Date of Birth: March 8, 1984
Address: Leipzig University
Institute of Anatomy
04103 Leipzig
Phone: 0341 9722 055
Fax: 0341 9722 009
Email: martin.gericke@medizin.uni-leipzig.de
Current Position: W3 Professor
Academic Training
2003-2010 Studies in Medicine, University of Leipzig and Sydney
Scientific Certificates
2017 Habilitation in Anatomy, University of Leipzig
2011 M.D. (summa cum laude), University of Leipzig
Professional Career
Since 2021 Professor of Anatomy (W3), Leipzig University
2018 - 2021 Professor of Molecular Anatomy (W2), University of Halle-Wittenberg
2011-2018 Head of research group “Adipose Tissue Inflammation”, Institute of Anatomy,
University of Leipzig
2015 Board certification in Anatomy (Facharzt)
2011 Visiting scientist at the Department of Comparative Medicine,
Yale University, New Haven, USA (Director: Prof. Tamas
Horvath; Advisor: Dr. Matthew Rodeheffer)
Scientific Activities, Honors, Awards
2017-2019 Member of the Comité d’évaluation scientifique CE14
«Physiologie, physiopathologie » for the Agence nationale de la
recherche (ANR) in Paris
2015 Poster award from the German Society for Physiology
2006 – 2007 M.D. Thesis Fellowship (Medical Faculty, Leipzig University)
2006 Travel Grant to Russia (German Academic Exchange Service)
2006 – 2010 Scholarship of the "Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes"
Most important Publications
- Lindhorst A, Raulien N, Wieghofer P, Eilers J, Rossi F, Bechmann I, Gericke M. Adipocyte death triggers a pro inflammatory response and induces metabolic activation of resident macrophages. Cell Death & Disease. 2021; 12(6):579.
- Brinker G, Froeba J, Arndt L, Braune J, Hobusch C, Lindhorst A, Bechmann I, Gericke M. CD4+ T cells regulate glucose homeostasis independent of adipose tissue dysfunction in mice. Eur J Immunol. 2021; 51(6):1399-1411.
- Braune J, Lindhorst A, Fröba J, Hobusch C, Kovacs P, Blüher M, Eilers J, Bechmann I, Gericke M. Multinucleated giant cells in adipose tissue are specialized in adipocyte degradation. Diabetes. 2021; 70(2): 538-548.
- Ackermann J, Arndt L, Kirstein M, Hobusch C, Brinker G, Klöting N, Braune J*, Gericke M. Myeloid-cell Specific Interleukin-4-Receptor Knockout Partially Protects from Adipose Tissue Inflammation. J Immunol. 2021 (in press)
- Krieg L, Didt K, Karkossa I, Bernhart SH, Kehr S, Subramanian N, Lindhorst A, Schaudinn A, Tabei S, Keller M, Stumvoll M, Dietrich A, von Bergen M, Stadler PF, Laurencikiene J, Krüger M, Blüher M, Gericke M, Schubert K, Kovacs P, Chakaroun R, Massier L. Multiomics reveal unique signatures of human epiploic adipose tissue related to systemic insulin resistance. Gut 2021 (in press)
- Haimon Z, Volaski A, Orthgiess J, Boura-Halfon S, Varol D, Shemer A, Yona S, Zuckerman B, David E, Chappell-Maor L, Bechmann I, Gericke M, Ulitsky I, Jung S. Re-evaluating microglia expression profiles using RiboTag and cell isolation strategies. Nat Immunol. 2018; 19(6):636-644.
- Braune J, Weyer U, Hobusch C, Kern M, Kunath A, Klöting N, Kralisch S, Blüher M, Matz-Soja M, Gebhardt R, Zavros Y, Bechmann I, Gericke M. Hedgehog signaling in macrophages impacts on body weight, adipose tissue inflammation and glucose metabolism. Diabetologia. 2017; 60(5):889-899.
- Braune J, Weyer U, Hobusch C, Mauer J, Brüning JC, Bechmann I, Gericke M. IL-6 regulates local proliferation of adipose tissue macrophages in obesity via up-regulation of the IL-4 receptor alpha. J Immunol. 2017; 198(7):2927-2934.
- du Plessis J, van Pelt J, Korf H, Mathieu C, van der Schueren B, Lannoo M, Oyen T, Topal B, Fetter G, Nayler S, van der Merwe T, Windmolders P, Van Gaal L, Verrijken A, Hubens G, Gericke M, Cassiman D, Francque S, Nevens F, van der Merwe S. Association of Adipose Tissue Inflammation With Histologic Severity of Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease. Gastroenterology. 2015; 149(3):635-648.
- Haase J, Weyer U, Immig K, Klöting N, Blüher M, Eilers J, Bechmann I, Gericke M. Local proliferation of macrophages in adipose tissue during obesity-induced inflammation. Diabetologia. 2014; 57(3):562-571.