Projects: A5, FungiNet A - Aspergillus projects, FungiNet total
Institutions: Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Center for Innovation Competence (ZIK) Septomics

Expertise: cell surface receptors, protein biochemistry, CEACAM family receptors, protein-protein interaction, Cell biology, signaling mechanisms
Tools: 2D and 3D cell culture, Biochemistry and protein analysis, migration and invasion assays, Cytometry and fluorescent microscopy, Immunological techniques
Projects: FungiNet C - Candida projects, FungiNet total, C2
Institutions: Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Center for Innovation Competence (ZIK) Septomics
Roles: Project Coordinator
Expertise: Candida albicans, Transcriptional Regulation, metabolism, pathogenesis
Tools: Microscopy, Biochemistry and protein analysis, Molecular Biology, Cell biology
Projects: C2, FungiNet C - Candida projects, FungiNet total
Institutions: Julius Maximilians University Würzburg, Institute for Molecular Infection Biology
Roles: Postdoc
Expertise: Molecular Biology, Candida albicans, Protein Kinases
Projects: Not specified
Institutions: Not specified
The following bullet points characterise my scientific interests and research:
- Metabolic physiology of fungi during host infection
- Biochemical characterisation of metabolic pathways (enzyme purification and characterisation)
- Development of infection models
- Generation of fungal reporter strains
- In vivo imaging of the infection process
- Secondary metabolites from Aspergillus terreus (gene regulation, product formation, biological activity)