Dr. Mirjam Bloemendaal

Group Leader Clinical Microbiology

Head of department

Prof. Dr. Carsten Watzl

watzl@ifado.de

+49 231 1084-233

Secretariat

Doris Teutsch

teutsch@ifado.de

+49 231 1084-222

Address

Ardeystr. 67
44139 Dortmund

Since 2026
Junior Group Leader "Clinical Microbiology" Leibniz Research Centre for Working Environment and Human Factors (IfADo), Dortmund, Germany
2023 - 2026
Marie Skłodowska-Curie Fellow, Goethe University, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
2018 - 2023
Post-doctoral researcher, Radboud Universitair Medisch Centrum (Radboudumc), Nijmegen, the Netherlands
2017 - 2018
Clinical Studies Researcher (CSR) at Danone Nutricia Research, Utrecht, the Netherlands
2012 - 2016
PhD, Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition and Behaviour, Centre for Cognitive Neuroimaging, Nijmegen, the Netherlands
2011 - 2012
Research Assistant, Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition and Behaviour, Centre for Cognitive Neuroimaging, Nijmegen, the Netherlands
2008 - 2011
Research Master Brain and Cognitive Science, Amsterdam, the Netherlands (cum laude) and Research Assistant University Medical Centre Utrecht, the Netherlands
2007 - 2008
Master Clinical Neuropsychology, Utrecht, the Netherlands

Here you will find the Publications from 2010 onwards. For all other publications of our scientific staff, please look at the links to other databases such as Pubmed.

Bloemendaal M, Mulder D, Gudden J, Heikamp-de Jong I, Ioannou A, Belzer C, Natasha EE, Edwin Thanarajah S, Aatsinki AK, van Gelder MMHJ, Arias Vasquez A:

Development of the Gut Microbiota throughout the First Year of Life and Its Association with Socio-Emotional Development into Childhood. Dev Neurosci 27: 1-14 (2026) doi: 10.1159/000552189

Borgiani G, Possidente C, Fabbri C, Oliva V, Bloemendaal M, Arias Vasquez A, Dinan TG, Vieta E, Menchetti M, De Ronchi D, Serretti A, Fanelli G:

The bidirectional interaction between antidepressants and the gut microbiota: are there implications for treatment response? Int Clin Psychopharmacol 40(1): 3-26 (2025) doi: 10.1097/YIC.0000000000000533

Edwin Thanarajah S, Ribeiro AH, Lee J, Winter NR, Stein F, Lippert RN, Hanssen R, Schiweck C, Fehse L, Bloemendaal M, Aichholzer M, Bouzouina A, Uckermark C, Welzel M, Repple J, Matura S, Meinert S, Bang C, Franke A, Leenings R, Konowski M, Ernsting J, Fisch L, Barkhau C, Thomas-Odenthal F, Usemann P, Teutenberg L, Straube B, Alexander N, Jamalabadi H, Nenadic I, Lügering A, Nitsch R, Kittel-Schneider S, Cryan JF, Reif A, Kircher T, Heider D, Dannlowski U, Hahn T:

Soft Drink Consumption and Depression Mediated by Gut Microbiome Alterations. JAMA Psychiatry 82(11): 1095-1102 (2025) doi: 10.1001/jamapsychiatry.2025.2579

Mulder D, Jakobi B, Shi Y, Mulders P, Kist JD, Collard RM, Vrijsen JN, van Eijndhoven P, Tendolkar I, Bloemendaal M, Arias Vasquez A:

Gut microbiota composition links to variation in functional domains across psychiatric disorders. Brain Behav Immun 120: 275-287 (2024) doi: 10.1016/j.bbi.2024.05.037

Jakobi B, Vlaming P, Mulder D, Ribases M, Richarte V, Ramos-Quiroga JA, Tendolkar I, van Eijndhoven P, Vrijsen JN, Buitelaar J, Franke B, Hoogman M, Bloemendaal M, Arias-Vasquez A:

The gut-microbiome in adult Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder - A Meta-analysis. Eur Neuropsychopharmacol 88: 21-29 (2024) doi: 10.1016/j.euroneuro.2024.07.004

Bloemendaal M, Vlaming P, de Boer A, Vermeulen-Kalk K, Bouman A, Kleefstra T, Arias Vasquez A:

The role of the gut microbiota in patients with Kleefstra syndrome. Am J Med Genet B Neuropsychiatr Genet 192(7-8): 124-138 (2023) doi: 10.1002/ajmg.b.32926

Bloemendaal M, Veniaminova E, Anthony DC, Gorlova A, Vlaming P, Khairetdinova A, Cespuglio R, Lesch KP, Arias Vasquez A, Strekalova T:

Serotonin Transporter (SERT) Expression Modulates the Composition of the Western-Diet-Induced Microbiota in Aged Female Mice. Nutrients 15(13): 3048 (2023) doi: 10.3390/nu15133048

Mulder D, Aarts E, Arias Vasquez A, Bloemendaal M:

A systematic review exploring the association between the human gut microbiota and brain connectivity in health and disease. Mol Psychiatry 28(12): 5037-5061 (2023) doi: 10.1038/s41380-023-02146-4

Shi H, Ter Horst R, Nielen S, Bloemendaal M, Jaeger M, Joosten I, Koenen H, Joosten LAB, Schweren LJS, Vasquez AA, Netea MG, Buitelaar J:

The gut microbiome as mediator between diet and its impact on immune function. Sci Rep 12(1): 5149 (2022) doi: 10.1038/s41598-022-08544-y

Gómez-Martínez C, Babio N, Júlvez J, Nishi SK, Fernández-Aranda F, Martínez-González MÁ, Cuenca-Royo A, Fernández R, Jiménez-Murcia S, de la Torre R, Pintó X, Bloemendaal M, Fitó M, Corella D, Arias A, Salas-Salvadó J:

Impulsivity is longitudinally associated with healthy and unhealthy dietary patterns in individuals with overweight or obesity and metabolic syndrome within the framework of the PREDIMED-Plus trial. Int J Behav Nutr Phys Act 19(1): 101 (2022) doi: 10.1186/s12966-022-01335-8