Prof. Dr. Peter F. Zipfel

Infection Biology · Head International Leibniz Research School · Speaker +49 3641 532-1301 peter.zipfel@leibniz-hki.de

Curriculum vitae

Main Research Areas

Immune escape of human pathogenic micro-organisms
Infection-associated function of the complement system
Genetic susceptibility for infections

Professional Career

Since 2000	Professor for infection biology, Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena (FSU Jena)
Since 2000	Head of the department infection biology, Leibniz-Institute for Natural Product Research and Infection Biology – Hans-Knöll-Institute Jena
1999	Nontenured professor, University Hamburg
1993	Habilitation in immunology and molecular biology, University Hamburg
1989-2000	Group head at the Bernhard-Nocht-Institute for tropical medicine Hamburg
1989	Visiting associate, Laboratory of Immunoregulation, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, USA
1985-1988	Postdoc, Laboratory of Immunoregulation, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, USA, funded by the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD)
1984	PhD as Dr. rer. nat., University Bremen
1980-1985	Research assistant, University Bremen
1980	Diploma in biology, University Bremen

Awards · Appointments · Scientific Activities

Since 2009	Member at the editorial board of molecular immunology, frontiers in innate immunity
2009	Excellence award from the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Hygiene und Mikrobiologie
Since 2008	Representative of the graduate school International Leibniz Research School for Microbial and Biomolecular Interactions (ILRS)
2008	EFIS lecture award of the European Federation of Immunological Societies
Since 2007	Principal investigator of the excellence graduate school Jena School for Microbial Communication (JSMC)
2007	Heinz Spitzbart award of the European Society for Infectious Diseases in Obstetrics and Gynaecology (ESIDOG)
Since 2006	Principal investigator of the graduate school International Leibniz Research School for Microbial and Biomolecular Interactions (ILRS)
2007-2011	President of the European Complement Network
2005 – 2012	Board member of the European Complement Network
2004	Thuringian research award
Since 2002	Deputy Director of the Leibniz-Institute for Natural Product Research and Infection Biology – Hans-Knöll-Institute Jena
Since 2000	Project leader for infection biology, L2
1999-2001	Member at the editorial board of experimental and clinical immunology, thrombosis and haemostasis, section editor molecular immunology Member of the European Working Party on the Genetics of Complement mediated Kidney Diseases, Deutsche Gesellschaft für Hygiene und Mikrobiologie (DGHM), Deutsche Gesellschaft für Immunologie, Gesellschaft für Genetik, Gesellschaft für Nephrologie

Publications

Brakhage AA, Bruns S, Thywissen A, Zipfel PF, Behnsen J (2010) Interaction of phagocytes with filamentous fungi. Curr Opin Microbiol 13(4), 409-415.

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Reuter M, Caswell CC, Lukomski S, Zipfel PF (2010) Binding of the human complement regulators CFHR1 and factor H by streptococcal collagen-like protein 1 (Scl1) via their conserved C termini allows control of the complement cascade at multiple levels. J Biol Chem 285(49), 38473-38485.

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Siegel C, Hallström T, Skerka C, Eberhardt H, Uzonyi B, Beckhaus T, Karas M, Wallich R, Stevenson B, Zipfel PF, Kraiczy P (2010) Complement factor H-related proteins CFHR2 and CFHR5 represent novel ligands for the infection-associated CRASP proteins of Borrelia burgdorferi. PLOS One 5(10), e13519.

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Gropp K, Schild L, Schindler S, Hube B, Zipfel PF, Skerka C (2009) The yeast Candida albicans evades human complement attack by secretion of aspartic proteases. Mol Immunol 47(2-3), 465-475.

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Franke K, Nguyen M, Härtl A, Dahse HM, Vogl G, Würzner R, Zipfel PF, Künkel W, Eck R (2006) The vesicle transport protein Vac1p is required for virulence of Candida albicans. Microbiology 152(Pt 10), 3111-3121.

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Hellwage J, Eberle F, Babuke T, Seeberger H, Richter H, Kunert A, Härtl A, Zipfel PF, Jokiranta TS, Józsi M (2006) Two factor H-related proteins from the mouse: expression analysis and functional characterization. Immunogenetics 58(11), 883-893.

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Günther J, Nguyen M, Härtl A, Künkel W, Zipfel PF, Eck R (2005) Generation and functional in vivo characterization of a lipid kinase defective phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase Vps34p of Candida albicans. Microbiology 151(Pt 1), 81-89.

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Poltermann S, Nguyen M, Günther J, Wendland J, Härtl A, Künkel W, Zipfel PF, Eck R (2005) The putative vacuolar ATPase subunit Vma7p of Candida albicans is involved in vacuole acidification, hyphal development and virulence. Microbiology 151(Pt 5), 1645-1655.

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