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Doctoral researchers
Candela Fernández
candela.fernandez@leibniz-hki.de
Identification of host factors mediating Candida albicans pathogenicity and immune evasion
Leibniz Institute for Natural Product Research and Infection Biology – Hans Knöll Institute (HKI)
Junior Research Group Adaptive Pathogenicity Strategies
Ana Patrícia Ferreira Lobo da Graça
ana.patricia.graca@uni-jena.de
Biosynthesis and function of the cryptic cofactor mycofactocin
Leibniz Institute for Natural Product Research and Infection Biology – Hans Knöll Institute (HKI)
Synthetic Microbiology
Alexander Gale
Resurrecting Ancient Antibiotics: Reconstructing Biosynthetic Pathways from Ancient DNA
Leibniz Institute for Natural Product Research and Infection Biology – Hans Knöll Institute (HKI)
Paleobiotechnology
Lena Gauthier
Optimization of super-resolution microscopy for the determination of optimal therapeutic treatment conditions for viral and bacterial co-infections
Friedrich Schiller University
Superresolution Microscopy
Natia Geliashvili
Tracking bacteriophage lineages in microbial communities
Friedrich Schiller University
Viral Ecology and Omics
Franziska Gladitz
2D material coatings on titanium surfaces with antimicrobial properties
University Hospital Jena
Medial Microbiology
Manuel Velasco Gomariz
Global Analysis of RNA-RNA Interactions in Caulobacter crescentus
Friedrich Schiller University
Junior Research Group Bacterial RNA Biology
Linda Gorniak
Influence of lanthanides on (non-)methylotrophic metabolism in non-model microbes
Friedrich Schiller University
Aquatic Geomicrobiology
Markus Günther
Role of Amoebal Natural Products in Intra- and Interspecies Interactions
Leibniz Institute for Natural Product Research and Infection Biology – Hans Knöll Institute (HKI)
Paleobiotechnology
Gaurvanshi Gupta
Gaurvanshi.Gupta@med.uni-jena.de
Graphene based antimicrobial biomaterials
University Hospital Jena
Medial Microbiology
Merle Hammer
Impact of dietary factors on Candida albicans colonization
Leibniz Institute for Natural Product Research and Infection Biology – Hans Knöll Institute (HKI)
Microbial Immunology
Tom Haufschild
Cell division without canonical proteins? – illuminating planctomycetal budding
Friedrich Schiller University
Microbial Interactions
Maïa Henry
Metabolites of marine microbiomes at the land/sea interface
Friedrich Schiller University
Institute for Inorganic and Analytical Chemistry
Sophia Hitzler
How adaption of Candida albicans to inflammatory mediators impacts immune recognition and pathogenesis
Leibniz Institute for Natural Product Research and Infection Biology – Hans Knöll Institute (HKI)
Junior Research Group Adaptive Pathogenicity Strategies
Hermann Holbl
Investigation of the Thallusin induced morphogenesis of Ulva mutabilis by integrated metabolomic and transcriptomic analysis
Friedrich Schiller University
Chemical Ecology of cross kingdom interactions
Sheila Hoshyaripour
sheila.hoshyaripour@uni-jena.de
Biophysical modelling of the bacterial cell wall
Friedrich Schiller University
Theoretical Microbial Ecology
Patricia Hübel
Folic acid as intercellular signal molecule in the multicellular development of social amoebae
Friedrich Schiller University
Pharmaceutical Biology
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
