(2020)
Injury-triggered blueing reactions of Psilocybe "magic" mushrooms.
Angew Chem Int Ed 59(4),
1450-1454.
Curriculum vitae
Main Research Areas
- Biochemical and genetic basis of natural product biosynthesis of basal fungi (early-diverging fungi, especially mucoromycetes und zoopagomycetes)
- pharmaceutical application and ecological significance of fungal natural products
- alternative, non-canonical strategies of fungal natural product biosynthesis
Professional Career
| since 2024 | Habilitated lecturer („Privatdozent“) at the Institute for Pharmacy, Friedrich-Schiller-University, Jena, Germany |
| 2017-2024 | State doctorate (Habilitation) in pharmaceutical microbiology at the Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena, Germany |
| 2015-2017 | Postdoctoral, Institute Pasteur, Paris, France |
| 2009-2015 | Doctoral thesis (Dr. rer. nat.) in biochemistry at the Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena and the Hans-Knöll-Institute, Jena, Germany |
| 2003-2009 | Diploma in biochemistry/molecular biology at the Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena, Germany |
Publications
(2020)
The Laetiporus polyketide synthase LpaA produces a series of antifungal polyenes.
J Antibiot 73(10),
711-720.
(2020)
Secretion of iron(III)-reducing metabolites during protein acquisition by the ectomycorrhizal fungus Paxillus involutus.
Microorganisms 9(1),
35.
(2020)
Bacterial-like nonribosomal peptide synthetases produce cyclopeptides in the zygomycetous fungus Mortierella alpina.
Appl Env Microbiol 87(3),
e02051-20.
(2019)
Fungal biosurfactants from Mortierella alpina.
Org Lett 21(5),
1444-1448.
(2019)
Diversity and bioactivity of Armillaria sesquiterpene aryl ester natural products.
Mycol Prog 18(8),
1027-1037.
(2019)
Melleolides impact fungal translation via elongation factor 2.
Org Biomol Chem 17(19),
4906-4916.
(2016)
A non-canonical melanin biosynthesis pathway protects Aspergillus terreus conidia from environmental stress.
Cell Chem Biol 23(5),
587-597.
(2015)
A new high-performance heterologous fungal expression system based on regulatory elements from the Aspergillus terreus terrein gene cluster.
Front Microbiol 6,
184.
(2015)
Phytotoxin production in Aspergillus terreus is regulated by independent environmental signals.
eLife 4,
e07861.
