Research Area A
Prof. Dr. Stefanie Barbirz
Project BA 4046/9-1
It’s sweet to move on – bacteriophage infection and processing of glycan-based biofilms
Prof. Dr. Fabian M. Commichau
Project CO 1139/6-1
Functional dissection of the Bacillus subtilis SPβ prophage lysogeny-lysis decision system and characterization of a novel SPβ defense system
Prof. Dr. Nicole Frankenberg-Dinkel
Project FR1487/16-2
Photosynthesis genes in phage genomes-elucidation of their role in cyanobacteria-phage interaction
Prof. Dr. Katharina Höfer
Project HO 6873/1-2
Understanding bacterial epitranscriptomics on the basis of Escherichia coli – T4 phage interactions
Jun-Prof. Dr. Jens Hör
Associated Project
Understanding the molecular mechanisms of cystovirus infection
Prof. Dr. Kirsten Jung & Dr. Sophie Brameyer
Associated Project
The role of m6A-RNA modification to control phage replication
Prof. Dr. Andreas Kuhn & Dr. Dorothee Kiefer
Associated Project
Translocation of infecting viral DNA across the bacterial host membrane
Dr. Tessa E.F. Quax
Associated Project
Impact of chronic viral infection on archaeal cells
Prof. Dr. Ruth A. Schmitz-Streit
Project SCHM1052/26-2
Molecular insight into viral infection of Methanoarchaea and their respective viruses
Prof. Dr. Kai Thormann
Project TH 831/9-2
The role of small open reading frames in Shewanella oneidensis phage LambdaSo in host takeover and phage proliferation
Prof. Dr. Jörg Vogel
Project VO 875/23-2
Molecular factors whereby giant phage ΦKZ modulates host protein synthesis
Apl. Prof. Dr. Christiane Wolz
Associated Project
Molecular cross-talk between Sa3int phages and their Stapylococcus aureus host
Research Area B
Prof. Dr. Chase Beisel
Project BE 6703/2-2
Interrogating the contributions of novel immune systems to anti-phage defense in native bacterial hosts
Prof. Dr. Haike Antelmann & Prof. Markus C. Wahl
Associated Project
Phage defense mechanisms in enteropathogenic Escherichia coli
Dr. Ana Rita Brochado
Project GO 3161/3-1
Molecular mechanisms of phage-antibiotic interactions and their interplay with CBASS phage defense systems
Prof. Dr. Antje Flieger
Project FL 359/11-1
Mechanisms of bacterial programmed cell death in phage defense: interplay of NAD+ depletion and the effector phospholipase PlaB
Prof. Dr. Julia Frunzke
Project FR 2759/7-2
Inhibition of phage infection by secondary metabolites produced by actinobacterial species
Prof. Dr. Debbie Lindell & Dr. Claudia Steglich
Project LI 2179/1-2
Novel anti-phage resistance mechanisms channeled through transcriptional regulation
Prof. Dr. Kai Papenfort
Project PA 2820/3-2
Molecular principles of quorum sensing-mediated phage defense in Vibrio cholerae
Prof. Dr. Rotem Sorek
Project SO 1611/2-2
Understanding the nature of anti-phage defense islands in microbes
Dr. Athanasios Typas
Project TY 116/6-1
Elucidating phage triggers and blockers of bacterial rertons
Research Area C
Dr. Li Deng
Project DE 2360/6-2
Systematic identification of phage-host cross-talk in the human gut microbiome
Prof. Dr. Knut Drescher
Associated Project
Physiological response of biofilms to lytic phage predation
Prof. Dr. Andreas Peschel
Project PE 805/8-2
Glycocode-guided bacteriophage-host interaction in the evolution of the genus Staphylococcus
Prof. Dr. Carolin Wendling
Associated Project
Drivers and Constraints of Prophage Persistence in Natural Communities
Research Z-Projekt
Dr. Johannes Wittmann
Project WI 5350/1-2
Z-Projekt – Bacteriophage Repository, Services and Databank Development