(2018)
Chromatin mapping identifies BasR, a key regulator of bacteria-triggered production of fungal secondary metabolites.
eLife 7,
e40969.
Prof. Dr. Christian Hertweck
Biomolecular Chemistry · Head +49 3641 532-1101 christian.hertweck@leibniz-hki.deCurriculum vitae
Main Research Areas
- Investigation of biosynthetic pathways of the secondary metabolism of bacteria and fungi
- Use of enzymes and recombinant microorganisms for synthetic implementation
- Isolation and structural identification of natural products
- Molecular basis of fungus-bacteria-interactions
Professional Career
| 2008 | Rejection of professorship, Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zurich, Switzerland |
| 2008 – 2023 | Deputy Director at the Leibniz Institute for Natural Product Research and Infection Biology – Hans Knöll Institute (HKI) Jena, Germany |
| 2008 | Rejection of professorship, Technical University Munich, Germany |
| Since 2006 | Head of Department of Biomolecular Chemistry, HKI Jena |
| Since 2006 | Professor (W3) and chair of Natural Product Chemistry, Friedrich Schiller University Jena (FSU), Germany |
| 2006 | Habilitation (Venia legendi) in organic chemistry, FSU Jena |
| 2005 | Rejection of professorship (W3), Rheinische Friedrich Willhelms University of Bonn, Germany |
| 2005 | Acceptance of professorship (W3), FSU Jena |
| 2001– 2005 | Head of junior research group, HKI Jena |
| 1999 – 2000 | Research assistant, University of Washington, Seattle, USA, funded through a Feodor Lynen fellowship for postdocs (Alexander von Humboldt Foundation) |
| 1996 – 1999 | PhD, Friedrich Willhelms University Bonn and Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology, Jena, funded through a Max Planck doctoral fellowship |
| 1996 | Diploma in chemistry at the Friedrich Willhelms University Bonn, Germany |
Awards · Appointments · Scientific Activities
| 2015 | Member of the National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina |
| 2015 | Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Award |
| 2015 | David Gottlieb Memorial Lecture Award, University of Illinois |
| 2014 | Wilhelm Manchot-Research Professor |
| Since 2013 | Member of the editorial board Bioorganic Chemistry |
| Since 2012 | Editor, Chemistry & Biology |
| Since 2012 | Member of the faculty of 1000 |
| Since 2011 | Member of the editorial board, Organic and Biomolecular Chemistry |
| Since 2011 | Member of the editorial board, Journal of Antibiotics |
| 2011 | NPR lecture award |
| Since 2010 | Member of the editorial board, ChemBioChem |
| 2009 – 2012 | Member of the editorial board, Chemistry & Biology |
| 2006 | Research prize of the Dr. Otto Röhm-Memorial-Foundation |
| Since 2005 | Member of the Association for General and Applied Microbiology (VAAM) |
| 2005 | DECHEMA award for natural product research |
| 2005 | Science award for life sciences and physics from the Beutenberg Campus Jena e.V. |
| 2005 | Thuringian research award (category: basic research) |
| Since 2003 | Member of the programme committee, Natural Product Meeting, Irsee |
| Since 2002 | Member of the DECHEMA Society for Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology |
| Since 2001 | Member of the Gesellschaft Deutscher Chemiker (GDCh) |
Publications
(2018)
An antifungal polyketide associated with horizontally acquired genes supports symbiont-mediated defense in Lagria villosa beetles.
Nat Commun 9(1),
2478.
(2018)
A giant type I polyketide synthase participates in zygospore maturation in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii.
Plant J 95(2),
268-281.
(2018)
Chemical warfare between leafcutter ant symbionts and a co-evolved pathogen.
Nat Commun 9(1),
2208.
(2018)
Gramibactin is a bacterial siderophore with a diazeniumdiolate ligand system.
Nat Chem Biol 14(9),
841-843.
(2018)
Metal-free synthesis of pharmaceutically important biaryls by photosplicing.
Angew Chem Int Ed 57(44),
14476-14481.
(2018)
Enzymatic thioamide tormation in a bacterial antimetabolite pathway.
Angew Chem Int Ed 57(36),
11574-11578.
(2018)
Publisher Correction: Detection of antibiotics synthetized in microfluidic picolitre-droplets by various actinobacteria.
Sci Rep 8(1),
15859.
(2018)
Genomics-driven discovery of a symbiont-specific cyclopeptide from bacteria residing in the rice seedling blight fungus.
ChemBioChem 19(20),
2167-2172.
(2018)
Genomics-driven discovery of a linear lipopeptide promoting host colonization by endofungal bacteria.
Org Biomol Chem 16(37),
8345-8352.
