Michael Köttgen

Prof. Dr. med.
Principal Investigator

Department of Medicine, Experimental Nephrology
Medical Center – University of Freiburg
Hugstetter Str. 55
79106 Freiburg

Current Position

Full Professor (W3)

Academic Education

1989 - 1997 School of Medicine, University of Freiburg

Advanced Qualifications

2007 Habilitation, Experimental Medicine, University of Freiburg
1997 MD in Physiology (summa cum laude), Department of Physiology, University of Freiburg

Postgraduate Positions

2010 - present Full Professor (W3), Department of Medicine IV, Medical Center - University of Freiburg
2010 Adjunct Professor - Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, USA
2007 - 2009 Research Associate / Junior Faculty, Department of Biological Chemistry, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, USA
2004 - 2007 Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Biological Chemistry, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, USA
2000 - 2004 Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Medicine, Nephrology, Medical Center - University of Freiburg
1998 - 2000 Postdoctoral Fellow, Institute of Physiology, University of Freiburg
1997 - 1998 Residency, Department of Medicine, Nephrology, Medical Center - University of Freiburg

Link to all publications of Michael Köttgen: PubMed

Publications on CRC 1453 funding

Patil S, Borisov O, Scherer N, Wirth C, Schlosser PWuttke M, …, Eckardt KU, Hunte C, Neubauer B, Köttgen AKöttgen M. The membrane transporter SLC25A48 enables transport of choline into human mitochondria. Kidney Int (2024). Chubanov V, Köttgen M, Touyz RM, Gudermann T. TRPM channels in health and disease. Nat Rev Nephrol (2023). Schlosser PScherer N, Grundner-Culemann F, Monteiro-Martins S, Haug S, …, Wuttke M, …, Köttgen M, …, Schmidts M, …, Schultheiss UT, …, Sekula P, Li Y, Köttgen A. Genetic studies of paired metabolomes reveal enzymatic and transport processes at the interface of plasma and urine. Nat Genet (2023). Westermann L, Li Y, Göcmen B, Niedermoser M, Rhein K, …, Köttgen A, Köttgen M, Busch T. Wildtype heterogeneity contributes to clonal variability in genome edited cells. Sci Rep (2022). Lang K, Milosavljevic J, Heinkele H, Chen M, Gerstner L, …, Walz G, Köttgen M, Spracklen A, Poulton J, Hermle T. Selective endocytosis controls slit diaphragm maintenance and dynamics in Drosophila nephrocytes. Elife (2022). Gorski M, Rasheed H, Teumer A, Thomas LF, Graham SE, .., Köttgen M, …, Köttgen A, Kronenberg F, Heid IM. Genetic loci and prioritization of genes for kidney function decline derived from a meta-analysis of 62 longitudinal genome-wide association studies. Kidney Int (2022). Kumar P, Zadjali F, Yao Y, Köttgen M, Hofherr A, Gross KW, Mehta D, Bissler JJ. Single Gene Mutations in Pkd1 or Tsc2 Alter Extracellular Vesicle Production and Trafficking. Biology (Basel)(2022). Friedrich S, Müller H, Riesterer C, Schüller H, Friedrich K, …, Kuehn EW, Köttgen M, Hofherr A. Identification of pathological transcription in autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease epithelia. Sci Rep (2021).