National and International Contacts
Prof. Luciano F. Huergo
Contact
Universidade Federal do Paraná
Setor Litoral
Rua Jaguariaíva, 512
Caiobá - Matinhos - Paraná - Brazil
CEP: 83260-000
Phone +55 41 96765856
luciano.huergo @gmail.com
http://buscatextual.cnpq.br/buscatextual/visualizacv.do?id=K4760025T2
Research interests
- Regulation of nitrogen and carbon metabolism in Bacteria
- Biological nitrogen fixation
- Microbial biodiversity and bioprospection
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Since 2008 | Associated Professor, Universidade Federal do Paraná, Brazil |
2006 | PhD Biochemistry, Universidade Federal do Paraná, Brazil |
2002 | MSc Biochemistry, Universidade Federal do Paraná, Brazil |
Publications
Prof. Huergo publishes his results in peer reviewed internationally accepted journals.
Dr. Christophe Colleoni
Contact
Université de Lille 1 UFR biologie
CNRS UMR8576 UGSF BAT C9
AV Mendeleiv
59655 VILLENEUVE-D’ASCQ CEDEX
FRANCE
Office: +33320335915
Christophe.colleoni @univ-lille1.fr
Research interests
- Evolution of storage metabolism in photosynthetic algae and micro-organisms
- Primary endosymbiosis
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Since 2015 | Professor ; CNRS (UMR8576)/ University of Lille. Department of structural and functional glycobiology, team of microbial genetics |
2003-2015 | Assistant professor, CNRS (UMR8576)/ University of Lille, Department of structural and functional glycobiology, team of microbial genetics |
2003-2000 | Postdoctoral fellow at Iowa State University (USA), department of Biophysics, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology |
1996-1999 | PhD, CNRS (UMR111)/ University of Lille1, Laboratory of chemistry and biology |
Publications
Dr. Colleoni publishes his results in peer reviewed internationally accepted journals.
Dr. Roman Sobotka
Contact
Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republik
Institute of Mikrobiology
Opatovicky mlyn
CZ-379 81 Trebon
Czech Republic
sobotka @alga.cz
Research interests
To elucidate how chlorophyll is made inside of the cell, how chlorophyll biosynthesis is regulated, what way chlorophyll is built into photosynthetic complexes and what is the fate of chlorophyll molecules once these complexes are degraded
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Jun 1997 | MSc, Plant breeding and genetics, Faculty of Agriculture, University of South Bohemia, České Budějovice, Czech Republic |
Jul 2001 | PhD, Plant genetics, Faculty of Agriculture, University of South Bohemia, České Budějovice, Czech Republic |
Jan 2003 - | Post-doc position, Laboratory of Photosynthesis, Institute of Microbiology, Třeboň, Czech Republic |
Oct 2006 - Dec 2007 | FEMS fellowship (3 months ) followed by position of research assistant, Neil Hunter group, University of Sheffield |
Jan 2008 - now | Senior scientist, Laboratory of Photosynthesis, Institute of Microbiology, Třeboň, Czech Republic |
2008 - 2012 | 3 months on the University of Sheffield, several short-term stays (University of Giessen; Biological Research Centre, Szeged; Nanyang University, Singapore) |
2013 | 3 months, Imperial College, London |
Publications
Dr. Sobotka publishes his results in peer reviewed internationally accepted journals.
Prof. Michael Summers
Contact
Prof. Michael L. Summers
Department of Biology
California State University Northridge
Northridge, CA 91330-8303
Michael.l.summers(at)csun.edu
http://www.csun.edu/~mls42367/
Cooperation with the RTG1708
Dr. Summers visited the RTG1708 in July 2015 and gave a lecture about “Identification and analysis of proteins involved in formation/function of cyanobacterial spores and lipid droplets”.
Research interests
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Physiology and genetics of cyanobacterial akinete formation
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Identifying the role of cyanobacterial lipid droplets using proteomic, transcriptomics, and traditional genetic approaches
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Dr. Summers graduated with a Bachelors degree in biology from Heidelberg College and earned a comprehensive science teaching credential. After teaching science at various positions in public junior high and high schools for 11 years, he entered into a PhD program at UC Davis in the laboratory of Jack Meeks where he used genetic methods to confirm the importance of the oxidative pentose phosphate pathway for dark heterotrophic growth and nitrogen fixation in filamentous cyanobacteria. After graduating in 1995 he did a three-year postdoc at Montana State University with Tim McDermott where he studied phosphate metabolism in rhizobia. Since 1998 Summers has continued his academic career as a microbiologist in the Department of Biology at California State University, located in the greater Los Angeles area.
Publications
Prof. Summers publishes his results in peer reviewed internationally accepted journals.
Prof. Jeff Gralnick
Contact
Prof. Jeff Gralnick
Associate Professor
Department of Microbiology and BioTechnology Institute
University of Wisconsin, Madison
gralnickl @umn.edu
http://gralnick.cbs.umn.edu//Home.html
Cooperation with the RTG1708
Prof. Gralnick visited the RTG in October 2014 and gave a lecture on "Alternative respiratory strategies for microbial survival under anoxic conditions".
Research interests
Prof. Gralnick and his coworkers are interested in bacteria of the global distributed species Shewanella. These bacteria are able to respire not only oxygen but toxic metals like uranium or arsenic, too. Additionally some isolates of Shewanella can grow at very low temperatures. Prof. Gralnick wants to understand the physiology of these bacteria by identifying and characterizing the molecular mechanisms which enable the bacteria to handle such conditions.
Publications
Prof. Gralnick published his results in several international accepted journals.
Dr. Pia Killerich
Contact
Dr. Pia Killerich
Department of Biology
Ole Maaløes Vej 5
2200 København N
phone +45 35 33 01 89
pkillerich @bio.ku.dk
Cooperation with the RTG1708
Dr. Killerich visited the RTG1708 in September 2014. She gave a lecture about "Next Generation Sequencing-based Analysis of Complex Bacterial Communities".
Research interests
Host and Microbiome Interactions
Metagenomics
Immunology
Metabolism
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2011 - today | Post-doctoral fellow at the Laboratory of Genomics and Molecular Biomedicine, Department of Biology, University of Copenhagen, Denmark |
2008 - 2011 | Post-doctoral fellow at INRA-SCRIBE, Rennes, France |
2008 | PhD (Biology) University of Southern Denmark, |
2005 | Cand Scient (Molecular and Cell Biology) University of Southern Denmark |
Guest Researcher at:
Department of Biology, North Carolina State University, North Carolina, USA
INRA-SCRIBE, Rennes, France
Department of Fisheries Schiences, Hokkaido University, Hokkaido, Japan
Publications
Dr. Killerich published her results in various international accepted journals.
Dr. Daniel Lopez
Contact
Dr. Daniel Lopez
Julius-Maximilians Universität Würzburg
Institute for Molecular Infection Biology
Research Center for Infectious Diseases
Josef Schneider Str. 2/D15
97080 Würzburg
daniel.lopez @uni-wuerzburg.de
Dr. Lopez visited the RTG1708 in the course of the Summerschool "Microbes, Host and Infections" in July 2014. He gave a lecture about "Evolution of last resort antibiotic resistance in S.aureus via bacterial competition".
Research interests
- Biofilms and cell differentiation therein.
- Signals and signaling networks for cell differentiation and coordination of the subpopulations within communities of pathogenic bacteria.
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Since 2010 | Young investigator Group leader at the Research Center for Infectious Diseases, Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg, Germany |
2006-2010 | BASF Postdoctoral Fellow (BASF Advanced Research Initiative). Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics. Harvard Medical School, Boston, USA |
2005-2006 | Post-Doctoral Fellow. Department of Genetics and Microbiology. University of Murcia, Spain |
2000-2005 | Ph.D. in Biochemistry. Department of Genetics and Microbiology. University of Murcia, Spain. |
2005 | Pre-Doctorate Degree in Advanced Studies in Microbiology. University of Murcia. Murcia, Spain |
2002-2002 | Visiting Graduate Fellow. Department of Chemistry. Northwestern University. Evanston, USA. |
1995-2000 | B.S. Biochemistry and Molecular Biology. University of Murcia. Murcia, Spain. |
Publications
Dr. Lopez published his results in several international accepted journals.
Prof. Dr. Melanie Blokesch
Contact
Prof. Dr. Melanie Blokesch
Global Health Institute
School of Life Sciences
Station 19/EPFL-SV-UPBLO
Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne (EPFL)
CH-1015 Lausanne
melanie.blokesch @epfl.ch
Prof. Blokesch visited the RTG1708 in the course of the International Summerschool "Microbes, Host and Infection" in July 2014. She gave a lecture about "Visualizing the DNA Uptake Process in Naturally Competent Vibrio cholerae Cells".
Research interests
- Evolution of bacterial pathogens
- Horizontal gene transfer
- Environmental reservoirs of facultative pathogens
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Since 2009 | Tenure-track Assistant Professor; Laboratory of Molecular Microbiology, Global Health Institute, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne, Switzerland. |
2005-2009 | Postdoctoral Fellow; Division of Infectious Diseases and Geographic Medicine, Department of Microbiology & Immunology, Stanford University, CA, USA. |
2000-2004 | PhD in Biology; Department of Biology I, Microbiology, Ludwig-Maximilians-University, Munich, Germany. |
1995-2000 | Diploma in Biology; Microbiology, Genetics, Medical Microbiology, Immunology, Ludwig-Maximilians-University,Munich, Germany. |
Publications
Prof. Blokesch published her results in several international accepted journals.
Prof. Yukako Hihara
Contact
Prof. Yukako Hihara
Assistant Professor
Graduate School of Science and Engineering
Saitama University, Japan
hihara @molbiol.saitama-u.ac.jp
Cooperation with the RTG1708
Prof. Hihara visited the RTG1708 in July 2014 and gave a lecture about "High-light stress acclimation of cyanobacteria from the viewpoint of transcriptional regulation"
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Born in Tokyo | |
March 1993 | Graduation from Department of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Science, The University of Tokyo |
March 1995 | Completion of the Master Course, Department of Biological Sciences, Graduate School of Science, The University of Tokyo |
March 1998 | Completion of the Doctor Course, Department of Biological Sciences, Graduate School of Science, The University of Tokyo, Received PhD. degree in Science |
April 1997-March 2000 | Full-time Instructor, Faculty of Engineering, Saitama University |
April 2000 | Assistant professor, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Faculty of Science, Saitama University |
January 2009 | Associate professor, Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Saitama University |
April 2011-March 2014 | Researcher of the PRESTO, Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST) |
Publications
Prof. Hihara published her results in several international accepted journals.
Prof. Assaf Sukenik
Contact:
Prof. Dr. Assaf Sukenik
assaf @ocean.org.il
Tel: 04 6721444 ext.201
Cooperation with the RTG1708
Prof. Sukenik visited the RTG1708 in July 2014 and gave a lecture about "Dormancy and germination in filamentous cyanobacteria".
Research interests
- Physiology, biochemistry and molecular biology of fresh water and marine algae
- Development of biotechnological systems for unicellular mass cultivation of unicellular algae
- Cyanobacteria and algal toxins
- Algal productivity and competition among algal populations in lakes and fresh water reservoirs
- Applied limnology and water quality of freshwater ecosystems
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Assaf Sukenik studied biology at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem and performed his PhD studies at the Israel Institute of Technology in Haifa where he studied "the autoflocation of micro algae".
He spend his postdoc time at the renowned Brookhaven National Laboratory on Long Island, NY, US in the group of Paul Falkowski. There he conducted further research on the physiology of micro-algae.
Since 1987 he is at the Israel Oceanographic & Limnological Research where he was also for 10 years the director of the "Yigl Allon Kinneret Limnological Laboratory" research center.
Publications
Prof. Sukenik published his results in international accepted journals.