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Doctoral researchers

Ashkan Samimi
VersaDrop: Versatile Droplet Handling and Analysis for Deeper Microbial Sample Handling
Leibniz Institute for Natural Product Research and Infection Biology – Hans Knöll Institute (HKI)
Bio Pilot Plant

Bolaji John Samuel
Antimicrobial and osteoinductive activity of bioactive glasses

Arjun Sarkar
Automated Processing of Biomedical Images in Infection Research
Leibniz Institute for Natural Product Research and Infection Biology – Hans Knöll Institute (HKI)
Applied Systems Biology

Shayan Sayyadi
Droplet Microfluidic Cultivations for Accessing Diverse Members of Complex Microbiomes
Leibniz Institute for Natural Product Research and Infection Biology – Hans Knöll Institute (HKI)
Bio Pilot Plant

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

Karoline Schied
Karoline.Schied@leibniz-hki.de
Hybrid agent-based modeling of organ-on-chip experiments
Leibniz Institute for Natural Product Research and Infection Biology – Hans Knöll Institute (HKI)
Applied Systems Biology

Tim Bastian Schille
The Candida albicans peptide toxin candidalysin as a commensal factor facilitating mucosal colonization
Leibniz Institute for Natural Product Research and Infection Biology – Hans Knöll Institute (HKI)
Microbial Pathogenicity Mechanisms

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

Lukas Schrettenbrunner
lukas.schrettenbrunner@leibniz-hki.de
Exploration and characterisation of extracellular RNA from the host during the defense against human pathogenic fungi
Leibniz Institute for Natural Product Research and Infection Biology – Hans Knöll Institute (HKI)
RNA Biology of Fungal Infections

Henrik Schweder
Henrik.schweder@leibniz-hki.de
Ecological importance of natural products for microbial communities
Leibniz Institute for Natural Product Research and Infection Biology – Hans Knöll Institute (HKI)
Molecular and Applied Microbiology

Paula Seibold
Stimulation of basidiomycete indoleethylamine metabolism by spatiotemporal light and temperature gradients
Friedrich Schiller University
Pharmaceutical Microbiology

Johannes Sonnberger
johannes.sonnberger@leibniz-hki.de
Characterization of C. albicans escape mechanisms from macrophages
Leibniz Institute for Natural Product Research and Infection Biology – Hans Knöll Institute (HKI)
Microbial Pathogenicity Mechanisms

Myriel Staack
Planctomycetal chemical mediators shaping aquatic phototrophic communities
Friedrich Schiller University
Microbial Interactions

Harikumar Suma
Stable Predator–Prey Interactions on Structured Surfaces
Leibniz Institute for Natural Product Research and Infection Biology – Hans Knöll Institute (HKI)
Paleobiotechnology

Julius Trautmann
Microbiological tests of materials platform
Friedrich Schiller University
Superresolution Microscopy

Sophie Tröger
Antifungal Resistance: Antifungal lead development by natural compound screen (AReST)
Leibniz Institute for Natural Product Research and Infection Biology – Hans Knöll Institute (HKI)
Molecular and Applied Microbiology

Sonja Türpitz
Modelling and computer simulation of multipartite lung microbiome systems
Friedrich Schiller University
Matthias Schleiden Institute - Bioinformatics

Kerstin Unger
Pathogenicity factors as public goods - rethinking the role of “pathogens” in beneficial plant microbiomes
Friedrich Schiller University
Junior Research Group Plant Microbiosis

Silvia Vareschi
Biophysical modelling of antibiotic efflux in bacterial biofilms
Friedrich Schiller University
Theoretical Microbial Ecology

Sarah Vielreicher
Gut microbiota mediated colonization resistance against Candida albicans
Leibniz Institute for Natural Product Research and Infection Biology – Hans Knöll Institute (HKI)
Microbial Immunology