(2015)
Detection of marine microalgal biotoxins using bioassays based on functional expression of tunicate xenobiotic receptors in yeast.
Toxicon 95,
13-22.
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
(2015)
Tunicate pregnane X receptor (PXR) orthologs: transcript characterization and natural variation.
Mar Genomics 23,
99-9108.
(2014)
Marine invertebrate xenobiotic-activated nuclear receptors: their application as sensor elements in high-throughput bioassays for marine bioactive compounds.
Mar Drugs 12(11),
5590-5618.
(2014)
Influence of soil properties on archaeal diversity and distribution in the McMurdo Dry Valleys, Antarctica.
FEMS Microbiol Ecol 89(2),
347-359.
(2007)
A binuclear manganese cluster that catalyzes radical-mediated N-oxygenation.
Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 46(45),
8605-8608.
