Curriculum 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

Publications

Niehaus EM, Rindermann L, Janevska S, Münsterkötter M, Güldener U, Tudzynski B (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.
Arndt B, Janevska S, Schmid R, Hübner F, Tudzynski B, Humpf HU (2017) A fungal N-dimethylallyltryptophan metabolite from Fusarium fujikuroi. ChemBioChem 18(10), 899-904.
Janevska S, Arndt B, Baumann L, Apken LH, Mauriz Marques LM, Humpf HU, Tudzynski B (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.
Niehaus EM*, Kim HK*, Münsterkötter M*, Janevska S*, Arndt B, Kalinina SA, Houterman PM, Ahn IP, Alberti I, Tonti S, Kim DW, Sieber CMK, Humpf HU, Yun SH, Güldener U, Tudzynski B (2017) Comparative genomics of geographically distant Fusarium fujikuroi isolates revealed two distinct pathotypes correlating with secondary metabolite profiles. PLoS Pathog 13(10), e1006670.
Janevska S, Arndt B, Niehaus EM, Burkhardt I, Rösler SM, Brock NL, Humpf HU, Dickschat JS, Tudzynski B (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.
Studt L, Janevska S, Arndt B, Boedi S, Sulyok M, Humpf HU, Tudzynski B, Strauss J (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.
Studt L*, Janevska S*, Niehaus EM, Burkhardt I, Arndt B, Sieber CM, Humpf HU, Dickschat JS, Tudzynski B (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.
Michielse CB*, Studt L*, Janevska S, Sieber CM, Arndt B, Espino JJ, Humpf HU, Güldener U, Tudzynski B (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.
Niehaus EM*, Janevska S*, von Bargen KW*, Sieber CM, Harrer H, Humpf HU, Tudzynski B (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.