Doctoral researchers

Jaime David Acosta España
Surface proteins of Lichtheimia corymbifera as virulence determinants
Leibniz Institute for Natural Product Research and Infection Biology – Hans Knöll Institute (HKI)
Jena Microbial Resource Collection

Parastoo Akbari Moghaddam
parastoo.akbarimoghaddam@hki-jena.de
Quantitative Analysis of Microbial Dynamics in Organ-on-Chip Models
Leibniz Institute for Natural Product Research and Infection Biology – Hans Knöll Institute (HKI)
Applied Systems Biology

Naim Al-Zaben
Quantitative Analysis of Intercellular Communication from Live Cell Imaging
Leibniz Institute for Natural Product Research and Infection Biology – Hans Knöll Institute (HKI)
Applied Systems Biology

Raquel Alonso Roman
The interaction of Candida albicans with antagonistic bacteria in a Gut-on-Chip model
Leibniz Institute for Natural Product Research and Infection Biology – Hans Knöll Institute (HKI)
Microbial Pathogenicity Mechanisms

Svitlana Babych
Functional characterization of Candida albicans-induced miRNA in human monocytes
Leibniz Institute for Natural Product Research and Infection Biology – Hans Knöll Institute (HKI)
Infection Biology - immun regulation

Robert Barnett
Discovery of Small Molecule Inhibitors of Multicellular Development
Leibniz Institute for Natural Product Research and Infection Biology – Hans Knöll Institute (HKI)
Paleobiotechnology

Ana Barrera-Palacio
Filamentous microbial co-culture for biotechnological production of natural products
Leibniz Institute for Natural Product Research and Infection Biology – Hans Knöll Institute (HKI)
Bio Pilot Plant

Florian Behrendt
Polymer cyrogels for aquatic microbiomes
Friedrich Schiller University
Organic and Macromolecular Chemistry

Philipp Brandt
Regulation of Candida albicans virulence traits by protein kinases
ZIK Septomics
Host Fungal Interfaces

Florian Bredy
Cryptic Natural Products in Interactions of Anaerobic Bacteria
Leibniz Institute for Natural Product Research and Infection Biology – Hans Knöll Institute (HKI)
Biomolecular Chemistry

David Carrasco Flores
Establishing a model system for studying abiotic and biotic interactions of a flagellate green microalga in the marine environment
Friedrich Schiller University
Matthias Schleiden Institute - General Botany
Sayoni Chakraborty
Impact of microbiota and Candida albicans colonization on systemic immune respones
Leibniz Institute for Natural Product Research and Infection Biology – Hans Knöll Institute (HKI)
Microbial Immunology

Xiuqiang Chen
Microbiota-driven risk assessment, prevention and clearance of invasive aspergillosis
Leibniz Institute for Natural Product Research and Infection Biology – Hans Knöll Institute (HKI)
Systems Biology and Bioinformatics

Joel Ching Kuma Mbanghanih
joel.ching.kuma.mbanghanih@uni-jena.de
Tracking the Dynamics of Interacting Microbial Populations
Friedrich Schiller University
Theoretical Microbial Ecology

Beatriz Cristóvão
Beatriz.Cristovao@leibniz-hki.de
Unravelling the impact of interferon-immunotherapy on epithelial resistance to Candida albicans translocation and dissemination
Leibniz Institute for Natural Product Research and Infection Biology – Hans Knöll Institute (HKI)
Junior Research Group Adaptive Pathogenicity Strategies

Tony Dib
Ultrasensitive Raman-based detection of natural products in microbial communication (RaMiCo)
Friedrich Schiller University
Institute of Physical Chemistry

Shalu Dwivedi
Modelling and computer simulation of biochemical defense and evasion mechanisms
Friedrich Schiller University
Matthias Schleiden Institute - Bioinformatics

Nino Eberhardt
Photoinducible Localizable Modulators
Friedrich Schiller University
Organic Synthesis and Bioorganic Chemistry

Friedrich Johannes Ehinger
Non-canonical diversification strategies of nonribosomal peptides in bacteria
Leibniz Institute for Natural Product Research and Infection Biology – Hans Knöll Institute (HKI)
Biomolecular Chemistry

Marycolette Ezediokpu
Volatiles in the root-mycorrhiza interaction
Friedrich Schiller University
Institute of Microbiology - Microbial Communication