(2016)
Gibepyrone Biosynthesis in the Rice Pathogen Fusarium fujikuroi Is Facilitated by a Small Polyketide Synthase Gene Cluster.
J Biol Chem 291(53),
27403-27420.

Dr. Slavica Janevska
(Epi-)Genetic Regulation of Fungal Virulence · Head Biobricks of Microbial Natural Product Syntheses +49 3641 532-1188 slavica.janevska@leibniz-hki.deCurriculum vitae
Professional Career
2023 | Junior research group leader, Leibniz Institute for Natural Product Research and Infection Biology - Hans Knöll Institute - (Leibniz-HKI), Jena |
2022 | Postdoc, junior research group Biobricks of Microbial Natural Product Syntheses (Dr. Vito Valiante), Leibniz-HKI, Jena |
2019-2022 | Visiting researcher (fellowships from the German Research Foundation and the Foundation van Wijck-Stam-Caspersfonds), Dept. Molecular Plant Pathology (Prof. Martijn Rep), University of Amsterdam, Netherlands |
'The role of histone modifications in Fusarium oxysporum pathogenicity' | |
2018-2019 | Postdoc, junior research group Biobricks of Microbial Natural Product Syntheses (Dr. Vito Valiante), Leibniz-HKI, Jena |
2017 | Postdoc, Dept. Molecular Biotechnology of Fungi (Prof. Bettina Tudzynski), Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster (WWU Münster) |
2014-2017 | PhD with honors (summa cum laude), Dept. Molecular Biotechnology of Fungi (Prof. Bettina Tudzynski), WWU Münster |
Dissertation ‘Exploring the biosynthesis and regulation of novel secondary metabolite gene clusters in Fusarium fujikuroi via a combination of bioinformatic, molecular and chemical approaches’ | |
2011-2014 | Master of Science in Biotechnology, WWU Münster |
2012 | International research stay, University of Bristol, UK |
2008-2011 | Bachelor of Science in Biosciences, WWU Münster |
2008 | Abitur (A-levels), Heinrich-Heine-Gymnasium Oberhausen |
Publications
(2016)
Lack of the COMPASS Component Ccl1 Reduces H3K4 Trimethylation Levels and Affects Transcription of Secondary Metabolite Genes in Two Plant-Pathogenic Fusarium Species.
Front Microbiol 7,
2144.
(2016)
Two separate key enzymes and two pathway-specific transcription factors are involved in fusaric acid biosynthesis in Fusarium fujikuroi.
Environ Microbiol 18(3),
936-956.
(2015)
The global regulator FfSge1 is required for expression of secondary metabolite gene clusters but not for pathogenicity in Fusarium fujikuroi.
Environ Microbiol 17(8),
2690-2708.
(2014)
Apicidin F: characterization and genetic manipulation of a new secondary metabolite gene cluster in the rice pathogen Fusarium fujikuroi.
PLOS One 9(7),
e103336.