Doctoral researchers

Yu Hou
Investigating the molecular mechanisms of Ca2+ signals cascade of secondary metabolites induced deflagellation in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii and Chlamydomonas spp.
Friedrich Schiller University
Matthias Schleiden Institute - General Botany

Alexander Iliou
How to become a chloroplast? - Deciphering primary events in the evolution of phototrophic endosymbionts in a phagocytic predator
Leibniz Institute for Natural Product Research and Infection Biology – Hans Knöll Institute (HKI)
Evolution of Microbial Interactions

Lia Ivanova
The impact of redox regulation on the stress response of Aspergillus fumigatus and its role in host-pathogen interaction
Leibniz Institute for Natural Product Research and Infection Biology – Hans Knöll Institute (HKI)
Molecular and Applied Microbiology

Evans Iyamu
Hydrophobicity for exchange of signals
Friedrich Schiller University
Institute of Microbiology - Microbial Communication

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

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)
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
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

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

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