(2007)
The role of released ATP in killing Candida albicans and other extracellular microbial pathogens by cationic peptides.
Purinergic Signal 3(1-2),
91-97.
Curriculum vitae
Forschungsschwerpunkte
- Molekulare Zusammenhänge zwischen Stoffwechsel und Virulenz bei pathogenen Candida spp.
- Die Rolle von Stoffwechselsignalen bei der Etablierung mikrobieller Gemeinschaften
- Infektionsmodelle der Candidose
Wissenschaftlicher Werdegang
| seit 2016 | NWG-Leiterin, NWG Host Fungal Interfaces, ZIK Septomics, Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena |
| 2014-2016 | Assistant Professor-Research, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, TX, USA |
| 2012-2016 | Adjunct Faculty, University of Houston-Downtown, Houston, TX, USA |
| 2013-2014 | Senior Research Associate, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, TX, USA |
| 2007-2013 | Post-doctoral fellow, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, TX, USA |
| 2007 | Ph.D., State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY, USA |
| 2006-2007 | Wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiterin (PostDoc), Ottawa Health Research institute, Centre for Cancer Research, Ottawa, ON, Canada |
| 2002-2006 | Wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiterin, State University of New York at Buffalo, Department of Oral Biology, Buffalo, NY, USA |
| 2004 | M.Sc., State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY, USA |
| 2004 | Wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiterin, State University of New York at Buffalo, Physiology Department Buffalo, NY, USA |
| 2001 | M.Sc., Sofia University, Sofia, Bulgaria |
Auszeichnungen · Ämter · wissenschaftliche Aktivitäten
| seit 2021 | Editor, Microbiology Spectrum |
| seit 2018 | Editor, Frontiers in Microbiology |
| 2014 | Judge Travel Grant, Annual Biomedical Research Conference for Minority Students, San Antonio, TX, USA |
| 2014 | ISHAM Young Fellow Travel Award, American society for Microbiology, 12th ASM Conference on Candida and Candidiasis, New Orleans, LA, USA |
| 2011 | Office of the Dean of McGovern Medical School Postdoctoral Fellow Travel Grant, University of Texas Health Science Center Houston, Houston, TX, USA |
Publikationen
(2006)
Distinct antifungal mechanisms: beta-defensins require Candida albicans Ssa1 protein, while Trk1p mediates activity of cysteine-free cationic peptides.
Antimicrob Agents Chemother 50(1),
324-331.
(2004)
The TRK1 potassium transporter is the critical effector for killing of Candida albicans by the cationic protein, Histatin 5.
J Biol Chem 279(53),
55060-55072.
(2003)
Killing of Candida albicans by human salivary histatin 5 is modulated, but not determined, by the potassium channel TOK1.
Infect Immun 71(6),
3251-3260.
(2003)
Calcium blocks fungicidal activity of human salivary histatin 5 through disruption of binding with Candida albicans.
J Dent Res 82(9),
748-752.
