(2012)
Sesquiterpene aryl ester natural products in North American Armillaria species
Mycol Progress 11,
7-15.
Dirk Hoffmeister
Pharmaceutical Microbiology · Head +49 3641 9-49850 dirk.hoffmeister@leibniz-hki.deCurriculum vitae
Main Research Areas
- Biochemical and genetic basis of fungal natural product biosyntheses
- Natural products of basidiomycetes and Ralstonia solanacearum
- Microbial nonribosomal peptide synthetases
Professional Career
2014- | Full Professor for Pharmaceutical Microbiology, FSU Jena and HKI Jena |
2009-2014 | Associate Professor for Pharmaceutical Biology, FSU Jena and head of the associated department Pharmaceutical Biology at the HKI Jena |
2007-2009 | Assistant Professor (tenure track) University of Minnesota, Saint Paul, MN, USA |
2008 | Habilitation in Pharmaceutical Biology and Biotechnology, Albert-Ludwigs-University Freiburg |
2004-2007 | Junior Group Leader, Institute for Pharmacy, Albert-Ludwigs-University, Freiburg |
2002-2004 | Postdoc, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, USA (DFG-fellowship) |
2002 | Dr. rer. nat., Faculty of Chemistry and Pharmacy, Albert-Ludwigs-University, Freiburg |
1998 | Diploma in biology at the Eberhard-Karls-University, Tübingen |
Awards · Appointments · Scientific Activities
Since 2020 | Head of the Institute for Pharmacy, FSU Jena |
2016-2019 | Dean for Study Affairs in the Faculty of Biology and Pharmacy, FSU Jena |
2013-2016 | Scientific advisory board, Vereinigung für Allgemeine und Angewandte Mikrobiologie (VAAM). |
Publications
(2012)
Characterization of the Suillus grevillei quinone synthetase GreA supports a nonribosomal code for aromatic α-keto acids.
Chembiochem 13,
1798-1804.
(2011)
Secrets of the subterranean pathosystem of Armillaria.
Mol Plant Pathol 12,
515-534.
(2011)
In vitro cytotoxicity of melleolide antibiotics: structural and mechanistic aspects.
Bioorg Med Chem Lett 21,
2003-2006.
(2011)
The plant cell wall-decomposing machinery underlies the functional diversity of forest fungi.
Science 333,
762-765.
(2011)
Biosynthesis of a complex yersiniabactin-like natural product via the mic locus in phytopathogen Ralstonia solanacearum.
Appl Environ Microbiol 77,
6117-6124.
(2011)
Characterisation of the ArmA adenylation domain implies a more diverse secondary metabolism in the genus Armillaria.
Fungal Biol 115,
775-781.
(2011)
Ralfuranone biosynthesis in Ralstonia solanacearum suggests functional divergence in the quinone synthetase family of enzymes.
Chem Biol 18,
354-360.
(2009)
The global virulence regulators VsrAD and PhcA control secondary metabolism in the plant pathogen Ralstonia solanacearum.
Chembiochem 10,
2730-2732.
(2008)
Processing sites involved in intron splicing of Armillaria natural product genes.
Mycol Res 112,
216-224.