(2018)
The chemoattractant glorin is inactivated by ester cleavage during multicellular development of the social amoeba Polysphondylium pallidum.
ACS Chem Biol 13(6),
1506-1513.
Prof. Dr. Pierre Stallforth
Paleobiotechnology · Head +49 3641 532-1527 pierre.stallforth@leibniz-hki.deCurriculum vitae
Main Research Areas
- Natural products from prehistoric samples
- Natural products from microbial interactions (microbial predator-prey associations, amoebae-bacteria interactions)
- Structure elucidation and biosynthetic studies
Professional Career
| since 2022 | Deputy Director, Leibniz Institute for Natural Product Research and Infection Biology – Hans Knöll Institute (Leibniz-HKI) Jena |
| since 2021 | Professor for Bioorganic Chemistry and Paleobiotechnology, Friedrich Schiller University Jena |
| since 2020 | Head of the Department Paleobiotechnology, Leibniz Institute for Natural Product Research and Infection Biology, (Hans-Knöll-Institute), Jena |
| 2019-2020 | Interim Professorship Organic Chemistry University of Hamburg |
| 2013-2019 | Junior research group leader, Leibniz Institute for Natural Product Research and Infection Biology, (Hans-Knöll-Institute), Jena |
| 2011-2013 | Postdoc, Harvard Medical School, Dept. of Biological Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, Boston, Supervisor: Prof. Jon Clardy |
| 2006-2010 | Graduate studies (Dr. sc. ETH Zurich), ETH Zurich and Max Planck Institute, colloids and interfaces, biomolecular systems, Berlin supervisors: Prof. Peter H. Seeberger “synthesis of bacterial carbohydrates and glycolipids for application in novel vaccine srategies” |
| 2002-2006 | MSc studies chemistry, St Edmund Hall, University of Oxford (1st class, being placed 2nd out of 150 students) Master thesis, University of Oxford “dynamics of a quantum dot in a magnetic field” (1st class) |
| 2002 | Abitur (A-levels) at the Paul-Klee-Gymnasium Gersthofen, Germany |
Awards · Appointments · Scientific Activities
| 2024 | Medac Research Award 2023 |
| 2020 | Academy of Sciences Göttingen, Academy Prize for Chemistry |
| 2019 | DECHEMA Research Award Natural Product Research |
| 2018 | Medac Research Award |
| 2018 | Best Talk Prize, Bioorganic Symposium, Bochum 2018 |
| 2018 | Max Buchner Stipend, DECHEMA |
| 2017 | Prize for the Best Talk (2017 Dicty Meeting) |
| 2016 | Medac Research Award |
| 2014 | Fellowship of the Daimler and Benz Foundation |
| 2012 | Feodor Lynen-postdoc fellowship (Humboldt Foundation) |
| 2011 | Swiss National Fund Postdoc fellowship |
| 2007 | PhD fellowship, Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes (German Academic Merit Foundation) |
| 2005 | Gibbs prize for excellence in the final examination |
| 2005-2007 | Fellowship of the Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes |
| 2003 and 2004 | Turbutt prize for excellence in practical organic chemistry |
| 2003-2006 | University of Oxford, open scholarship |
| 2002 | Prize for the best Abitur (A-levels) at the Paul-Klee-Gymnaisum |
Publications
(2018)
The role of bacterial natural products in predator defense.
Synlett 29(5),
537-541.
(Review)
(2018)
Bacterial alkaloid biosynthesis: Structural diversity via a minimalistic nonribosomal peptide synthetase.
Cell Chem Biol 25(6),
659-665.
(2017)
Rationalizing the right ratios.
Cell Chem Biol 24(5),
539-541.
(Review)
(2017)
Versatile synthesis of the signaling peptide glorin.
Beilstein J Org Chem 13,
247-250.
(2017)
Lysinibacillus fusiformis M5 induces increased complexity in Bacillus subtilis 168 colony biofilms via hypoxanthine.
J Bacteriol 199(22),
e00204-e00217.
(2017)
Structure, Biosynthesis, and Biological Activity of the Cyclic Lipopeptide Anikasin.
ACS Chem Biol 12(10),
2498-2502.
(2016)
Cutting edge chemical biology: Report from the 2016 International Symposium on Chemical Biology, January 13-15, Geneva, Switzerland.
ACS Chem Biol 11(4),
816-820.
(Review)
(2016)
Bacterial alkaloids prevent amoebal predation.
Angew Chem Int Ed 55(31),
8944-8947.
(2015)
Three redundant synthetases secure redox-active pigment production in the basidiomycete Paxillus involutus.
Chem Biol 22,
1325-1334.
