Merle Hammer

Merle Hammer

merle.hammer@leibniz-hki.de

Leibniz Institute for Natural Product Research and Infection Biology – Hans Knöll Institute (HKI)

Microbial Immunology

Additional research training group: FungiNet

Impact of dietary factors on Candida albicans colonization

The fungus Candida albicans is an opportunistic pathogen commonly found on mucosal surfaces of the majority of healthy humans. Though it is mostly harmless, it can also cause a variety of infections ranging from relatively benign mucosal candidiasis...

PhD start: 10/01/2021

Supervisors

Prof. Dr. Ilse Jacobsen

Prof. Dr. Ilse Jacobsen

Leibniz Institute for Natural Product Research and Infection Biology – Hans Knöll Institute (HKI)

Microbial Immunology

Prof. Dr. Berit Jungnickel

Prof. Dr. Berit Jungnickel

Friedrich Schiller University

Center for Molecular Biomedicine (CMB) - Cell Biology