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Christoph Piechaczek
Address
Dr. rer. nat. Christoph Piechaczek
Miltenyi Biotec GmbH
Research & Development Department
Friedrich Ebert Strasse 68
51429 Bergisch Gladbach
Tel: 02204-8306-7670
Fax: 02204-8306-4890
e-mail: christophp@miltenyibiotec.de
Curriculum Vitae
Date of birth 05.08.1965
Place of birth
Darmstadt, Germany
Training and professional experience
1987 – 1994 Study of biology at the Technical University of Darmstadt
1994 Diploma at Beiersdorf AG, R&D Department, Immunology
Hamburg
Title: „Die Streßproteine Hsp 60, Hsp 72/73 und Hsp 90 in
hautrelevanten Zellen
“
1995 –1999 PhD student at the Institute of Cell Biology, University
Witten/Herdecke (Prof. Dr. H. J. Lipps)
Title: „Entwicklung eines nichtviralen, stabil episomalen
Vektors für Säugerzellen“
1999 Doctoral degree (Dr.rer.nat.)
since 2000
Manager Research & Development, Miltenyi Biotec
GmbH, Bergisch Gladbach
Publications
Jeannette M Moebius, Darius Widera, Juergen Schmitz, Christian Kaltschmidt and
Christoph Piechaczek
Impact of polysialylated CD56 on natural killer cell cytotoxicity
BMC Immunology 2007, 2007, 8:13 (6 August 2007)

Darius Widera, Wolf-Dieter Grimm, Jeannette M. Moebius, Ilja Mikenberg, Christoph
Piechaczek, Georg Gassmann, Natascha A. Wolff, Frank Thévenod, Christian
Kaltschmidt, Barbara Kaltschmidt
Highly Efficient Neural Differentiation of Human Somatic Stem Cells, Isolated by
Minimally Invasive Periodontal Surgery
Stem Cells and Development Jun 2007, Vol. 16, No. 3: 447-460.
Li W, Ma N, Ong LL, Nesselmann C, Klopsch C, Ladilov Y, Furlani D, Piechaczek C,
Moebius JM, Lutzow K, Lendlein A, Stamm C, Li RK, Steinhoff G.
Bcl-2 Engineered MSCs Inhibited Apoptosis and Improved Heart Function.
Stem Cells. 2007 May 3; [Epub ahead of print]
Klein HM, Ghodsizad A, Marktanner R, Poll L, Voelkel T, Mohammad Hasani MR,
Piechaczek C, Feifel N, Stockschlaeder M, Burchardt ER, Kar BJ, Gregoric I, Gams
E.
Intramyocardial implantation of CD133+ stem cells improved cardiac function without
bypass surgery.
Heart Surg Forum. 2007;10(1):E66-9.
Ghodsizad A, Ruhparwar A, Marktanner R, Borowski A, Mohammad Hasani MR, Poll
L, Vshivkov I, Stoldt V, Voelkel T, Piechaczek C, Burchardt ER, Stockschlaeder M,
Sucker C, Gams E, Klein HM.
Autologous transplantation of CD133+ BM-derived stem cells as a therapeutic option
for dilatative cardiomyopathy.
Cytotherapy. 2006;8(3):308-10.
Ma N, Ladilov Y, Moebius JM, Ong L, Piechaczek C, David A, Kaminski A, Choi YH,
Li W, Egger D, Stamm C, Steinhoff G.
Intramyocardial delivery of human CD133+ cells in a SCID mouse cryoinjury model:
Bone marrow vs. cord blood-derived cells.
Cardiovasc Res. 2006 Jul 1;71(1):158-69. Epub 2006 Apr 3.
Ma N, Ladilov Y, Kaminski A, Piechaczek C, Choi YH, Li W, Steinhoff G, Stamm C.
Umbilical cord blood cell transplantation for myocardial regeneration.
Transplant Proc. 2006 Apr;38(3):771-3.
Bara C, Ghodsizad A, Niehaus M, Makoui M, Piechaczek C, Martin U, Warnecke G,
Karck M, Gams E, Klein HM, Haverich A, Ruhparwar A.
In vivo echocardiographic imaging of transplanted human adult stem cells in the
myocardium labeled with clinically applicable CliniMACS nanoparticles.
J Am Soc Echocardiogr. 2006 May;19(5):563-8.
am Esch JS 2nd, Knoefel WT, Klein M, Ghodsizad A, Fuerst G, Poll LW, Piechaczek
C, Burchardt ER, Feifel N, Stoldt V, Stockschlader M, Stoecklein N, Tustas RY,
Eisenberger CF, Peiper M, Haussinger D, Hosch SB.
Portal application of autologous CD133+ bone marrow cells to the liver: a novel
concept to support hepatic regeneration.
Stem Cells. 2005 Apr;23(4):463-70.

Campbell JD, Piechaczek C, Winkels G, Schwamborn E, Micheli D, Hennemann S,
Schmitz J.
Isolation and generation of clinical-grade dendritic cells using the CliniMACS system.
Methods Mol Med. 2005;109:55-70.
Klein HM, Ghodsizad A, Borowski A, Saleh A, Draganov J, Poll L, Stoldt V, Feifel N,
Piechaczek C, Burchardt ER, Stockschläder M, Gams E.
Autologous bone marrow-derived stem cell therapy in combination with TMLR. A
novel therapeutic option for endstage coronary heart disease: report on 2 cases.
Heart Surg Forum. 2004;7(5):E416-9.
Ghodsizad A, Klein HM, Borowski A, Stoldt V, Feifel N, Voelkel T, Piechaczek Ch,
Burchardt E, Stockschlader M, Gams E.
Intraoperative isolation and processing of BM-derived stem cells.
Cytotherapy. 2004;6(5):523-6.
Nguyen XD, Eichler H, Dugrillon A, Piechaczek C, Braun M, Kluter H.
Flow cytometric analysis of T cell proliferation in a mixed lymphocyte reaction with
dendritic cells.
J Immunol Methods. 2003 Apr 1;275(1-2):57-68.
Piechaczek C.
CD133.
J Biol Regul Homeost Agents. 2001 Jan-Mar;15(1):101-2.
Jürgen Bode, Christian P. Fetzer, Kristina Nehlsen, Monica Scinteie, Bok-Hee
Hinrichs, Armin Baiker, Christoph Piechaczek, Craig Benham and Hans J. Lipps
The Hitchhiking Principle: Optimizing episomal vectors for the use in gene therapy
and biotechnology.
Gene Ther Mol Biol, Vol 6, 33-46, January 2001
Baiker A, Maercker C, Piechaczek C, Schmidt SB, Bode J, Benham C, Lipps HJ.
Mitotic stability of an episomal vector containing a human scaffold/matrix-attached
region is provided by association with nuclear matrix.
Nat Cell Biol. 2000 Mar;2(3):182-4.
Piechaczek C, Fetzer C, Baiker A, Bode J, Lipps HJ.
A vector based on the SV40 origin of replication and chromosomal S/MARs
replicates episomally in CHO cells.
Nucleic Acids Res. 1999 Jan 15;27(2):426-8.