Prof. Dr. Bernhard Hube
Phone: +49 3641 532-1401 bernhard.hube@leibniz-hki.de www.leibniz-hki.de
Leibniz Institute for Natural Product Research and Infection Biology – Hans Knöll Institute (HKI)
Microbial Pathogenicity Mechanisms
Doctoral researchers
Dr. rer. nat. Stefanie Allert
Pathogenicity mechanisms of Candida albicans during translocation through epithelial barriers
Leibniz Institute for Natural Product Research and Infection Biology – Hans Knöll Institute (HKI)
Microbial Pathogenicity Mechanisms
Raquel Alonso Roman
The interaction of Candida albicans with antagonistic bacteria in a Gut-on-Chip model
Leibniz Institute for Natural Product Research and Infection Biology – Hans Knöll Institute (HKI)
Microbial Pathogenicity Mechanisms
Dr. rer. nat. Toni Förster
Identification and characterisation of translocation-associated factors of Candida albicans
Leibniz Institute for Natural Product Research and Infection Biology – Hans Knöll Institute (HKI)
Microbial Pathogenicity Mechanisms
Dr. rer. nat. Enrico Garbe
Transcriptional control of environmental pH modulation in the fungal pathogen Candida albicans
ZIK Septomics
Host Fungal Interfaces
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
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
Dr. rer. nat. Nayla Jbeily
The Janus-faced role of secreted sphingomyelinase and its inhibition in host response
Dr. rer. nat. Philipp Kämmer
Infection-associated genes of Candida glabrata
Leibniz Institute for Natural Product Research and Infection Biology – Hans Knöll Institute (HKI)
Microbial Pathogenicity Mechanisms
Dr. rer. nat. Annika König
Characterization of Candida albicans Ece1 membrane integration
Leibniz Institute for Natural Product Research and Infection Biology – Hans Knöll Institute (HKI)
Microbial Pathogenicity Mechanisms
Dr. rer. nat. Anne Kopp (nee Braunschweig)
Crosstalk between the long pentraxin PTX3 and soluble complement inhibitors
Dr. rer. nat. Antje Kröber
Functional analysis of major transcriptional regulators in pathogenic dermatophytes
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
Dr. rer. nat. Jörg Linde
Systems biology of human pathogenic fungi: Modeling transcriptional networks of virulence
Dr. rer. nat. Crisanto Lopez
The Roles of Candida albicans Gpm1p and Tef1p in Immune Evasion and Tissue Invasion of the Human Host
Leibniz Institute for Natural Product Research and Infection Biology – Hans Knöll Institute (HKI)
Infection Biology
Dr. rer. nat. Francois Mayer
Identification and characterisation of infection-associated genes in Candida albicans
Leibniz Institute for Natural Product Research and Infection Biology – Hans Knöll Institute (HKI)
Microbial Pathogenicity Mechanisms
Dr. rer. nat. Dorothea Meldau
Leibniz Institute for Natural Product Research and Infection Biology – Hans Knöll Institute (HKI)
Microbial Pathogenicity Mechanisms
Anna Möslinger
anna.moeslinger@leibniz-hki.de
Regulation of Candida albicans metabolism and filamentation by protein kinase and transcription factor signaling pathways
ZIK Septomics
Host Fungal Interfaces
Dr. rer. nat. Christian Otzen
Interaction of Candida albicans and host cells:Fungal nutrient acquisition and host defense mechanisms
Dr. rer. nat. Melanie Polke
The role of the Candida albicans EED1 in quorum sensing, morphogenesis and virulence
Leibniz Institute for Natural Product Research and Infection Biology – Hans Knöll Institute (HKI)
Microbial Pathogenicity Mechanisms
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
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
Dr. rer. nat. 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
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
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
Dr. rer. nat. 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
Dr. rer. nat. Anja Wartenberg
Host pathogen interactions of human pathogenic yeast
Leibniz Institute for Natural Product Research and Infection Biology – Hans Knöll Institute (HKI)
Microbial Pathogenicity Mechanisms
Dr. rer. nat. Melissa Wich
Role of B cells and antibodies in Candida albicans colonization and infection
Friedrich Schiller University
Center for Molecular Biomedicine (CMB) - Cell Biology