Doctoral researchers

Mathias Paul Jansen
Evolutionary adaptations to life in the gut by Candida albicans
Leibniz Institute for Natural Product Research and Infection Biology – Hans Knöll Institute (HKI)
Microbial Pathogenicity Mechanisms

Zhaorui Jin
Antimicrobial bioactive glass for treatment of traumatic or pathological bone defects

Jisna Jose
The basis of resilience in the A. thaliana leaf microbiota
Friedrich Schiller University
Junior Research Group Plant Microbiosis

Moemi Kawashima
Moemi.Kawashima@leibniz-hki.de
Molecular communication involving membranes and lipid rafts in infection biology
Leibniz Institute for Natural Product Research and Infection Biology – Hans Knöll Institute (HKI)
Molecular and Applied Microbiology

Abdulrahman Kelani
RNA cargo of extracellular vesicles
Leibniz Institute for Natural Product Research and Infection Biology – Hans Knöll Institute (HKI)
RNA Biology of Fungal Infections

Emma King
Naked mole rats: Patterns of response to microbial infections
University Hospital Jena
Clinic of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine

Syed Ali Komail Raza
The effect of climate-relevant temperature shifts on leaf microbiota colonization
Friedrich Schiller University
Junior Research Group Plant Microbiosis
Kathrin Kowalczuk
Bioartificial membranes for gut/liver-on-chip models
Friedrich Schiller University Jena
Institute of Organic Chemistry and Macromolecular Chemistry

Wibke Krüger
Gut microbiome dependent host immune response to Candida albicans infection
Leibniz Institute for Natural Product Research and Infection Biology – Hans Knöll Institute (HKI)
Microbial Immunology

Siu Hin Lau
Predatory interactions between mycophagous amoeba and fungal pathogens
Leibniz Institute for Natural Product Research and Infection Biology – Hans Knöll Institute (HKI)
Evolution of Microbial Interactions

Stefanie Lawrinowitz (neé Scheide)
stefanie.lawrinowitz@uni-jena.de
Secondary metabolome dynamics in structured artificial microhabitats
Friedrich Schiller University
Pharmaceutical Microbiology

Annika Lenic
Exploring mediator-based microbial electron uptake and physiological usage
Leibniz Institute for Natural Product Research and Infection Biology – Hans Knöll Institute (HKI)
Bio Pilot Plant

Josué León
Mid-infrared microscopy with quantum light for chemical imaging of cell communities
Friedrich Schiller University
Institute of Applied Physics

Susanne Löffler
Identification and characterization of transcription factors regulating secondary metabolites in basidiomycetes
Friedrich Schiller University
Pharmaceutical Microbiology

Carla Maneira da Silva
Engineering therapeutic microbes against pathogenic fungi
Leibniz Institute for Natural Product Research and Infection Biology – Hans Knöll Institute (HKI)
Microbial Immunology

Andrea Marfil-Sanchez
andrea.marfil-sanchez@jsmc.info
Metagenomics/Metabolomics – critically ill patients
Leibniz Institute for Natural Product Research and Infection Biology – Hans Knöll Institute (HKI)
Systems Biology and Bioinformatics

Pooja Mehta
Recruitment and maintenance of the Nicotiana attenuata root microbiome
Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology
Department of Molecular Ecology

Helyaneh Moeinizadeh
Helyaneh.Moeinizadeh@med.uni-jena.de
Investigation of various novel surgical matrices for their anti-adhesive properties against human pathogen
University Hospital Jena
Institute for Infectious Diseases and Infection Control

Anna Möslinger
anna.moeslinger@leibniz-hki.de
Regulation of Candida albicans metabolism and filamentation by protein kinase and transcription factor signaling pathways
ZIK Septomics
Host Fungal Interfaces

Tina Müller
Host defense mechanisms against pathogens mediated by sphingolipids
University Hospital Jena
SG Sepsis Research