Research Area A
Dr. Li Deng, Prof. Dr. Christian Müller & Dr. Johannes Söding
Projects DE 2360/6-1, MU 4456/1-1, SO 1000/2-1
Systematic identification of phage-host cross-talk in the human gut microbiome
Prof. Dr. Stefanie Barbirz
Project BA 4046/6-1
It’s sweet to move on – bacteriophage infection and processing of glycan-based biofilms
Prof. Dr. Nicole Frankenberg-Dinkel
Project FR1487/16-1
What is the role of cyanophage-encoded auxiliary metabolic genes in the virocell?
Dr. Katharina Höfer
Project HO 6873/1-1
Understanding bacterial epitranscriptomics on the basis of Escherichia coli – T4 phage interactions
Prof. Dr. Kirsten Jung & Dr. Sophie Brameyer
Project JU 270/21-1 & BR 6622/1-1
The role of m6A-RNA modification to control phage replication
Dr. Tessa E.F. Quax
Project QU 496/2-1
Molecular mechanisms of viral egress
in haloarchaea
Prof. Dr. Ruth A. Schmitz-Streit
Project SCHM1052/26-1
Molecular insight into viral infection of Methanoarchaea and their respective viruses
Prof. Dr. Jörg Vogel
Project VO 875/23-1
Molecular factors whereby giant phage ΦKZ modulates host protein synthesis
Apl. Prof. Dr. Christiane Wolz
Project WO 578/13-1
Molecular cross-talk between Sa3int phages and their Stapylococcus aureus host
Prof. Dr. Andreas Kuhn & Dr. Dorothee Kiefer
Associate Members
Translocation of infecting viral DNA across the bacterial host membrane
Research Area B
Prof. Dr. Chase Beisel
Project BE 6703/2-1
Interrogating the contributions of novel immune systems to anti-phage defense in native bacterial hosts
Prof. Dr. Julia Frunzke
Project FR 2759/7-1
Inhibition of phage infection by secondary metabolites produced by actinobacterial species
Prof. Dr. Rotem Sorek
Project SO 1611/2-1
Understanding the nature of anti-phage defense islands in microbes
Prof. Dr. Kai Papenfort
Project PA 2820/3-1
Molecular principles of quorum sensing-mediated phage defense in Vibrio cholerae
Prof. Dr. Jörn Piel
Associate Member
Phages as elicitors for silent clusters and secondary metabolite production
Research Area C
Dr. Susanne Erdmann
Project ER 879/2-1
The role of membrane vesicles for archaeal virus-host interactions
Dr. Cristina Moraru & Dr. Niculina Musat
Project MO 3498/2-1
Impact of phage microdiversity on marine heterotrophic bacteria – a single cell perspective
Prof. Dr. Andreas Peschel
Project PE 805/8-1
Glycocode-guided bacteriophage-host interaction in the evolution of the genus Staphylococcus
Prof. Dr. Knut Drescher
Associated Member
Physiological response of biofilms to lytic phage predation
Laurent Debarbieux & Bärbel Stecher
Associate Members
Mechanisms underlying bacteriophages and bacteria stable coexistence and its consequences on gut microbiome function
Dr. Anne Kupczok
Associate Member
Phage evolutionary rates estimated from genomes and metagenomes
Research Z-Projekt
Prof. Dr. Jörg Overmann & Dr. Johannes Wittmann
Project OV 20/29-1 & WI 5350/1-1
Z-Projekt – Bacteriophage Repository, Services and Databank Development
Prof. Dr. Alexander Probst
Project
NOVAC – Novel viruses of terrestrial subsurface archaea impacting global carbon cycling
Prof. Dr. Debbie Lindell & Dr. Claudia Steglich
Project LI 2179/1-1 & STE 1119/8-1
Novel anti-phage resistance mechanisms channeled through transcriptional regulation