About Us

PD Dr. biol. hom. habil. Sebastian Peter Galuska

+49 38208 68-769
galuska.sebastian@fbn-dummerstorf.de
Research Institute for Farm Animal Biology (FBN)
Head of working group Glycoimmunology
Wilhelm-Stahl-Allee 2
18196 Dummerstorf
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Research interests

  • Glycobiology
  • Reproductive Biology
  • Immunology
  • Glycoanalytic

Curriculum Vitae

  • since 2020: Head of the Glycobiology Unit at the Institute of Reproductive Biology, Research Institute for Farm Animal Biology (FBN), Dummerstorf, Germany
  • 2016–2020: Junior Group Leader at the Institute of Reproductive Biology, Leibniz Institute for Farm Animal Biology (FBN), Dummerstorf, Germany
  • 2012–2016: Junior Group leader at the Institute of Biochemistry, Medical Faculty of the Justus-Liebig University, Giessen, Germany
  • 2008–2012: Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the Institute of Biochemistry, Medical Faculty of the Justus-Liebig University, Giessen, Germany
  • 2008: Dr. in human biology, Dr. biol. hom.
  • 2003–2008: PhD student at the Institute of Biochemistry, Medical Faculty of the Justus-Liebig University, Giessen, Germany
  • 2003: Dipl. Ing. in Biotechnology
  • 1999–2003: Studies in Biotechnology at the University of applied Sciences Giessen/Friedberg (THM), Germany, Germany

Teaching

since 2005: Different practical courses, seminars and lectures in the disciplines of biology and biochemistry in the Medical Faculty as well as in the Faculty of Psychology and Sports Science at the Justus-Liebig University Giessen, Germany

Publications

Strubl, S.; Schubert, U; Kühnle, A.; Rebl, A.; Ahmadvand, N.; Fischer, S.; Preissner, K.; Galuska, S. P. (2018):
Polysialic acid is released by human umbilical vein endothelial cells (HUVEC) in vitro. Cell Biosci 8 (64):
Alexander Rebl, Sebastian Peter Galuska
https://doi.org/10.1186/s13578-018-0262-y
Zlatina, K.; Saftenberger, M.; Kühnle, A.; Galuska, C.E.; Gärtner, U.; Rebl, A.; Oster, M.; Vernunft, A.; Galuska, S. P. (2018):
Polysialic acid in human plasma can compensate the cytotoxicity of histones. Int J Mol Sci 19 (6): 1679, 1-10
Kristina Zlatina, Christina Galuska, Alexander Rebl, Michael Oster, Andreas Vernunft, Sebastian Peter Galuska
https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms18061679
Bornhöfft, K.; Goldammer, T.; Rebl, A.; Galuska, S. P. (2018):
Siglecs: a journey through the evolution of sialic acid-binding immunoglobulin-type lectins. Dev Comp Immunol 86: 219-231
Tom Goldammer, Alexander Rebl, Sebastian Peter Galuska
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dci.2018.05.008
Zlatina, K.; Lütteke, T.; Galuska, S. P. (2017):
Individual impact of distinct polysialic acid chain lengths on the cytotoxicity of histone H1, H2A, H2B, H3 und H4. POLYMERS-BASEL 9 (12): 720, 1-13
Kristina Zlatina, Sebastian Peter Galuska
https://dx.doi.org/10.3390/polym9120720
Galuska, C.E.; Dambon, J.; Kühnle, A.; Bornhöfft, K.; Prem, G.; Zlatina, K.; Lütteke, T.; Galuska, S. P. (2017):
Artificial polysialic acid chains as sialidase-resistant molecular-anchors to accumulate particles on neutrophil extracellular traps. Front Immunol 8: 1229, 1-10
Christina Galuska, Kristina Zlatina, Sebastian Peter Galuska
https://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fimmu.2017.01229
Chan, K.H.; Galuska, S. P.; Kudipudi, P.K.; Riaz, M.A.; Loveland, K.L.; Konrad, L. (2017):
Signaling by TGF-betas in tubule cultures of adult rat testis. Am J Transl Res 9 (3): 1173-1182
Sebastian Peter Galuska
Galuska, S. P.; Galuska, C.E.; Tharmalingam, T; Zlatina, K.; Prem, G.; Husejnov, F.C.O.; Rudd, P.M.; Vann, W.F.; Reid, C.; Vionnet, J.; Gallagher, M.E.; Carrington, F.A.; Hassett, S.L.; Carrington, S.D. (2017):
In vitro generation of polysialylated cervical mucins by bacterial polysialyltransferases to counteract cytotoxicity of extracellular histones. FEBS J 284 (11): 1688-1699
Sebastian Peter Galuska, Christina Galuska, Kristina Zlatina
https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/febs.14073
Galuska, C.E.; Lütteke, T.; Galuska, S. P. (2017):
Is polysialylated NCAM not only a regulator during brain development but also during the formation of other organs?. BIOLOGY-BASEL 6 (2): 27,1-15
Christina Galuska, Sebastian Peter Galuska
https://dx.doi.org/10.3390/biology6020027
Chen, S.; Palma Vera, S. E.; Langhammer, M.; Galuska, S. P.; Braun, B.C.; Krause, E.; Lucas-Hahn, A.; Schön, J. (2017):
An air-liquid interphase approach for modeling the early embryo-maternal contact zone. Sci Rep-UK 7: 42298, 1-7
Sebastian Peter Galuska
https://dx.doi.org/10.1038/srep42298
Zhang, R.; Loers, G.; Schachner, M.; Boelens, R.; Wienk, H.; Siebert, S.; Eckert, T.; Kraan, S.; Rojas-Macias, M.; Lütteke, T.; Galuska, S. P.; Scheidig, A.; Petridis, A.; Liang, S.; Billeter, M.; Schauer, R.; Steinmeyer, J.; Schröder, J.J.; Siebert, H. (2016):
Molecular basis of the receptor interactions of polysialic acid (polySia), polySia mimetics, and sulfated polysaccharides. ChemMedChem 11 (9): 990-1002
Sebastian Peter Galuska
https://dx.doi.org/10.1002/cmdc.201500609
Khosravi, F.; Michel, V.; Galuska, C. E.; Bhushan, S.; Christian, P.; Schuppe, H.C.; Pilatz, A.; Galuska, S. P.; Meinhardt, A. (2016):
Desialylation of spermatozoa and epithelial cell glycocalyx is a consequence of bacterial infection of the epididymis. J Biol Chem 291 (34): 17717-17726
Sebastian Peter Galuska
https://dx.doi.org/10.1074/jbc.M116.718072
Kallolimath, S.; Castilho, A.; Strasser, R.; Grünwald-Gruber, C.; Altmann, F.; Strubl, S.; Galuska, C. E.; Zlatina, K.; Galuska, S. P.; Werner, S.; Thiesler, H.; Werneburg, S.; Hildebrandt, T.; Gerardy-Schahn, R.; Steinkellner, H. (2016):
Engineering of complex protein sialylation in plants. P Natl Acad Sci USA 113 (34): 9498-9503
Sebastian Peter Galuska
https://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1604371113