Marc Thilo Figge

Prof. Dr. Marc Thilo Figge

Applied Systems Biology +49 3641 532-1416 thilo.figge@leibniz-hki.de

Curriculum vitae

Main Research Areas
  • Host-pathogen interaction of human pathogenic fungi
  • Automated processing of microscopic images and spectroscopy data
  • Spatiotemporal computer simulations of agent-based infection models
Professional Career
since 2021 Professor (W3) for Applied Systems Biology, Friedrich Schiller University Jena
since 2011 Head of Research Group Applied Systems Biology, Leibniz-HKI
2011-2021 Professor (W2) for Applied Systems Biology, Friedrich Schiller University Jena
2005-2010 Junior Fellow in Theoretical Immunology at the Frankfurt Institute for Advanced Studies (FIAS) of the Goethe University Frankfurt
2001-2005 Research assistant in Computer Physics at the University Groningen (NL)
2000 Dr. rer. nat. in Physics at the University Groningen (NL)
1995 Diploma in Physics at the University Dortmund
Awards · Appointments · Scientific Activities

Awards

2011 - 2017 Adjunct Fellow at Frankfurt Institute for Advanced Studies (FIAS)

Appointments and Scientific Activities

since 2023 Board Member and Coordinator of Task Area “Bioimage Informatics” in the DFG-funded national research data management initiative “NFDI4Bioimage”
since 2023 Board Member and PI in the DFG-Research Training School RTG 2723 – “Materials-Microbes-Microenvironments”
since 2023 Board Member of the Beutenberg Campus e.V. “Life Science meets Physics”
since 2023 Editor: PLOS Complex Systems
since 2023 Editor: Biological Imaging
since 2022 Coordinator of Basic Technology 3 in the BMBF-funded “Leibniz Center for Photonics in Infection Research”
since 2022 Coordinator of the BMBF-funded "Multi-Model-Simulator Project” in the funding line “Computational Life Sciences”
since 2021 Deputy Coordinator of the "Jena School for Microbial Communication"
since 2019 Coordinator of Research Area C – Data Synopsis in the Excellence Cluster “Balance of the Microverse”
since 2019 Member of the Management Board of the Microverse Imaging Center in the Excellence Cluster “Balance of the Microverse”
since 2019 Speaker and PI of Leibniz ScienceCampus “InfectoOptics”
since 2019 Editor: Scientific Reports
since 2017 Ombudsperson at the Leibniz Institute for Natural Product Research and Infection Biology
since 2017 PI and member of the DFG-Collaborative Research Center 1278 PolyTarget
since 2017 Editor: Cytometry A
since 2015 Member: Jena Center for Soft Matter
since 2015 Member: Michael Stifel Center for Data-Driven and Simulation Science
since 2014 PI and member of the DFG-Collaborative Research Center 124 FungiNet
since 2012 Organizer: Biennial international symposium on “Image-based Systems Biology” (IbSB)
since 2011 Organizer: Biennial international symposium on “Systems Biology of Microbial Infection” (SBMI)
since 2011 Faculty member and PI in the "International Leibniz Research School for Microbial and Biomolecular Interactions"
since 2011 Faculty member and PI in the "Jena School for Microbial Communication"

Publications

Graf M*, Sarkar A*, Svensson CM, Munser AS, Schröder S, Hengoju S, Rosenbaum MA#, Figge MT# (2025) Rapid detection of microbial antibiotic susceptibility via deep learning supported analysis of angle-resolved scattered-light images of picoliter droplet cultivations. Sens Actuators B Chem 424, 136866.
Abou-Kandil A*, Tröger-Görler S*, Pschibul A*, Krüger T, Rosin M, Schmidt F, Akbarimoghaddam P, Sarkar A, Cseresnyés Z, Shadkchan Y, Heinekamp T, Gräler MH, Barber AE, Walther G, Figge MT, Brakhage AA, Osherov N#, Kniemeyer O# (2024) The proteomic response of Aspergillus fumigatus to Amphotericin B (AmB) reveals the involvement of the RTA-like protein RtaA in AmB resistance. microLife [Accepted]
Alonso-Roman R, Mosig AS, Figge MT, Papenfort K, Eggeling C, Schacher FH, Hube B#, Gresnigt MS (2024) Organ-on-chip models for infectious disease research. Nat Microbiol 9(4), 891-904. (Review)
Chamas A#, Svensson CM, Maneira C, Sporniak M, Figge MT, Lackner G (2024) Engineering adhesion of the probiotic strain Escherichia coli nissle to the fungal pathogen Candida albicans. ACS Synth Biol [Epub ahead of print]
Gardey E, Cseresnyés Z, Sobotta FH, Eberhardt J, Haziri D, Grunert PC, Kuchenbrod MT, Gruschwitz FV, Hoeppener S, Schumann M, Gaßler N, Figge MT, Stallmach A#, Brendel JC# (2024) Selective uptake into inflamed human intestinal tissue and immune cell targeting by wormlike polymer micelles. Small 20(21), 2470162.
Günther K, Nischang V, Cseresnyés Z, Krüger T, Sheta D, Abboud Z, Heinekamp T, Werner M, Kniemeyer O, Beilhack A, Figge MT, Brakhage AA, Werz O#, Jordan PM# (2024) Aspergillus fumigatus-derived gliotoxin impacts innate immune cell activation through modulating lipid mediator production in macrophages. Immunology 173(4), 748-767.
Jojić K*, Gherlone F*, Cseresnyés Z, Bissell AU, Hoefgen S, Hoffmann S, Huang Y, Janevska S, Figge MT, Valiante V (2024) The spatial organization of sphingofungin biosynthesis in Aspergillus fumigatus and its cross-interaction with sphingolipid metabolism. mBio 15(3), e0019524.
Kaden T*, Alonso-Roman R*, Akbarimoghaddam P*, Mosig AS, Graf K, Raasch M, Hoffmann B, Figge MT#, Hube B#, Gresnigt MS# (2024) Modeling of intravenous caspofungin administration using an intestine-on-chip reveals altered Candida albicans microcolonies and pathogenicity. Biomaterials 307, 122525.
Liu N, Sonawane M, Sommerfeld O, Svensson CM, Figge MT, Bauer Reinhard , Bischoff SJ, Bauer M, Osuchowski MF, Press AT# (2024) Metamizole outperforms meloxicam in sepsis: insights on analgesics, survival and immunomodulation in the peritoneal contamination and infection sepsis model. Front Immunol 15, 1432307.
Moore J#, Kunis S, Grüning B, Blank-Burian M, Mallm JP, Stöter T, Zuschratter W, Figge MT, Kreshuk A, Tischer C, Haase R, Zobel T, Bauer P, Svensson CM, Gerst R, Hanne J, Schmidt C, Becker MM, Bocklitz T, Bumberger J, Chalopin C, Chen J, Czodrowski P, Dickscheid T, Fortmann-Grote C, Huisken J, Lohmann J, Schauss A, Baumann M, Beretta C, Burel JM, Heuveline C, Kuner R, Kuner T, Landwehr M, Leibfried A, Nitschke R, Mittal D, von Suchodoletz D, Valencia-Schneider M, Zentis P, Brilhaus D, Hartley M, Hülsmann B, Dunker S, Keppler A, Mathur A, Meesters C, Möbius W, Nahnsen S, Pfander C, Rehwald S, Serrano-Solano B, Vilardell Scholten L, Vogl R, Becks L, Ferrando-May E*#, Weidtkamp-Peters S*# (2024) NFDI4BIOIMAGE - National research data infrastructure for microscopy and bioimage analysis. Zenodo , 10.3389/fimmu.2024.1432307.

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