Miriam Agler-Rosenbaum

Prof. Dr. Miriam Agler-Rosenbaum

Bio Pilot Plant · Head of Department +49 3641 532-1120 miriam.rosenbaum@leibniz-hki.de

Curriculum vitae

Main Research Areas
  • Bioelectrochemical Systems
  • Defined Microbial Mixed Cultures
  • Droplet Microfluidics for Microbial Applications
Professional Career
Since 2017 Chair of Synthetic Biotechnology at Friedrich Schiller University Jena and Head of Bio Pilot Plant, Leibniz Institute for Natural Product Research and Infection Biology, (HKI) Jena
2011-2017 Junior professor in the field of Microbiology of Defined Mixed Cultures, Institute of Applied Microbiology, RWTH Aachen University, Germany
2009-2011 Research Associate/Sub-Group Leader Department of Biological and Environmental Engineering, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, USA 
2007-2008 Post-Doc, Washington University in St. Louis, USA
2004-2006 PhD Studies, University of Greifswald, Germany
1999-2004 Diploma Studies in Biochemistry University of Greifswald
Awards · Appointments · Scientific Activities
Since 2021 Ombudsperson at the HKI
2019 ERC Consolidator Grant “e-Microbe“
2017 f-Cell Award for innovative fuel cell technology for the BMBF-funded project TexKoMBZ
Since 2014 Representative of the International Society for Microbial Electrochemistry and Technology, ISMET
2004-2006 Fellowship of the Fond der Chemischen Industrie

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.
Harnisch F, Deutzmann JS, Boto ST, Rosenbaum MA (2024) Microbial electrosynthesis: opportunities for microbial pure cultures. Trends Biotechnol 42(8), 1035-1047. (Review)
Mahmoud Mohamed MM, Yang Z, Lum KY, Peschel G, Rosenbaum MA, Weber T, Coriani S, Gotfredsen CH, Ding L (2024) Genome-driven discovery of hygrocins in Streptomyces rapamycinicus. J Nat Prod 87(5), 1321-1329.
Man DKW, Hermans SM, Taubert M, Garcia SL, Hengoju S, Küsel K, Rosenbaum MA (2024) Enrichment of different taxa of the enigmatic candidate phyla radiation bacteria using a novel picolitre droplet technique. ISME Commun 4(1), ycae080.
Rosenbaum MA, Graf M (2024) Microfluidics: taking experimentation to the scale and diversity of microorganism. International Microbiology Literacy Initiative (Review)
Samimi A, Hengoju S, Rosenbaum MA (2024) Combinatorial sample preparation platform for droplet-based applications in microbiology. Sens Actuators B Chem 417,
Schlembach I, Bardl B, Regestein L, Rosenbaum MA (2024) Nonengineered fungus provides a shortcut from cellulose to bulk Erythro-isocitric acid. ACS Sustainable Chem Eng 12(9), 3408-3418.
Yang Z, Qiao Y, Strøbech E, Morth JP, Walther G, Jørgensen TS, Lum KY, Peschel G, Rosenbaum MA, Previtali V, Clausen MH, Lukassen MV, Gotfredsen CH, Kurzai O, Weber T, Ding L (2024) Alligamycin A, an antifungal β-lactone spiroketal macrolide from Streptomyces iranensis. Nat Commun 15(1), 9259.
Boto ST, Bardl B, Harnisch F, Rosenbaum MA (2023) Microbial electrosynthesis with Clostridium ljungdahlii benefits from hydrogen electron mediation and permits a greater variety of products. Green Chem 25(11), 4375-4386.
Franco A, Chukwubuikem A, Meiners C, Rosenbaum MA (2023) Exploring phenazine electron transfer interaction with elements of the respiratory pathways of Pseudomonas putida and Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Bioelectrochemistry 157, 108636.