(2021)
Revised structural assignment of azalomycins based on genomic and chemical analysis.
Org Chem Front 8,
4791-4798.
Prof. Dr. Christine Beemelmanns
Chemical Biology of Microbe-Host Interactions · Head +49 3641 532-1525 christine.beemelmanns@leibniz-hki.deCurriculum vitae
Main Research Areas
- Isolation and determination of the structure of signal molecules and antimicrobial natural products
- Characterisation of interactions between microbes and eucaryotes
- Total synthesis of natural products and chemical derivatisation
Professional Career
| since 01/2022 | Professor of Biochemistry of Microbial Metabolism at the University of Leipzig |
| Since 12/2013 | Junior group head at the Leibniz-Institute for Natural Product Research and Infection Biology - Hans-Knöll-Institute, Jena, chemical biology of microbe-host-interactions |
| 2011-2013 | Postdoc at the Harvard Medical School, Harvard University, supervisor: Prof. J. Clardy, BCMP, Department of Biomolecular Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology |
| 2010-2011 | Postdoc at the Tokyo Institute of Technology, chemical faculty (Tokyo, Japan) supervisor: Prof. K. Suzuki |
| 2010 | Dr. rer. nat. in chemistry, summa cum laude, Freie Universität Berlin |
| 2007-2010 | PhD dissertation, organic chemistry instructed by Prof. H.-U. Reißig at the Freie Universität Berlin (Germany) |
| 2006-2007 | Research period at the RIKEN, chemistry, in the working group of Prof. M. Sodeoka (Japan) |
| 2001-2006 | Studies in chemistry, diploma at the RWTH Aachen (Germany) |
Awards · Appointments · Scientific Activities
| 2021 | Nachwuchswissenschaftler-Preise für Naturstoffforschung |
| 2020 | Dozentenpreis des Fonds der Chemischen Industrie |
| 2020 | Visiting Professor in Madison Wisconsin USA |
| 2019-2024 | ERC Starting GRant MORPHEUS |
| 2014-2015 | Postdoc fellowship from the Daimler and Benz Foundation and the Reinhard Frank Foundation |
| Since 2014 | Membership VAAM, FEMS and IUMS |
| Since 2014 | Membership Dechema |
| Since 2014 | Membership National Research Foundation of Korea |
| 2011-2013 | Postdoc fellowship from the Leopoldina Nationale Akademie der Wissenschaften; Postdoc fellowship from the DFG rejected |
| 2011 | Ernst-Reuter-Award of the Freie Universität Berlin; Ernst-Reuter-Gesellschaft der Freunde, Förderer und Ehemaligen der Freien Universität Berlin (Berlin, Germany) |
| 2010-2011 | Postdoc fellowship from the DAAD |
| Since 2010 | Member of the commission, Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes |
| 2007-2010 | Networking fellowship for doctoral researchers at the Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes |
| 2007-2009 | Doctoral fellowship funded by the Verband Chemischen Industrie (VCI) |
| 2006 | Springorum commemorative coin from the RWTH Aachen (Aachen, Germany) |
| 2006 | Procter and Gamble award, expert group chemistry at the RWTH Aachen |
| 2006-2007 | RIKEN fellowship from the Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes |
| 2004-2006 | Studies in chemistry: fellowship from the Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes |
| Since 2003 | Member of the GDCH |
| 2003 | Chemical award from the faculty for mathematics, informatics, natural sciences, RWTH Aachen |
| 2003 | Schöneborn award from the Gesellschaft der Freunde und Förderer der RWTH Aachen e.V., RWTH Aachen (Aachen, Germany) |
Publications
(2021)
Structural and functional analysis of bacterial sulfonosphingolipids and rosette-inducing factor 2 (RIF-2) by mass spectrometry-guided isolation and total synthesis.
Chemistry 28(8),
e202103883.
(2021)
DAnIEL: A user-friendly web server for fungal ITS amplicon sequencing data.
Front Microbiol 12,
720513.
(2021)
An integrative understanding of the large metabolic shifts induced by antibiotics in critical illness.
Gut Microbes 13(1),
1993598.
(2021)
Comparative genomics reveals sanitary and catabolic capabilities of Actinobacteria within the fungus-farming termite symbiosis.
mSphere 6(2),
e01233-20.
(2021)
A modular approach to the antifungal Sphingofungin family: Concise total synthesis of Sphingofungin A and C.
Angew Chem Int Ed 61(5),
e202112616.
(2021)
Applications of the Horner-Wadsworth-Emmons olefination in modern natural product synthesis.
Synthesis 53(16),
2713-2739.
(Review)
(2021)
GNPS-guided discovery of xylacremolide C and D, evaluation of their putative biosynthetic origin and bioactivity studies of xylacremolide A and B.
RSC Adv 11(31),
18748-18756.
(2021)
The termite fungal cultivar Termitomyces combines diverse enzymes and oxidative reactions for plant biomass conversion.
mBio 12(3),
e0355120.
(2021)
The chemical ecology of the fungus-farming termite symbiosis.
Nat Prod Rep 39(2),
231-248.
(Review)
