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Research Group
3: Wildlife diseases
Prof. Dr. Alex D. Greenwood
Leibniz-Institute for Zoo and Wildlife Research
Alfred-Kowalke-Str. 17
10315 Berlin
Telefon: 0049-(0)30- 5168 511
Fax: 0049-(0)30- 5126 104
e-mail: greenwood@izw-berlin.de
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Function:
Education
and scientific career:
- since
2009 at the IZW, department: Virology
- Professor of Veterinary Medicine, Freie Universität Berlin
- 2006 - 2009
Assistant
Professor, Biological Sciences, Old Dominion University,
Norfolk, Virginia, USA
- since 2009 Research Associate, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C., USA.
- 2001 - present
Research
Associate, Department
of Vertebrate Zoology, American Museum
of Natural History, New York, USA
- 2001 - 2006
Postdoctoral
Research Fellow, Institute
of Molecular Virology, GSF-Research Center for Environment and Health, Munich,
Germany
- 1999 - 2001Postdoctoral
Research Fellow, Department
of Vertebrate Zoology, American Museum
of Natural History, New York, USA
- 1996 - 1999
NSF Alfred
P. Sloan Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Zoological
Institute, University of Munich, Munich,
Germany
- 1996
Ph.D. Human
Genetics, University of Michigan, Ann
Arbor, Michigan, U.S.A.
- 1990
Bachelor of
Arts, Genetics, Cornell University, Ithaca,
New York, U.S.A.
Research
focus:
- Virology
- Archival
and Ancient DNA
Teaching:
Editorial
responsibilities:
Selected
publications:
- Bach C, Gilch S, Rost R, Greenwood AD, Horsch M, Hajj GN, Brodesser S, Facius A, Schadler S, Sandhoff K, Beckers J, Leib-Mosch C, Schatzl HM, Vorberg I.(2009) Prion-induced activation of cholesterogenic gene expression by a sterol regulatory element binding protein (SREBP2) in neuronal cells. J Biol Chem. Sep 11. [Epub ahead of print]
- Roca AL, Ishida Y, Nikolaidis N, Kolokotronis SO, Fratpietro S, Stewardson K, Hensley S, Tisdale M, Boeskorov G, Greenwood AD. (2009) Genetic variation at hair length candidate genes in elephants and the extinct woolly mammoth. BMC Evol Biol. 9(1):232
- Wyatt, K., Campos, P.F., Gilbert, M.T.P., Kolokotronis, S.O., Hynes, W., DeSalle, R., Daszak, P., MacPhee, R.D.E. and Greenwood A.D. (2008) Historical Mammal Extinction on Christmas Island (Indian Ocean) Correlates with Introduced Infectious Disease. PLoS One, 3(11) e3602
- Calvignac, S., Terme, J.M., Hensley, S.M., Jalinot, P., Greenwood, A.D. and Hänni, C. (2008) Ancient DNA identification of early 20th century simian T-cell leukemia virus type 1.Mol Biol Evol. 25(6):1093-8.
- Stengel, A., Roos, C., Hunsmann, G., Seifarth, W., Leib-Mösch, C. and Greenwood, A.D. (2006) Expression profiles of endogenous retrovirus in Old World monkeys. J. Virol. 80 (9): 4415-4421.
- Stengel, A., Bach, C., Vorberg, I., Frank, O., Lutzny, G., Gilch, S., Erfle, Schätzl, H., Leib-Mösch, C., and Greenwood, A.D. (2006) Prion infection influences murine endogenous retrovirus expression in neuronal cells. Biochem. Biophys. Res. Comm. 343 (3): 825-831.
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Karin Hönig
Leibniz-Institute for Zoo and Wildliferesearch
Alfred-Kowalke-Str. 17
10315 Berlin
Telefon: 0049-(0)30- 5168 219
Fax: 0049-(0)30- 5126 104
e-mail: hoenig@izw-berlin.de
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Function:
Education
and scientific career:
- since 1994 at
the IZW, department: Virology
- 1992 - 1993 Robert Koch Institut,
Berlin
- 1988 - 1991 Staatlichen Vet.Med. Prüfungsinstitut, Berlin
- 1983 - 1987
Bezirksinstitut für Veterinärwesen, Rostock
- 1981 - 1983
education as Biological-laboratory Technician
Activities:
- PCR
- ELISA
- NT
- cellkulture
- training
supervisor for apprentices
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Kyriakos Tsangaras
Leibniz-Institute for Zoo and Wildliferesearch
Alfred-Kowalke-Str. 17
10315 Berlin
Telefon: 0049-(0)30- 5168 226
Fax: 0049-(0)30- 5126 104
e-mail: tsangaras@izw-berlin.de
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Function:
Education
and scientific career:
- since February 2009 dissertation at the IZW, title "Retrovirus endogenization in real time: Archival koala retrovirus sequencing to determine how viruses become part of the genome "
advisor: Prof. Dr. Alex D. Greenwood
- 2004-2010 studies in Biomedical Sciences at Old Dominion University, Norfolk, VA.
Research
focus:
- Ancient DNA, Endogenous Retroviruses effects and processes, paleopathogens.
- Koala endogenous retrovirus endogenization process
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Dr. Oliver Krone
Leibniz-Institut für Zoo- und Wildtierforschung
Alfred-Kowalke-Str. 17
10315 Berlin
Telefon: 0049-(0)30- 5168 212
Fax: 0049-(0)30- 5126 104
e-mail: krone@izw-berlin.de
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Function:
Head of Parasitology / Ornithology
Head of sea eagle study group
Senior parasitologist and ornithologist
Education
and scientific career:
- since 1995 at IZW, department: Parasitology / Ornithology
- Jan. - Feb. 2004 Lund University, Sweden, visiting scientist
- 1995-1998 Doctoral thesis "Endoparasites (faunistic, epizoothiology, pathogenicity) in free-living birds of prey in three areas of Germanys"
- 1995 approval as veterinarian
- Oct. - Dec. 1993 University of Minnesota, USA, externship
Research
focus:
- threats to large birds and carnivores
- endoparasites in birds of prey
- lead intoxication in birds of prey
Teaching:
- regular lectures in "basics of zoo and wildlife biology" and "clinical aspects of zoo and wildlife diseases" in courses of veterinary medicine at the Free University of Berlin
Membership:
- German Ornithological Society, Raptor Research Foundation, IUCN/SSC-Veterinary Specialist Group, European Wildlife Disease Association, European Veterinary Parasitology College, Working Group of Biological Nature Protection, German Society of Parasitology, German Veterinary Society
Selected
publications:
- Sulawa J., Robert A., Köppen U., Hauff P. and O. Krone (2009) Recovery dynamics and viability of the white-tailed eagle (Haliaeetus albicilla) in Germany. Biodiversity and Conservation, DOI 10.1007/s10531-009-9705-4
- Krone O, Berger A and R Schulte (2009) Recording movement and activity pattern of a White-tailed Sea Eagle (Haliaeetus albicilla) by a GPS datalogger. Journal of Ornithology 150: 273–280.
- Krone O, Waldenström J, Valkiunas G, Lessow O, Müller K, Iezhova T A, Fickel J and S Bensch (2008) Haemosporidian blood parasites (Haemosporida, Haemoproteidae) in European birds of prey and owls. Journal of Parasitology 94(3): 709–715
- Krone O (2007) Endoparasites. In: Bird, D. M., Bildstein, K. L. (ed.) Raptor – Research and Management Techniques. Hancock House Publishers; Surrey; Canada, pp. 318-328.
- Jovani R, Amo L, Arriero E, Krone O, Marzal A, Shurulinkov P, Tomás G, Sol D, Hagen J, López P, Martín J, Navarro C, and Torres J (2004) Double gametocyte infections in apicomplexan parasites of birds and reptiles. Parasitology Research 94: 155-157.
- Prassolov A, Hohenberg H, Kalinina T, Schneider C, Cova L, Krone O, Frölich K, Will H, Sirma H (2003) New hepatitus B virus of cranes that has an unexpected broad host range. J Virol 77 (3), 1964-1976.
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Kirsi Blank
Leibniz-Institute for Zoo and Wildliferesearch
Alfred-Kowalke-Str. 17
10315 Berlin
Telefon: 0049-(0)30- 5168 218
Fax: 0049-(0)30- 5126 104
e-mail: blank@izw-berlin.de
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Function:
Education
and scientific career:
- since 2006 at
the IZW, department: Parasitology / Ornithology
- 2007
internship in
France (Centre de Recherche de Biochimie Macromoléculaire)
- 2004
- 2006
education as technical assistant (biology)
- 2003
- 2004 Institute for animal-nutrition (Freie
Universität Berlin)
- 2002
- 2003 two terms
at the Humboldt University
Berlin
(biology)
Activities:
- Project: "Lead-intoxications in
White tailed See Eagles"
- dissection of birds of prey and wolves (incl. x-raying, data acquisition, biometry)
- parasitological analyses (differentiation, staining etc.)
- genetic methods (sexing, turn-over)
- assistance in the field work
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Mirjam Nadjafzadeh
Leibniz-Institute for Zoo and Wildliferesearch
Alfred-Kowalke-Str. 17
10315 Berlin
Telefon: 0049-(0)30- 5168 526
Fax: 0049-(0)30- 5126 104
e-mail: nadjafzadeh@izw-berlin.de
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Function:
Education
and scientific career:
- since 2006 dissertation at the IZW,
title "Diet and feeding behaviour of white-tailed sea eagles Haliaeetus albicilla in Northern
Germany"
supervisor: Dr. Oliver Krone
- 2004 - 2005 diploma thesis at the German Primate
Center, title "Prey foraging of red titi monkeys, Callicebus cupreus, in comparison to
sympatric tamarins, Saguinus mystax and Saguinus fuscicollis "
Supervisors: Prof. Dr. Eckhard W. Heymann,
Prof. Dr. Wolfgang H. Kirchner
- 1997 - 2005 study of biology at the Ruhr University Bochum
Research
focus:
- feeding ecology and behavioural biology of raptors and primates
- sources
of lead poisoning in scavenging raptors
Awards:
- 2009 1. Poster Prize, 7th International Conference on Behaviour, Physiology and Genetics of Wildlife
- 2006 Award for outstanding diploma theses, Gesellschaft für Primatologie
- 2005 1. Poster Prize, 1. Congress of the European Federation for Primatology
Selected publications:
- Nadjafzadeh M & Krone O (2008) Nahrungsspektrum und Fressverhalten des Seeadlers (Haliaeetus albicilla ) in Norddeutschland. Bleivergiftungen bei Seeadlern: Ursachen und Lösungsansätze (Krone O, Hrsg.), S. 31-43. Leibniz Institute for Zoo and Wildlife Research, Berlin.
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Friederike Scholz
Leibniz-Institute for Zoo and Wildliferesearch
Alfred-Kowalke-Str. 17
10315 Berlin
Telefon: 0049-(0)30- 5168 526
Fax: 0049-(0)30- 5126 104
e-mail: scholz@izw-berlin.de
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Function:
Education
and scientific career:
- since July 2006 dissertation at the IZW, title "Spatial use and habitat selection of white-tailed eagles (Haliaeetus albicilla ) in northern Germany"
advisor: Dr. Oliver Krone
- 2004-2005 diploma thesis, title "Effects of seasonal water scarcity on the ranging behaviour of redfronted lemurs (Eulemur fulvus rufus ) in the Kirindy Forest/ Madagascar"
advisor: Prof. Dr. P. M. Kappeler, Prof. Dr. K. E. Linsenmair
- 1998-2005 studies of Biology at the Universities of Göttingen and Würzburg
Research
focus:
- Spatial ecology, Geographical Information Systems (GIS), Telemetry
- Lead poisoning in white-tailed eagles
Selected publications:
- Krone O, Kenntner N, Trinogga A, Nadjafzadeh M, Scholz F, Sulawa J, Totschek K, Schuck-Wersig P, Zieschank R (2008) Lead poisoning in white-tailed sea eagles: causes and approaches to solutions in Germany. In: Watson R T, Fuller M, Pokras M, Hunt W G (eds) Ingestion of lead from spent ammunition: implications for wildlife and humans. The Peregrine Fund, Boise, Idaho, USA, DOI 10.4080/ilsa.2009.0207
- Scholz Fund Krone O (2008) Raumnutzung und Habitatwahl des Seeadlers (Haliaeetus albicilla ) in Norddeutschland. In: Bleivergiftungen bei Seeadlern: Ursachen und Lösungsansätze (Krone, O ed): 65-73
- Scholz F & Kappeler P (2004) Effects of seasonal water scarcity on the ranging behavior of Eulemur fulvus rufus. International Journal of Primatology 25 (3): 599-613
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Dr. Mirjam Grobbel
Leibniz-Institut für Zoo- und Wildtierforschung
Alfred-Kowalke-Str. 17
10315 Berlin
Telefon: 0049-(0)30- 5168 215
Fax: 0049-(0)30- 5126 104
e-mail: grobbel@izw-berlin.de
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Function:
Education
and scientific career:
- since 2009 scientific
assistant at the IZW, Department: Bacteriology
- since 2008 resident of
the European College of Veterinary Public health
(ECVPH)
- 2004 - 2009 Scientific
assistant at the Institute for microbiology and epizootics, Free University, Berlin
- 1998 - 2004
Veterinary medicine, Freie Universität Berlin
Research
focus:
- antimicrobial resistance
in veterinary pathogenic bacteria
- extended spectrum
beta-lactamases (ESBL) in wild- and companion-animals
Teaching:
- lecturer in clinical aspects of zoo- and wildlife-disease, Freie
Universität Berlin,
veterinary medicine
Membership:
- Deutsche Veterinärmedizinische
Gesellschaft (DVG) (German veterinary society)
Selected
publications:
- The pandemic O25-ST131 human virulent CTX-M-15 ESBL producing Escherichia coli is spreading among companion animals. Ewers; C; Guenther S; Stamm I; Kopp P; Fruth A; Beutlich J; Beatrice Guerra B; Wieler L H; Grobbel M: 61. Annual Meeting of the German Society For Hygiene and Microbiology (Deutschen Gesellschaft für Hygiene und Mikrobiologie / DGHM) International Journal of Medical Microbiology, 299S1 (46), S. 79
- Comparative quantification of the in vitro activity of veterinary fluoroquinolones. Grobbel M, Lübke-Becker A, Wieler LH, Froyman R, Friederichs S, Filios S. Vet Microbiol. 2007 Sep 20;124(1-2):73-81.
- Antimicrobial susceptibility of Escherichia coli from swine, horses, dogs and cats as determined in the BfT-GermVet monitoring program 2004-2006. Grobbel M, Lübke-Becker A, Alesík E, Schwarz S, Wallmann J, Werckenthin C, Wieler LH. Berl Munch Tierarztl Wochenschr. 2007 Sep-Oct;120(9-10):391-401.
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Nadine Jahn
Leibniz-Institute for Zoo and Wildliferesearch
Alfred-Kowalke-Str. 17
10315 Berlin
Telefon: 0049-(0)30- 5168 224
Fax: 0049-(0)30- 5126 104
e-mail: jahn@izw-berlin.de
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Function:
Education
and scientific career:
- since
2001 at the IZW, department: Bacteriology
- 2002 supplementary exam for Biological-technical Assistant
- 1998 - 2001
education as Biological-laboratory Technican
Activities:
- bakteriological diagnostic
- PCR and sequencing
- training supervisor for apprentices
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Kristin Mühldorfer
Leibniz-Institute for Zoo and Wildliferesearch
Alfred-Kowalke-Str. 17
10315 Berlin
Telefon: 0049-(0)30- 5168 234
Fax: 0049-(0)30- 5126 104
e-mail: muehldorfer@izw-berlin.de
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Function:
Education
and scientific career:
- since July 2007 doctoral thesis at the IZW, title: "Diseases in bats from Germany"
supervisors: Dr. Gudrun Wibbelt, Dr.
Stephanie Speck
- 2001 - 2007 Veterinary medicine, Freie
Universität Berlin
Research
focus:
- bacterial diseases and histo-pathological changes in native bats from Germany
Selected publications:
- Mühldorfer K, Wibbelt G, Haensel J, Riehm J, Speck S: Yersinia species isolated from bats, Germany. Emerg Infect Dis 2010; 16(3): 578-580.
- Sonntag M, Mühldorfer K, Speck S, Wibbelt G, Kurth A: New adenovirus in bats, German. Emerg Infect Dis 2009; 15(12): 2052-55.
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Dr.med.vet., MRCVS Gudrun Wibbelt
Leibniz-Institut für Zoo- und Wildtierforschung
Alfred-Kowalke-Str. 17
10315 Berlin
Telefon: 0049-(0)30- 5168 211
Fax: 0049-(0)30- 5126 104
e-mail: wibbelt@izw-berlin.de
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Function:
Senior Veterinary Pathologist
Head
of Pathology
Head of Electromicroscopy
Education
and scientific career:
- 2005
certified veterinary pathologist
- 1999
- 2002 Residency for Veterinary Pathology,
University of Liverpool, Great Britain
- 1996
- 1998 Doctoral thesis "Histopathologic
investigations on the effects of intracardiac radiofrequency
current application on coronary artery vessels in
young pigs.", University of Veterinary Medicine
Hanover
- 1990
- 1996 Veterinary Medicine, University of Veterinary
Medicine Hanover
Research
focus:
- diseases
of bats
- causes
of mortality in raccoons from Müritz National Park
- diseases
in European mink
Teaching:
- regular
lectures on "Comparative wild animal pathology"
within the lecture cycle "Clinical aspects
in zoo and wildlife research / wildlife diseases",
Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Freie Universität
Berlin
Membership:
- German
Society of Veterinary Medicine - Pathology, German Society of Electron
Microscopy, European Association of Zoo and Wildlife Veterinarians, European
Wildlife Disease Association, IUCN/SSC-Veterinary Specialist Group
Selected
publications:
- Sonntag
M, Mühldorfer K, Speck S, Wibbelt G, Kurth
A. New adenovirus in bats, Germany. Emerging Infectious
Diseases, 2009; 15(12): 2052-55.
- Müller
D, Szentiks C, Wibbelt G. Polycystic kidney
disease in adult Brazilian agoutis (Dasyprocta leporina).
Veterinary Pathology, 2009; 46 (4):656-61.
- Kurth
A, Wibbelt G, Gerber HP, Petschaelis A, Pauli
G, Nitsche A. Rat-to-elephant-to-human transmission
of cowpox virus. Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2008;
14 (4):670-671.
- Wibbelt
G, Kurth A, Yasmum N, Bannert M, Nagel S, Nitsche
A, Ehlers B. Discovery of herpesviruses in bats.
Journal of General Virology, 2007; 88:2651-5.
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Dr. Claudia Szentiks
Leibniz-Institut für Zoo- und Wildtierforschung
Alfred-Kowalke-Str. 17
10315 Berlin
Telefon: 0049-(0)30- 5168 213
Fax: 0049-(0)30- 5126 104
e-mail: szentiks@izw-berlin.de
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Function:
Education
and scientific career:
- June 2008 certified veterinary pathologist
- 2007 - 2008 Residency for Veterinary Pathology, IZW
- 2002 - 2007 Residency for Veterinary Pathology, University of Veterinary Medicine Hanover
- 2002 - 2007 Doctoral thesis: "Immunohistochemical studies on proliferation and apoptosis in the foetal ovine brain following experimental intrauterine infection with Bovine Viral Diarrhoea Virus", University of Veterinary Medicine Hanover
- 1997 - 2002 Veterinary Medicine, University of Veterinary Medicine Hanover
- 1996 - 1997 Veterinary Medicine, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Leipzig
Research
focus:
- investigations
on health status and identification of diseases in German European brown hares
(Lepus europaeus)
- neoplasia in lions (Panthera leo) - retrospective study on archived material (PARS) from the IZW
- causes of mortality and prevalence of infectious diseases in European otters (Lutra lutra) from Berlin and Brandenburg
Teaching:
- regular lectures on "Comparative wild animal pathology" within the lecture cycle "Clinical aspects in zoo and wildlife research / wildlife diseases", Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Freie Universität Berlin
Membership:
- German Society of Veterinary Medicine – Pathology
- Aktion
Fischotterschutz e.V. Otter-Zentrum
Selected
publications:
- Szentiks
CA, Köndgen S, Silinski S, Speck S, Leendertz FH: Lethal pneumonia in a
captive juvenile chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes) due to human-transmitted
human respiratory syncytial virus (HRSV) and infection with Streptococcus pneumoniae. J. Med. Primatol. 2009, 38: 236-240.
- Müller
DWH, Szentiks CA, Wibbelt G: Polycystic kidney disease in adult
Brazilian agoutis (Dasyprocta leporia).
Vet. Pathol. 2009, 46: 656-661.
- Szentiks
C, Soares da Silva C, Herrling G, Hell H, Zeeuw G, Baumgärtner W: Rhinosporidiose
bei einem Polopferd. Tierärztl. Prax. Ausg. G Grosstiere Nutztiere 2008, 36: 53-56.
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Dagmar Viertel
Leibniz-Institute for Zoo and Wildliferesearch
Alfred-Kowalke-Str. 17
10315 Berlin
Telefon: 0049-(0)30- 5168 730
Fax: 0049-(0)30- 5126 104
e-mail: viertel@izw-berlin.de
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Function:
Education
and scientific career:
- since 1992 at the IZW electron microscopy unit
- 1985 - 1992 Institute for Veterinary pathology of the Humbolt University of Berlin, department: electron microscopy
- 1982 - 1985 Dr. Salvador- Allende Hospital,Berlin, department: Pathology
- 1979 - 1982 education as Medical-technical laboratory Assistant
Activities:
- scanning electron microscopy
- transmission electron microscopy
- immunoelectron microscopy
- photo laboratory
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Zoltan Mezö
Leibniz-Institute for Zoo and Wildliferesearch
Alfred-Kowalke-Str. 17
10315 Berlin
Telefon: 0049-(0)30- 5168 132
Fax: 0049-(0)30- 5126 104
e-mail: mezoe@izw-berlin.de
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Function:
Education
and scientific career:
- since 2004
at the IZW, department: Pathology
- 2001 - 2003
education as Necropsy Technician
Activities:
- necropsy of
zoo- and wildlife
- preparation of organ and bone exhibits
- archiving
of formalin tissues
- PARS - data base
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Doris Krumnow
Leibniz-Institute for Zoo and Wildliferesearch
Alfred-Kowalke-Str. 17
10315 Berlin
Telefon: 0049-(0)30- 5168 216
Fax: 0049-(0)30- 5126 104
e-mail: krumnow@izw-berlin.de
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Function:
Education
and scientific career:
- since
2002 at the IZW, department: Pathology / Histology
- 1998
- 2002 Universitätsklinikum Benjamin Franklin, Berlin, department:
Immunhistology
- 1983
- 1998 Institut für Rechtsmedizin der Freien Universität
Berlin, department: Histology
- 1982
- 1983 Landesmedizinal-Untersuchungsamt Berlin,
department: Mykology
- 1977
- 1982 Krankenhaus Moabit, department: Pathology
- 1975
- 1977 apprenticeship as Medical technical laboratory assistant
Activities:
- paraffin- and Cryohistology
- immunohistochemistry
- trainer
for apprentices
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Marion Biering
Leibniz-Institute for Zoo and Wildliferesearch
Alfred-Kowalke-Str. 17
10315 Berlin
Telefon: 0049-(0)30- 5168 216
Fax: 0049-(0)30- 5126 104
e-mail: biering@izw-berlin.de
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Function:
Education
and scientific career:
- since 1986 at
the IZW, department: Pathology / Histology
- 1985 Institute of Water
Managment, Berlin
- 1979
- 1984
Steel Mill, Hennigsdorf
- 1977
- 1979
apprenticeship as Metallurgical laboratory Technician
Activities:
- paraffin- and Cryohistology
- trainer
for apprentices
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Katja Pohle
Leibniz-Institute for Zoo and Wildliferesearch
Alfred-Kowalke-Str. 17
10315 Berlin
Telefon: 0049-(0)30- 5168 217
Fax: 0049-(0)30- 5126 104
e-mail: pohle@izw-berlin.de
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Function:
Education
and scientific career:
- since
2006 at the IZW, department: Immunology
- 2005
- 2006 IZW, department: Virology
- 2003
- 2005
education as Biological-technical Assistant
Activities:
- PCR,
Real Time PCR and sequencing
- cloning
- ELISA
- LTT
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