(2020)
S-adenosyl-L-methionin salvage impacts psilocybin formation in 'magic' mushrooms.
ChemBioChem 21(9),
1364-1371.
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)
Injury-triggered blueing reactions of Psilocybe "magic" mushrooms.
Angew Chem Int Ed 59(4),
1450-1454.
(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.
