Werner Liesack
PD Dr. Werner Liesack
MPI für terrestrische Mikrobiologie
Karl-von-Frisch-Straße 10
D-35043 Marburg / Germany
Phone: +49 6421 178-720
Fax: +49 6421 178-809
Email:
liesack@mpi-marburg.mpg.de
Research group members
Group leader: PD Dr. Werner Liesack
Postdoctoral fellows: Dr. Bomba Dam, Dr. Somasri Dam
PhD students: Yongkyu Kim, Carsten Mettel, Carl-Eric Wegner
PD Dr. Werner Liesack
Curriculum Vitae
Werner Liesack (born 1956)
Diplom (Biology), University of Kiel, 1984
Dr. rer. nat. (Microbiology), University of Kiel, 1988
Postdoc (Microbiology), University of Queensland, Australia, 1990-1992
Habilitation (Microbiology), Philipps-Universität Marburg, 1996
Privatdozent, Philipps-Universität Marburg, since 1997
Group Leader, Department of Biogeochemistry, MPI Marburg, 1992-2011
Research Group Leader, Department of Biogeochemistry, MPI Marburg, since 2011
Research areas: Methanotrophic bacteria, and environmental genomics/transcriptomics
Our research covers topics at the molecular, genomic, cellular, and community levels. At present, we are particularly interested in [1] the molecular biology and ecology of methanotrophic bacteria, [2] soil metatranscriptomics, and [3] microbial communities in Sphagnum-dominated peatlands.
More about "Methanotrophic bacteria, and environmental genomics/transcriptomics"
Recent publications
Shrestha, P.M., Kammann, C., Lenhart, K., Dam, B., and Liesack, W. (2011) Linking activity, composition, and seasonal dynamics of atmospheric methane oxidizers in a meadow soil. ISME J, advance online publication (doi:10.1038/ismej.2011.179).
Belova, S.E., Baani, M., Suzina, N.E., Bodelier, P.L.E., Liesack, W., and Dedysh, S.N. (2011) Acetate utilization as a survival strategy of peat-inhabiting Methylocystis spp. Environ. Microbiol. Rep. 3, 36-46.
Pankratov, T.A., Ivanova, A.O., Dedysh, S.N., and Liesack, W. (2011) Bacterial populations and factors controlling cellulose degradation in an acidic Sphagnum peat. Environ. Microbiol. 13, 1800-1814.
Mettel, C., Kim, Y., Shrestha, P.M., and Liesack, W. (2010) Extraction of mRNA from soil. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 76, 5995-6000.
Glöckner, J., Kube, M., Shrestha, P.M., Weber, M., Glöckner, F.O., Reinhardt, R., and Liesack, W. (2010) Phylogenetic diversity and metagenomics of candidate division OP3. Environ. Microbiol. 12, 1218-1229.