(2015)
Neutrophil activation by Candida glabrata but not Candida albicans promotes fungal uptake by monocytes.
Cell Microbiol 17(9),
1259-1276.
Curriculum vitae
Main Research Areas
- Host-pathogen interaction on human pathogenic fungi
- Automated processing of microscopic images
- Spatiotemporal computer simulations of agent-based infection models
Professional Career
| since 2021 | Professor (W3) for Applied Systems Biology, Friedrich Schiller University Jena |
| since 2011 | Head of Research Group Applied Systems Biology, Leibniz-HKI |
| 2011-2021 | Professor (W2) for Applied Systems Biology, Friedrich Schiller University Jena |
| 2005-2010 | Junior Fellow in Theoretical Immunology at the Frankfurt Institute for Advanced Studies (FIAS) of the Goethe University Frankfurt |
| 2001-2005 | Research assistant in Computer Physics at the University Groningen (NL) |
| 2000 | Dr. rer. nat. in Physics at the University Groningen (NL) |
| 1995 | Diploma in Physics at the University Dortmund |
Awards · Appointments · Scientific Activities
Awards
| 2011 - 2017 | Adjunct Fellow at Frankfurt Institute for Advanced Studies (FIAS) |
Scientific Activities and Functions
| since 2021 | Deputy Coordinator of the Jena School for Microbial Communication |
| since 2019 | Coordinator of Research Area C – Data Synopsis in the Excellence Cluster “Balance of the Microverse” |
| Member of the Management Board of the Microverse Imaging Center in the Excellence Cluster “Balance of the Microverse” | |
| since 2019 | Speaker of Leibniz ScienceCampus “InfectoOptics” |
| since 2019 | Editor: Scientific Reports |
| since 2017 | Ombudsperson at the Leibniz Institute for Natural Product Research and Infection Biology |
| since 2017 | PI and member of the DFG-Collaborative Research Center 1278 PolyTarget |
| since 2017 | Editor: Cytometry A |
| since 2015 | Member: Jena Center for Soft Matter |
| since 2015 | Member: Michael Stifel Center for Data-Driven and Simulation Science |
| since 2014 | PI and member of the DFG-Collaborative Research Center 124 FungiNet |
| since 2014 | Editor: Computational and Mathematical Models in Medicine |
| since 2012 | Organizer: Biennial international symposium on “Image-based Systems Biology” (IbSB) |
| since 2011 | Organizer: Biennial international symposium on “Systems Biology of Microbial Infection” (SBMI) |
| since 2011 | Member: International Leibniz Research School for Microbial and Biomolecular Interactions |
| since 2011 | Member: Jena School for Microbial Communication |
Publications
(2015)
Image-based Systems Biology: what you get is more than you can see.
G.I.T. Laboratory Journal Europe 19,
13-15.
(2015)
Image-based Systems Biology.
Cytometry A 87(6),
459-461.
(2015)
A second stimulus required for enhanced antifungal activity of human neutrophils in blood is provided by anaphylatoxin C5a.
The Journal of Immunology 194(3),
1199-1210.
(2015)
Automated quantification of the phagocytosis of Aspergillus fumigatus conidia by a novel image analysis algorithm.
Frontiers in Microbiology 6(549),
*authors contributed equally.
(2015)
Bottom-up modeling approach for the quantitative estimation of parameters in pathogen-host interactions.
Frontiers in Microbiology 6(608),
*authors contributed equally.
(2015)
Enhanced and homogeneous oxygen availability during incubation of microfluidic droplets.
RSC Advances 5,
101871-101878.
(2015)
Identification of the antiphagocytic trypacidin gene cluster in the human-pathogenic fungus Aspergillus fumigatus.
Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology 99(23),
10151-10161.
(2015)
Image-based Systems Biology of Infection.
Cytometry A 87(6),
462-470.
(2015)
Quantitative image analysis of cell colocalization in murine bone marrow.
Cytometry A 87(6),
503-512, *authors contributed equally.
