(2011)
Structural fine-tuning of a multifunctional cytochrome P450 monooxygenase.
J Am Chem Soc 133(7),
2292-2302.
Prof. Dr. Christian Hertweck
Biomolecular Chemistry · Head +49 3641 532-1101 christian.hertweck@leibniz-hki.deCurriculum vitae
Main Research Areas
- Investigation of biosynthetic pathways of the secondary metabolism of bacteria and fungi
- Use of enzymes and recombinant microorganisms for synthetic implementation
- Isolation and structural identification of natural products
- Molecular basis of fungus-bacteria-interactions
Professional Career
| 2011 | Call to ETH Zurich, declined |
| 2008 – 2023 | Deputy Director at the Leibniz Institute for Natural Product Research and Infection Biology – Hans Knöll Institute (HKI) Jena, Germany |
| 2008 | Call to TU Munich, declined |
| Since 2006 | Head of Department of Biomolecular Chemistry, HKI Jena |
| Since 2006 | Professor (W3) and chair of Natural Product Chemistry, Friedrich Schiller University Jena (FSU), Germany |
| 2006 | Habilitation (Venia legendi) in organic chemistry, FSU Jena |
| 2005 | Call to Rheinische Friedrich Wilhelms University Bonn, declined |
| 2005 | Acceptance of professorship (W3), FSU Jena |
| 2001– 2005 | Head of junior research group, HKI Jena |
| 1999 – 2000 | Research assistant, University of Washington, Seattle, USA, funded through a Feodor Lynen fellowship for postdocs (Alexander von Humboldt Foundation) |
| 1996 – 1999 | PhD, Friedrich Willhelms University Bonn and Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology, Jena, funded through a Max Planck doctoral fellowship |
| 1996 | Diploma in chemistry at the Friedrich Willhelms University Bonn, Germany |
Awards · Appointments · Scientific Activities
| 2015 | Member of the National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina |
| 2015 | Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Award |
| 2015 | David Gottlieb Memorial Lecture Award, University of Illinois |
| 2014 | Wilhelm Manchot-Research Professor |
| Since 2013 | Member of the editorial board Bioorganic Chemistry |
| Since 2012 | Editor, Chemistry & Biology |
| Since 2012 | Member of the faculty of 1000 |
| Since 2011 | Member of the editorial board, Organic and Biomolecular Chemistry |
| Since 2011 | Member of the editorial board, Journal of Antibiotics |
| 2011 | NPR lecture award |
| Since 2010 | Member of the editorial board, ChemBioChem |
| 2009 – 2012 | Member of the editorial board, Chemistry & Biology |
| 2006 | Research prize of the Dr. Otto Röhm-Memorial-Foundation |
| Since 2005 | Member of the Association for General and Applied Microbiology (VAAM) |
| 2005 | DECHEMA award for natural product research |
| 2005 | Science award for life sciences and physics from the Beutenberg Campus Jena e.V. |
| 2005 | Thuringian research award (category: basic research) |
| Since 2003 | Member of the programme committee, Natural Product Meeting, Irsee |
| Since 2002 | Member of the DECHEMA Society for Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology |
| Since 2001 | Member of the Gesellschaft Deutscher Chemiker (GDCh) |
Publications
(2010)
Botryorhodines A-D, antifungal and cytotoxic depsidones from Botryosphaeria rhodina, an endophyte of the medicinal plant Bidens pilosa.
Phytochemistry 71(1),
110-116.
(2010)
Activation of a silent fungal polyketide biosynthesis pathway through regulatory cross talk with a cryptic nonribosomal peptide synthetase gene cluster.
Appl Environ Microbiol 76(24),
8143-8149.
(2010)
Functional genomic profiling of Aspergillus fumigatus biofilm reveals enhanced production of the mycotoxin gliotoxin.
Proteomics 10(17),
3097-3107.
(2010)
Xiamycin, a pentacyclic indolosesquiterpene with selective anti-HIV activity from a bacterial mangrove endophyte.
Bioorg Med Chem Lett 20(22),
6685-6687.
(2010)
Pitucamycin: structural merger of a phenoxazinone with an epoxyquinone antibiotic.
J Nat Prod 73(9),
1461-1464.
(2010)
Induced biosynthesis of cryptic polyketide metabolites in a Burkholderia thailandensis quorum sensing mutant.
J Am Chem Soc 132(40),
13966-13968.
(2010)
Symbiotic Streptomycetes provide antibiotic combination prophylaxis for wasp offspring.
Nat Chem Biol 6(4),
261-263.
(2010)
Cervimycin C resistance in Bacillus subtilis is due to a promoter up-mutation and increased mRNA stability of the constitutive ABC-transporter gene bmrA.
FEMS Microbiol Lett 313(2),
155-163.
(2010)
Functionally distinct modules operate two consecutive alpha,beta-->beta,gamma double-bond shifts in the rhizoxin polyketide assembly line.
Angew Chem Int Ed 49(8),
1460-1464.
