Project 4 - Kai Martin Schmidt-Ott
   
Date of Birth: 3 April 1972
Nationality: German
   
EDUCATION:  
1992-2000 Medical School, Free University of Berlin, Germany
1996-2002 Doctoral Thesis: “Endothelin-dependent morphological transformation of astrocytes under hypoxia” (Honors: Summa cum laude)
Department of Clinical Pharmacology and Toxicology, Free University of Berlin, Germany
Principal Investigator Prof. Martin Paul
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:
 
2003-2005 Emmy Noether Fellow, Department of Nephrology, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, New York, NY (Principal Investigator Prof. Jonathan Barasch)
2005-2007 Research Associate, Department of Nephrology, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, New York, NY (Principal Investigator Prof. Jonathan Barasch)
Since 06/2007 Emmy Noether Junior Group Leader, Max-Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine, Berlin, Germany
From 2009 Junior Professor of Molecular Medicine, Charité Berlin, Medical Faculty of Humboldt University, Berlin, Germany
 
 
RESEARCH INTERESTS:

Developmental biology, cell biology, nephrology

 

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS:

 
1.
Schmidt-Ott KM. Nephrologists Sans Frontieres: The art and science of branching. Kidney Int. 2006; 69(11):1921-3.
2.
Schmidt-Ott KM, Chen X, Paragas N, Levinson RS, Mendelsohn CL, Barasch J. c-kit Delineates a Distinct Domain of Progenitors in the Developing Kidney. Dev Biol. 2006; 299(1):238-49.
3.
Sanna-Cherchi S, Caridi G, Weng PL, Dagnino M, Seri M, Konka A, Somenzi D, Carrea A, Izzi C, Casu D, Allegri L, Schmidt-Ott KM, Barasch J, Scolari F, Ravazzolo R, Ghiggeri GM, Gharavi AG. Localization of a Gene for Nonsyndromic Renal Hypodysplasia to Chromosome 1p32-33. Am J Hum Genet. 2007;80(3):539-49.
4.
Schmidt-Ott KM, Mori K, Li JY, Kalandadze A, Devarajan P, Barasch J. Dual action of neutrophil gelatinase-associated lipocalin (NGAL). J Am Soc Nephrol. 2007; 18(2):407-13.
5.
Schmidt-Ott KM, Masckauchan TN, Chen X, Hirsh BJ, Sarkar A, Yang J, Paragas N, Wallace VA, Dufort D, Pavlidis P, Jagla B, Kitajewski J, Barasch J. ß-catenin/TCF/Lef controls a differentiation-associated transcriptional program in renal epithelial progenitors. Development. 2007;134(17):3177-90.
6.
Metsuyanim S, Pode-Shakked N, Schmidt-Ott KM, Keshet G, Rechavi G, Blumental D, Dekel B. Accumulation of Malignant Renal Stem Cells is Associated with Epigenetic Changes in Normal Renal Progenitor Genes. Stem Cells 2008, 26:1808-17.
7.
Schmidt-Ott KM. Unraveling the Role of Connective Tissue Growth Factor in Diabetic Nephropathy. Kidney Int. 2008;73(4):375-6.
8.
Schmidt-Ott KM, Barasch J. WNT/ß-catenin signaling in nephron progenitors and their epithelial progeny. Kidney Int. 2008;74(8):1004-8.
9.
Li JY, Paragas N, Ned RM, Qiu A, Viltard M, Leete T, Drexler IR, Chen X, Sanna-Cherchi S, Mohammed F, Williams D, Lin CS, Schmidt-Ott KM, Andrews NC, Barasch J. Scara5 is a ferritin receptor mediating non-transferrin iron delivery. Dev Cell. 2009;16(1):35-46.
10.
Marlier A, Schmidt-Ott KM, Gallagher AR, Barasch J, Karihaloo A. Vegf as an epithelial cell morphogen modulates branching morphogenesis of embryonic kidney by directly acting on the ureteric bud. Mech Dev. 2009. In press.

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