Member: May 2015 - September 2019
Doctoral representative: September 2016 - September 2017

Research interest
parasitology, MALDI-TOF MS, phylogeny

Title of PhD project
Comprehensive molecular and proteomic cyathostomin species delineation

Supervisor
Prof. Dr. Georg von Samson-Himmelstjerna

Krücken J, Diekmann I, Andreotti S, Bredtmann CM, Mbedi S, Sparmann S, Schmidt JS, de Almeida Borges F, de Freitas MG, Sallé G, Hofer H, Matthews JB, Tzelos T, Nielsen MK, Kuzmina TA, von Samson Himmelstjerna G. (2025).
Cytochrome c oxidase I deep amplicon sequencing for metabarcoding of equine strongyle communities: unexpectedly high Strongylus spp. prevalence in treated horses.
Int J Parasitol Oct 4:S0020-7519(25)00182-1. doi: 10.1016/j.ijpara.2025.09.007.

Diekmann I, Krücken J, Kuzmina TA, Bredtmann CM, Louro M, Kharchenko VA, Tzelos T, Matthews JB, Madeira de Carvalho LM, von Samson-Himmelstjerna G. (2025).
Comparative phylogenetic and sequence identity analysis of internal transcribed spacer 2 and cytochrome C oxidase subunit I as DNA barcode markers for the most common equine Strongylidae species.
Infect Genet Evol Feb 13:105729. doi: 10.1016/j.meegid.2025.105729.

Louro M, Kuzmina TA, Bredtmann CM, Diekmann I, de Carvalho LMM, von Samson-Himmelstjerna G, Krücken J. (2021).
Genetic variability, cryptic species and phylogenetic relationship of six cyathostomin species based on mitochondrial and nuclear sequences.
Sci Rep 11:8245. doi: 10.1038/s41598-021-87500-8.

Bredtmann CM, Krücken J, Kuzmina T, Louro M, Madeira de Carvalho LM, von Samson-Himmelstjerna G. (2019).
Nuclear and mitochondrial marker sequences reveal close relationship between Coronocyclus coronatus and a potential Cylicostephanus calicatus cryptic species complex.
Infect Genet Evol Jul 9:103956. doi: 10.1016/j.meegid.2019.103956.

Bredtmann CM, Krücken J, Murugaiyan J, Balard A, Hofer H, Kuzmina TA, von Samson-Himmelstjerna G. (2019).
Concurrent Proteomic Fingerprinting and Molecular Analysis Of Cyathostomins.
Proteomics Feb 20:e1800290. doi: 10.1002/pmic.201800290.

Bredtmann C, Krücken J, Murugaiyan J, Kuzmina T, von Samson-Himmelstjerna G. (2017).
Nematode Species Identification—Current Status, Challenges and Future Perspectives for Cyathostomins.
Front Cell Infect Microbiol 7: 283. doi: 10.3389/fcimb.2017.00283.