(2012)
Structural characterization of two lipopolysaccharide O-antigens produced by the endofungal bacterium Burkholderia sp. HKI-402 (B4).
Carbohydr Res 347(1),
95-98.
Curriculum vitae
Professional Career
| 2016 -today | Junior Group Leader |
| 2014 - 2016 | PostDoc (Feodor Lynen Research Fellowship) ETH Zurich (Jörn Piel) Research focus: Genomics of uncultured natural product producers, biosynthesis of ribosomally produced small molecules |
| 2011 - 2014 | PostDoc FSU Jena (Dirk Hoffmeister) Research focus: Polyketide and nonribosomal peptide biosynthesis in mushrooms. |
| 2006 - 2011 | PhD student HKI Jena (Christian Hertweck) Research focus: Genomics of natural product-producing bacterial endosymbionts of fungi. |
| 2001 - 2006 | Studies of Biochemistry FSU, Jena |
Publications
(2012)
Characterization of the Suillus grevillei quinone synthetase GreA supports a nonribosomal code for aromatic α-keto acids.
Chembiochem 13,
1798-1804.
(2011)
Characterization of Burkholderia rhizoxinica and B. endofungorum isolated from clinical specimens.
PLOS One 6(1),
e15731.
(2011)
Impact of endofungal bacteria on infection biology, food safety, and drug development.
PLOS Pathog 7(6),
e1002096.
(2011)
Endofungal bacterium controls its host by an hrp type III secretion system.
ISME J 5(2),
252-261.
(2011)
Complete genome sequence of Burkholderia rhizoxinica, an endosymbiont of Rhizopus microsporus.
J Bacteriol 193(3),
783-784.
(2011)
Evolution of an endofungal lifestyle: Deductions from the Burkholderia rhizoxinica genome.
BMC Genomics 12,
210.
(2010)
An unusual galactofuranose lipopolysaccharide that ensures the intracellular survival of toxin-producing bacteria in their fungal host.
Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 49(41),
7476-7480.
(2009)
Global distribution and evolution of a toxinogenic Burkholderia-Rhizopus symbiosis.
Appl Environ Microbiol 75(9),
2982-2986.
(2009)
Endofungal bacteria as producers of mycotoxins.
Trends Microbiol 17(12),
570-576.
