M. Ackermann

Publication List Details

Period

1990 - 2009

Number

113

Co-Authors

Fermi/Large Area Telescope Discovery of Gamma-Ray Emission from a Relativistic Jet in the Narrow-Line Quasar PMN J0948+0022 (2009)

Abdo, A. A., Ackermann, M., Ajello, M., Axelsson, M., Baldini, L., Ballet, J., ...

We report the discovery by the Large Area Telescope (LAT) onboard the Fermi Gamma-Ray Space Telescope of high-energy γ-ray emission from the peculiar quasar PMN J0948+0022 (z = 0.5846). The optical...

Search for point sources of high energy neutrinos with final data from AMANDA-II (2009)

Abbasi, R, Ackermann, M, Adams, J, Descamps, Freija, Ryckbosch, Dirk, ...

We present a search for point sources of high energy neutrinos using 3.8 yr of data recorded by AMANDA-II during 2000-2006. After reconstructing muon tracks and applying selection criteria designed...

The IceCube data acquisition system: Signal capture, digitization, and timestamping (2009)

Abbasi, R, Ackermann, M, Adams, J, Descamps, Freija, Feusels, Tom, ...

IceCube is a km-scale neutrino observatory under construction at the South Pole with sensors both in the deep ice (InIce) and on the surface (IceTop). The sensors, called Digital Optical Modules...

TaN metal gate damage during high-k (Al2O3) high-temperature etch (2009)

Paul, J., Beyer, V., Michalowski, P., Beug, M.F., Bach, L., Ackermann, M., ...

TANOS-NAND flash process integration generates various technological difficulties; one of the most relevant is the patterning of TaN metal gates together with Al2O3 high-k dielectrics. BCl3/N-2 based...

Allogeneic non-adherent bone marrow cells facilitate hematopoietic recovery but do not lead to allogeneic engraftment (2009)

Fricke, S., Ackermann, M., Stolzing, A., Schimmelpfennig, C., Hilger, N., Jahns, J., ...

Background Non adherent bone marrow derived cells (NA-BMCs) have recently been described to give rise to multiple mesenchymal phenotypes and have an impact in tissue regeneration. Therefore, the...

Seroprevalence of canine herpesvirus in breeding kennels in the Gauteng Province of South Africa (2008)

Nothling, J.O., Hussy, D., Steckler, D., Ackermann, M.

Canine herpesvirus (CHV-1) causes neonatal deaths as well as infertility due to embryonal death, abortion and stillbirths in breeding kennels. The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence of...

Seroprevalence of canine herpesvirus in breeding kennels in the Gauteng Province of South Africa (2008)

Nothling, J.O., Hussy, D., Steckler, D., Ackermann, M.

Canine herpesvirus (CHV-1) causes neonatal deaths as well as infertility due to embryonal death, abortion and stillbirths in breeding kennels. The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence of...

Search for ultra high-energy neutrinos with AMANDA-II (2008)

Ackermann, M., Vries-Uiterweerd, G. De, Duvoort, M.R., Heise, J.

A search for diffuse neutrinos with energies in excess of 105 GeV is conducted with AMANDA-II data recorded between 2000 and 2002. Above 107 GeV, the Earth is essentially opaque to neutrinos. This...

SOLAR ENERGETIC PARTICLE SPECTRUM ON 2006 DECEMBER 13 DETERMINED BY IceTop (2008)

Abbasi, R, Ackermann, M, Adams, J, Descamps, Freija, Ryckbosch, Dirk, Van Overloop, Arne

On 2006 December 13 the IceTop air shower array at the South Pole detected a major solar particle event. By numerically simulating the response of the IceTop tanks, which are thick Cerenkov detectors...

Neutrino Triggered Target of Opportunity (NToO) test run with AMANDA-II and MAGIC (2007)

Ackermann, M., Bernardini, E., Galante, N., Goebel, F., Hayashida, M., Satalecka, K., ...

Kilometer scale neutrino telescopes are now being constructed (IceCube) and designed (KM3NeT). While no neutrino flux of cosmic origin has been discovered so far, the first weak signals are expected...

Search for neutrino-induced cascades from gamma-ray bursts with AMANDA (2007)

Ackermann, M., Duvoort, M.R., Heise, J.

Using the neutrino telescope AMANDA-II, we have conducted two analyses searching for neutrino-induced cascades from gamma-ray bursts. No evidence of astrophysical neutrinos was found, and limits are...

Limits on the high-energy gamma and neutrino fluxes from the SGR 1806-20 giant flare of 27 December 2004 with the AMANDA-II detector (2006)

Ackermann, M, Adams, J, Ahrens, J, Andeen, K, Atlee, D W, ...

On 27 December 2004, a giant gamma flare from the Soft Gamma-Ray Repeater 1806-20 saturated many satellite gamma-ray detectors, being the brightest transient event ever observed in the Galaxy....

Impairment of nuclear pores in bovine herpesvirus 1-infected MDBK cells (2005)

Engels, M, Senn, C, Tobler, K, Ziegler, U, Schraner, EM, ...

Herpesvirus capsids originating in the nucleus overcome the nucleocytoplasmic barrier by budding at the inner nuclear membrane. The fate of the resulting virions is still under debate. The fact that...

Limits on the neutrino magnetic moment using 1496 days of Super-Kamiokande-I solar neutrino data (2004)

Ashie, Y, Fukuda, S, Fukuda, Y, Ishihara, K, Itow, Y, ...

A search for a nonzero neutrino magnetic moment has been conducted using 1496 live days of solar neutrino data from Super-Kamiokande-I. Specifically, we searched for distortions to the energy...

Both viral and host factors contribute to neurovirulence of bovine herpesviruses 1 and 5 in interferon receptor-deficient mice (2004)

Engels, M, Liman, A, Hilbe, M, Albini, S, Franchini, M, ...

Herpes simplex virus (HSV) type 1 and bovine herpesviruses 1 and 5 (BHV-1 and BHV-5) can use the same cellular receptor for entry, but only HSV is known to cause disease in mice. We hypothesized that...

Search for nu(e) from the sun at Super-Kamiokande-I (2003)

Fukuda, S, Fukuda, Y, Ishitsuka, M, Itow, Y, Kajita, T, ...

We present the results of a search for low energy nu(e) from the Sun using 1496 days of data from Super-Kamiokande-I. We observe no significant excess of events and set an upper limit for the...

Search for supernova relic neutrinos at Super-Kamiokande (2003)

Morii, M, Fukuda, S, Fukuda, Y, Ishitsuka, M, Itow, Y, ...

A search for the relic neutrinos from all past core-collapse supernovae was conducted using 1496 days of data from the Super-Kamiokande detector. This analysis looked for electron-type antineutrinos...

Transduction of Vero cells and bovine monocytes with a herpes simplex virus-1 based amplicon carrying the gene for the bovine herpesvirus-1 Circ protein (2002)

Fischer-Bracher, C, Fraefel, C, Bachi, T, Nunez, R, Engels, M, ...

Herpes simplex virus-1 (HSV-1) based amplicon vectors are promising gene delivery vehicles because they have a large transgene capacity and can efficiently transduce many different cell types,...

Step-by-step description of a rotary root canal preparation technique. (1999)

Schrader, C, Ackermann, M, Barbakow, F

CLINICAL TECHNIQUE: Since the introduction of nickel-titanium in endodontics, several canal preparation techniques involving the use of rotary instruments have become popular. Such engine-driven...

Round table on infectious bovine rhinotracheitis/infectious pustular vulvovaginitis virus infection diagnosis and control. (1990)

Ackermann, M, Belak, S, Bitsch, V, Edwards, S, Moussa, A, Rockborn, G, ...

The current situation of infectious bovine rhinotracheitis/infectious pustular vulvovaginitis infection in various European countries is reviewed. Whilst some have a high serological prevalence and...

Experimental evolution of aging, growth, and reproduction in fruitflies

Stearns, S. C., Ackermann, M., Doebeli, M., Kaiser, M.

We report in this paper an evolutionary experiment on Drosophila that tested life-history theory and the evolutionary theory of aging. As theory predicts, higher extrinsic mortality rates did lead to...

Quantitative Fluorogenic PCR Assay for Measuring Ovine Herpesvirus 2 Replication in Sheep

Hüssy, D., Stäuber, N., Leutenegger, C. M., Rieder, S., Ackermann, M.

A fluorogenic PCR specific for ovine herpesvirus 2 (OvHV-2) DNA was developed and compared to a previously established conventional seminested PCR. Testing of a total of 152 blood samples from both...

Field Validation of Laboratory Tests for Clinical Diagnosis of Sheep-Associated Malignant Catarrhal Fever

Müller-Doblies, U. U., Li, H., Hauser, B., Adler, H., Ackermann, M.

Until recently, sheep-associated malignant catarrhal fever (SA-MCF) was diagnosed mainly on the basis of clinical presentation and histopathological changes. Using clinically diagnosed field cases,...

Quantification of Feline Herpesvirus 1 DNA in Ocular Fluid Samples of Clinically Diseased Cats by Real-Time TaqMan PCR

Vögtlin, A., Fraefel, C., Albini, S., Leutenegger, C. M., Schraner, E., Spiess, B., ...

A fluorogenic PCR was established for the quantification of feline herpesvirus 1 (FeHV-1) DNA in ocular fluid samples of clinically diseased cats. The new assay was specific for FeHV-1 and sensitive....

Small, anionic, and charge-neutralizing propeptide fragments of zymogens are antimicrobial.

Brogden, K A, Ackermann, M, Huttner, K M

Some inactive precursor proteins, or zymogens, contain small, amino terminus, homopolymeric regions of Asp that neutralize the cationic charge of the active protein during synthesis. After...

Identification and zinc dependence of the bovine herpesvirus 1 transactivator protein BICP0.

Fraefel, C, Zeng, J, Choffat, Y, Engels, M, Schwyzer, M, Ackermann, M

Bovine herpesvirus 1 (BHV-1) specifies and unspliced early 2.6-kb RNA (ER2.6) which is 3' coterminal with exon 2 of the 2.9-kb immediate-early (IE) RNA. The two transcripts have a common open reading...

Identification of the bovine herpesvirus 1 circ protein, a myristylated and virion-associated polypeptide which is not essential for virus replication in cell culture.

Fraefel, C, Ackermann, M, Schwyzer, M

We have recently reported immediate-early (IE) transcription over covalently joined genome ends of bovine herpesvirus 1 (BHV-1). A spliced 1.5-kb IE RNA (IER1.5) is coterminal with an unspliced...

Application of antibody to synthetic peptides for characterization of the intact and truncated alpha 22 protein specified by herpes simplex virus 1 and the R325 alpha 22- deletion mutant.

Ackermann, M, Sarmiento, M, Roizman, B

The alpha 22 protein is one of five proteins synthesized immediately after infection of permissive cells with herpes simplex virus 1 and 2 (HSV-1 and HSV-2). On the basis of the reported nucleotide...

Identification by antibody to a synthetic peptide of a protein specified by a diploid gene located in the terminal repeats of the L component of herpes simplex virus genome.

Ackermann, M, Chou, J, Sarmiento, M, Lerner, R A, Roizman, B

In the course of studies on the a sequences located at the termini of and at the junction between the L and S components of herpes simplex virus 1 DNA, J. Chou and B. Roizman (J. Virol. 57:629-637,...

Transcription initiation sites and nucleotide sequence of a herpes simplex virus 1 gene conserved in the Epstein-Barr virus genome and reported to affect the transport of viral glycoproteins.

Pellett, P E, Jenkins, F J, Ackermann, M, Sarmiento, M, Roizman, B

Earlier reports have localized mutations which affect the processing and transport of herpes simplex virus 1 glycoproteins to a region located between the genes specifying glycoprotein B and the...

Characterization of herpes simplex virus 1 alpha proteins 0, 4, and 27 with monoclonal antibodies.

Ackermann, M, Braun, D K, Pereira, L, Roizman, B

Analyses of the reactivity and patterns of synthesis of infected cell polypeptides (ICPs) specified by herpes simplex virus (HSV) 1 and 2 and by HSV-1 X HSV-2 recombinants indicated that monoclonal...

Rapid and biologically safe diagnosis of African swine fever virus infection by using polymerase chain reaction.

Steiger, Y, Ackermann, M, Mettraux, C, Kihm, U

In order to circumvent the need for infectious virus for the diagnosis of African swine fever (ASF), we established the polymerase chain reaction (PCR) technique for the detection of ASF virus (ASFV)...

Construction and properties of a viable herpes simplex virus 1 recombinant lacking coding sequences of the alpha 47 gene.

Mavromara-Nazos, P, Ackermann, M, Roizman, B

The five alpha genes, alpha 0, alpha 4, alpha 22, alpha 27, and alpha 47, are the first set of herpes simplex virus 1 genes to be transcribed and expressed in productively infected cells. We report...

High actin concentrations in brain dendritic spines and postsynaptic densities.

Matus, A, Ackermann, M, Pehling, G, Byers, H R, Fujiwara, K

Antibodies against actin were used to corroborate the presence of actin as a major component protein of isolated brain postsynaptic densities. The same antibodies also were used as an...

Human antibody response to herpes simplex virus-specific polypeptides after primary and recurrent infection.

Kahlon, J, Lakeman, F D, Ackermann, M, Whitley, R J

Human antibody responses to specific polypeptides of herpes simplex virus types 1 and 2 (HSV-1 and HSV-2, respectively) were assessed in serial serum specimens from 18 infected patients by immunoblot...

Experimental evolution of aging, growth, and reproduction in fruitflies

Stearns, S. C., Ackermann, M., Doebeli, M., Kaiser, M.

We report in this paper an evolutionary experiment on Drosophila that tested life-history theory and the evolutionary theory of aging. As theory predicts, higher extrinsic mortality rates did lead to...

Quantitative Fluorogenic PCR Assay for Measuring Ovine Herpesvirus 2 Replication in Sheep

Hüssy, D., Stäuber, N., Leutenegger, C. M., Rieder, S., Ackermann, M.

A fluorogenic PCR specific for ovine herpesvirus 2 (OvHV-2) DNA was developed and compared to a previously established conventional seminested PCR. Testing of a total of 152 blood samples from both...

Field Validation of Laboratory Tests for Clinical Diagnosis of Sheep-Associated Malignant Catarrhal Fever

Müller-Doblies, U. U., Li, H., Hauser, B., Adler, H., Ackermann, M.

Until recently, sheep-associated malignant catarrhal fever (SA-MCF) was diagnosed mainly on the basis of clinical presentation and histopathological changes. Using clinically diagnosed field cases,...

Quantification of Feline Herpesvirus 1 DNA in Ocular Fluid Samples of Clinically Diseased Cats by Real-Time TaqMan PCR

Vögtlin, A., Fraefel, C., Albini, S., Leutenegger, C. M., Schraner, E., Spiess, B., ...

A fluorogenic PCR was established for the quantification of feline herpesvirus 1 (FeHV-1) DNA in ocular fluid samples of clinically diseased cats. The new assay was specific for FeHV-1 and sensitive....

Small, anionic, and charge-neutralizing propeptide fragments of zymogens are antimicrobial.

Brogden, K A, Ackermann, M, Huttner, K M

Some inactive precursor proteins, or zymogens, contain small, amino terminus, homopolymeric regions of Asp that neutralize the cationic charge of the active protein during synthesis. After...

Identification and zinc dependence of the bovine herpesvirus 1 transactivator protein BICP0.

Fraefel, C, Zeng, J, Choffat, Y, Engels, M, Schwyzer, M, Ackermann, M

Bovine herpesvirus 1 (BHV-1) specifies and unspliced early 2.6-kb RNA (ER2.6) which is 3' coterminal with exon 2 of the 2.9-kb immediate-early (IE) RNA. The two transcripts have a common open reading...

Identification of the bovine herpesvirus 1 circ protein, a myristylated and virion-associated polypeptide which is not essential for virus replication in cell culture.

Fraefel, C, Ackermann, M, Schwyzer, M

We have recently reported immediate-early (IE) transcription over covalently joined genome ends of bovine herpesvirus 1 (BHV-1). A spliced 1.5-kb IE RNA (IER1.5) is coterminal with an unspliced...

Application of antibody to synthetic peptides for characterization of the intact and truncated alpha 22 protein specified by herpes simplex virus 1 and the R325 alpha 22- deletion mutant.

Ackermann, M, Sarmiento, M, Roizman, B

The alpha 22 protein is one of five proteins synthesized immediately after infection of permissive cells with herpes simplex virus 1 and 2 (HSV-1 and HSV-2). On the basis of the reported nucleotide...

Identification by antibody to a synthetic peptide of a protein specified by a diploid gene located in the terminal repeats of the L component of herpes simplex virus genome.

Ackermann, M, Chou, J, Sarmiento, M, Lerner, R A, Roizman, B

In the course of studies on the a sequences located at the termini of and at the junction between the L and S components of herpes simplex virus 1 DNA, J. Chou and B. Roizman (J. Virol. 57:629-637,...

Transcription initiation sites and nucleotide sequence of a herpes simplex virus 1 gene conserved in the Epstein-Barr virus genome and reported to affect the transport of viral glycoproteins.

Pellett, P E, Jenkins, F J, Ackermann, M, Sarmiento, M, Roizman, B

Earlier reports have localized mutations which affect the processing and transport of herpes simplex virus 1 glycoproteins to a region located between the genes specifying glycoprotein B and the...

Characterization of herpes simplex virus 1 alpha proteins 0, 4, and 27 with monoclonal antibodies.

Ackermann, M, Braun, D K, Pereira, L, Roizman, B

Analyses of the reactivity and patterns of synthesis of infected cell polypeptides (ICPs) specified by herpes simplex virus (HSV) 1 and 2 and by HSV-1 X HSV-2 recombinants indicated that monoclonal...

Rapid and biologically safe diagnosis of African swine fever virus infection by using polymerase chain reaction.

Steiger, Y, Ackermann, M, Mettraux, C, Kihm, U

In order to circumvent the need for infectious virus for the diagnosis of African swine fever (ASF), we established the polymerase chain reaction (PCR) technique for the detection of ASF virus (ASFV)...

Construction and properties of a viable herpes simplex virus 1 recombinant lacking coding sequences of the alpha 47 gene.

Mavromara-Nazos, P, Ackermann, M, Roizman, B

The five alpha genes, alpha 0, alpha 4, alpha 22, alpha 27, and alpha 47, are the first set of herpes simplex virus 1 genes to be transcribed and expressed in productively infected cells. We report...

High actin concentrations in brain dendritic spines and postsynaptic densities.

Matus, A, Ackermann, M, Pehling, G, Byers, H R, Fujiwara, K

Antibodies against actin were used to corroborate the presence of actin as a major component protein of isolated brain postsynaptic densities. The same antibodies also were used as an...

Human antibody response to herpes simplex virus-specific polypeptides after primary and recurrent infection.

Kahlon, J, Lakeman, F D, Ackermann, M, Whitley, R J

Human antibody responses to specific polypeptides of herpes simplex virus types 1 and 2 (HSV-1 and HSV-2, respectively) were assessed in serial serum specimens from 18 infected patients by immunoblot...

Test run of Neutrino triggered Target of Opportunity (NToO) gamma ray observations using AMANDA and MAGIC

Ackermann, M., Bernardini, E., Galante, N., Goebel, F., Hayashida, M., Satalecka, K., ...

Kilometer scale neutrino telescopes are now being constructed (IceCube) and designed (KM3NeT). While no neutrino flux of cosmic origin has been discovered so far, the first weak signals are expected...

Detection of Antibodies against Epidermodysplasia Verruciformis-Associated Canine Papillomavirus 3 in Sera of Dogs from Europe and Africa by Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay▿ †

Lange, C. E., Tobler, K., Favrot, C., Müller, M., Nöthling, J. O., Ackermann, M.

The role of papillomaviruses (PVs) in the development of canine cancers is controversial. However, recently a novel canine PV (CPV3) was detected in a dog affected with a condition reminiscent of...