Interfaculty Institute of Microbiology and Infection Medicine

Current Research Projects

Identification of new drug targets involved in outer membrane (OM) and OM protein biogenesis (E. coli, P. aeruginosa, A. baumannii)

Carried out by: Monika Schütz, Erwin Bohn, Fabian Renschler, Karolin Leibiger, Elias Walter, Johanna Kemper, Sara Pereira

Funded by: DFG, Deutsches Zentrum für Infektionsforschung (DZIF)

Development of small molecule inhibitors interfering with OM biogenesis

Carried out by: Monika Schütz, Fabian Renschler, Alicia Köck, Johannes Zens, Erwin Bohn

Funded by: DFG, Deutsches Zentrum für Infektionsforschung (DZIF)

Mechanism of autotransporter biogenesis

Carried out by: Monika Schütz

Funded by: DFG SFB 766 (phased out)

Computational modelling of gastrointestinal infection

Carried out by: Monika Schütz Janina Geißert, Erwin Bohn in Kooperation mit Martin Eichner, Andreas Dräger, Reihaneh Mostolizadeh

Funded by: DFG SPP 1656 (phased out)

Competitor lysis and peptidoglycan scavenging by Pseudomonas aeruginosa during polymicrobial infection:
role in biofilm maturation, persistence, and virulence

Carried out by: Erwin Bohn, Valentin Egle, Christoph Mayer, Marina Borisova

Funded by: Cluster of Excellence Controlling Microbes to Fight Infections (CMFI)

Investigating the role of the uncharacterized gene ygfB in the resistance of multidrug resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa to β-lactam antibiotics

Carried out by: Erwin Bohn, Monika Schütz, Ole Eggers, Lydia-Anita Michalek, Fabian Smollich, Noelle Wackler

Funded by: DFG