(2018)
Analysis of the global regulator Lae1 uncovers a connection between Lae1 and the histone acetyltransferase HAT1 in Fusarium fujikuroi.
Appl Microbiol Biotechnol 102(1),
279-295.
Dr. Slavica Janevska
(Epi-)Genetic Regulation of Fungal Virulence · Head +49 3641 532-1188 slavica.janevska@leibniz-hki.deCurriculum vitae
Professional Career
| 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
| 2024 | Early Career Editor for 'Fungal Genetics and Biology' |
| 2024 | Member of the 'Genetics Society' |
| 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 (ESF) |
| 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
(2017)
A fungal N-dimethylallyltryptophan metabolite from Fusarium fujikuroi.
ChemBioChem 18(10),
899-904.
(2017)
Establishment of the inducible Tet-on system for the activation of the silent trichosetin gene cluster in Fusarium fujikuroi.
Toxins (Basel) 9(4),
126.
(2017)
Comparative genomics of geographically distant Fusarium fujikuroi isolates revealed two distinct pathotypes correlating with secondary metabolite profiles.
PLoS Pathog 13(10),
e1006670.
(2016)
Gibepyrone biosynthesis in the rice pathogen Fusarium fujikuroi is facilitated by a small polyketide synthase gene cluster.
J Biol Chem 291(53),
27403-27420.
(2016)
Lack of the COMPASS component Ccl1 reduces H3K4 trimethylation levels and affects transcription of secondary metabolite genes in two plant-pathogenic Fusarium species.
Front Microbiol 7,
2144.
(2016)
Two separate key enzymes and two pathway-specific transcription factors are involved in fusaric acid biosynthesis in Fusarium fujikuroi.
Environ Microbiol 18(3),
936-956.
(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.
(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.
