The University Hospital

PD Dr. rer. nat. Andrea Kreidenweiss
Research group leader
Infectious diseases research
Diagnostics
Drugs
Vaccines
Contact
Phone number: 07071 29-85569
E-mail address: andrea.kreidenweiss@uni-tuebingen.de
Clinic / Institute / Center
About the person
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Research group "Diagnostics for infectious diseases"
Management
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Global Health" focus group in Tübingen
Management
Scientific activity
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Head of the "Mentorship program" within the network "STRENGTHENING GENDER CAPACITY IN CLINICAL RESEARCH WITHIN CANTAM NETWORK" (WISE)
Funded by the EU/EDCTP. - DZIF Working Group Neglected Tropical Diseases: Development of diagnostics and treatment strategies for multiple parasitic infections.
- Coro-Buddy - Longitudinal study on the prevalence of antibodies against SARS-CoV-2 in children in Tübingen
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Clinical development of a highly sensitive antigen test for the diagnosis of schistosomiasis. International consortium with partners at LUMC/Netherlands, BNI/Hamburg, ISGLOBAL/Spain, CERMEL/Gabun and University of Antananarivo/Madagascar.
Funded by the EU/EDCTP. -
Therapy monitoring for tuberculosis and HIV/AIDS using smartphones and messenger apps. Project partners CERMEL/Gabon and Benin.
Funded by the BMZ. -
Clinical development of malaria vaccine candidates. International consortium with 10 partner institutes worldwide.
Funded by EU/EDCTP. - Search for active substances for the treatment of schistosomiasis and malaria
Education & professional career
- 11/2023Habilitation in Experimental Infectiology and Human Parasitology at the Medical Faculty of the Eberhard Karls University of Tübingen
- seit 2016Grant management, Institute of Tropical Medicine, UKT Tübingen
- seit 2010Research Group Leader Diagnostics of Infectious Diseases, Institute of Tropical Medicine, UKT Tübingen
- 01/2009 bis 12/2009Post-doc, Institute of Tropical Medicine, UKT Tübingen
- 11/2007 bis 11/2008Parental leave
- 07/2007Doctorate (Dr. rer. nat., corresponds to PhD), University of Tübingen
- 07/2004 bis 11/2004Research stay at the Albert Schweitzer Hospital in Lambaréné, Gabon
- 05/2003 bis 07/2007Doctorate in Natural Sciences, Institute for Tropical Medicine, UKT Tübingen
Prizes & Awards
Publications
- Heinzel C, Pinilla YT, Binder A, Kremsner PG, Held J, Fendel R, Kreidenweiss A. Saliva and Plasma Antibody Levels in Children and Adolescents After Primary Infection With Omicron Variants of SARS-CoV-2 Infection in Germany. JAMA Pediatr. 2023 Jun 1;177(6):640-641. doi: 10.1001/jamapediatrics.2023.0631
- Krueger T, Ikegbunam M, Lissom A, Sandri TL, Ntabi JDM, Djontu JC, Baina MT, Lontchi RAL, Maloum M, Ella GZ, Agonhossou R, Akoton R, Djogbenou L, Borrmann S, Held J, Ntoumi F, Adegnika AA, Kremsner PG, Kreidenweiss A. Low Prevalence of Plasmodium falciparum Histidine-Rich Protein 2 and 3 Gene Deletions-A Multiregional Study in Central and West Africa. Pathogens. 2023 Mar 14;12(3):455. doi: 10.3390/pathogens12030455
- Kremsner PG, Mann P**, Kroidl A, Leroux-Roels I, Schindler C, Gabor JJ, Schunk M, Leroux-Roels G, Bosch JJ, Fendel R, Kreidenweiss A, Velavan TP, Fotin-Mleczek M, Mueller SO, Quintini G, Schönborn-Kellenberger O, Vahrenhorst D, Verstraeten T, Alves de Mesquita M, Walz L, Wolz O-O, Oostvogels L, CV-NCOV-001 Study Group. Safety and immunogenicity of an mRNA-lipid nanoparticle vaccine candidate against SARS-CoV-2 : A phase 1 randomized clinical trial. Vienna Clinical Weekly 2021 Aug 10
- Sandri TL, Kreidenweiss A*, Cavallo S, Weber D, Juhas S, Rodi M, Woldearegai TG, Gmeiner M, Veletzky L, Ramharter M, Tazemda-Kuitsouc GB, Matsiegui PB, Mordmüller B, Held J. Molecular epidemiology of Mansonella species in Gabon. J Infect Dis. 2020 Oct 25
- Koehne E, Kreidenweiss A*, Adegbite BR, Manego RZ, McCall MBB, Mombo-Ngoma G, Adegnika AA, Agnandji ST, Mordmüller B, Held J. In vitro activity of eravacycline, a novel synthetic halogenated tetracycline, against the malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum. J Glob Antimicrob Resist. 2020 Dec 7;24:93-7
- Kreidenweiss A, Trauner F, Rodi M, Koehne E, Held J, Wyndorps L, Manouana GP, McCall M, Adegnika AA, Lalremruata A, Kremsner PG, Fendel R, Sandri TL. Monitoring the threatened utility of malaria rapid diagnostic tests by novel high-throughput detection of Plasmodium falciparum hrp2 and hrp3 deletions: A cross-sectional, diagnostic accuracy study. EBioMedicine. 2019 Nov 21
- Howe S, Zöphel D, Subbaraman H, Unger C, Held J, Engleitner T, Hoffmann WH, Kreidenweiss A. Lactate as a novel quantitative measure of viability in Schistosoma mansoni drug sensitivity assays. Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2014 Dec 8;AAC.03809-14
- Publications
Events / Lectures
- Molecular Medicine - Lecture series Advanced Infection Biology
- Molecular Medicine - Laboratory Rotation Infection Biology
- Human Medicine - Tü-REX -Tübingen Research Experience Project Work
- Seminar - New Approaches in Parasitology Research
- Seminar - Infectiology literature seminar
- Parasitology III: Current research on parasitic tropical diseases (Part 1 of the Master's course in Human Parasitology)
- Parasitology IV: Laboratory Course Human Parasitology (Part 2 of the Master Course Human Parasitology)
- Project module Parasitology for Bachelor students
- Project module Parasitology for Master's students