
Dr. Silvia Slesiona
Microbial Immunology
Professional Career
Seit 2014 | PostDoc Department MI, HKI, Jena |
2012–2013 | Specialist in veterinary laboratory medicine: hematology, serology, clinical chemistry and disinfectant testing |
2008–2011 | PhD student, work group infectionmodels / microbial physiology and biochemistry, HKI, Jena |
2008 | Veterinary license |
2002–2008 | studies in veterinary medicine in Hanover |
(2016) The glycolytic enzyme enolase represents a plasminogen-binding protein on the surface of a wide variety of medically important fungal species. Int J Med Microbiol 306(1), 59-68. Details PubMed
(2014) Distinct roles of Candida albicans-specific genes in host-pathogen interactions. Eukaryot Cell 13(8), 977-989. Details PubMed
(2012) Small but crucial: the novel small heat shock protein Hsp21 mediates stress adaptation and virulence in Candida albicans. PLOS One 7(6), e38584. Details PubMed
(2012) Persistence versus escape: Aspergillus terreus and Aspergillus fumigatus employ different strategies during interactions with macrophages. PLOS One 7(2), e31223-e31223. Details PubMed
(2012) Murine infection models for Aspergillus terreus pulmonary aspergillosis reveal long-term persistence of conidia and liver degeneration. J Infect Dis 205(8), 1268-1277. Details PubMed
(2011) Molecular epidemiology and virulence assessment of Aspergillus fumigatus isolates from white stork chicks and their environment. Vet Microbiol 148(2-4), 348-355. Details PubMed
(2010) Embryonated eggs as an alternative infection model to investigate Aspergillus fumigatus virulence. Infect Immun 78(7), 2995-3006. Details PubMed
(2009) Identifying infection-associated genes of Candida albicans in the postgenomic era. FEMS Yeast Res 9(5), 688-700. (Review) Details PubMed