Regenerative Biomedizin
Centrum für Reproduktionsmedizin und Andrologie
Albert-Schweitzer-Campus 1, Geb. D11
48149 Münster
Tel. +49 (0)251 83-54837
E-Mail: Dr. Christian Schiffer

• Scientific career

  2024	Master of Business Administration (WWU Münster)
  seit 2021	Projektgruppenleiter
  2016-2021	Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter am Centrum für Reproduktionsmedizin und Andrologie (CeRA) des Universitätsklinikums Münster
  2016	Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter am Center of Advanced European Studies and Research (caesar) der Max Planck Gesellschaft, Bonn
  2016	Promotion im Fach Biochemie an der Universität zu Köln
  2013-2016	Dissertation am Center of Advanced European Studies and Research (caesar) der Max Planck Gesellschaft, Bonn
  2006-2012	Biochemie-Studium an der Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf

• Preise und Auszeichnungen

  2024	Innovationspreis Münsterland (Kategorie: Start-Up)
  2022	Erster Platz beim Science4Life Wettbewerb
  2021	Preis für Junge Forschung (Bundesverband Reproduktionsmed. Zentren)
  2017	Preis für Wissenschaftskommunikation (Klaus Tschira Stiftung)
  2014	Best Young Lecturers Award (Bonner Forum Biomedizin)
  2006	Karl-von-Frisch Abiturientenpreis
  	(diverse Posterpreise)

• Publikationen

  Young, S.*, Schiffer, C.*, Wagner, A., Patz, J., Potapenko, A., Herrmann, L., Nordhoff, V., Pock, T., Krallmann, C., Stallmeyer, B., Röpke, A., Kierzek, M., Biagioni, C., Wang, T., Haalck, L., Deuster, D., Hansen, J. N., Wachten, D., Risse, B., Behre, H. M., Schlatt, S., Kliesch, S., Tüttelmann, F.*, Brenker, C.*, Strünker, T.* (2024) "Human fertilization in vivo and in vitro requires the CatSper channel to initiate sperm hyperactivation" Journal of Clinical Investigation 134(1):e173564 doi.org/10.1172/JCI173564.

  Rahban, R., Rehfeld, A., Schiffer, C., Brenker, C., Egberg Palme, D., Wang, T., Lorenz, J., Almstrup, K., Skakkebaek, N., Strünker, T., Nef, S. (2021) "The antidepressant Sertraline inhibits CatSper Ca2+ channels in human sperm" Human Reproduction, doi.org/10.1093/humrep/deab190

  Brenker, C., Schiffer, C., Strünker, T. (2021) "Method for assessing the fertilizing potential of sperm based on longitudinal axis rotation." European Patent Application: PCT/EP2020/072724. patentscope.wipo.int/search/en/detail.jsf

  Schiffer, C., Brenker, C., Strünker, T., Young, S. (2020) "CatSper-Activity-Test for determining male infertility." European Patent Application: PCT/EP2020/057904. patentscope.wipo.int/search/en/detail.jsf

  Miguel-Jiménez, S., Schiffer, C., Strünker, T., Pérez-Pé, R. (2020) "Evaluation of CatSper channel activation in different sperm species by kinetic ion-sensitive fluorimetry." Animal Reproduction Science 220, 106374. doi.org/10.1016/j.anireprosci.2020.106374

  Gromoll, J., Schiffer, C., Tüttelmann, F. (2019) "Der vergessene Mann." DFG Forschung 44 (3), 4-9. doi.org/10.1002/fors.201970302

  Balbach, M., Hamzeh, H., Jikeli, J. F., Brenker, C., Schiffer, C., Hansen, J. N., Neugebauer, P., Trötschel, C., Jovine, L., Han, L., Florman, H. M., Kaupp, U. B., & Strünker, T. (2020) "Molecular Mechanism Underlying the Action of Zona-pellucida Glycoproteins on Mouse Sperm." Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology, 8, 1–15. doi.org/10.3389/fcell.2020.572735

  Wang, T., Young, S., Krenz, H., Tüttelmann, F., Röpke, A., Krallmann, C., Kliesch, S., Zeng, X., Brenker, C., & Strünker, T. (2020) "The Ca2+ channel CatSper is not activated by cAMP/PKA signaling but directly affected by chemicals used to probe the action of cAMP and PKA." Journal of Biological Chemistry. doi.org/10.1074/jbc.RA120.013218

  Schiffer C, Rieger S, Brenker C, Young S, Hamzeh H, Wachten D, Tüttelmann F, Röpke A, Kaupp UB, Wang T, Wagner A, Krallmann C, Kliesch S, Fallnich C, Strünker T. (2020) "Rotational motion and rheotaxis of human sperm do not require functional CatSper channels and transmembrane Ca2+ signaling." EMBO J. (2020) Jan 39:e102363. doi.org/10.15252/embj.2019102363.

  Brenker C, Rehfeld A, Schiffer C, Kierzek M, Kaupp UB, Skakkebæk NE, Strünker T (2018) "Synergistic activation of CatSper Ca2+ channels in human sperm by oviductal ligands and endocrine disrupting chemicals." Hum Reprod. 2018 Sep 5. doi.org/10.1093/humrep/dey275.

  Rennhack A, Schiffer C, Brenker C, Fridman D, Nitao ET, Cheng YM, Tamburrino L, Balbach M, Stölting G, Berger TK, Kierzek M, Alvarez L, Wachten D, Zeng XH, Baldi E, Publicover S, Kaupp UB, Strünker T (2018). "A novel cross-species inhibitor to study the function of CatSper Ca2+ channels in sperm." Br J Pharmacol. 2018 May 3. doi.org/10.1111/bph.14355

  Brenker, C.* & Schiffer, C.*, Wagner I.V., Tüttelmann, F., Röpke, A., Rennhack, A., Kaupp, U.B., Strünker, T. (2018) "Action of steroids and plant triterpenoids on CatSper Ca2+ channels in human sperm." PNAS 115, E344-E346. doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1717929115 *Equal contribution.

  Schiffer, C., Müller, A., Egeberg, D.L., Alvarez, L., Brenker, C., Rehfeld, A., Frederiksen, H., Wäschle, B., Kaupp, U.B., Balbach, M., Wachten, D., Skakkebaek, N.E., Almstrup, K. & Strünker, T. (2014) "Direct action of endocrine disrupting chemicals on human sperm.” EMBO Reports 15, 758-765. doi.org/10.15252/embr.201438869

  Thamm, M., Rolke, D., Jordan, N., Balfanz, S., Schiffer, C., Baumann, A., Blenau, W. (2013) "Function and distribution of 5-HT2 receptors in the honeybee (Apis mellifera)." PLoS One 12, e82407. doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0082407

  *contributed equally