Dr. Helge Karch

Professor
Hygiene
University of Munster
Germany

Professor Microbiology
Biography

Since 2001 Director of the Institute for Hygiene at the Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster (EMU), 1990 - 2001 University professor (C3) for hygiene at the Julius Maximilians University Würzburg, 1989 Habilitation in the subject "Medical Microbiology" at the University of Hamburg, 1984 - 1989 Research Assistant at the Institute of Medical Microbiology and Immunology of the University of Hamburg, 1982 - 1984 Research Assistant at the Institute of Medical Microbiology and Immunology of the Ruhr-University Bochum,1982 Doctorate to Dr. rer. nat. ("Summa cum laude") at the Institute of Microbiology of the Technical University of Darmstadt, 1973 - 1979 studied biology with a diploma at the Technical University of Darmstadt

Research Intrest

Microbiology

List of Publications
Kossow A, Zhang W, Bielaszewska M, Rhode S, Karch H, et al. (2016) Molecular Characterization of Human Atypical Sorbitol-Fermenting Enteropathogenic Escherichia coli O157 Reveals High Diversity. J Clin Microbiol 54: 1357-1363.
Pohlen M, Marx J, Mellmann A, Becker K, Karch H, et al. (2016) Ciprofloxacin versus colistin prophylaxis during neutropenia in acute myeloid leukemia: two parallel patient cohorts treated in a single center. Haematologica 101: 1208-1215.
Betz J, Dorn I, Kouzel IU, Bauwens A, Karch H, et al. (2016) Shiga toxin of enterohaemorrhagic Escherichia coli directly injures developing human erythrocytes. Cell Microbiol 18: 1339-1348.
Bielaszewska M, Rüter C, Bauwens A, Greune L, Karch H, et al. (2017) Host cell interactions of outer membrane vesicle-associated virulence factors of enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli O157: Intracellular delivery, trafficking and mechanisms of cell injury. PLoS Pathog 13: e1006159.
Legros N, Dusny S, Humpf HU, Pohlentz G, Karch H, et al. (2017) Shiga toxin glycosphingolipid receptors and their lipid membrane ensemble in primary human blood-brain barrier endothelial cells. Glycobiology 27: 99-109.