(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.
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
(2014)
Zygomycetes: an emerging problem in the clinical laboratory.
Mycoses 57(Suppl. 3),
1.
(2014)
Diagnosis of gastrointestinal basidiobolomycosis: a mini-review.
Mycoses 57(Suppl. 3),
138-143.
(2014)
Virulent strain of Lichtheimia corymbifera shows increased phagocytosis by macrophages as revealed by automated microscopy image analysis.
Mycoses 57(Suppl. 3),
56-66, */⁺authors contributed equally.
(2014)
De Novo Whole-Genome Sequence and Genome Annotation of Lichtheimia ramosa.
Genome Announc 2(5),
e00888-14.
(2014)
Human Fungal Pathogens of Mucorales and Entomophthorales.
Cold Spring Harb Perspect Med 5(4),
Chapter 27.
(2014)
Interaction of Zygomycetes with innate immune cells reconsidered with respect to ecology, morphology, evolution and infection biology: a mini-review.
Mycoses 57(Suppl. 3),
31-39.
(2014)
Finding needles in haystacks: linking scientific names, reference specimens and molecular data for Fungi.
Database (Oxford) ,
1-21.
(2014)
The pathogenic potential of the Lichtheimia genus revisited: Lichtheimia brasiliensis is a novel, non-pathogenic species.
Mycoses 57(Suppl. 3),
128-131.
(2014)
Gene expansion shapes genome architecture in the human pathogen Lichtheimia corymbifera: an evolutionary genomics analysis in the ancient terrestrial Mucorales (Mucoromycotina).
PLOS Genetics 10(8),
e1004496.
