Uni-Tübingen

Marius Spohn

University of Tuebingen
IMIT
Dept. Microbiology/Biotechnology
Auf der Morgenstelle 28
72076 Tübingen
Email:marius.spohn(at)uni-tuebingen.de

Education

YearActivity
09/2016 - presentResearch Scientist at Sanofi-Fraunhofer Center of Natural Product Research
02/2016 - 01/2017Associated researcher at the University of Tuebingen. Funded by the Innovation Grant of the Excellence Initiative Tuebingen
27/01/2016Completion of doctoral degree (summa cum laude)
12/2012 - 12/2015 PhD at the University of Tuebingen, IMIT, Dept. Microbiology/Biotechnology (Prof. W. Wohlleben). Thema: "Exploiting Gene Regulation as an Approach to Identify, Analyze and Utilize the Biosynthetic Pathways of the Glycopeptide Ristomycin A and the Zincophore [S,S]-EDDS in Amycolatopsis japonicum"
2010-2012Master of Science at the University of Tuebingen. (Biology / Specialization Biotechnology)
2007 - 2010Bachelor of Science at the University of Tuebingen. (Biology / Specialization Microbiology)

Publications/Patents

  • Spohn, M., Wohlleben, W., and Stegmann, E. (2015) Elucidation of the zinc dependent regulation in Amycolatopsis japonicum enabled the identification of the ethylenediamine‐disuccinate ([S,S]‐EDDS) genes. Environmental Microbiology. doi: 10.1111/1462-2920.13159.
  • Spohn, M., Kirchner, N., Kulik, A., Jochim, A., Wolf, F., Münzer, P., Borst, O., Gross, H., Wohlleben, W., and Stegmann, E. (2014) Overproduction of ristomycin A by activation of a silent gene cluster in Amycolatopsis japonicum MG417‐CF17. Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy 58, 6185‐6196.
  • Stegmann, E., Albersmeier, A., Spohn, M., Gert, H., Weber, T., Wohlleben, W., Kalinowski, J., and Rückert, C. (2014) Complete genome sequence of the actinobacterium Amycolatopsis japonica MG417‐CF17 (=DSM 44213T) producing (S,S)‐N,N'‐ethylenediaminedisuccinic acid. Journal of Biotechnology 189C, 46‐47.
  • Spohn, M., Weber, T., Wohlleben, W., and Stegmann, E. [S,S]-EDDS-Biosynthese gene und -proteine und Verfahren zur Biosynthese von [S,S]-EDDS. Deutsches Patentamt 10 2013 217 543.4. Anmeldedatum: 3. September 2013.