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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
Robert Jesse
Role of Basidiomycete Small Molecules on Habitat-Sharing Microbes
Friedrich Schiller University
Institute of Microbiology - Microbial Communication
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
Garima Kalakoti
Conceptualize and predict microbial life history traits and estimate their impact on hosts and environments
Simranpreet Kaur
simranpreet.kaur@leibniz-hki.de
Establishment of lung-on-chip model for the interaction of Lichthemia corymbifera with professional phagocytes of the innate immunity
Leibniz Institute for Natural Product Research and Infection Biology – Hans Knöll Institute (HKI)
Jena Microbial Resource Collection
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
Sadaf Khalatbarizamanpoor
Sadaf.Khalatbarizamanpoor@med.uni-jena.de
Switchable antimicrobial materials
University Hospital Jena
Medial Microbiology
Syed Ali Komail Raza
The effect of climate-relevant temperature shifts on leaf microbiota colonization
Friedrich Schiller University
Junior Research Group Plant Microbiosis
Valentina Lazarova
valentina.Iazarova@leibniz-hki.de
Manipulation of human gene expression by fungal extracellular RNA
Leibniz Institute for Natural Product Research and Infection Biology – Hans Knöll Institute (HKI)
RNA Biology of Fungal Infections
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
Josue.Ricardo.Leon.Torres@iof.fraunhofer.de
Mid-infrared microscopy with quantum light for chemical imaging of cell communities
Friedrich Schiller University
Institute of Applied Physics
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)
Microbiome Dynamics
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
Leibniz Institute for Natural Product Research and Infection Biology – Hans Knöll Institute (HKI)
Microbial Pathogenicity Mechanisms
Raed Nachawati
Secondary metabolites from predatory-prey interactions
Leibniz Institute for Natural Product Research and Infection Biology – Hans Knöll Institute (HKI)
Paleobiotechnology
Aswathi Nair
aswathi.gopa.kumar.nair@uni-jena.de
Interaction of microorganisms in truffles
Friedrich Schiller University
Institute of Microbiology - Microbial Communication
Faiza Nazar
The role of CD4+ Foxp3+ regulatory T cells for gut microbiome constitution: atherosclerosis and modulatory effects of physical exercise
University Hospital Jena
Clinic for Cardiac and Thoracic Surgery
