Prof. Dr.med.vet. Kirsten Haastert-Talini

Curriculum Vitae

1992

University entrance diploma Görres-Gymnasium, Düsseldorf

1992-1995

Academic studies-1    Biology  (intermediate diploma)  Heinrich-Heine-University, Düsseldorf

1995-1999

Academic studies-2    Veterinary medicine (state examination) University of Veterinary Medicine, Hannover

2000-2002

Doctorate.   Clinic for Neurosurgery, Hannover Medical School and Institute for Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmacy, University of Veterinary, Title: “In vitro- und In vivo-Studien zur Zellvitalität und Motoneuronenfraktion in ektopen Neuroimplantaten aus embryonalem Rattenrückenmark in Abhängigkeit von Gewinnungsmethoden und pharmakologischen Einflüssen” 

since 2002

Research Associate Institute of Neuroanatomy, Hannover Medical School

2005

Research stay (07-10 2005) Department of Physiological Science & Department of Neurosurgery, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, USA (Prof. Fernando Gomez-Pinilla, DFG-research grant)

2009

State doctorate    Specialism Anatomy 

Current research > Link

Development of new therapeutic startegies to enhance peripheral nerve regeneration after massive substance loss

Selected Publications:

Haastert K, Mauritz C, Chaturvedi S, Grothe C (2007) Adult human and rat Schwann cell cultures - fast and efficient enrichment and highly effective non-viral transfection protocol. Nature Protocols 2 (1), 99-104.

Haile Y, Haastert K, Cesnulevicius K, Stummeyer K, Timmer M, Berski S, Drager G, Gerardy-Schahn R, Grothe C (2007) Culturing of glial and neuronal cells on polysialic acid.  Biomaterials 28 (6), 1163-1173.

Haastert K, Ying Z, Grothe C, Gómez-Pinilla F (2008) The effects of FGF-2 gene therapy combined with voluntary exercise on axonal regeneration across peripheral nerve gaps. Neurosci Lett 443(3):179-83.

Haastert K, Grosheva M, Angelova S, Guntinas-Lichius O, Skouras E, Joern M, Grothe C, Dunlop S, Angelov DN (2009) Schwann cells over-expressing FGF-2 alone or combined with manual stimulation do not promote functional recovery after facial nerve injury. J Biomed Biotechnol , vol. 2009, Article ID 408794

Schmitte R, Tipold A, Stein VM, Schenk H, Flieshardt C, Grothe C, Haastert K
Genetically modified canine Schwann cells - in vitro and in vivo evaluation of their suitability for peripheral nerve tissue engineering.  J Neurosci Methods 2010 Feb;186(2):202-208

Haastert-Talini K, Schaper-Rinkel J, Schmitte R, Rode b, Mühlenhoff M, Schwarzer D, Dräger G, Su Y, Scheper T, Gerardy-Schahn R, Grothe C. (2010)
In vivo evaluation of polysialic acid as part of tissue-engineered nerve transplants.
Tissue Eng Part A. 2010 Jun 24. [Epub ahead of print]

Korte, N., Schenk, H., Grothe, C., Tipold, A., Haastert-Talini, K. (2011)
Evaluation of periodical electrodiagnostic measurements to monitor progress in motor recovery after different peripheral nerve lesions in rat.
Muscle Nerve 44(1):63-73

Haastert-Talini, K., Schmitte, R., Korte, N., Klode, D., Ratzka, A., Grothe, C. (2011)
Electrical stimulation accelerates axonal and functional peripheral nerve regeneration across long gaps.
J Neurotrauma 28(4):661-74

Huelsenbeck, S.C., Rohrbeck, A., Handreck, A., Hellmich, G., Kiaei, E., Roettinger, I., Grothe, C., Just, I., Haastert‑Talini, K. (2011)
C3 peptide promotes axonal regeneration and functional motor recovery after peripheral nerve injury.
Neurotherapeutics in press

Reviews and Books

Book Chapter:
Kirsten Haastert-Talini (2011) Chapter 9: Experimental Approaches on Tissue engineering Repair of Peripheral Nerve Gaps.
In: The Sciatic Nerve: Blocks, Injuries and Regeneration (Fonseca DJ, Martins JL, eds); Series: Neuroscience Research Progress: Nove Science Publishers       Link