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Heinz Ellerbrok

Heinz Ellerbrok

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Microbiology

D-Index
43
Citations
7837
World Ranking
5237
National Ranking
361

Overview

Heinz Ellerbrok is affiliated with the Robert Koch Institute in Germany. Their research primarily spans the fields of Medicine and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with notable attention to subfields such as Infectious Diseases, Genetics, Biomedical Engineering, Molecular Biology, and Virology.

Their recent publications demonstrate a focus on virus detection, antiviral substance efficacy, and public health systems strengthening. The following papers represent their latest contributions:

  • Simplified Bioprinting-Based 3D Cell Culture Infection Models for Virus Detection, 2020, Viruses
  • Differential Efficacy of Novel Antiviral Substances in 3D and Monolayer Cell Culture, 2020, Viruses
  • Establishment of the Namibian National Public Health Institute: laboratory systems strengthening, 2022, European Journal of Public Health
  • SARS-CoV-2 PCR training, 2020, Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Correction for Marklewitz et al., "Gouléako Virus Isolated from West African Mosquitoes Constitutes a Proposed Novel Genus in the Family Bunyaviridae ", 2021, Journal of Virology

Heinz Ellerbrok's frequent coauthors include Robert Koban, Markus Neumann, Sabrina Weiß, Tobias Lam, and F. Schwarz. Collaboration with these peers has contributed to the breadth of research output associated with the Robert Koch Institute.

The main topics covered in their research reflect a strong emphasis on virus-based gene therapy research and 3D printing techniques in biomedical contexts. Other notable topics are viral infectious diseases and gene expression in insects, poxvirus research and outbreaks, immunotherapy and immune responses, SARS-CoV-2 detection and testing, and ethics in clinical research.

  • Virus-based gene therapy research
  • 3D Printing in Biomedical Research
  • Viral Infectious Diseases and Gene Expression in Insects
  • Poxvirus research and outbreaks
  • Immunotherapy and Immune Responses
  • SARS-CoV-2 detection and testing
  • Ethics in Clinical Research

The venues in which Ellerbrok publishes indicate a diverse engagement with both virology and public health-oriented platforms. These include Viruses, European Journal of Public Health, Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research), and Journal of Virology.

Best Publications

  • Pandemic human viruses cause decline of endangered great apes.

    Sophie Köndgen;Sophie Köndgen;Hjalmar Kühl;Paul K. N'Goran;Peter D. Walsh

  • Highly sensitive real-time PCR for specific detection and quantification of Coxiella burnetii

    Silke R Klee;Judith Tyczka;Heinz Ellerbrok;Tatjana Franz

  • K+ channel interactions detected by a genetic system optimized for systematic studies of membrane protein interactions

    Petr Obrdlik;Mohamed El-Bakkoury;Tanja Hamacher;Corinna Cappellaro

  • Panmicrobial oligonucleotide array for diagnosis of infectious diseases.

    Gustavo F. Palacios;Phuong-Lan Quan;Omar J. Jabado;Sean Conlan

  • Temporal and spatial analysis of the 2014–2015 Ebola virus outbreak in West Africa

    Miles W. Carroll;David A. Matthews;Julian A. Hiscox;Michael J. Elmore

  • Pathogens as drivers of population declines: The importance of systematic monitoring in great apes and other threatened mammals

    Fabian H. Leendertz;Georg Pauli;Kerstin Mätz-Rensing;Wayne Boardman

  • Highly Sensitive and Specific Fluorescence Reverse Transcription-PCR Assay for the Pseudogene-free Detection of β-Actin Transcripts as Quantitative Reference

    Karl-Anton Kreuzer;Ulrich Lass;Olfert Landt;Andreas Nitsche

  • Anthrax kills wild chimpanzees in a tropical rainforest

    Fabian H. Leendertz;Heinz Ellerbrok;Christophe Boesch;Emmanuel Couacy-Hymann

  • Rapid and sensitive identification of pathogenic and apathogenic Bacillus anthracis by real-time PCR.

    Heinz Ellerbrok;Herbert Nattermann;Muhsin Özel;Lothar Beutin

  • Characterization of Bacillus anthracis-Like Bacteria Isolated from Wild Great Apes from Côte d'Ivoire and Cameroon

    Silke R. Klee;Muhsin Özel;Bernd Appel;Christophe Boesch

  • The genome of a Bacillus isolate causing anthrax in chimpanzees combines chromosomal properties of B. cereus with B. anthracis virulence plasmids.

    Silke R. Klee;Elzbieta B. Brzuszkiewicz;Herbert Nattermann;Holger Brüggemann

  • Detection of West Nile virus lineages 1 and 2 by real-time PCR.

    Sonja Linke;Heinz Ellerbrok;Matthias Niedrig;Andreas Nitsche

  • Decellularized xenogenic heart valves reveal remodeling and growth potential in vivo.

    Wilhelm Erdbrügger;Wolfgang Konertz;Pascal M. Dohmen;Steffen Posner

  • High HEV presence in four different wild boar populations in East and West Germany.

    Cornelia Adlhoch;Alexander Wolf;Helga Meisel;Marco Kaiser

  • Penicillin-binding proteins of penicillin-susceptible and -resistant pneumococci: immunological relatedness of altered proteins and changes in peptides carrying the beta-lactam binding site.

    R Hakenbeck;H Ellerbrok;T Briese;S Handwerger

  • A New Flavivirus and a New Vector: Characterization of a Novel Flavivirus Isolated from Uranotaenia Mosquitoes from a Tropical Rain Forest

    Sandra Junglen;Anne Kopp;Andreas Kurth;Georg Pauli

  • Global Distribution of Novel Rhinovirus Genotype

    Thomas Briese;Neil Renwick;Marietjie Venter;Richard G. Jarman

  • Serologic Evidence of West Nile Virus Infections in Wild Birds Captured in Germany

    Sonja Linke;Matthias Niedrig;Andreas Kaiser;Heinz Ellerbrok

  • An Insect Nidovirus Emerging from a Primary Tropical Rainforest

    Florian Zirkel;Florian Zirkel;Andreas Kurth;Phenix Lan Quan;Thomas Briese

  • Evidence for a post-Columbian introduction of human T-cell lymphotropic virus [type I] [corrected] in Latin America.

    S Van Dooren;E Gotuzzo;M Salemi;D Watts

Frequent Co-Authors

Georg Pauli
Georg Pauli Robert Koch Institute
Fabian H. Leendertz
Fabian H. Leendertz Robert Koch Institute
Sandra Junglen
Sandra Junglen Charité - University Medicine Berlin
Christophe Boesch
Christophe Boesch Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology
Andreas Nitsche
Andreas Nitsche Robert Koch Institute
Matthias Niedrig
Matthias Niedrig Robert Koch Institute
Thomas Briese
Thomas Briese Columbia University
W. Ian Lipkin
W. Ian Lipkin Columbia University
Regine Hakenbeck
Regine Hakenbeck Technical University of Kaiserslautern

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