(2015)
The global regulator FfSge1 is required for expression of secondary metabolite gene clusters but not for pathogenicity in Fusarium fujikuroi.
Environ Microbiol 17(8),
2690-2708.
Dr. Slavica Janevska
(Epi-)Genetic Regulation of Fungal Virulence · Head +49 3641 532-1188 slavica.janevska@leibniz-hki.deCurriculum vitae
Professional Career
| Since 2023 | Junior research group leader, Leibniz Institute for Natural Product Research and Infection Biology - Hans Knöll Institute - (Leibniz-HKI), Jena |
| 2022 | Postdoc, junior research group Biobricks of Microbial Natural Product Syntheses (Dr. Vito Valiante), Leibniz-HKI, Jena |
| 2019-2022 | Visiting researcher (fellowships from the German Research Foundation and the Foundation van Wijck-Stam-Caspersfonds), Dept. Molecular Plant Pathology (Prof. Martijn Rep), University of Amsterdam, Netherlands |
| 'The role of histone modifications in Fusarium oxysporum pathogenicity' | |
| 2018-2019 | Postdoc, junior research group Biobricks of Microbial Natural Product Syntheses (Dr. Vito Valiante), Leibniz-HKI, Jena |
| 2017 | Postdoc, Dept. Molecular Biotechnology of Fungi (Prof. Bettina Tudzynski), University of Münster |
| 2014-2017 | PhD with distinction (summa cum laude), Dept. Molecular Biotechnology of Fungi (Prof. Bettina Tudzynski), University of Münster |
| Dissertation 'Exploring the biosynthesis and regulation of novel secondary metabolite gene clusters in Fusarium fujikuroi via a combination of bioinformatic, molecular and chemical approaches' | |
| 2011-2014 | Master of Science in Biotechnology, University of Münster |
| 2012 | International research stay, University of Bristol, UK |
| 2008-2011 | Bachelor of Science in Biosciences, University of Münster |
| 2008 | Abitur (A-levels), Heinrich-Heine-Gymnasium Oberhausen |
Awards · Appointments · Scientific Activities
| 2025 | Research grant 'FUSION' funded by the Free State of Thuringia and the European Social Fund Plus |
| 2024 | Member of the 'Genetics Society' |
| 2024 | Early Career Editor for 'Fungal Genetics and Biology' |
| 2023 | Editor for 'Fungal Biology' of the British Mycological Society |
| 2023 | Member of the 'Association for General and Applied Microbiology' (VAAM) |
| 2023 | Associate member of the DFG Cluster of Excellence 'Balance of the Microverse' |
| 2023 | Faculty member of the 'Jena School for Microbial Communication' (JSMC), the Excellence Graduate School of the FSU Jena |
| 2023 | Associate member of the Collaborative Research Centre/Transregio 124 – FungiNet 'Pathogenic fungi and their human host: Networks of interaction' |
| 2022 | Research grant 'FusInfect' funded by the Free State of Thuringia and the European Social Fund Plus |
| 2022 | LIFE TALENT Fund of the FSU Jena (collaboration with Dr. Matthew Agler, Plant Microbiosis) |
| 2021 | WSC Fund for extension at the University of Amsterdam, Netherlands |
| 2018 | DFG Research Fellowship at the University of Amsterdam, Netherlands |
| 2012 | 'PROMOS' DAAD Scholarship for research stay at the University of Bristol, UK |
Topics
Publications
(2014)
Apicidin F: characterization and genetic manipulation of a new secondary metabolite gene cluster in the rice pathogen Fusarium fujikuroi.
PLoS One 9(7),
e103336.
