(2019)
Noursamycins, chlorinated cyclohexapeptides identified from molecular networking of Streptomyces noursei NTR-SR4.
J Nat Prod 82(6),
1478-1486.

Kerstin Voigt
Jena Microbial Resource Collection · Head Molecular and Applied Microbiology National Reference Center for Invasive Fungal Infections +49 3641 532-1395 / +49 3641 949331 kerstin.voigt@leibniz-hki.deCurriculum vitae
Main Research Areas
- Infection biology of Lichtheimia corymbifera
- Influence of endosymbiotic bacteria on the natural product potential of Conidiobolus coronatus
- Evolution of the pathogenicity of zygomycetes
Professional Career
Since 2010 | Head of the Jena Microbial Resource Collection (JMRC), an incorporated institution of the HKI and the Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena (FSU Jena) based at the Leibniz-Institute for Natural Product Research and Infection Biology – Hans-Knöll-Institute |
2005-2010 | Academic Council (A13, Institute for Microbiology, FSU Jena), Head of the Pilz-Referenz-Zentrum at the University Jena |
1999-2005 | Assistant (C1), Institute for Microbiology, FSU Jena |
1998-1999 | Visiting scientist, USDA, ARS, NCAUR Peoria IL, USA, funded through a postdoc fellowship of the DFG |
1995-1998 | Head of the group plant pathology, FSU Jena |
2003 | Habilitation and venia legendi in microbiology, FSU Jena |
1995 | Dr. rer. nat. in microbiology, „summa cum laude“ FSU Jena and University of Surrey, Guildford, UK |
1992 | Diploma in molecular biology/biotechnology at the University Szeged/Ungarn |
Awards · Appointments · Scientific Activities
2013 | Editor, special edition: mycoses |
2012 | Editor, special edition: persoonia |
2011 | CBS-visiting tutor: CBS-biodiversity course, Centraalbureau voor Schimmelcultures (CBS Biodiversity Centre) Utrecht, Netherlands |
2011 | DAAD-visting tutor: Chinese Academy of Sciences, Mycological Key Laboratories, Herbarium and Mycological Centre, Beijing, China |
2011 | Travel grants from the DAAD for the participation in the Asian Mycological Congress AMC10 (Seoul/Incheon, South Korea) |
2011 | Award of the Korean Mycological Association for an excellent poster presentation |
2011 | Member of the editorial board, Frontiers in Evolutionary and Population Genetics and MycoKeys |
2010-2013 | Member of the faculty council of the faculty of biology and pharmacy, FSU Jena |
2010-2011 | EmbaRC/EU-visiting scientist: CABI Bioservices Centre U.K. Egham and Royal Botanic Gardens Kew, Mycology Section, Great Britain |
2010 | Co-editor, molecular identification of fungi, Springer-Verlag Heidelberg, Dordrecht, London, New York |
2010 | AUMC-visiting tutor: Assiut University Mycological Center, Egypt |
2009 | Travel grants from the DAAD for the participation in the Asian Mycological Congress AMC9 (Taichung, Taiwan) |
2009 | DAAD-visiting tutor: National University of Education Taipei, Taiwan |
2007-2010 | Member of the council for equal opportunities issues (Beirat für Gleichstellungsfragen) at the FSU Jena, equal opportunities officer at the faculty for biology and pharmacy, FSU Jena |
2007 | CBS-visiting tutor: CBS-Medical Mycology Course, Centraalbureau voor Schimmelcultures (CBS Biodiversity Centre) Utrecht, Netherlands |
2004 | Habilitation award from the FSU Jena |
2003-2005 | Member of the council of the FSU Jena |
2003 | Member of the editorial boards, Journal of Basic Microbiology |
2003 | Travel grants from the DFG for the participation in the XIV. Congress of European Mycologists |
1999 | Fellow at the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft within a postdoc programme |
1996 | Dissertation prize from the faculty of biology and pharmacy at the University Jena |
Publications
(2019)
Anaerobic fungal communities differ along the horse digestive tract.
Fungal Biol 123(3),
240-246.
(2019)
A revised species concept for opportunistic Mucor species reveals species-specific antifungal susceptibility profiles.
Antimicrob Agents Chemother 63(8),
e00653-19.
(2019)
A new species concept for the clinically relevant Mucor circinelloides complex.
Persoonia - Molecular Phylogeny and Evolution of Fungi 42,
67-97.
(2018)
Early diverging insect-pathogenic fungi of the order entomophthorales possess diverse and unique subtilisin-like serine proteases.
G3 (Bethesda) 8(10),
3311-3319.
(2018)
A new species of Mucor (Mucoromycotina, Mucorales) isolated from an enclave of upland Atlantic forest in the semi-arid region of Brazil.
Phytotaxa 351(1),
053-062.
(2018)
Formation of nudicaulins In Vivo and In Vitro and the biomimetic synthesis and bioactivity of O-methylated nudicaulin derivatives.
Molecules 23(12),
3357.
(2018)
Chemical composition and antimicrobial activity of essential oil from Pyrethrum pulchrum ledeb.
Mong J Chem 19(45),
38-43.
(2018)
Phylogenetic and phylogenomic definition of Rhizopus species.
G3 (Bethesda) 8(6),
2007-2018.
(2018)
Novel insight into the reaction of nitro, nitroso and hydroxylamino benzothiazinones and of benzoxacinones with Mycobacterium tuberculosis DprE1.
Sci Rep 8(1),
13473.