Profile

Professional career

• since 04/2021
  Full Professor “Animal Nutrition”, Institute of Animal Nutrition, Nutrition Diseases and Dietetics, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine of the University of Leipzig, Germany
• 10/2019 - 03/2021
  Deputy Professor “Animal Nutrition Physiology/Sustainable Animal Nutrition”, Department of Animal Science, Faculty of Agricultural Sciences, University of Goettingen, Germany
• 08/2004 - 09/2019
  Research Assistant, Department of Physiology and Cell Biology, University of Veterinary Medicine, Hanover, Germany
• 10/2003 - 05/2004
  Georg-Christoph-Lichtenberg-Fellowship “Infection Biology”
• 04/2002 - 11/2002
  Laboratory Assistant in the Institute for Animal Health LUFA Nord-West

Education

• 08/2004 - 12/2006
  Doctoral research study, title of thesis: “Structural and functional studies of the ovine transepithelial calcium transport”
• 10/1997 - 07/2003
  Study of Veterinary Medicine, University of Veterinary Medicine, Hanover, Germany

• Mineral, bone and intermediate metabolism and immune function in transition cows

  Wilkens, Mirja

  Duration: 10/2022 – ongoing

  Funded by: Haushaltsmittel (TG51, Overhead)

  Involved organisational units of Leipzig University: Tierernährung und Ernährungsschäden
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• DigiPig: A computer game for teaching nutrition physiology and animal nutrition

  Wilkens, Mirja

  Duration: 09/2022 – ongoing

  Funded by: SMWK Staatsministerium für Wissenschaft, Kultur und Tourismus

  Involved organisational units of Leipzig University: Tierernährung und Ernährungsschäden; Veterinär-Physiologisches Institut
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more projects

• Lütke-Dörhoff, M.; Schulz, J.; Westendarp, H.; Visscher, C.; Wilkens, M.

  Effects of maternal and offspring treatment with two dietary sources of vitamin D on the mineral homeostasis, bone metabolism and locomotion of offspring fed protein- and phosphorus-reduced diets

  Archives of Animal Nutrition. 2023.

  DOI: 10.1080/1745039X.2023.2172310
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• Wilkens, M.; Muscher-Banse, A.

  Physiologie der Haustiere, Kap. 23 Endokrinologie

  In: Breves, G.; Diener, M.; Gäbel, G. (Eds.)

  Stuttgart: Thieme. 2022. p. 554.

  DOI: 10.1055/b000000456
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• Matthäi, M. O.; Kononov, S. U.; Rehage, J.; Szura, G.; Leiter, I.; Hansen, K.; Daenicke, S.; von Soosten, D.; Kersten, S.; Meyer, U.; Wilkens, M.

  Does bone mobilization interfere with energy metabolism in transition cows?

  Journal of Dairy Science Communications. 2022. 3 (6). pp. –451.

  DOI: 10.3168/jdsc.2022-0239
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• Lütke-Dörhoff, M.; Schulz, J.; Westendarp, H.; Visscher, C.; Wilkens, M.

  Comparative Study of the Effects of Two Dietary Sources of Vitamin D on the Bone Metabolism, Welfare and Birth Progress of Sows Fed Protein- and Phosphorus-Reduced Diets

  Animals. 2022. 12 (13).

  DOI: 10.3390/ani12131678
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• Lütke-Dörhoff, M.; Schulz, J.; Westendarp, H.; Visscher, C.; Wilkens, M.

  Dietary supplementation of 25‐hydroxycholecalciferol as an alternative to cholecalciferol in swine diets: A review

  Journal of animal physiology and animal nutrition. 2022. 106 (6). pp. 1288–1305.

  DOI: 10.1111/jpn.13768
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more publications

• Andere Stipendien/Forschungspreise: Henneberg-Lehmann-Preis für Tierernährung

  Wilkens, Mirja (Tierernährung und Ernährungsschäden)

  awarded in 2018 by Universität Göttingen.
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• Andere Stipendien/Forschungspreise: Bruns-Preis für innovative Veterinärmedizin

  Wilkens, Mirja (Tierernährung und Ernährungsschäden)

  awarded in 2016 by J. & G. Bruns Stiftung.
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• Tierernährung und Ernährungsschäden

  Einfluss der Jagd und Freizeitnutzung auf das Verhalten, die Physiologie und Energiemobilisation beim Rotwild

  Start Date of Collaboration: 01/10/2023

  External participating organisations: Vetmed Uni Vienna (Wien, Austria)

  Involved persons: Wilkens, Mirja; Stalder, Gabrielle
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