2019 – present: Postdoctoral researcher, Institute of Biology and Environmental Sciences, University of Oldenburg, Germany, AG Animal Navigation/Neurosensorik (Group leader: Prof. Dr. H. Mouritsen)

2016 – 2019: Postdoctoral researcher at the Cancer Research Centre of Toulouse (CRCT), France, Team “Cholesterol Metabolism and Therapeutic Innovations” (Group leaders: Dr. M. Poirot, Dr. S. Silvente-Poirot)

2010 – 2015: Ph.D. “Disaccharide Transport Across Animal Membranes“; University of Osnabrueck, Germany, Division of Animal Physiology (Group leader: Prof. Dr. H. Wieczorek)

2010: Master of Sciences (M.Sc.) Cell Biology, University of Osnabrueck

2009: Master Thesis “Investigation of candidate binding partners for the human vacuolar H⁺-ATPase C subunit” at the Cambridge Institute for Medical Research, Cambridge University, UK, Division of Medical Genetics (Group leader: Prof. Dr. F. Karet)

2007: Bachelor of Sciences (B.Sc.) Cell Biology, University of Osnabrueck

Daniel C. Lünemann, Anitta R. Thomas, Jingjing Xu, Rabea Bartölke, Henrik Mouritsen, Antonietta De Sio, and Christoph Lienau, "Distinguishing between coherent and incoherent signals in excitation-emission spectroscopy," Opt. Express 29, 24326-24337 (2021)

Bartölke, Rabea, Behrmann, Heide, Görtemaker, Katharina, Yee, Chad, Xu, Jingjing, Behrmann, Elmar and Koch, Karl-Wilhelm. "The secrets of cryptochromes: photoreceptors, clock proteins, and magnetic sensors" Neuroforum, vol. , no. , 2021, pp. 000010151520210006. https://doi.org/10.1515/nf-2021-0006

Xu, J., Jarocha L. E., Zollitsch, T., Konowalczyk, M., Henbest, K. B., Richert, S., Golesworthy, M. J., Schmidt, J., Déjean, V., Sowood, D. J. C., Bassetto, M., Luo, J., Walton, J. R., Fleming, J., Wei, Y., Pitcher, T. L., Moise, G., Herrmann, M., Yin, H., Wu, H., Bartölke, R., Käsehagen, S. J., Horst, S., Dautaj, G., Murton, P. D. F., Gehrckens, A. S., Chelliah, Y., Takahashi, J. S., Koch, K.-W., Weber, S.,  Solov’yov, I. A., Xie, C., Mackenzie, S. R., Timmel, C. R., Mouritsen, H., Hore, P. J. (2021) Magnetic sensitivity of cryptochrome 4 from a migratory songbird. Nature, 594: 535-540

Vitavska, O. Bartölke, R., Tabke, K. Heinisch, J.J. Wieczorek, H. 2018. Interaction of mammalian and plant H+/sucrose transporters with 14-3-3 proteins. Biochemical Journal, 20180293

Bartölke, R. Heinisch, J.J. Wieczorek, H. Vitavska, O. 2014. Proton-associated transport of mammalian solute carrier family 45: an analysis in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Biochemical Journal, 464(2): 193-201

2018: Bartölke, R. Silvente-Poirot, S. Poirot, M. Cholesterol metabolism and cancer: Toward new perspectives in breast cancer treatment. Europhysiology 2018, London, UK, 14.-16.9.2018

2013: Bartölke, R. Wieczorek, H. Vitavska, O. The mammalian solute carrier family 45 of alternative sugar transporters, Göttinger Transporttage, Göttingen, Germany, 23.-24.11. 2013

2013: Bartölke, R. Wieczorek, H. Vitavska, O. The mammalian solute carrier family 45 of alternative sugar transporters, Annual Meeting of the German Physiological Society, Heidelberg, Germany, Abstract O84, 2.-5.3.2013

2012: Bartölke, R. Wieczorek, H. Vitavska, O. Mammalian sucrose transporters. Physiology and dynamics of cellular microcompartments, Osnabrück, Germany, 21.-22.9.2012

2012: Bartölke, R. Wieczorek, H. Vitavska, O. Novel insights into the SLC45 gene family of putative sugar transporters, Annual Meeting of the German Physiological Society, Dresden, Germany, Abstract P275, 22.-25.3.2012

2011: Blake-Palmer, K.G. Bartölke, R. Hiemstra, T.F. Karet, F.E. Towards understanding regulation of the human vacuolar H+ ATPase: The C subunit is phosphorylated by protein kinase A. British Renal Society/ Renal Association intergrated conference, Birmingham, England. Abstract S19(T), 2011

2016 – 2019: DFG individual research fellowship

2013 – 2014: Completion grant from the female promotion pool, University of Osnabrueck

2010 – 2013: Lichtenberg Fellowship

2010: Lower Saxony Scholarship Award

2009: Erasmus traineeship grant

2009: Hans Mühlenhoff travel grant