Dr. Constanze Pietsch
Profile
Dr. Constanze Pietsch Wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiterin
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Address
Berner Fachhochschule
School of Agricultural, Forest and Food Sciences HAFL
Fachbereich Agronomie
Länggasse 85
3052 Zollikofen
Activities
Responsibilities
Project management
Teaching
Focus areas
Fish Welfare
Stress Physiologie
Fisch Nutrition
Immunology
Toxikology
Mycotoxin Effects
Teaching
Degree programmes
LTK Modul 20
FBA Aquakultur
CAS Freshwater Fishes of Europe
Master of Sustainable Development
Biology
Environmental Engineers/Life Sciences
Subjects
Fish biology
Fish behaviour
Fish welfare
Fish nutrition
Aquaculture
Histology
Ecotoxikology
Fisch rearing
Keeping fish for scientific experiments
Environmental chemistry and -analytics
Methods in science with emphasis on data collection and statistics
Sustainability in natural sciences
Research
Specialisations
Fish
Mycotoxins
Focus areas
Fish welfare, stress physiology, fish brhaviour, fish nutrition, aquaculture, toxikology, immune system
Occurence and effects of mycotoxins on fish
CV
Professional experience
- 2008-2014 PostDoc Universität Basel, Schweiz
- 2014-2017 Research Fellow ZHAW, Schweiz
- 2017-2020 Group Leader Fish Welfare ZHAW, Schweiz
Education
- 1997-2003 Diploma Biology Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Deutschland
- 2002-2003 Pre-Diploma Food Technology Technische Universität, Berlin, Deutschland
- 2004-2008 Doktorate in Zoology Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Deutschland
- 2022-2023 Certificate of Data Science and Machine Learning in Python MIT, Massachussetts, USA
- 2022- MBA Digital Transformation BFI, Vienna, Austria
Projects
Other projects
Bridge - Entwicklung von innovativen Nachweismethoden von Fischwohl in der Aquakultur
Verbesserung der Qualität von Futtermitteln und Fischen in der Fischzucht
Entwicklung eines automatischen Videomonitorings für Fischzuchten
ZHAW Anschubfinanzierung "Happy Fish"
Publications
Peer-reviewed Artikel
Pietsch, C., Tschudi, F., Baumann, S., Schmidt-Posthaus, H. (2019). Occurrence of an idiopathic muscle disease in farmed burbot (Lota lota), Diseases of Aquatic Organisms, in press.
Pietsch, C., Müller, G., Mourabit, S., Carnal, S., Bandara, K. (2020) Occurrence of fungi and fungal toxins in fish feed during storage. Toxins12(3), 171.
Pietsch, C. (2019) Risk assessment for mycotoxin contamination in fish feeds in Europe. Mycotoxin Research, 1-22, https://doi.org/10.1007/s12550-019-00368-6.
Tschirren, L., Siebenmann, S., Pietsch, C. (2018). Toxicity of ochratoxin to early life stages of zebrafish (Danio rerio). Toxins 10: 264.
Egloff, S., Pietsch, C. (2018): Ethoxyquin: a feed additive that poses a risk for aquatic life. Dis. Aquat. Org. 131: 39-48.
Pietsch, C. (2017): Zearalenone (ZEN) and its influence on regulation of gene expression in carp (Cyprinus carpio L.) liver tissue. Toxins, 9, 283-300.
Pietsch, C., Junge, R. (2016): Physiological responses of carp (Cyprinus carpio L.) to dietary exposure to zearalenone (ZEN). Comp Biochem Physiol. Part C 188, 52-59.
Pietsch, C., Kersten, S., Valenta, H., Dänicke, S., Schulz, C., Burkhardt-Holm, P., Junge, R. (2015): Effects of dietary exposure to zearalenone (ZEN) on carp (Cyprinus carpio L.). Toxins 7(9), 3465-3480.
Pietsch, C., Junge, R., Burkhardt-Holm, P. (2015): Immunomodulation by zearalenone (ZEN) in carp (Cyprinus carpio L.). BioMed Res Int, ID 420702, 9 pages, doi:10.1155/2015/420702.
Pietsch, C., Burkhardt-Holm, P. (2015): Feed-borne exposure to deoxynivalenol (DON) leads to acute and chronic effects on liver enzymes and histology in carp (Cyprinus carpio L.). World Mycotoxin Journal 8(5), 619-627.
Pietsch, C., Katzenback, B.A., Garcia Garcia, E., Schulz, C., Belosevic, M., Burkhardt-Holm, P. (2015): Acute and subchronic effects on immune responses of carp after exposure to deoxynivalenol (DON) in feed. Mycotoxin Research 31(3): 151-164.
Michel, C., Herzog, S., Burkhardt-Holm, P., Pietsch, C. (2014): Natural mineral particles are cytotoxic to rainbow trout gill epithelial cells in vitro. PLoS ONE, 9(7): e100856. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0100856
Pietsch, C., Noser, J., Burkhardt-Holm, P. (2014): Unravelling the mechanisms involved in zearalenone-mediated toxicity in permanent fish cell cultures. Toxicon 88: 44-61.
Pietsch, C., Hollender, J., Dorusch, F., Burkhardt-Holm, P. (2014): Toxic effects of pentachlorophenol (PCP) and its metabolite tetrachlorohydroquinone (TCHQ) on rainbow trout liver cells are modulated by antioxidants. Cell Biol. Toxicol. 30(4): 233-252.
Pietsch, C., Kersten, S., Valenta, H., Dänicke, S., Schulz, C., Kloas, W., Burkhardt-Holm, P. (2014): In vivo effects of deoxynivalenol (DON) on innate immune responses of carp (Cyprinus carpio L.). Food Chem. Toxicol. 68: 44-52.
Pietsch, C., Schulz, C., Robiero, P., Kloas, W., Burkhardt-Holm, P. (2014): Organ damage and altered nutritional condition in carp (Cyprinus carpio L.) after food-borne exposure to the mycotoxin deoxynivalenol (DON). Toxins 6: 756-778.
Pietsch, C., Kersten, S., Burkhardt-Holm, P., Valenta, H. and Dänicke, S. (2013): Occurrence of deoxynivalenol and zearalenone in commercial fish feed. An initial study. Toxins 5: 184-192.
Pietsch, C., Bucheli, T., Wettstein, F., Burkhardt-Holm, P. (2011): Frequent biphasic cellular responses of permanent fish cell cultures to deoxynivalenol (DON). Toxicol. Appl. Pharmacol. 256:24-34.
Pietsch, C., Neumann, N., Preuer, T., Kloas, W. (2011): In vivo treatment with progestogens causes immunosuppression of carp leukocytes (Cyprinus carpio L.) by affecting nitric oxide production and arginase activities. J. Fish Biol. 79:53-69.
Kloas, W., Urbatzka, R., Opitz, R., Würtz, S., Behrends, T., Hermelink, B., Jagnytsch, O., Lorenz, C., Neumann, N., Pietsch, C., Trubiroha., A., van Ballegooy, C., Wiedemann, C., Lutz, I. (2009): Endocrine Disruption in Aquatic Vertebrates. CECE 2008. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences 1163:187-200.
Pietsch, C., Neumann, N., Knopf, K., Wuertz, S., Kloas, W. (2009): Progestogens cause immunosuppression of carp (Cyprinus carpio L.) leukocytes stimulated with Aeromonas hydrophila in vitro. Comp. Biochem. Physiol. Part C 150:16-24.
Pietsch, C., Vogt, R., Neumann, N., Kloas, W. (2008): Production of nitric oxide by carp kidney leukocytes is regulated by cyclic adenosine 3´,5´monophosphate. Comp. Biochem. Physiol. Part A 150: 58-65.
Ogunji, J.O., Kloas, W., Wirth, M., Neumann, N., Pietsch, C. (2007): Effect of housefly maggot meal (magmeal) diets on the performance, concentration of plasma glucose, cortisol and blood characteristics of Oreochromis niloticus fingerlings. J. Animal Physiol. Animal Nutr. 92: 511-518.
Pietsch, C., Krause, E., Burnison, B.K., Steinberg, C.E.W., Pflugmacher, S. (2006): Effects and metabolism of the phenylurea herbicide isoproturon in the aquatic macrophyte Ceratophyllum demersum. J. Appl. Bot. Food Qual. 80: 25-30.
Pflugmacher, S., Pietsch, C., Rieger, W., Steinberg, C.E.W. (2005): Dissolved natural organic matter (NOM) impacts photosynthetic oxygen production and electron transport in coontail Ceratophyllum demersum. Sci. Tot. Environ. 357: 169-175.
Pietsch, C., Wiegand, C., Amé, M.V., Nicklisch, A., Wunderlin, D., Pflugmacher, S. (2001): The effects of a cyanobacterial crude extract on different aquatic organisms: Evidence for cyanobacterial toxin modulating factors. Environ. Toxicol. 16: 535-542.
Buchkapitel
Pietsch, C. (2019): Food Safety: The Risk of Mycotoxin Contamination in Fish. In: Sabuncuoglu, S. (ed): Mycotoxins and Food Safety. InTech Open, DOI: 10.5772/intechopen.89002.
Pietsch, C., Hirsch, P. (eds.) (2015): Biology and Ecology of Carp. CRC Press, Taylor and Francis Group, Science Publishers. USA, 394 pages.
Burkhardt-Holm P., Pietsch, C. (2010): „Ökotoxikologische Beurteilung von PCB in Fischen und deren Prädatoren“, In: „Polychlorierte Biphenyle (PCB) in Gewässern und Fischen der Schweiz. Bericht über Phase I“. Bundesamt für Umwelt (BAFU), Bern, 2010.
Pflugmacher, S., Pietsch, C., Rieger, W., Paul, A., Preuer, T., Zwirnmann, E., Steinberg, C.E.W. (2003): Humic substances and their direct effects on the physiology of aquatic plants. In: Humic Substances: Natures`s most versatile materials. Taylor and Francis, New York.
Memberships
External memberships
Association of the European Fish Pathologists seit 2005
European Aquaculture Society seit 2017
Language skills and intercultural knowledge
Language skills
- German
- English