(2022)
The TLR-NF-kB axis contributes to the monocytic inflammatory response against a virulent strain of Lichtheimia corymbifera, a causative agent of invasive mucormycosis.
Front Immunol 13,
882921.
Kerstin Voigt
Jena Microbial Resource Collection · Head Molecular and Applied Microbiology National Reference Center for Invasive Fungal Infections +49 3641 532-1395 / +49 3641 949331 kerstin.voigt@leibniz-hki.deCurriculum vitae
Main Research Areas
- Infection biology of Lichtheimia corymbifera
- Influence of endosymbiotic bacteria on the natural product potential of Conidiobolus coronatus
- Evolution of the pathogenicity of zygomycetes
Professional Career
| Since 2010 | Head of the Jena Microbial Resource Collection (JMRC), an incorporated institution of the HKI and the Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena (FSU Jena) based at the Leibniz-Institute for Natural Product Research and Infection Biology – Hans-Knöll-Institute |
| 2005-2010 | Academic Council (A13, Institute for Microbiology, FSU Jena), Head of the Pilz-Referenz-Zentrum at the University Jena |
| 1999-2005 | Assistant (C1), Institute for Microbiology, FSU Jena |
| 1998-1999 | Visiting scientist, USDA, ARS, NCAUR Peoria IL, USA, funded through a postdoc fellowship of the DFG |
| 1995-1998 | Head of the group plant pathology, FSU Jena |
| 2003 | Habilitation and venia legendi in microbiology, FSU Jena |
| 1995 | Dr. rer. nat. in microbiology, „summa cum laude“ FSU Jena and University of Surrey, Guildford, UK |
| 1992 | Diploma in molecular biology/biotechnology at the University Szeged/Ungarn |
Awards · Appointments · Scientific Activities
| 2013 | Editor, special edition: mycoses |
| 2012 | Editor, special edition: persoonia |
| 2011 | CBS-visiting tutor: CBS-biodiversity course, Centraalbureau voor Schimmelcultures (CBS Biodiversity Centre) Utrecht, Netherlands |
| 2011 | DAAD-visting tutor: Chinese Academy of Sciences, Mycological Key Laboratories, Herbarium and Mycological Centre, Beijing, China |
| 2011 | Travel grants from the DAAD for the participation in the Asian Mycological Congress AMC10 (Seoul/Incheon, South Korea) |
| 2011 | Award of the Korean Mycological Association for an excellent poster presentation |
| 2011 | Member of the editorial board, Frontiers in Evolutionary and Population Genetics and MycoKeys |
| 2010-2013 | Member of the faculty council of the faculty of biology and pharmacy, FSU Jena |
| 2010-2011 | EmbaRC/EU-visiting scientist: CABI Bioservices Centre U.K. Egham and Royal Botanic Gardens Kew, Mycology Section, Great Britain |
| 2010 | Co-editor, molecular identification of fungi, Springer-Verlag Heidelberg, Dordrecht, London, New York |
| 2010 | AUMC-visiting tutor: Assiut University Mycological Center, Egypt |
| 2009 | Travel grants from the DAAD for the participation in the Asian Mycological Congress AMC9 (Taichung, Taiwan) |
| 2009 | DAAD-visiting tutor: National University of Education Taipei, Taiwan |
| 2007-2010 | Member of the council for equal opportunities issues (Beirat für Gleichstellungsfragen) at the FSU Jena, equal opportunities officer at the faculty for biology and pharmacy, FSU Jena |
| 2007 | CBS-visiting tutor: CBS-Medical Mycology Course, Centraalbureau voor Schimmelcultures (CBS Biodiversity Centre) Utrecht, Netherlands |
| 2004 | Habilitation award from the FSU Jena |
| 2003-2005 | Member of the council of the FSU Jena |
| 2003 | Member of the editorial boards, Journal of Basic Microbiology |
| 2003 | Travel grants from the DFG for the participation in the XIV. Congress of European Mycologists |
| 1999 | Fellow at the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft within a postdoc programme |
| 1996 | Dissertation prize from the faculty of biology and pharmacy at the University Jena |
Publications
(2022)
Thienol[2,3-d]pyrimidine-core compounds show activity against clinically relevant gram-positive bacteria.
ChemMedChem 17(17),
e202200207.
(2021)
Human mucosal-associated invariant T cells respond to Mucorales species in a MR1-dependent manner.
Med Mycol 59(5),
505-509.
(2021)
Total synthesis and biological evaluation of paenilamicins from the honey bee pathogen Paenibacillus larvae.
J Am Chem Soc 144(1),
288-296.
(2021)
The impact of episporic modification of Lichtheimia corymbifera on virulence and interaction with phagocytes.
Comput Struct Biotechnol J 19,
880-896.
(2021)
Discovery of novel Backusella (Backusellaceae, Mucorales) isolated from invertebrates and toads in Cheongyang, Korea.
J Fungi (Basel) 7(7),
513.
(2021)
Chromane derivatives from underground parts of Iris tenuifolia and their in vitro antimicrobial, Cytotoxicity and antiproliferative evaluation.
Molecules 26(21),
6705.
(2021)
Expression patterns in reductive iron assimilation and functional consequences during phagocytosis of Lichtheimia corymbifera, an emerging cause of mucormycosis.
J Fungi (Basel) 7(4),
272.
(2021)
Early-diverging fungal phyla: taxonomy, species concept, ecology, distribution, anthropogenic impact, and novel phylogenetic proposals.
Fungal Divers 109(1),
59-98.
(Review)
(2021)
Direct visualization of fungal burden in filamentous fungus-infected silkworms.
J Fungi (Basel) 7(2),
136.
