Research interest

• Nuclear Receptors
• Immune Metabolism
• Bone Diseases
• Resolution of inflammation
• Osteoimmunology
• Metabolism

                             

Academic and Scientific education

 

• Since 04/2012– current, Full Professorship (W3) for General Zoology and Endocrinology, Ulm University, Ulm
• 1995-1999 German Cancer Research Centre, Heidelberg / University of Karlsruhe (KIT)  PhD: Transcriptional Regulation (summa cum laude)
• 1989-1995:, M.S. (Diplom) in Biology Main Topics: Genetics and Zoology) Master of Science: Microbiology  Final degree: sehr gut

 

Additional Information

• Since 2019 – current: Study Dean of Biological Studies Ulm University
• Since 2019- current: 1. Vice President of the German Society for Endocrinology (DGE)

 

3 selected publications

 

1. Loft, A#*, Schmidt, SK#*, Caratti, G#, Stifel, U., et al…Tuckermann J*, Herzig, S* (2022). A Macrophage-Hepatocyte Nuclear Receptor Axis coordinates Fasting Kegogenesis. Cell Metabolism (accepted). # equal contribution; * correspondence

 

2. Vettorazzi S, Bode C, Dejager L, Frappart L, Shelest E, Klaßen C, Tasdogan A, Reichardt HM, Libert C, Schneider M, Weih F, Henriette Uhlenhaut N, David JP, Gräler M, Kleiman A, Tuckermann JP (2015). Glucocorticoids limit acute lung inflammation in concert with inflammatory stimuli by induction of SphK1. Nat Commun 17;6:7796.

 

3. Rauch A, Seitz S, Baschant, U, Schilling AF, Illing A, Stride B, Kirilov M, Mandic V, Takacz A, Schmidt-Ullrich R, Ostermay S, Schinke T, Spanbroek R, Zaiss M, Angel PE, Lerner UH, David JP, Reichard HM, Amling M, Schütz G, JP Tuckermann (2010). Glucocorticoids suppress bone