(2025)
Dual-use virulence factors of the opportunistic pathogen Chromobacterium haemolyticum mediate haemolysis and colonization.
bioRxiv
[Preprint]
Curriculum vitae
Professional Career
Since 2017 | Research assistant, Leibniz-HKI Jena, Germany, funded through a Marie Sklodowska-Curie-Postdoctoral Fellowship 2018/2019 (European Union Horizon 2020 Research and Innovation Program) |
2015 | Research assistant, University of Konstanz, Germany, funded through a Stipend for Returning German Scientists (DAAD Bonn) |
2015 | Research assistant, Cawthron Institut Nelson, New Zealand |
2011 - 2015 | Ph.D., Victoria University of Wellington and Cawthron Institut Nelson, New Zealand, funded through a Ph.D. Scholarship (Victoria University of Wellington) |
2009 - 2011 | MSc in Biological Sciences, University of Waikato, Hamilton, New Zealand, funded through an MSc Study Award (University of Waikato) |
Awards · Appointments · Scientific Activities
2023 | Network Fund (Collaborative Research Center ChemBioSys Jena) |
2021 | Medac Research Prize (medac GmbH and Leibniz-HKI) |
2020 | Drug of the Year Award (Leibniz Foundation) |
2019 | Medac Research Prize (medac GmbH and Leibniz-HKI) |
2018-2020 | Marie Sklodowska-Curie-Postdoctoral Fellowship (European Union Horizon 2020 Research and Innovation Program) |
2015 | Stipend for Returning German Scientists (DAAD Bonn) |
2015 | Best Student Publication Award, Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand |
2014 | Best Student Talk, New Zealand Marine Science Annual Conference, Nelson, New Zealand |
Publications
(2024)
A catch-release strategy for the genomics-driven discovery of antiproliferative furan-functionalized peptides.
Angew Chem Int Ed ,
e202421760.
(2024)
Inducing novel endosymbioses by implanting bacteria in fungi.
Nature 635(8038),
415-422.
(2024)
Deazaflavin metabolite produced by endosymbiotic bacteria controls fungal host reproduction.
ISME J 18(1),
wrae074.
(2023)
Transcription activator-like effectors from endosymbiotic bacteria control the reproduction of their fungal host.
mBio 14(6),
e0182423.
(2023)
Transcription activator-like effector protects bacterial endosymbionts from entrapment within fungal hyphae.
Curr Biol 33(13),
2646-2656.e4..
(2022)
Diversification by CofC and control by CofD govern biosynthesis and evolution of coenzyme F420 and its derivative 3PG-F420.
mBio 13(1),
e03501-21.
(2022)
Toxin-producing endosymbionts shield pathogenic fungus against micropredators.
mBio 13(5),
e0144022.
(2021)
Bacterial endosymbionts protect beneficial soil fungus from nematode attack.
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 118(37),
e2110669118.
(2019)
Metabolic pathway rerouting in Paraburkholderia rhizoxinica evolved long-overlooked derivatives of coenzyme F420.
ACS Chem Biol 14(9),
2088-2094.