Fame and Honor for MPM
| by Steffi Feller
The pharmaceutical company medac GmbH once again honored groundbreaking research work this year. The medac research award recognizes the successful collaboration of researchers beyond their own group.
We are immensely proud that the award was presented this year for three outstanding publications from our department.
These award-winning papers reflect excellent research work in particular and document the collaboration between several departments or groups at the institute.
Müller R*, König A*, Groth S, Zarnowski R, Visser C, Handrianz T, Maufrais C, Krüger T, Himmel M, Lee S, Priest EL, Yildirim D, Richardson JP, Blango MG, Bougnoux ME, Kniemeyer O, d'Enfert C, Brakhage AA, Andes DR, Trümper V, Nehls C, Kasper L, Mogavero S, Gutsmann T, Naglik JR, Allert S#, Hube B#(2024) Secretion of the fungal toxin candidalysin is dependent on conserved precursor peptide sequences. Nature Microbiology 9(3), 669-683. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41564-024-01606-z
Schaefer S*, Vij R, Sprague JL, Austermeier S, Dinh H, Judzewitsch PR, Müller-Loennies S, Lopes Silva T, Seemann E, Qualmann B, Hertweck C, Scherlach K, Gutsmann T, Cain AK, Corrigan N, Gresnigt MS, Boyer C#, Lenardon MD#, Brunke S# (2024) A synthetic peptide mimic kills Candida albicans and synergistically prevents infection. Nature Communications 15(1), 6818. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-024-50491-x
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. Biomaterials307, 122525. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biomaterials.2024.122525
Congratulations to Annika, Bernhard, Deniz, Jakob, Katja, Lydia, Max, Raghav, Raquel, Rita, Sascha, Sebastian, Selene, Stefanie, Sophie and Verena!