(2016)
Description of Backusella constricta sp. nov. (Mucorales, ex Zygomycota) from the Brazilian Atlantic Rainforest, including a key to species of Backusella.
Phytotaxa 289(1),
59-68.
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
(2016)
Chemical composition and antimicrobial activitiy of Populus nigra shoot resin.
Nat Prod Commun 11(7),
989-992.
(2016)
15 Genetic and metabolic aspects of primary and secondary metabolism of the Zygomycetes
In: Hoffmeister D. (eds) Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (ed.) The Mycota Vol. III: 3rd edition. III, pp. 361-385. Springer Verlag, Berlin, Heidelberg, New York.
(Review)
(2015)
Fungal diversity notes 111–252 - taxonomic and phylogenetic contributions to fungal taxa
Fungal Diversity 75 ,
27-274.
(2015)
Name changes in medically important fungi and their implications for clinical practice.
J Clin Microbiol 53(4),
1056-1062.
(2015)
Rumen fungi
In: Puniya AK, Singh R, Kamra DN (eds.) Rumen Microbiology: From Evolution to Revolution Chapter 7, pp. 97-112. Springer New Dehli, New Delhi, Heidelberg, New York, Dordrecht, London.
ISBN: 978-81-322-2400.
(2015)
Adaptation to thermotolerance in Rhizopus coincides with virulence as revealed by avian and invertebrate infection models, phylogeny, physiological and metabolic flexibility.
Virulence 6(4),
395-403.
(2015)
Quantitative assessment of the degree of lipid unsaturation in intact Mortierella by Raman microspectroscopy.
Anal Bioanal Chem 407(12),
3303-3311.
(2014)
The zygomycetous Fungi: The phylum Entomophthoromycota and the subphyla Kickxellomycotina, Mortierellomycotina, Mucoromycotina, and Zoopagomycotina.
In: McLaughlin DJ, Blackwell M, Spatafora JW (eds.) The Mycota Vol. VIIA: Systematics of fungi. 2nd edtion. pp. 209-250. Springer Verlag, Berlin, Heidelberg, New York.
(2014)
Zygomycetes: an emerging problem in the clinical laboratory.
Mycoses 57(Suppl. 3),
1.
