Ulf Kahlert

Ulf Kahlert
Kahlert in February 2024

Ulf Dietrich Kahlert is a German cancer researcher and stem cell biologist. He is a professor at the Medical Faculty of the Otto-von-Guericke University Magdeburg (OvGU), where he leads the Department of Molecular and Experimental Surgery at the Clinic for General, Visceral, Vascular, and Transplant Surgery.[1] According to Google Scholar, he has an h-index of 32 (as of December 2025), more than 120 publications and approximately 3,700 citations.[2]

Early life and education

Kahlert is the son of a physician, Ruth Kahlert, and an engineer, Jürgen Kahlert. He grew up in Dresden and studied biology at the University of Gießen, the University of Sussex in Brighton, UK, and the University of Freiburg, where he completed his diploma. He earned his PhD under the supervision of Guido Nikkhah and Wolfgang Driever in 2012 at the Faculty of Biology, focusing on cancer stem cells.[3] As a fellow of the German Cancer Aid Foundation, he conducted postdoctoral research from 2013 to 2015 at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, Maryland, in the laboratory of Professor Charles G. Eberhart.[4]

Career

Starting in 2015, he led the "Translational Neurotechnologies" group at the Clinic for Neurosurgery at the University Hospital Düsseldorf.[5][6] In April 2021, he accepted a professorship for Molecular and Experimental Surgery at OvGU. In November 2020, he habilitated at the Medical Faculty of Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf on the topic of stem cell technology for precision oncology and received the Venia Legendi.[7]In April 2021, he accepted a professorship for Molecular and Experimental Surgery at the Otto von Guericke University Magdeburg.[8]Since 2023, he has served on the scientific advisory board of the AN-Institute for Quality Assurance in Operative Medicine in Magdeburg.[9][10]His research group participates in the STIMULATE research campus, a public–private partnership focused on image-guided minimally invasive medical technologies.[11][12] Ulf Kahlert is the president of the Commission of International Affairs of the Medical Faculty of University of Magdeburg [13]. He serves as chairman of the Magdeburg chapter of the German Association of University Professors and Lecturers (Deutscher Hochschulverband).[14]

He is co-inventor of sythetic cancer stem cell technology used for cancer drug discovery. [15] In November 2023, Kahlert’s research team at the Universitätsmedizin Magdeburg identified microRNA signatures as potential blood-based biomarkers for the early detection of pancreatic cancer, according to an MDR science report. [16] His work has been presented at international scientific meetings, including EANO [17], ESMO [18] and EMBC 2025 [19]. He is the congress secretary of the German Surgical Research Days 2026 [20] and serves on the editorial board of Artificial Intelligence in Surgery [21].

References

  1. ↑ "Molekulare und Experimentelle Chirurgie (MEC)" (in German). Otto-von-Guericke-Universität Magdeburg. Retrieved 2024-09-19.
  2. ↑ "Ulf Kahlert". Google Scholar. Retrieved 2025-12-08.
  3. ↑ Kahlert, Ulf. "Vita – Ulf Kahlert, Otto-von-Guericke University Magdeburg". Otto-von-Guericke University Magdeburg. Retrieved 10 November 2025.
  4. ↑ "The Brain & Eye Tumor Lab: Alumni". Retrieved 2024-09-19.
  5. ↑ "Vita – Ulf Dietrich Kahlert". mes.ulf-kahlert.com. Retrieved 15 November 2025.
  6. ↑ Dopheide, Susanne (22 April 2021). "Rapid and low-cost point-of-care diagnostics of fatal diseases of the central nervous system using gene scissors". Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf. Retrieved 15 November 2025.
  7. ↑ "Abgeschlossene Habilitationsverfahren – Medizinische Fakultät". Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf (in German). Retrieved 15 November 2025.
  8. ↑ "Experte für Stammzellforschung an die Universitätsmedizin Magdeburg berufen". Otto-von-Guericke-Universität Magdeburg (in German). 1 October 2021. Retrieved 15 November 2025.
  9. ↑ "Univ.-Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Ulf Kahlert – Molekulare und Experimentelle Chirurgie". Otto-von-Guericke University Magdeburg. Retrieved 15 November 2025.
  10. ↑ "Experte für Stammzellforschung berufen" (in German). Otto-von-Guericke-Universität Magdeburg. 2021-10-01. Retrieved 2024-09-19.
  11. ↑ "Univ.-Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Ulf Kahlert – Further affiliations". Otto-von-Guericke University Magdeburg. Retrieved 15 November 2025.
  12. ↑ "Immunoprofiling STIMULATE". Forschung Sachsen-Anhalt (in German). August 2024. Retrieved 15 November 2025.
  13. ↑ "Medizinische Fakultät/Universitätsklinikum Magdeburg A. ö. R. - Kommission für Internationale Beziehungen". www.med.ovgu.de. Retrieved 2025-12-11.
  14. ↑ "Der Landesverband Sachsen-Anhalt". Deutscher Hochschulverband (in German). Retrieved 15 November 2025.
  15. ↑ jhu.technologypublisher.com https://jhu.technologypublisher.com/?Prod_Inteum_TechnologyPublisher_jhu%5BrefinementList%5D%5Binventors%5D%5B0%5D=Allison%20Hanaford. Retrieved 2025-12-11. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  16. ↑ "Magdeburger Forscher finden Biomarker zur Früherkennung von Bauchspeicheldrüsenkrebs" (in German). 17 November 2023. Retrieved 13 November 2025.
  17. ↑ Zhai, Y; Li, G; Wang, A; Kahlert, U; Jiang, T; Zhang, W (2025-10-03). "Ks01.5.A Locoregional Bispecific Car-T Cells Targeting Cd44 and Cd133 Show Safety and Efficacy in Recurrent High-Grade Glioma in a First-In-Human Investigator-Initiated Trial". Neuro-Oncology. 27 (Supplement_3): iii6–iii7. doi:10.1093/neuonc/noaf193.019. ISSN 1522-8517. PMC 12493777.
  18. ↑ Kahlert, U.D.; Wartmann, T.; Dölling, M.; Al-Madhi, S.; Zhou, T.; Huo, S.; Zhu, Y.; Pech, M.; Kahlert, C.; Croner, R.; Shi, W. (September 2025). "2246P Multicenter identification and validation of a low-abundance serum miRNA panel for pancreatic cancer detection with cross-disease diagnostic potential". Annals of Oncology. 36: S1244–S1245. doi:10.1016/j.annonc.2025.08.2863.
  19. ↑ Klix, Karl Friedrich; Bigalk, Katharina; Maune, Holger; König, Friedrich; Kozielski, Kristen; Rose, Georg; Kahlert, Ulf; Hubmann, Max Joris (2025-07-14). "Development of a Demonstrator for the Excitation of Magneto-Electric Nano Particles in Biomedical Treatments Involving Neural Connectivity". 2025 47th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBC). IEEE. pp. 1–6. doi:10.1109/EMBC58623.2025.11253908. ISBN 979-8-3315-8618-8. PMID 41337217.
  20. ↑ Universitätsmedizin Magdeburg (2025-09-09). Einladung Chirurgische Forschungstage 2026 Magdeburg | UMMD. Retrieved 2025-12-11 – via YouTube.
  21. ↑ "Ulf Dietrich Kahlert - Artificial Intelligence Surgery - OAE Publishing Inc". www.oaepublish.com. Retrieved 2025-12-11.
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