Research Area A
Prof. Dr. Gert Bange & Dr. Laura Czech
Project BA 5311/9-1
Interplay of the phage phi29 and SPP1 with the B. subtilis (p)ppGpp response
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. 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
Dr. Katharina Höfer
Project HO 6873/1-1
Understanding bacterial epitranscriptomics on the basis of Escherichia coli – T4 phage interactions
Jun-Prof. Dr. Jens Hör
Project TBA
Understanding the molecular mechanisms of cystovirus infection
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
Prof. Dr. Andreas Kuhn & Dr. Dorothee Kiefer
Associated Members
Translocation of infecting viral DNA across the bacterial host membrane
Dr. Tessa E.F. Quax
Project QU 496/2-1
Impact of chronic viral infection on archaeal cells
Prof. Dr. Ruth A. Schmitz-Streit
Project SCHM1052/26-1
Molecular insight into viral infection of Methanoarchaea and their respective viruses
Prof. Dr. Kai Thormann
Project TH 831/9-1
The role of small open reading frames in Shewanella oneidensis phage LambdaSo in host takeover and phage proliferation
Prof. Dr. Jörg Vogel
Project VO 875/23-1
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
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. Haike Antelmann & Prof. Markus C. Wahl
Associated Project
Phage defense mechanisms in enteropathogenic Escherichia coli
Dr. Ana Rita Brochado
Associated Member
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 2759/7-1
Inhibition of phage infection by secondary metabolites produced by actinobacterial species
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
Prof. Dr. Kai Papenfort
Project PA 2820/3-1
Molecular principles of quorum sensing-mediated phage defense in Vibrio cholerae
Prof. Dr. Jörn Piel
Associated Member
Phages as elicitors for silent clusters and secondary metabolite production
Prof. Dr. Rotem Sorek
Project SO 1611/2-1
Understanding the nature of anti-phage defense islands in microbes
Dr. Athanasios Typas
Associated Member
Elucidating phage triggers and blockers of bacterial rertons
Research Area C
Laurent Debarbieux & Bärbel Stecher
Associated Members
Mechanisms underlying bacteriophages and bacteria stable coexistence and its consequences on gut microbiome function
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. Knut Drescher
Associated Member
Physiological response of biofilms to lytic phage predation
Dr. Susanne Erdmann
Project ER 879/2-1
The role of membrane vesicles for archaeal virus-host interactions
Dr. Mercedes Gomez de Agüero
Project GO 3241 1-1
Dynamic and mechanisms of early life interactions between bacteriophage and its bacteria host in the skin
PD Dr Christel Kamp
Associated Member
Inference of prokaryotic virus host interactions and emergent dynamics
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. Michael Pester & Dr. David Kamanda Ngugi
Project PE 2147/5-1
Identity, infection strategy, and biogeochemical impact of nitrifier-infecting viruses
Prof. Dr. Alexander Probst
Associated Member
NOVAC – Novel viruses of terrestrial subsurface archaea impacting global carbon cycling
Prof. Dr. Carolin Wendling
Project TBA
Drivers and Constraints of Prophage Persistence in Natural Communities
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