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

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

Alexander Jügler
Development and application of high spatial resolution imaging for the characterization of intracellular infections
Friedrich Schiller University Jena
Institute of Physical Chemistry I - Nanobiophotonic

Philipp Kämmer
Infection-associated genes of Candida glabrata
Leibniz Institute for Natural Product Research and Infection Biology – Hans Knöll Institute (HKI)
Microbial Pathogenicity Mechanisms

Sandra Käppel
Assessing DNA-binding specificity of MADS-domain transcription factors
Friedrich Schiller University
Matthias Schleiden Institute - Genetics

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

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

Annika König
Characterization of Candida albicans Ece1 membrane integration
Leibniz Institute for Natural Product Research and Infection Biology – Hans Knöll Institute (HKI)
Microbial Pathogenicity Mechanisms
Kathrin Kowalzcuk
Bioartificial membranes for gut/liver-on-chip models
Institute of Organic Chemistry and Macromolecular Chemistry

Thomas Krauße
Signaling in heavy metal resistant acinomycete communities
Friedrich Schiller University
Institute of Microbiology - Microbial Communication

Mario Krespach
Communication between Streptomyces iranensis and Aspergillus - the streptomycete´s inducing principle?
Leibniz Institute for Natural Product Research and Infection Biology – Hans Knöll Institute (HKI)
Molecular and Applied Microbiology

Nina Kreuzenbeck
Isolation, characterization and functional analysis of novel biomolecules from the mutualistic food fungus of fungus-growing termites
Leibniz Institute for Natural Product Research and Infection Biology – Hans Knöll Institute (HKI)
Chemical Biology of Microbe-Host Interactions

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

Stefan Lang
Bioinformatics analysis of molecular mimicry in pathogenic fungi
Friedrich Schiller University
Matthias Schleiden Institute - Bioinformatics

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

Nadine Legros
TFP-TV8-AS12: Identifizierung und Charakterisierung der Glyko-Rezeptoren von viralen und bakteriellen Krankheitserregern

Daniel Leichnitz
Exploitation and total synthesis of new microbial sphingolipid-type signaling molecules
Leibniz Institute for Natural Product Research and Infection Biology – Hans Knöll Institute (HKI)
Chemical Biology of Microbe-Host Interactions

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

Qianqian Li
Chemical communication between bacteria in iron-rich lake aggregates
Friedrich Schiller University Jena
Aquatic Geomicrobiology