the dinoflagellate Oxyrrhis marina. Protoplasma. 2022 Jul;259(4):1047-1060. doi: 10.1007/s00709-021-01717-y.
  2. Halder LD, Jo EAH, Hasan MZ, Ferreira-Gomes M, Krüger T, Westermann M, Palme DI, Rambach G, Beyersdorf N, Speth C, Jacobsen ID, Kniemeyer O, Jungnickel B, Zipfel PF, Skerka C. Immune modulation by complement receptor 3-dependent human monocyte TGF-β1-transporting vesicles. Nature Communications. 2020 May 11;11(1):2331. doi: 10.1038/s41467-020-16241-5.
  3. Yin C, Ackermann S, Ma Z, Mohanta SK, Zhang C, Li Y, Nietzsche S, Westermann M, Peng L, Hu D, Bontha SV, Srikakulapu P, Beer M, Megens RTA, Steffens S, Hildner M, Halder LD, Eckstein H-H, Pelisek J, Herms J, Roeber S, Arzberger T, Borodovsky A, Habenicht L, Binder CJ, Weber C, Zipfel PF, Skerka C, Habenicht AJR.
    ApoE attenuates unresolvable inflammation by complex formation with activated C1q. Nature Medicine. 2019 Mar 25(3):496-506 doi: 10.1038/s41591-018-0336-8.
  4. Kruse S, Goris T, Westermann M, Adrian L, Diekert G.
    Hydrogen production by Sulfurospirillum species enables syntrophic interactions of Epsilonproteobacteria. Nature Communications. 2018 Nov 19;9(1):4872
  5. Martin M, Dragoš A, Hölscher T, Maróti G, Bálint B, Westermann M, Kovács ÁT.
    De novo evolved interference competition promotes the spread of biofilm defectors. Nature Communications. 2017 May 2;8:15127. doi: 10.1038/ncomms15127.