Doctoral researchers

Muhammad Rafiq
Molecular mechanisms of lipid raft formation
Leibniz Institute for Natural Product Research and Infection Biology – Hans Knöll Institute (HKI)
Molecular and Applied Microbiology

Luka Raguž
Molecular synthetic approaches towards natural sphingoid base-type signaling molecules
Leibniz Institute for Natural Product Research and Infection Biology – Hans Knöll Institute (HKI)
Chemical Biology of Microbe-Host Interactions

Rishav Ray
The role of root associated microbiome in plant herbivore interaction in N. attenuata
Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology
Department of Molecular Ecology

Paul Rudolph
Spatiotemporal Modeling and Simulation of Fungal Infection Processes
Leibniz Institute for Natural Product Research and Infection Biology – Hans Knöll Institute (HKI)
Applied Systems Biology

Sven Rudolphi
Host-pathogen interactions during Candida albicans translocation through the gut
Leibniz Institute for Natural Product Research and Infection Biology – Hans Knöll Institute (HKI)
Microbial Immunology

Eric Ruhland
Adaptation of the major human pathogen Klebsiella pneumoniae to multispecies environments
Friedrich Schiller University
Junior Research Group Bacterial RNA Biology

Nauman Saeed
Molecular basis of amoeba-fungus interaction
Leibniz Institute for Natural Product Research and Infection Biology – Hans Knöll Institute (HKI)
Evolution of Microbial Interactions

Christoph Saffer
Spatio-temporal modeling of biological processes in organ-on-chip models
Leibniz Institute for Natural Product Research and Infection Biology – Hans Knöll Institute (HKI)
Applied Systems Biology

Kristina Schädel
Pea aphids and their facultative bacterial endosymbionts: exploring the occurrence, effects and mechanism of a widespread symbiosis
Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology
Department of Biochemistry

Daniel Schaeme
Identification of Novel Secondary Metabolites with Roles in Interactions Between Chlamydomonas reinhardtii and Other Microorganisms

Kevin Schlabach
Studies towards the Biosynthesis of Pseudomonas-derived Secondary Metabolites
Leibniz Institute for Natural Product Research and Infection Biology – Hans Knöll Institute (HKI)
Paleobiotechnology

Franziska Schmidt
Virulence of Aspergillus fumigatus and Host-Pathogen Interactions
Leibniz Institute for Natural Product Research and Infection Biology – Hans Knöll Institute (HKI)
Molecular and Applied Microbiology

Haodong Shen
Photonics as a non-destructive investigation strategy for biofilms
Friedrich Schiller University
Institute of Physical Chemistry

Malte Siemers
Autoinducer-controlled riboswitches in commensal and pathogenic bacteria
Friedrich Schiller University
General Microbiology

Sofia Lewin Siscar
Host adaptation, avirulence and antivirulence genes of Candida glabrata
Leibniz Institute for Natural Product Research and Infection Biology – Hans Knöll Institute (HKI)
Microbial Pathogenicity Mechanisms

Jakob Lee Sprague
Molecular characterization of Candida albicans mucosal colonization, infection and translocation
Leibniz Institute for Natural Product Research and Infection Biology – Hans Knöll Institute (HKI)
Microbial Pathogenicity Mechanisms

Venkata Naga Sravya Sreekantapuram
sravya.sreekantapuram@jsmc.info
Leibniz Institute for Natural Product Research and Infection Biology – Hans Knöll Institute (HKI)
Microbial Immunology

Felicia Stanford
Adaptive traits as mediators of stress response and virulence in Lichtheimia
Leibniz Institute for Natural Product Research and Infection Biology – Hans Knöll Institute (HKI)
Jena Microbial Resource Collection

Mona Staudinger
Algicidal Bacteria in Plankton Communities: Resistance, Lysis and Heterotrophy
Friedrich Schiller University
Institute for Inorganic and Analytical Chemistry