Dr. rer. nat. Claudia Behm

Academic background

• since 08/2002 research associate at IfADo
• 11/1990–04/2003 in order to determine the genotoxic potential of new chemicals working as scientific consultant for different companies and mission oriented research institutes
• doctoral candidate and postdoctoral research fellow at BGA, Berlin - working in the domain of mutagenicity / carcinogenicity, doctoral degree: Dr. rer. nat., Berlin 1990
• 10/1979–10/1985 studies of biology, University of Berlin, Germany

Research interests

• deployment and enhancement of in vitro-methods for detecting toxicological effects caused by chemicals
• biochemical mechanisms on which these effects are based on in order to contribute to the reduction of animal experiments

Current research

• research group "Chemical risks"
• research group "Systems toxicology"

Selected publications

• The Fusarium toxin enniatin B exerts no genotoxic activity, but pronounced cytotoxicity in vitro.
  Behm C, Degen G. H., Föllmann W.
  Molecular Nutrition and Food Research 2008; submitted
• Synergism of aromatic amines and benzo[a]pyrene in induction of Ah receptor-dependent genes.
  Borza A, Plöttner S, Wolf A, Behm C, Selinski S, Hengstler JG, Roos PH, Bolt HM, Kuhlmann J, Föllmann W.
  Arch Toxicol. 2008 Dec; 82 (12):973-80. Epub 2008 Nov 7.
• Miniaturization of primary porcine urinary bladder epithelial cell cultures and application for gene expression studies after exposure to benzo[a]pyrene.
  Alexander M, Behm C, Follmann W, Kuhlmann J.
  J Toxicol Environ Health A. 2008; 71 (13-14):915-22.
• The effect of benzo(a)pyrene on porcine urinary bladder epithelial cells analyzed for the expression of selected genes and cellular toxicological endpoints.
  Wolf A, Kutz A, Plöttner S, Behm C, Bolt HM, Föllmann W, Kuhlmann J.
  Toxicology 2005 Feb 14;207(2):255-69.