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

Preprints 

Xu J, Ameerjan ABP, Hungerland J, Langebrake G, Ravnsborg T, Jensen ON, Schmidt J, Bartölke R, Kasahara T, Satish B, Schwigon L, Dedek K, Nolte A, Liedvogel M, Solov’yov IA, Mouritsen H. Cryptochrome 4b protein is likely irrelevant for the radical pair based magnetoreception in the European robin. bioRxiv 2025.02.21.639466. https://doi.org/10.1101/2025.02.21.639466

2025

Bartolke R (co-corresponding author), Niessner C, Reinhard K, Wolfrum U, Meimann S, Bolte P, Feederle R, Mouritsen H, Dedek K,  Peichl L, Winklhofer M. Full-Length Cryptochrome 1 in the Outer Segments of the Retinal Blue Cone Photoreceptors in Humans and Great Apes Suggests a Role Beyond Transcriptional Repression. FASEB J 2025, 39 (8), e70523. http://dx.doi.org/10.1096/fj.202402614R

Majewska M*, Hanić M*, Bartölke R*, Schmidt J, Bożek J, Gerhards L, Mouritsen H, Koch KW, Solov’yov IA, and Brand I. European robin cryptochrome-4a associates with lipid bilayers in an ordered manner, fulfilling a molecular-level condition for magnetoreception. ACS Chemical Biology 2025. doi.org/10.1021/acschembio.4c00576 

2024

Yee C*, Bartölke R*, Görtemaker K, Schmidt J, Leberecht B, Mouritsen H, Koch KW. Comparison of retinol binding protein 1 with cone specific G-protein as putative effector molecules in cryptochrome signalling. Sci Rep. 2024 Nov 16;14(1):28326. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-79699-z

2023

Hanić M, Antill LM, Gehrckens AS, Schmidt J, Görtemaker K, Bartölke R, El-Baba TJ, Xu J, Koch KW, Mouritsen H, Benesch JLP, Hore PJ, Solov'yov IA. Dimerization of European Robin Cryptochrome 4a. J Phys Chem B. 2023;127(28):6251-6264. doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpcb.3c01305

Timmer D, Frederiksen A, Lünemann DC, Thomas AR, Xu J, Bartölke R, Schmidt J, Kubař T, De Sio A, Solov'yov IA, Mouritsen H, Lienau C. Tracking the Electron Transfer Cascade in European Robin Cryptochrome 4 Mutants. J Am Chem Soc. 2023 May 31;145(21):11566-11578. doi.org/10.1021/jacs.3c00442. 

2022

Görtemaker, K.*, Yee, C.*, Bartölke, R.*, Behrmann, H., Voss, J. O., Schmidt, J., Xu, J., Solovyeva, V., Leberecht, B., Behrmann, E., Mouritsen, H., & Koch, K. W. (2022). Direct Interaction of Avian Cryptochrome 4 with a Cone Specific G-Protein. Cells, 11(13). 10.3390/cells11132043

Lünemann DC, Thomas AR, Xu J, Bartölke R, Mouritsen H, De Sio A, Lienau C (2021) Distinguishing between coherent and incoherent signals in excitation-emission spectroscopy. Opt Express 29:24326–24337. 10.1364/oe.428850

Bartölke R, Behrmann H, Görtemaker K, Yee C, Xu J, Behrmann E, Koch K  (2021) The secrets of cryptochromes: photoreceptors, clock proteins, and magnetic sensors. Neuroforum 27:151-157. 10.1515/nf-2021-0006

before 2020

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. 10.1042/bcj20180293

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. 10.1042/bj20140572

*These authors contributed equally. 

2023: Gortemaker, K.*, Yee, C.*, Bartolke, R.*, Behrmann, H., Voss, J. O., Schmidt, J., Xu, J., Solovyeva, V., Leberecht, B., Behrmann, E., Mouritsen, H., & Koch, K. W. (2022). Direct Interaction of Avian Cryptochrome 4 with a Cone Specific G-Protein. 11^th RIN Conference on Animal Navigation, London, UK, 12.-14.4.2023

Xu, J. et al. ; Görtemaker, K. et al. Cryptochromes as primary magnetic sensors in migratory birds (S31-1). 15^th Göttingen Meeting of the German Neuroscience Society, Göttingen, Germany, 22.-24.3.2023

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