Publications
2026
Preprint
Repurposing a chromosome segregation ParB-CTPase fold into an ATPase toxin for contact-dependent growth inhibition in plant and animal pathogens. bioRxiv (2026)
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Antagonistic small proteins enable magnesium-dependent tuning of two-component signaling. bioRxiv: the preprint server for biology, 2026.05.06.723403 (2026)
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Enzyme agglomerates change cytoplasmic fluidity. Molecular Cell 86 (9), pp. 1589 - 1591 (2026)
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Cell-internal autocrine receptor inactivation supports maintenance of mating-type identity in yeast. Science Advances 12 (17), eaeb1729 (2026)
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Western diet suppresses canonical intestinal stem cells and reprograms c-Kit⁺ reserve stem cells via proinflammatory dysbiosis. bioRxiv: the preprint server for biology, 2026.04.06.716383 (2026)
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Toolbox of FRET-based c-di-GMP biosensors and its FRET-To-Sort application for genome-wide mapping of c-di-GMP regulation. Nature Communications 17 (1), 2955 (2026)
2025
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Effects of multiple cell regulators on curli gene expression in Escherichia coli. Journal of Bacteriology 207 (12), e00281-25 (2025)
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Response of Escherichia coli chemotaxis pathway to pyrimidine deoxyribonucleosides. Microbiology Spectrum 13 (11), e02048-25 (2025)
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Control of flagellar gene expression by a chemotaxis receptor-like regulator in pathogenic Escherichia coli. The EMBO Journal 44 (224), pp. 6675 - 6703 (2025)
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Discovery of an indole-sensing chemoreceptor in Helicobacter pylori. Current Biology 35 (20), pp. 5018 - 5032.e6 (2025)
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Collective dynamics of Escherichia coli growth under near-lethal acid stress. mBio 16 (11), e01932-25 (2025)
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Specificities of chemosensory receptors in the human gut microbiota. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 122 (35), e2508950122 (2025)
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Swimming or sessile: the interplay between c-di-GMP signalling and flagellar motility. Current Opinion in Microbiology 87, 102632 (2025)
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Coordination of virulence factors and lifestyle transition in Pseudomonas aeruginosa through single-cell analysis. Communications Biology 8 (1), 1236 (2025)
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Experimental evolution partially restores functionality of bacterial chemotaxis network with reduced number of components. PLOS Genetics 21 (7), e1011784 (2025)
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Bacterial minicell-based biohybrid sub-micron swimmers for targeted cargo delivery. Advanced Science 12 (35), e05538 (2025)
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Motile and chemotactic minicells and minicell-driven biohybrids engineered for active cargo delivery. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces 17 (25), pp. 36387 - 36399 (2025)
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Response of Escherichia coli chemotaxis pathway to pyrimidine deoxyribonucleosides. bioRxiv: the preprint server for biology, 2025.04.13.648572 (2025)
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The SPFH complex HflK-HflC regulates aerobic respiration in bacteria. PLOS Biology 23 (4), e3003077 (2025)
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Physics of swimming and its fitness cost determine strategies of bacterial investment in flagellar motility. Nature Communications 16 (1), 1731 (2025)
2024
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Enhanced metabolic entanglement emerges during the evolution of an interkingdom microbial community. Nature Communications 15 (1), 7238 (2024)
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Editorial overview: Systems and synthetic biology of microbial cells and communities. Current Opinion in Microbiology 80, 102517 (2024)
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Genome-wide screen of genetic determinants that govern Escherichia coli growth and persistence in lake water. The ISME Journal 18 (1), wrae096 (2024)
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Cell consciousness: a dissenting opinion: The cellular basis of consciousness theory lacks empirical evidence for its claims that all cells have consciousness. EMBO Reports 25, pp. 2162 - 2167 (2024)
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Framework for exploring the sensory repertoire of the human gut microbiota. mBio 15 (6), e01039-24 (2024)
2023
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D-amino acids signal a stress-dependent run-away response in Vibrio cholerae. Nature Microbiology 8 (8), pp. 1549 - 1560 (2023)
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Bacterial quorum sensing signals at the interdomain interface. Israel Journal of Chemistry 63 (5-6), e202200080 (2023)
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Dynamic fluctuations in a bacterial metabolic network. Nature Communications 14 (1), 2173 (2023)
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Chemotaxis and autoinducer-2 signalling mediate colonization and contribute to co-existence of Escherichia coli strains in the murine gut. Nature Microbiology 8 (2), pp. 207 - 214 (2023)
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Regulation by cyclic di-GMP attenuates dynamics and enhances robustness of bimodal curli gene activation in Escherichia coli. PLOS Genetics 19 (5), e1010750 (2023)
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Systematic mapping of chemoreceptor specificities for Pseudomonas aeruginosa. mBio 14 (5), e02099-23 (2023)
2022
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Dependence of diffusion in Escherichia coli cytoplasm on protein size, environmental conditions and cell growth. eLife 11, e82654 (2022)
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The pH robustness of bacterial sensing. mBio 13 (5), e0165022 (2022)
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Discovery of a new chemoeffector for Escherichia coli chemoreceptor Tsr and identification of a molecular mechanism of repellent sensing. ACS Bio Med Chem Au 2 (4), pp. 386 - 394 (2022)
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Chemotaxis of the human pathogen Pseudomonas aeruginosa to the neurotransmitter acetylcholine. mBio 13 (2), e0345821 (2022)
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Impact of direct physical association and motility on fitness of a synthetic interkingdom microbial community. The ISME Journal 17 (3), pp. 371 - 381 (2022)
2021
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Construction of multicellular yeast networks using the communication toolkit with variable specificity and attenuation. bioRxiv: the preprint server for biology, 2021.09.27.462023 (2021)
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Running after your host: Stimulation of bacterial motility promotes colonization. Cell Host & Microbe 29 (8), pp. 1211 - 1213 (2021)
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Multiple functions of flagellar motility and chemotaxis in bacterial physiology. FEMS Microbiology Reviews 45 (6), fuab038 (2021)
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Asymmetric mating behavior of isogamous budding yeast. Science Advances 7 (24), eabf8404 (2021)
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Production and characterization of motile and chemotactic bacterial minicells. ACS Synthetic Biology 10 (6), pp. 1284 - 1291 (2021)
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Quantitative image analysis of microbial communities with BiofilmQ. Nature Microbiology 6 (2), pp. 151 - 156 (2021)
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Reply to jobling, "Lysogeny of Escherichia coli by the obligately lytic bacteriophage T1: Not Proven". mBio 12 (3) (2021)
2020
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Multiple Drug-Induced Stress Responses Inhibit Formation of Escherichia coli Biofilms. APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY 86 (21), e01113-20 (2020)
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Functional Determinants of a Small Protein Controlling a Broadly Conserved Bacterial Sensor Kinase. JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY 202 (16), e00305-20 (2020)
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Design of a MAPK signalling cascade balances energetic cost versus accuracy of information transmission. NATURE COMMUNICATIONS 11 (1), 3494 (2020)
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The protein architecture of the endocytic coat analyzed by FRET microscopy. MOLECULAR SYSTEMS BIOLOGY 16 (5), e9009 (2020)
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Chemotaxis and cyclic-di-GMP signalling control surface attachment of Escherichia coli. MOLECULAR MICROBIOLOGY 113 (4), pp. 728 - 739 (2020)
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Growth-rate dependent resource investment in bacterial motile behavior quantitatively follows potential benefit of chemotaxis. PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 117 (1), pp. 595 - 601 (2020)
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Ratiometric population sensing by a pump-probe signaling system in Bacillus subtilis. NATURE COMMUNICATIONS 11 (1), 1176 (2020)
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Flagellum-mediated mechanosensing and RflP control motility state of pathogenic Escherichia coli. mBio 11 (2), e02269-19 (2020)
2019
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Chemotactic behaviour of Escherichia coli at high cell density. Nature Communications 10, 5329 (2019)
Other
Cover Feature: Reconstitution and Coupling of DNA Replication and Segregation in a Biomimetic System (ChemBioChem 20/2019), SI 20, p. 2532 - 2532 (2019)
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Reconstitution and Coupling of DNA Replication and Segregation in a Biomimetic System. SI 20 (20), pp. 2633 - 2642 (2019)
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Functional Modules of Minimal Cell Division for Synthetic Biology. SI 3 (6), 1800315 (2019)
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DNA Segregation in Natural and Synthetic Minimal Systems. Advanced Biosystems 3 (6), 1800316 (2019)
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Quorum sensing and metabolic state of the host control lysogeny-lysis switch of bacteriophage T1. mBio 10 (5), e01884-19 (2019)
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Inefficient Secretion of Anti-sigma Factor FlgM Inhibits Bacterial Motility at High Temperature. ISCIENCE 16, pp. 145 - + (2019)
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Red/Far-Red Light Switchable Cargo Attachment and Release in Bacteria-Driven Microswimmers. Advanced Healthcare Materials, 1900956 (2019)
2018
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Chemotaxis of Escherichia coli to major hormones and polyamines present in human gut. ISME JOURNAL 12 (11), pp. 2736 - 2747 (2018)
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A System for Gene Expression Noise Control in Yeast. ACS SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY 7 (11), pp. 2618 - 2626 (2018)
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MaxSynBio: Avenues Towards Creating Cells from the Bottom Up. ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION 57 (41), pp. 13382 - 13392 (2018)
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Inverted signaling by bacterial chemotaxis receptors. NATURE COMMUNICATIONS 9, 2927 (2018)
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Motility and chemotaxis of bacteria-driven microswimmers fabricated using antigen 43-mediated biotin display. SCIENTIFIC REPORTS 8, 9801 (2018)
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Soft erythrocyte-based bacterial microswimmers for cargo delivery. SCIENCE ROBOTICS 3 (17), UNSP eaar4423 (2018)
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Engineered Production of Short-Chain Acyl-Coenzyme A Esters in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. ACS SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY 7 (4), pp. 1105 - 1115 (2018)
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Transmembrane region of bacterial chemoreceptor is capable of promoting protein clustering. JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY 293 (6), pp. 2149 - 2158 (2018)
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Sharing of Phosphatases Promotes Response Plasticity in Phosphorylation Cascades. BIOPHYSICAL JOURNAL 114 (1), pp. 223 - 236 (2018)
Review Article
Stimulus sensing and signal processing in bacterial chemotaxis. CURRENT OPINION IN MICROBIOLOGY 45, pp. 22 - 29 (2018)
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FRET Analysis of the Chemotaxis Pathway Response. Methods Mol Biol. 1729, pp. 107 - 126 (2018)
2017
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Autoinducer 2-Dependent Escherichia coli Biofilm Formation Is Enhanced in a Dual-Species Coculture. Appl Environ Microbiol 84 (5) (2017)
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Osmosensing by the bacterial PhoQ/PhoP two-component system. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 114 (50), pp. E10792 - E10798 (2017)
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Drift and Behavior of E. coli Cells. Biophysical Journal 113 (11), pp. 2321 - 2325 (2017)
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Multiple sources of slow activity fluctuations in a bacterial chemosensory network. eLife, 6:e26796 (2017)
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Self-organization and positioning of bacterial protein clusters. Nature Physics 13 (10), pp. 1006 - 1013 (2017)
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Mechanism of bidirectional thermotaxis in Escherichia coli. eLife 6, e26607 (2017)
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Evolutionary Remodeling of Bacterial Motility Checkpoint Control. Cell Reports 18 (4), pp. 866 - 877 (2017)
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Synthetische Biologie. Biologie in unserer Zeit 47 (5), pp. 298 - 305 (2017)
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Emergent properties of bacterial chemotaxis pathway. CURRENT OPINION IN MICROBIOLOGY 39, pp. 24 - 33 (2017)
2016
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Diversification of Gene Expression during Formation of Static Submerged Biofilms by Escherichia coli. Front Microbiol 7, p. 1568 (2016)
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Engineering Hybrid Chemotaxis Receptors in Bacteria. ACS Synthetic Biology 5 (9), pp. 989 - 1001 (2016)
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Chemotaxis towards autoinducer 2 mediates autoaggregation in Escherichia coli. Nature Communications 7, 12984 (2016)
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Sensory input attenuation allows predictive sexual response in yeast. Nature Communications 7, 12590 (2016)
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Sugar Influx Sensing by the Phosphotransferase System of Escherichia coli. PLoS Biology 14 (8), e2000074 (2016)
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A FRET-based study reveals site-specific regulation of spindle position checkpoint proteins at yeast centrosomes. eLife 5, e14029 (2016)
2015
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Bacterial Networks in Cells and Communities. Journal of Molecular Biology 427 (23 Sp. Iss. SI), pp. 3785 - 3792 (2015)
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Specific gamma-aminobutyrate chemotaxis in pseudomonads with different lifestyle. Molecular Microbiology 97 (3), pp. 488 - 501 (2015)
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Relation between chemotaxis and consumption of amino acids in bacteria. Molecular Microbiology 96 (6), pp. 1272 - 1282 (2015)
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Correlation between signal input and output in PctA and PctB amino acid chemoreceptor of Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Molecular Microbiology 96 (3), pp. 513 - 525 (2015)
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A Gateway-Based System for Fast Evaluation of Protein-Protein Interactions in Bacteria. PLoS ONE 10 (4), e0123646 (2015)
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Importance of Multiple Methylation Sites in Escherichia coli Chemotaxis. PLOS ONE 10 (12), e0145582 (2015)
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Universal Response-Adaptation Relation in Bacterial Chemotaxis. Journal of Bacteriology 197 (2), pp. 307 - 313 (2015)
Review Article
Bacterial protein networks: properties and functions. NATURE REVIEWS MICROBIOLOGY 13 (9), pp. 559 - 572 (2015)
2014
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Predicting Chemical Environments of Bacteria from Receptor Signaling. PLoS Computational Biology 10 (10), e1003870 (2014)
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Secondary bacterial flagellar system improves bacterial spreading by increasing the directional persistence of swimming. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 111 (31), pp. 11485 - 11490 (2014)
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Editorial overview: Systems biology: Advances in multi-scale systems biology applications. Current Opinion in Biotechnology 28, pp. VI - VIII (2014)
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Exponential Signaling Gain at the Receptor Level Enhances Signal-to-Noise Ratio in Bacterial Chemotaxis. PLoS ONE 9 (4), e87815 (2014)
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Imprecision of Adaptation in Escherichia coli Chemotaxis. PLoS ONE 9 (1), e84904 (2014)
2013
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The sensory histidine kinases TorS and EvgS tend to form clusters in Escherichia coli cells. PLoS One 8 (10), p. e77708 (2013)