Education

Ph.D, University of Hamburg, Germany

Current position

Postdoctoral Researcher, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Cell Biology, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Germany

Publications

1. Chai, C., Rivkin, M., Berkovits, L., Simerzin, A., Zorde-Khvalevsky, E., Rosenberg, N., Klein, S., Yaish, D., Durst, R., Shpitzen, S., Udi, S., Tam, J., Heeren, J., Worthmann, A., Schramm, C., Kluwe, J., Ravid, R., Hornstein, E., Giladi, H. and Galun, E. (2017). Metabolic Circuit Involving Free Fatty Acids, microRNA 122, and Triglyceride Synthesis in Liver and Muscle Tissues. Gastroenterology 153(5): 1404-1415. 
2. Krasemann, S., Madore, C., Cialic, R., Baufeld, C., Calcagno, N., El Fatimy, R., Beckers, L., O'Loughlin, E., Xu, Y., Fanek, Z., Greco, D. J., Smith, S. T., Tweet, G., Humulock, Z., Zrzavy, T., Conde-Sanroman, P., Gacias, M., Weng, Z., Chen, H., Tjon, E., Mazaheri, F., Hartmann, K., Madi, A., Ulrich, J. D., Glatzel, M., Worthmann, A., Heeren, J., Budnik, B., Lemere, C., Ikezu, T., Heppner, F. L., Litvak, V., Holtzman, D. M., Lassmann, H., Weiner, H. L., Ochando, J., Haass, C. and Butovsky, O. (2017). The TREM2-APOE Pathway Drives the Transcriptional Phenotype of Dysfunctional Microglia in Neurodegenerative Diseases. Immunity 47(3): 566-581 e569.
3. Worthmann, A., John, C., Ruhlemann, M. C., Baguhl, M., Heinsen, F. A., Schaltenberg, N., Heine, M., Schlein, C., Evangelakos, I., Mineo, C., Fischer, M., Dandri, M., Kremoser, C., Scheja, L., Franke, A., Shaul, P. W. and Heeren, J. (2017). Cold-induced conversion of cholesterol to bile acids in mice shapes the gut microbiome and promotes adaptive thermogenesis. Nat Med 23(7): 839-849.
4. Bartelt, A., John, C., Schaltenberg, N., Berbee, J. F. P., Worthmann, A., Cherradi, M. L., Schlein, C., Piepenburg, J., Boon, M. R., Rinninger, F., Heine, M., Toedter, K., Niemeier, A., Nilsson, S. K., Fischer, M., Wijers, S. L., van Marken Lichtenbelt, W., Scheja, L., Rensen, P. C. N. and Heeren, J. (2017). Thermogenic adipocytes promote HDL turnover and reverse cholesterol transport. Nat Commun 8: 15010.
5. Berbee, J. F., Boon, M. R., Khedoe, P. P., Bartelt, A., Schlein, C., Worthmann, A., Kooijman, S., Hoeke, G., Mol, I. M., John, C., Jung, C., Vazirpanah, N., Brouwers, L. P., Gordts, P. L., Esko, J. D., Hiemstra, P. S., Havekes, L. M., Scheja, L., Heeren, J. and Rensen, P. C. (2015). Brown fat activation reduces hypercholesterolaemia and protects from atherosclerosis development. Nat Commun 6: 6356.
6. John, C., Werner, P., Worthmann, A., Wegner, K., Todter, K., Scheja, L., Rohn, S., Heeren, J. and Fischer, M. (2014). A liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry-based method for the simultaneous determination of hydroxy sterols and bile acids. J Chromatogr A 1371: 184-195.