Home Newsroom Seminars & Events Seminar archive Past seminars since 2016 Past seminars since 2016 Investigating the kinetochore complex in Schizosaccharomyces pombe using advanced fluorescence microscopy techniques Doctoral thesis defense Date: Mar 21, 2023 Time: 02:00 PM (Local Time Germany) Speaker: Ilijana Vojnovic AG Endesfelder, Institute for Microbiology and Biotechnology, Rhenish Friedrich Wilhelm University of Bonn Location: MPI for Terrestrial Microbiology Room: Lecture Hall / Hybrid Host: IMPRS Contact: imprs@mpi-marburg.mpg.de [more] Protein transport in bacteria: multiple pathways and common concepts Microbiology Seminar Series Date: Mar 20, 2023 Time: 04:00 PM (Local Time Germany) Speaker: Prof. Dr. Hans-Georg Koch Institute for Biochemistry and Molecularbiology, Albert Ludwigs University Freiburg Location: MPI for Terrestrial Microbiology Room: Lecture Hall / Hybrid Host: Dr. Jing Yuan Contact: jing.yuan@synmikro.mpi-marburg.mpg.de [more] Enzymatic systems for synthetic formate assimilation Doctoral thesis defense Date: Mar 15, 2023 Time: 12:00 PM (Local Time Germany) Speaker: Maren Nattermann AG Erb Location: MPI for Terrestrial Microbiology Room: Lecture Hall / Hybrid Host: IMPRS Contact: imprs@mpi-marburg.mpg.de [more] Graduate Students Mini Symposium III-2023 Graduate Students Mini-Symposium Date: Mar 13, 2023 Time: 01:15 PM (Local Time Germany) Location: MPI for Terrestrial Microbiology Room: Lecture Hall / Hybrid Host: IMPRS Contact: imprs@mpi-marburg.mpg.de [more] The impact of differential temperatures (30°C versus 45°C) on the methanogenic community in Philippine rice field soil Doctoral thesis defense Date: Mar 9, 2023 Time: 12:00 PM (Local Time Germany) Speaker: Xin Li AG Liesack Location: MPI for Terrestrial Microbiology Room: Lecture hall Host: IMPRS Contact: imprs@mpi-marburg.mpg.de [more] Graduate Students Mini Symposium II 2023 Microbiology Seminar Series Date: Feb 13, 2023 Time: 01:15 PM (Local Time Germany) Location: MPI for Terrestrial Microbiology Room: Lecture Hall / Hybrid Host: IMPRS Contact: imprs@mpi-marburg.mpg.de [more] Pattern formation and dynamics in bacterial cells Doctoral thesis defense Date: Feb 13, 2023 Time: 10:00 AM (Local Time Germany) Speaker: Srikanth Subramanian Location: Renthof 6, Physics Department UMR Room: Lecture Hall / Hybrid Host: Dr. Seán Murray Contact: sean.murray@synmikro.mpi-marburg.mpg.de [more] Analysis of chromosome segregation and its coordination with cell division in alphaproteobacteria Doctoral thesis defense Date: Feb 3, 2023 Time: 03:00 PM (Local Time Germany) Speaker: Revathi Lakshmi Pulpetta Location: MPI for Terrestrial Microbiology Room: Lecture Hall / Hybrid Host: Prof. Dr. Martin Thanbichler Contact: thanbichler@uni-marburg.de [more] A new factor in the regulation of polar flagellum synthesis in Vibrio parahaemolyticus Doctoral thesis defense Date: Feb 1, 2023 Time: 10:00 AM (Local Time Germany) Speaker: Erick Eligio Arroyo Pérez Location: MPI for Terrestrial Microbiology Room: Lecture Hall / Hybrid Host: IMPRS Contact: imprs@mpi-marburg.mpg.de [more] Identification and characterization of two radical SAM enzymes involved in biosynthesis of the [Fe]-hydrogenase cofactor Doctoral thesis defense Date: Jan 25, 2023 Time: 10:00 AM (Local Time Germany) Speaker: Francisco Javier Arriaza Gallardo Location: MPI for Terrestrial Microbiology Room: Lecture hall Host: Dr. Seigo Shima Contact: shima@mpi-marburg.mpg.de [more] Graduate Students Mini Symposium I 2023 Microbiology Seminar Series Date: Jan 16, 2023 Time: 01:15 PM (Local Time Germany) Location: MPI for Terrestrial Microbiology Room: Lecture Hall / Hybrid Host: IMPRS Contact: imprs@mpi-marburg.mpg.de [more] Impact of osmotic stressors on the metabolic activity of Methylocystis sp. strain SC2 Doctoral thesis defense Date: Jan 13, 2023 Time: 05:00 PM (Local Time Germany) Speaker: Kangli Guo Location: MPI for Terrestrial Microbiology Room: Lecture hall Host: PD Dr. Werner Liesack Contact: liesack@mpi-marburg.mpg.de [more] Graduate Students Mini Symposium VIII Microbiology Seminar Series Date: Dec 12, 2022 Time: 04:00 PM (Local Time Germany) Location: Online Host: IMPRS Contact: imprs@mpi-marburg.mpg.de [more] Comprehesive Analysis of the Cytoskeletal Protein Bactofilin in Caulobacter crescentus PhD Defense Date: Dec 12, 2022 Time: 01:00 PM (Local Time Germany) Speaker: Ying Liu Location: MPI for Terrestrial Microbiology Room: Lecture Hall / Hybrid Host: IMPRS Contact: imprs@mpi-marburg.mpg.de [more] Characterization of SRP RNA circularization and Nudix hydrolase activity in the hyperthermophilic archaeon Sulfolobus acidocaldarius Doctoral thesis defense Date: Nov 30, 2022 Time: 02:00 PM (Local Time Germany) Speaker: Ruth Breuer Location: MPI for Terrestrial Microbiology Room: Lecture hall Host: IMPRS Contact: imprs@mpi-marburg.mpg.de [more] Mathematical modelling of metabolism and enzyme-level regulation to understand and infer functional regulators of metabolism Doctoral thesis defense Date: Nov 25, 2022 Time: 02:00 PM (Local Time Germany) Speaker: Niklas Farke Location: MPI for Terrestrial Microbiology Room: Lecture Hall / Hybrid Host: IMPRS Contact: imprs@mpi-marburg.mpg.de [more] Decoupling of growth and overproduction of chemicals in Escherichia coli Doctoral thesis defense Date: Nov 15, 2022 Time: 02:00 PM (Local Time Germany) Speaker: Thorben Schramm Room: Lecture Hall / Hybrid Host: IMPRS Contact: imprs@mpi-marburg.mpg.de [more] Protein diffusion in the cytoplasm of Escherichia coli Doctoral thesis defense Date: Nov 14, 2022 Time: 02:00 PM (Local Time Germany) Speaker: Nicola Bellotto Location: MPI for Terrestrial Microbiology Room: Lecture Hall / Hybrid Host: IMPRS Contact: imprs@mpi-marburg.mpg.de [more] b-NAD as a Building Block in Natural Product Biosynthesis Microbiology Seminar Series Date: Oct 31, 2022 Time: 04:00 PM (Local Time Germany) Speaker: Prof. Takayoshi Awakawa The University of Tokyo, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Japan Location: Hybrid Host: Prof. Dr. Helge Bode Contact: helge.bode@mpi-marburg.mpg.de [more] Graduate Students Mini-Symposium VII 2022 Graduate Students Mini-Symposium Date: Oct 24, 2022 Time: 04:00 PM (Local Time Germany) Location: Online Host: IMPRS Contact: imprs@mpi-marburg.mpg.de [more] The diverse functions and mechanisms of prokaryotic Argonaute proteins Microbiology Seminar Series Date: Sep 26, 2022 Time: 04:00 PM (Local Time Germany) Speaker: Dr. Daan Swarts Wageningen University & Research, Laboratory of Biochemistry, The Netherlands Location: Hybrid Room: Lecture hall Host: Dr. Katharina Höfer Contact: katharina.hoefer@synmikro.mpi-marburg.mpg.de [more] Coevolution in the termite-protist symbiosis Microbiology Seminar Series Date: Sep 19, 2022 Time: 04:00 PM (Local Time Germany) Speaker: Gillian Gile (Associate Professor) Arizona State University, School of Life Sciences, Tempe, USA Location: Hybrid Room: Lecture hall Host: Prof. Dr. Andreas Brune Contact: brune@mpi-marburg.mpg.de [more] Diversity, function and oxygen relationship of free-living and flagellate-associated Opitutales (phylum Verrucomicrobiota) in termite gut PhD Defense Date: Sep 16, 2022 Time: 11:00 AM (Local Time Germany) Speaker: Christopher Feldewert Max Planck Institute for terrestrial Microbiology, Marburg Location: FB Biologie Room: Großer Hörsaal Host: Prof. Dr. Andreas Brune Contact: brune@mpi-marburg.mpg.de [more] Graduate Students Mini-Symposium VI 2022 Graduate Students Mini-Symposium Date: Sep 12, 2022 Time: 04:00 PM (Local Time Germany) Location: Online Host: IMPRS Contact: imprs@mpi-marburg.mpg.de [more] Partners in slime: How mucus regulates microbial virulence Microbiology Seminar Series Date: Jul 25, 2022 Time: 04:00 PM (Local Time Germany) Speaker: Prof. Dr. Katharina Ribbeck Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Biological Engineering, Cambridge, USA Location: Hybrid Room: Lecture hall Host: Prof. Dr. Victor Sourjik Contact: victor.sourjik@synmikro.mpi-marburg.mpg.de [more] Graduate Students Mini-Symposium V 2022 Graduate Students Mini-Symposium Date: Jul 11, 2022 Time: 04:00 PM (Local Time Germany) Location: Online Host: IMPRS Contact: imprs@mpi-marburg.mpg.de [more] Graduate Students Mini-Symposium IV 2022 Graduate Students Mini-Symposium Date: Jun 20, 2022 Time: 04:00 PM (Local Time Germany) Location: Online Host: IMPRS Contact: imprs@mpi-marburg.mpg.de [more] Microbial determinants of folivory in beetles Microbiology Seminar Series Date: May 23, 2022 Time: 01:00 PM (Local Time Germany) Speaker: Dr. Hassan Salem Max Planck Institute for Biology, Mutualisms Research Group, Tübingen Location: Hybrid Host: Dr. Georg Hochberg Contact: georg.hochberg@mpi-marburg.mpg.de [more] Graduate Students Mini-Symposium III 2022 Graduate Students Mini-Symposium Date: May 16, 2022 Time: 04:00 PM (Local Time Germany) Location: Online Host: IMPRS Contact: imprs@mpi-marburg.mpg.de [more] How to catch a nematode if you were a mushroom Microbiology Seminar Series Date: Apr 11, 2022 Time: 01:00 PM (Local Time Germany) Speaker: Dr. Yen-Ping Hsueh Institute of Molecular Biology, Academia Sinica, Taiwan Location: MPI for Terrestrial Microbiology Room: Lecture hall Host: Prof. Dr. Regine Kahmann Contact: kahmann@mpi-marburg.mpg.de [more] The predation strategy of Myxococcus xanthus Microbiology Seminar Series Date: Apr 4, 2022 Time: 01:15 PM (Local Time Germany) Speaker: Dr. Christine Kaimer Ruhr Universität Bochum, Department for Biology and Biotechnology, Microbial Biology Location: MPI for Terrestrial Microbiology Room: Lecture hall Host: Dr. Andreas Diepold Contact: andreas.diepold@mpi-marburg.mpg.de [more] Graduate Students Mini-Symposium II 2022 Graduate Students Mini-Symposium Date: Mar 28, 2022 Time: 04:00 PM (Local Time Germany) Location: Online Host: IMPRS Contact: imprs@mpi-marburg.mpg.de [more] Phylogeny and metabolism of novel spirochetes from cockroaches and evolutionary origin of reductive acetogenesis in termite gut treponemes PhD Defense Date: Mar 15, 2022 Time: 03:00 PM (Local Time Germany) Speaker: Yulin Song Location: Online Host: IMPRS Contact: imprs@mpi-marburg.mpg.de [more] New central carbon metabolic pathways in Alphaproteobacteria: from natural to synthetic metabolism PhD Defense Date: Mar 4, 2022 Time: 04:00 PM (Local Time Germany) Speaker: Francesca Severi Location: Online Host: IMPRS Contact: imprs@mpi-marburg.mpg.de [more] Graduate Students Mini Symposium I 2022 Graduate Students Mini-Symposium Date: Feb 7, 2022 Time: 04:00 PM (Local Time Germany) Location: Online Host: IMPRS Contact: imprs@mpi-marburg.mpg.de [more] Integrative analysis and genome engineering of the near-minimal bacterium Mesoplasma florum Microbiology Seminar Series Date: Dec 6, 2021 Time: 04:00 PM (Local Time Germany) Speaker: Prof. Sébastien Rodrigue University of Sherbrooke, Quebec, Kanada Location: Online Host: Prof. Dr. Roland Lill Contact: lill@staff.uni-marburg.de [more] "Control and investigation of effector export by the bacterial type III secretion system using optogenetics" PhD Defense Date: Nov 22, 2021 Time: 02:00 PM (Local Time Germany) Speaker: Florian Lindner Location: Online Host: IMPRS Contact: imprs@mpi-marburg.mpg.de [more] Graduate Students Mini-Symposium VII 2021 Date: Nov 8, 2021 Time: 04:00 PM (Local Time Germany) Location: Online Host: IMPRS Contact: imprs@mpi-marburg.mpg.de [more] Transmission modes in two-component systems Microbiology Seminar Series Date: Nov 1, 2021 Time: 04:00 PM (Local Time Germany) Speaker: Felipe Trajtenberg, PhD Institut Pasteur de Montevideo, Uruguay Location: Online Host: Dr. Ilka Bischofs-Pfeifer Contact: ilka.bischofs@mpi-marburg.mpg.de [more] Graduate Students Mini Symposium VI 2021 Date: Sep 27, 2021 Time: 04:00 PM (Local Time Germany) Location: Online Host: IMPRS Contact: imprs@mpi-marburg.mpg.de [more] Phylogenomics and the early evolution of Bacteria Microbiology Seminar Series Date: Sep 13, 2021 Time: 04:00 PM (Local Time Germany) Speaker: Dr. Tom Williams University of Bristol, Department of Biological Sciences, UK Location: Online Host: Dr. Georg Hochberg Contact: georg.hochberg@mpi-marburg.mpg.de [more] Mapping interactions between metabolites and transcriptional regulators at a genome-scale PhD Defense Date: Sep 7, 2021 Time: 02:00 PM (Local Time Germany) Speaker: Michelle Kuntz Location: Online Host: IMPRS Contact: imprs@mpi-marburg.mpg.de [more] Graduate Students Mini Symposium V 2021 Date: Sep 6, 2021 Time: 04:00 PM (Local Time Germany) Location: Online Room: - Host: IMPRS Contact: imprs@mpi-marburg.mpg.de [more] High-Andean Microbial Ecosystems: From Lakes to photoreceptors Microbiology Seminar Series Date: Aug 23, 2021 Time: 04:00 PM (Local Time Germany) Speaker: Dr. Virginia Helena Albarracín Centro Integral de Microscopía Electrónica, Yerba Buena, Argentina Location: Zoom Host: Prof. Dr. Lars-Oliver Essen (FB Chemie - Biochemie, Universität Marburg) Contact: essenl@staff.uni-marburg.de [more] A 50-years old mechanistic mystery resolved - an exploration of the enzyme reaction mechanism of 3-ketosteroid delta1-dehydrogenase by experimental and theoretical techniques Microbiology Seminar Series Date: Jul 26, 2021 Time: 04:00 PM (Local Time Germany) Speaker: Prof. Dr. Maciej Szaleniec Jerzy Haber Institute of Catalysis and Surface Chemistry, Krakow, Poland Location: Zoom Host: Prof. Dr. Johann Heider Contact: heider@staff.uni-marburg.de [more] Bacterial Danger-Sensing Protects Against Bacteriophage Predation PhD Defense Date: Jul 2, 2021 Time: 03:00 PM (Local Time Germany) Speaker: Sanika Vaidya Location: Online Host: IMPRS Contact: imprs@mpi-marburg.mpg.de [more] Mechanisms for chromosome folding and segregation in Bacillus subtilis SFB/Transregio TRR 174 Date: Jun 28, 2021 Time: 04:00 PM (Local Time Germany) Speaker: Prof. Dr. Stephan Gruber University of Lausanne, Switzerland Location: Zoom Host: Prof. Dr. Martin Thanbichler Contact: thanbichler@uni-marburg.de [more] Small but effective! Newly identified players in nitrogen regulation in Methanosarcina mazei Microbiology Seminar Series Date: Jun 21, 2021 Time: 04:00 PM (Local Time Germany) Speaker: Prof. Dr. Ruth Schmitz-Streit Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel, Biologiezentrum, Kiel Location: Zoom Host: Dr. Jing Yuan Contact: jing.yuan@synmikro.mpi-marburg.mpg.de [more] Graduate Students Mini Symposium IV 2021 Date: Jun 14, 2021 Time: 04:00 PM (Local Time Germany) Location: Online Room: - Host: IMPRS Contact: imprs@mpi-marburg.mpg.de [more] A biophysical approach to RNA transcription Microbiology Seminar Series Date: Jun 7, 2021 Time: 04:00 PM (Local Time Germany) Speaker: Dr. Tomasz Turowski University of Edinburgh, Department of Cell Biology, UK Location: Zoom Host: Dr. Daniel Schindler Contact: daniel.schindler@mpi-marburg.mpg.de [more] The proton motive force determines Escherichia coli’s robustness to extracellular pH Microbiology Seminar Series Date: May 31, 2021 Time: 04:00 PM (Local Time Germany) Speaker: Prof. Teuta Pilizota The University of Edinburgh, Scotland Location: Zoom Host: Dr. Andreas Diepold Contact: andreas.diepold@mpi-marburg.mpg.de [more] Molecular function and regulation of the bacterial injectisome PhD Defense Date: May 25, 2021 Time: 03:00 PM (Local Time Germany) Speaker: Stephan Wimmi Location: Online Host: IMPRS Contact: imprs@mpi-marburg.mpg.de [more] Graduate Students Mini Symposium III 2021 CANCELLED Date: May 10, 2021 Time: 04:00 PM (Local Time Germany) Location: Online Room: - Host: IMPRS Contact: imprs@mpi-marburg.mpg.de [more] Income tax seminar for international scholars Special seminar Date: May 6, 2021 Time: 04:00 PM (Local Time Germany) Speaker: Jens Köhlhoff Location: Online Host: International Office Contact: dusica.rados@synmikro.mpi-marburg.mpg.de [more] Cell-free systems for on-demand biomanufacturing, molecular sensing, and education Microbiology Seminar Series Date: May 3, 2021 Time: 04:00 PM (Local Time Germany) Speaker: Prof. Dr. Michael C. Jewett Center for Synthetic Biology, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, USA Location: Zoom Host: IMPRS Contact: imprs@mpi-marburg.mpg.de [more] Evolution of high torque flagellar motors and coevolution of cell plan in the Campylobacterota Microbiology Seminar Series Date: Apr 19, 2021 Time: 04:00 PM (Local Time Germany) Speaker: Dr. Morgan Beeby Imperial College London, Department of Life Sciences Location: Zoom Host: Dr. Georg Hochberg Contact: georg.hochberg@mpi-marburg.mpg.de [more] At the crossroads of bacterial signaling and RNA degradation Microbiology Seminar Series Date: Mar 29, 2021 Time: 04:00 PM (Local Time Germany) Speaker: Prof. Dr. Holger Sondermann DESY - Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron, Department of Structural Microbiology, Hamburg Location: Zoom Host: Prof. Dr. Knut Drescher Contact: k.drescher@mpi-marburg.mpg.de [more] IMPRS Selection Symposium Start: Mar 29, 2021 01:00 PM (Local Time Germany) End: Mar 31, 2021 05:00 PM Location: Online Room: - Host: IMPRS Contact: imprs@mpi-marburg.mpg.de [more] Involvement of FlhG, FlhB and their interaction partners in the regulation of flagellation in the monotrichous bacterium Shewanella putrefaciens PhD Defense Date: Mar 25, 2021 Time: 04:00 PM (Local Time Germany) Speaker: Vitan Blagotinsek Location: Online Host: IMPRS Contact: imprs@mpi-marburg.mpg.de [more] Feeling the pinch: New insights into regulation of the E. coli divisome SFB/Transregio TRR 174 Date: Mar 22, 2021 Time: 04:00 PM (Local Time Germany) Speaker: Prof. Dr. William Margolin McGovern Medical School at The University of Texas, Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, Texas, U.S. Location: Zoom Host: TRR 174 Contact: carina.marek@biologie.uni-marburg.de [more] Graduate Students Mini Symposium II 2021 Date: Mar 15, 2021 Time: 04:00 PM (Local Time Germany) Location: Online Room: - Host: IMPRS Contact: imprs@mpi-marburg.mpg.de [more] Characterization of type III secretion system-dependent protein secretion in Y. enterocolitica PhD Defense Date: Mar 15, 2021 Time: 02:00 PM (Local Time Germany) Speaker: Bailey Milne-Davies Location: Online Host: IMPRS Contact: imprs@mpi-marburg.mpg.de [more] Introduction of the Max Planck Research Group: Bacterial Epitranscriptomics Microbiology Seminar Series Date: Mar 8, 2021 Time: 04:00 PM (Local Time Germany) Speaker: Dr. Katharina Höfer Max Planck Institute of terrestrial Microbiology, Marburg Location: Zoom Host: Dr. Katharina Höfer Contact: katharina.hoefer@synmikro.mpi-marburg.mpg.de [more] How to kill your rivals: microbial warfare mediated by the Type VI secretion system of Serratia marcescens Microbiology Seminar Series Date: Mar 1, 2021 Time: 04:00 PM (Local Time Germany) Speaker: Prof. Sarah Coulthurst University of Dundee, School of Life Sciences Reception, Scotland Location: Zoom Host: Dr. Andreas Diepold Contact: andreas.diepold@mpi-marburg.mpg.de [more] Deregulation of the Clp protease by ADEP antibiotics - recent news SFB/Transregio TRR 174 Date: Feb 22, 2021 Time: 04:00 PM (Local Time Germany) Speaker: Prof. Dr. Heike Brötz-Oesterhelt University of Tübingen, Interfaculty Institute of Microbiology and Infection Medicine Location: Zoom Host: TRR 174 Contact: carina.marek@biologie.uni-marburg.de [more] Image Segmentation of Bacterial Cells in Biofilms PhD Defense Date: Feb 19, 2021 Time: 05:00 PM (Local Time Germany) Speaker: Eric Jelli Location: Online Host: Prof. Dr. Knut Drescher Contact: k.drescher@mpi-marburg.mpg.de [more] Fitness effects of horizontal gene transfer Microbiology Seminar Series Date: Feb 15, 2021 Time: 04:00 PM (Local Time Germany) Speaker: Prof. Dr. Berenike Maier University of Cologne, Institute for Biological Physics Location: Zoom Host: Prof. Dr. Knut Drescher Contact: k.drescher@mpi-marburg.mpg.de [more] Dynamics, Feedback, and Transient Antibiotic Resistance in Single Cells Microbiology Seminar Series Date: Feb 8, 2021 Time: 04:00 PM (Local Time Germany) Speaker: Dr. Mary Dunlop Boston University, Biomedical Engineering Department Location: Zoom Host: Dr. Ilka Bischofs-Pfeiffer Contact: ilka.bischofspfeifer@mpi-marburg.mpg.de [more] Graduate Students Mini Symposium I 2021 Date: Feb 1, 2021 Time: 04:00 PM (Local Time Germany) Location: Online Room: - Host: IMPRS Contact: imprs@mpi-marburg.mpg.de [more] Architecture, spatial metabolism and stress response of bacterial biofilms PhD Defense Date: Jan 29, 2021 Time: 03:00 PM (Local Time Germany) Speaker: Francisco Javier Díaz Pascual Location: Online Host: IMPRS Contact: imprs@mpi-marburg.mpg.de [more] Structural Proteomics of the Fungal Cell Wall PhD Defense Date: Jan 26, 2021 Time: 01:00 PM (Local Time Germany) Speaker: Viktoria Reithofer Location: Online Host: IMPRS Contact: imprs@mpi-marburg.mpg.de [more] Teaching an old dog new trick - engineering E. coli for new-to-nature metabolism Microbiology Seminar Series Date: Jan 25, 2021 Time: 04:00 PM (Local Time Germany) Speaker: Dr. Markus Jeschek ETH Zürich, Department of Biosystems Science and Engineering, Switzerland Location: Zoom Host: Prof. Dr. Tobias Erb Contact: toerb@mpi-marburg.mpg.de [more] Biochemical Characterization of the Phoslactomycin modular Polyketidesynthase PhD Defense Date: Jan 15, 2021 Time: 03:00 PM (Local Time Germany) Speaker: Kyra Geyer Location: Online Host: IMPRS Contact: imprs@mpi-marburg.mpg.de [more] New mechanisms controlling the positioning and activity of the ParABS chromosome partition system PhD Defense Date: Dec 15, 2020 Time: 03:00 PM (Local Time Germany) Speaker: Manuel Osorio Valeriano Location: Online Host: IMPRS Contact: imprs@mpi-marburg.mpg.de [more] How FtsZ forms a ring - the emergence of large-scale order from local interactions between treadmilling filaments SFB/Transregio TRR 174 Date: Dec 14, 2020 Time: 04:00 PM (Local Time Germany) Speaker: Dr. Martin Loose Institute of Science and Technology, Austria Location: Online Host: TRR 174 Contact: carina.marek@biologie.uni-marburg.de [more] Force required for endocytic vesicle formation analyzed by FRET-based force sensors PhD Defense Date: Dec 11, 2020 Time: 02:00 PM (Local Time Germany) Speaker: Marc Abella Guerra Location: Online Host: IMPRS Contact: imprs@mpi-marburg.mpg.de [more] Graduate Students Mini Symposium VIII 2020 Date: Dec 7, 2020 Time: 04:00 PM (Local Time Germany) Location: Online Room: - Host: IMPRS Contact: imprs@mpi-marburg.mpg.de [more] Expanding the repertoire of enzymatic C‑C bond formation with one-carbon units PhD Defense Date: Dec 4, 2020 Time: 10:30 AM (Local Time Germany) Speaker: Simon Burgener Location: Online Host: IMPRS Contact: imprs@mpi-marburg.mpg.de [more] Synthetic bacterial communities to probe microbial community functions Microbiology Seminar Series Date: Nov 30, 2020 Time: 04:00 PM (Local Time Germany) Speaker: Prof. Dr. Bärbel Stecher Max-von-Pettenkofer Institut, München Location: Zoom, Webinar Host: Prof. Dr. Knut Drescher Contact: k.drescher@mpi-marburg.mpg.de [more] Building a light driven synthetic carbon dioxide fixation cycle within microdroplets PhD Defense Date: Nov 25, 2020 Time: 04:00 PM (Local Time Germany) Speaker: Tarryn Miller Location: Online Host: IMPRS Contact: imprs@mpi-marburg.mpg.de [more] Determinants of bacterial cell shape and size SFB/Transregio TRR 174 Date: Nov 23, 2020 Time: 04:00 PM (Local Time Germany) Speaker: Dr. Sven van Teeffelen Institut Pasteur, Laboratory of Microbial Morphogenesis and Growth, Paris, France Location: Online Host: TRR 174 Contact: carina.marek@biologie.uni-marburg.de [more] Effects of membrane lipid composition on the organization and signaling properties of bacterial chemoreceptors PhD Defense Date: Nov 4, 2020 Time: 12:00 PM (Local Time Germany) Speaker: Nadja Sachs Location: Online Host: IMPRS Contact: imprs@mpi-marburg.mpg.de [more] Graduate Students Mini Symposium VII 2020 Date: Nov 2, 2020 Time: 03:00 PM (Local Time Germany) Location: Online Room: - Host: IMPRS Contact: imprs@mpi-marburg.mpg.de [more] tba SFB/Transregio TRR 174 Date: Oct 26, 2020 Time: 04:00 PM (Local Time Germany) Speaker: Prof. Susan Lea Sir William Dunn School of Pathology, University of Oxford Location: Online Host: TRR 174 Contact: carina.marek@biologie.uni-marburg.de [more] Establishment and maintenance of cell polarity in Myxococcus xanthus PhD Defense Date: Oct 23, 2020 Time: 03:00 PM (Local Time Germany) Speaker: Luís Carreira Location: Online Host: IMPRS Contact: imprs@mpi-marburg.mpg.de [more] Tapping cyanobacteria for sugar: increasing photosynthetic potential and engineering solar-driven microbial consortia for bioproduction Microbiology Seminar Series Date: Sep 14, 2020 Time: 04:00 PM (Local Time Germany) Speaker: Dr. Daniel Ducat Michigan State University, College of Natural Science, East Lansing, USA Location: Online Host: Prof. Dr. Tobias Erb Contact: toerb@mpi-marburg.mpg.de [more] Propionyl-CoA Synthase: Characterization, Engineering and Physiological Role of a Trifunctional Fusion Enzyme PhD Defense Date: Sep 7, 2020 Time: 02:15 PM (Local Time Germany) Speaker: Iria Bernhardsgrütter Location: Online Host: IMPRS Contact: imprs@mpi-marburg.mpg.de [more] Transcriptional regulation of Escherichia coli metabolism and engineered metabolic pathways PhD Defense Date: Sep 3, 2020 Time: 10:00 AM (Local Time Germany) Speaker: Chun-Ying Wang Location: Online Host: IMPRS Contact: imprs@mpi-marburg.mpg.de [more] Role of chemotaxis, cyclic-di-GMP and type 1 fimbriae in Escherichia coli surface attachment PhD Defense Date: Aug 28, 2020 Time: 11:00 AM (Local Time Germany) Speaker: Maria Esteban Lopez Location: Online Host: IMPRS Contact: imprs@mpi-marburg.mpg.de [more] Understanding metabolic robustness of Escherichia coli using genetic and environmental perturbations PhD Defense Date: Aug 24, 2020 Time: 02:00 PM (Local Time Germany) Speaker: Stefano Donati Location: Online Host: IMPRS Contact: imprs@mpi-marburg.mpg.de [more] From stress to success: how actinobacteria exploit life without a cell wall SFB/Transregio TRR 174 Date: Aug 17, 2020 Time: 04:00 PM (Local Time Germany) Speaker: Dr. Dennis Claessen University of Leiden, Institute of Biology, IBL Microbial Sciences, Netherlands Location: Online Host: TRR 174 Contact: carina.marek@biologie.uni-marburg.de [more] Implementation of CO2 fixation pathways into Methylorubrum extorquens AM1 PhD Defense Date: Jul 17, 2020 Time: 03:00 PM (Local Time Germany) Speaker: Martina Carrillo Location: Online Host: IMPRS Contact: imprs@mpi-marburg.mpg.de [more] Realization of a New-to-Nature Carboxylation Pathway PhD Defense Date: Jul 15, 2020 Time: 04:00 PM (Local Time Germany) Speaker: Marieke Scheffen Location: Online Host: IMPRS Contact: imprs@mpi-marburg.mpg.de [more] Surface polysaccharide biosynthesis and function, and regulation by DmxA and c-di-GMP in Myxococcus xanthus PhD Defense Date: Jul 14, 2020 Time: 02:30 PM (Local Time Germany) Speaker: Maria Perez Burgos Location: Online Host: IMPRS Contact: imprs@mpi-marburg.mpg.de [more] Fighting the spread of antibiotic resistance with bacterial competence inhibitors SFB/Transregio TRR 174 Date: Jul 6, 2020 Time: 04:00 PM (Local Time Germany) Speaker: Prof. Dr. Jan-Willem Veening University of Lausanne, Dept. Fundamental Microbiology, Switzerland Location: Online Room: - Host: TRR 174 Contact: carina.marek@biologie.uni-marburg.de [more] Division of labour and disease dynamics in clonal ant societies Microbiology Seminar Series Date: Jun 29, 2020 Time: 04:00 PM (Local Time Germany) Speaker: Dr. Yuko Ulrich University of Lausanne, Switzerland Location: Online Host: Prof. Dr. Victor Sourjik Contact: victor.sourjik@synmikro.mpi-marburg.mpg.de [more] Microbial Symbioses and the Evolution of Novel Organelles Microbiology Seminar Series Date: Jun 22, 2020 Time: 04:00 PM (Local Time Germany) Speaker: Jun.-Prof. Dr. Eva Nowack Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf, Institute of Microbial Cell Biology Location: Online Host: Prof. Dr. Victor Sourjik Contact: victor.sourjik@synmikro.mpi-marburg.mpg.de [more] The dynamic machinery of bacterial riboregulation (and some potential application for SARS COV2) SFB/Transregio TRR 174 Date: Jun 15, 2020 Time: 04:00 PM (Local Time Germany) Speaker: Prof. Dr. Ben Luisi and staff members University of Cambridge, Dept. Biochemistry, UK Location: Online Host: TRR 174 Contact: carina.marek@biologie.uni-marburg.de [more] Regulation of Autolysins during cell division in Caulobacter cresentus PhD Defense Date: Jun 8, 2020 Time: 03:00 PM (Local Time Germany) Speaker: Adrián Izquierdo Martínez Location: Online Host: IMPRS Contact: imprs@mpi-marburg.mpg.de [more] A purely Lamarckian ‘evolution’ permits survival of a bacterium to a lethal stressor Microbiology Seminar Series Date: May 25, 2020 Time: 04:00 PM (Local Time Germany) Speaker: Prof. Dr. Christopher Marx University of Idaho, Department of Biological Sciences, USA Location: Zoom, Webinar Room: - Host: Prof. Dr. Tobias Erb Contact: toerb@mpi-marburg.mpg.de [more] Graduate Students Mini Symposium VI 2020 Date: May 18, 2020 Time: 04:00 PM (Local Time Germany) Location: MPI for Terrestrial Microbiology Room: Online event Host: IMPRS Contact: imprs@mpi-marburg.mpg.de [more] Coming in for a landing: bacterial signaling pathways activated upon surface contact SFB/Transregio TRR 174 Date: May 11, 2020 Time: 04:00 PM (Local Time Germany) Speaker: Prof. Dr. Joanne Engel University of California San Francisco, Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Disease Location: MPI for Terrestrial Microbiology Room: Online event Host: TRR 174 Contact: carina.marek@biologie.uni-marburg.de [more] Implant Infection and Innate Immunity Microbiology Seminar Series Date: May 7, 2020 Time: 04:00 PM (Local Time Germany) Speaker: Prof. Phil Stewart Center for Biofilm Engineering, Montana State University Location: MPI for Terrestrial Microbiology Room: Online event Host: IMPRS Contact: imprs@mpi-marburg.mpg.de [more] Comprehensive phylogenetic study of ECF sigma factors PhD Defense Date: May 4, 2020 Time: 04:00 PM (Local Time Germany) Speaker: Delia Casas Pastor Location: MPI for Terrestrial Microbiology Room: Lecture hall Host: IMPRS Contact: imprs@mpi-marburg.mpg.de [more] Why was a complement inhibitor used in the 2011 German EHEC outbreak? SFB/Transregio TRR 174 CANCELLED Date: Apr 30, 2020 Time: 01:15 PM (Local Time Germany) Speaker: Prof. Dr. Reinhard Würzner Medizinische Universität Innsbruck, Institut für Hygiene und medizinische Mikrobiologie, Austria Location: MPI for Terrestrial Microbiology Room: Lecture hall Host: TRR 174 Contact: carina.marek@biologie.uni-marburg.de [more] The coming of age of de novo protein design Microbiology Seminar Series Date: Apr 28, 2020 Time: 07:00 PM (Local Time Germany) Speaker: Prof. David Baker Institute for Protein Design at the University of Washington Location: MPI for Terrestrial Microbiology Room: Online event Host: IMPRS Contact: imprs@mpi-marburg.mpg.de [more] Engineering bioremediation agents: from the test tube to planet Earth Microbiology Seminar Series Date: Apr 24, 2020 Time: 11:00 AM (Local Time Germany) Speaker: Victor de Lorenzo Centro Nacional de Biotecnología, CSIC Location: MPI for Terrestrial Microbiology Room: Online event Host: IMPRS Contact: imprs@mpi-marburg.mpg.de [more] Graduate Students Mini Symposium V 2020 (virtual meeting) Date: Apr 20, 2020 Time: 01:00 PM (Local Time Germany) Location: MPI for Terrestrial Microbiology Room: - Host: IMPRS Contact: imprs@mpi-marburg.mpg.de [more] IMPRS Selection Symposium CANCELLED Start: Apr 20, 2020 09:00 AM (Local Time Germany) End: Apr 22, 2020 12:00 PM Location: MPI for Terrestrial Microbiology Room: Lecture hall Host: IMPRS Contact: imprs@mpi-marburg.mpg.de [more] Inferring and understanding transcriptional control in Escherichia coli and its application in biotechnology PhD Defense Date: Apr 17, 2020 Time: 04:00 PM (Local Time Germany) Speaker: Martin Lempp Location: MPI for Terrestrial Microbiology Room: Online event Host: IMPRS Contact: imprs@mpi-marburg.mpg.de [more] Linking metabolic capacity and molecular biology of Methylocystis sp. strain SC2 by a newly developed proteomics workflow PhD Defense Date: Apr 17, 2020 Time: 02:00 PM (Local Time Germany) Speaker: Anna Hakobyan Location: MPI for Terrestrial Microbiology Room: Online event Host: IMPRS Contact: imprs@mpi-marburg.mpg.de [more] From stress to success: how actinobacteria exploit life without a cell wall SFB/Transregio TRR 174 CANCELLED Date: Apr 6, 2020 Time: 01:15 PM (Local Time Germany) Speaker: Dr. Dennis Claessen Leiden University, IBL Microbial Sciences, Netherlands Location: MPI for Terrestrial Microbiology Room: Lecture hall Host: TRR 174 Contact: carina.marek@biologie.uni-marburg.de [more] Graduate Students Mini Symposium IV 2020 (virtual meeting) Date: Apr 6, 2020 Time: 01:00 PM (Local Time Germany) Location: MPI for Terrestrial Microbiology Room: - Host: IMPRS Contact: imprs@mpi-marburg.mpg.de [more] From insects to plants - Phenotypic switching of insect pathogenic Photorhabdus luminescens bacteria SFB 987 Mini-Symposium CANCELLED Date: Mar 16, 2020 Time: 02:30 PM (Local Time Germany) Speaker: Prof. Dr. Ralf Heermann Johannes-Gutenberg-Universität Mainz, Mikrobiologie und Weinforschung Location: MPI for Terrestrial Microbiology Room: Kleiner Hörsaal Host: SFB 987 Contact: nelli.pfeifer@staff.uni-marburg.de [more] New bacterial degradation pathways for natural, environmental and intestinal organosulfonates SFB 987 Mini-Symposium CANCELLED Date: Mar 16, 2020 Time: 01:15 PM (Local Time Germany) Speaker: Prof. Dr. David Schleheck Universität Konstanz, Microbial Ecology Location: MPI for Terrestrial Microbiology Room: Kleiner Hörsaal Host: SFB 987 Contact: nelli.pfeifer@staff.uni-marburg.de [more] Structural and functional characterization of fungal cell wall proteins involved in adhesion and integrity sensing PhD Defense Date: Mar 10, 2020 Time: 01:00 PM (Local Time Germany) Speaker: Bernard Lutterbach Location: MPI for Terrestrial Microbiology Room: Lecture hall Host: IMPRS Contact: imprs@mpi-marburg.mpg.de [more] Graduate Students Mini Symposium II & III 2020 Date: Mar 2, 2020 Time: 01:00 PM (Local Time Germany) Location: MPI for Terrestrial Microbiology Room: Lecture hall Host: IMPRS Contact: imprs@mpi-marburg.mpg.de [more] Learning from predatory bacteria: from `omics´ to molecular mechanisms Microbiology Seminar Series Date: Feb 24, 2020 Time: 01:15 PM (Local Time Germany) Speaker: Dr. Simona Huwiler School of Life Sciences, University of Nottingham, UK Location: MPI for Terrestrial Microbiology Room: Lecture hall Host: Prof. Dr. Tobias Erb Contact: toerb@mpi-marburg.mpg.de [more] Coordination of cell wall homeostasis with cell division: Genes, suppressors and beyond SFB/Transregio TRR 174 Date: Feb 20, 2020 Time: 01:15 PM (Local Time Germany) Speaker: PD Dr. Sven Halbedel Robert Koch Institut, Division of Enteropathogenic bacteria and Legionella, Wernigerode Location: MPI for Terrestrial Microbiology Room: Lecture hall Host: TRR 174 Contact: carina.marek@biologie.uni-marburg.de [more] Gene transfer agent: Evolution, function, and role in bacterial adaptation SFB 987 Mini-Symposium Date: Feb 17, 2020 Time: 02:30 PM (Local Time Germany) Speaker: Prof. Dr. Christoph Dehio University of Basel, Biozentrum - The Center for Molecular Life Sciences Location: MPI for Terrestrial Microbiology Room: Kleiner Hörsaal Host: SFB 987 Contact: nelli.pfeifer@staff.uni-marburg.de [more] Photosynthetic Life in Hot Acid - Genomic and Physiological Insights into Extremophily in the Cyanidiales SFB 987 Mini-Symposium Date: Feb 17, 2020 Time: 01:15 PM (Local Time Germany) Speaker: Prof. Dr. Andreas Weber Heinrich-Heine-Universität, Düsseldorf Location: MPI for Terrestrial Microbiology Room: Kleiner Hörsaal Host: SFB 987 Contact: nelli.pfeifer@staff.uni-marburg.de [more] Production and analysis of synthetic cascade variants PhD Defense Date: Feb 17, 2020 Time: 10:00 AM (Local Time Germany) Speaker: Daniel Gleditzsch Location: MPI for Terrestrial Microbiology Room: Lecture hall Host: IMPRS Contact: imprs@mpi-marburg.mpg.de [more] Apoplastic effectors in maize - U.maydis interface Date: Feb 14, 2020 Time: 10:00 AM (Local Time Germany) Speaker: Dr. Lay-Sun Ma Institute of Plant and Microbial Biology, Academia Sinica Location: MPI for Terrestrial Microbiology Room: Seminar Room III Host: Prof. Dr. Regine Kahmann Contact: kahmann@mpi-marburg.mpg.de [more] Regulation of development by c-di-GMP in Myxococcus xanthus PhD Defense Date: Feb 10, 2020 Time: 03:00 PM (Local Time Germany) Speaker: Sofya Kuzmich Location: MPI for Terrestrial Microbiology Room: Lecture hall Host: IMPRS Contact: imprs@mpi-marburg.mpg.de [more] Graduate Students Mini Symposium I 2020 Date: Feb 3, 2020 Time: 01:00 PM (Local Time Germany) Location: MPI for Terrestrial Microbiology Room: Lecture hall Host: IMPRS Contact: imprs@mpi-marburg.mpg.de [more] Microfluidic single-cell cultivation: Concept, application and challenges Microbiology Seminar Series Date: Jan 27, 2020 Time: 01:15 PM (Local Time Germany) Speaker: Prof. Dr. Alexander Grünberger Universität Bielefeld, Technische Fakultät - AG Multiscale Bioengineering Location: MPI for Terrestrial Microbiology Room: Lecture hall Host: Prof. Dr. Tobias Erb Contact: toerb@mpi-marburg.mpg.de [more] Development of molecular tools for research on red and green algae SFB 987 Mini-Symposium Date: Jan 20, 2020 Time: 03:00 PM (Local Time Germany) Speaker: Prof. Dr. Ralph Bock Max-Planck-Institut für Molekulare Pflanzenphysiologie, Potsdam Location: MPI for Terrestrial Microbiology Room: Lecture hall Host: SFB 987 Contact: nelli.pfeifer@staff.uni-marburg.de [more] Breaching the Barrier: Quantifying Antibiotic Permeability across Gram-negative Bacterial Membranes SFB 987 Mini-Symposium Date: Jan 20, 2020 Time: 01:15 PM (Local Time Germany) Speaker: Prof. Dr. Mathias Winterhalter Jacobs University, Life Sciences & Chemistry, Bremen Location: MPI for Terrestrial Microbiology Room: Lecture hall Host: SFB 987 Contact: nelli.pfeifer@staff.uni-marburg.de [more] Kicking the"BolA" in Bacterial Survival and Virulence SFB 987 Mini-Symposium Date: Jan 13, 2020 Time: 03:00 PM (Local Time Germany) Speaker: Dr. Cecília Maria Arraiano Universidade Nova de Lisboa, ITQB-Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica, Portugal Location: MPI for Terrestrial Microbiology Room: Lecture hall Host: SFB 987 Contact: nelli.pfeifer@staff.uni-marburg.de [more] Studying large multi-protein complexes using single-molecule localization microscopy PhD Defense Date: Dec 20, 2019 Time: 11:00 AM (Local Time Germany) Speaker: David Virant Location: MPI for Terrestrial Microbiology Room: Lecture hall Host: Dr. Ulrike Endesfelder Contact: ulrike.endesfelder@synmikro.mpi-marburg.mpg.de [more] Identification and characterization of M23 peptidase VcsP involved in cell separation in Vibrio parahaemolyticus PhD Defense Date: Dec 19, 2019 Time: 02:00 PM (Local Time Germany) Speaker: Jan Heering Location: MPI for Terrestrial Microbiology Room: Lecture hall Host: IMPRS Contact: imprs@mpi-marburg.mpg.de [more] Mechanisms of microbiota-pathogen interactions SFB 987 Mini-Symposium Cancelled Date: Dec 16, 2019 Time: 01:15 PM (Local Time Germany) Speaker: Prof. Barbara Stecher-Letsch Max-von-Pettenkofer-Institut für Hygiene und Medizinische Mikrobiologie, München Location: MPI for Terrestrial Microbiology Room: Lecture hall Host: SFB 987 Contact: nelli.pfeifer@staff.uni-marburg.de [more] The Role of Genomic Context in Bacterial Growth Homeostasis PhD Defense Date: Dec 11, 2019 Time: 03:00 PM (Local Time Germany) Speaker: Andre Sim Location: Neubau Chemie Room: Seminar Room E 173 Host: IMPRS Contact: imprs@mpi-marburg.mpg.de [more] Regulation of type IV pili formation and function by the small GTPase MglA in Myxococcus xanthus PhD Defense Date: Dec 2, 2019 Time: 03:00 PM (Local Time Germany) Speaker: Anna Potapova Location: MPI for Terrestrial Microbiology Room: Lecture hall Host: IMPRS Contact: imprs@mpi-marburg.mpg.de [more] Graduate Students Mini Symposia III and IV / 2019 Date: Nov 25, 2019 Time: 01:00 PM (Local Time Germany) Location: MPI for Terrestrial Microbiology Room: Lecture hall Host: IMPRS Contact: imprs@mpi-marburg.mpg.de [more] Understanding and Engineering Metabolic Feedback Regulation of Amino Acid Metabolism in Escherichia coli PhD Defense Date: Nov 21, 2019 Time: 02:00 PM (Local Time Germany) Speaker: Timur Sander Location: MPI for Terrestrial Microbiology Room: Lecture hall Host: Dr. Hannes Link Contact: hannes.link@synmikro.mpi-marburg.mpg.de [more] The stress-protectants and chemical chaperones ectoine and hydroxyectoine: enzymes, importer, exporter and transcriptional regulation PhD Defense Date: Nov 18, 2019 Time: 03:30 PM (Local Time Germany) Speaker: Laura Czech Location: MPI for Terrestrial Microbiology Room: Lecture hall Host: IMPRS Contact: imprs@mpi-marburg.mpg.de [more] Salmonella-microbiome interactions in the gut and their impact on transmission Microbiology Seminar Series CANCELLED Date: Nov 18, 2019 Time: 01:15 PM (Local Time Germany) Speaker: Prof. Dr. Denise Monack Stanford University, James H. Clark Center, USA Location: MPI for Terrestrial Microbiology Room: Lecture hall Host: Prof. Dr. Rolf Thauer Contact: thauer@mpi-marburg.mpg.de [more] From CoA ester supply to a yeast communication toolkit in Saccharomyces cerevisiae PhD Defense Date: Nov 12, 2019 Time: 01:00 PM (Local Time Germany) Speaker: Nicolas Krink Location: ZSM, Karl-von-Frisch-Str. 16 Room: Seminar Room Host: IMPRS Contact: imprs@mpi-marburg.mpg.de [more] Pseudomonas aeruginosa transcription profiling SFB 987 Mini-Symposium Date: Nov 11, 2019 Time: 01:15 PM (Local Time Germany) Speaker: Prof. Dr. Susanne Häußler Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research, Dept. of Molecular Bacteriology, Braunschweig Location: MPI for Terrestrial Microbiology Room: Lecture hall Host: SFB 987 Contact: nelli.pfeifer@staff.uni-marburg.de [more] Exploration of Microbes in Animals, the Environment, and Beer Special seminar Date: Nov 11, 2019 Time: 10:00 AM (Local Time Germany) Speaker: Charles Moritz Location: MPI for Terrestrial Microbiology Room: Lecture hall Host: Prof. Dr. Tobias Erb Contact: toerb@mpi-marburg.mpg.de [more] The bacterial stringent response in the context of root nodule symbiosis SFB 987 Mini-Symposium Date: Oct 28, 2019 Time: 03:00 PM (Local Time Germany) Speaker: Dr. Kathrin Wippel Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research, Department of Plant-Microbe Interactions, Cologne Location: MPI for Terrestrial Microbiology Room: Lecture hall Host: SFB 987 Contact: nelli.pfeifer@staff.uni-marburg.de [more] Disulfide bond formation underpins antimicrobial resistance in Enterobacteria Microbiology Seminar Series Date: Oct 28, 2019 Time: 01:15 PM (Local Time Germany) Speaker: Dr. Despoina Mevridou Imperial College London, Department of Life Sciences Location: MPI for Terrestrial Microbiology Room: Lecture hall Host: Dr. Andreas Diepold Contact: andreas.diepold@mpi-marburg.mpg.de [more] Investigating and manipulating the reaction mechanism of reductive carboxylases PhD Defense Date: Oct 17, 2019 Time: 03:00 PM (Local Time Germany) Speaker: Gabriele Stoffel Location: MPI for Terrestrial Microbiology Room: Lecture hall Host: IMPRS Contact: imprs@mpi-marburg.mpg.de [more] Bacterial "gap junctions" in cell-cell communication of multicellular cyanobacteria SFB/Transregio TRR 174 Date: Oct 14, 2019 Time: 01:15 PM (Local Time Germany) Speaker: PD Dr. Iris Maldener Eberhard Karls University Tübingen, Institute of Microbiology and Infection Medicine Location: MPI for Terrestrial Microbiology Room: Lecture hall Host: TRR 174 Contact: thanbichler@uni-marburg.de [more] Faculty of 1000 at Max Planck Institutes Special seminar Date: Oct 9, 2019 Time: 01:00 PM (Local Time Germany) Speaker: Dr. Chris Murawski Location: MPI for Terrestrial Microbiology Room: Lecture hall Host: IMPRS Contact: imprs@mpi-marburg.mpg.de [more] Visualizing Bacterial Physiology at High Resolution using Single-Molecule Tracking and Lattice-Light Sheet Microscopy Date: Oct 8, 2019 Time: 01:15 PM (Local Time Germany) Speaker: Dr. Andreas Gahlmann Department of Chemistry, Department of Molecular Physiology & Biological Physics, Center for Cell and Membrane Physiology University of Virginia Location: MPI for Terrestrial Microbiology Room: Lecture hall Host: Prof. Dr. L. Søgaard-Andersen Contact: sogaard@mpi-marburg.mpg.de [more] A passion for biochemistry and microorganisms Special Event Date: Oct 7, 2019 Time: 02:00 PM (Local Time Germany) Location: MPI for Terrestrial Microbiology Room: Lecture hall [more] Transcriptional regulators in the archaeon Sulfolobus acidocaldarius: homologies and differences with bacterial regulators Microbiology Seminar Series Date: Sep 30, 2019 Time: 01:15 PM (Local Time Germany) Speaker: Prof. Dr. ir. Eveline Peeters Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Bioengineering Sciences Department, Belgium Location: MPI for Terrestrial Microbiology Room: Lecture hall Host: Dr. Lennart Randau Contact: lennart.randau@mpi-marburg.mpg.de [more] Characterization of swarm-colony development reveals the release of a distinct cell type facilitating dissemination of Vibrio parahaemolyticus PhD Defense Date: Sep 24, 2019 Time: 03:00 PM (Local Time Germany) Speaker: Carolina Duarte de Freitas AG Ringgaard Location: MPI for Terrestrial Microbiology Room: Lecture hall Host: IMPRS Contact: imprs@mpi-marburg.mpg.de [more] Characterization of DNA interference by a minimal Type I-F CRISPR-Cas system PhD Defense Date: Sep 20, 2019 Time: 03:00 PM (Local Time Germany) Speaker: Hanna Müller Esparza AG Randau Location: MPI for Terrestrial Microbiology Room: Lecture hall Host: IMPRS Contact: imprs@mpi-marburg.mpg.de [more] Attempts towards the microbiological production of the second generation biofuel octanol Special seminar Date: Sep 20, 2019 Time: 10:30 AM (Local Time Germany) Speaker: Martin Schwalm Uni Frankfurt Location: MPI for Terrestrial Microbiology Room: Seminar Room Host: Prof. Dr. Tobias Erb Contact: toerb@mpi-marburg.mpg.de [more] Probing the cofactor specificity, pH effect, and temperature effect of archaeal ketol-acid reductoisomerase by cryo-EM Special seminar Date: Sep 17, 2019 Time: 02:00 PM (Local Time Germany) Speaker: Prof. Dr. Ming-Daw Tsai Academia Sinica, Institute of Biological Chemistry, Taipei, Taiwan Location: MPI for Terrestrial Microbiology Room: Lecture hall Host: Prof. Dr. Lars-Oliver Essen, Prof. Dr. Tobias Erb Contact: toerb@mpi-marburg.mpg.de [more] Powering LPS transport across the bacterial cell envelope with ABCs Transregio TRR 174 Seminar Date: Sep 16, 2019 Time: 01:15 PM (Local Time Germany) Speaker: Dr. Natividad Ruiz Ohio State University, Department of Microbiology, USA Location: MPI for Terrestrial Microbiology Room: Lecture hall Host: TRR 174 Contact: thanbichler@uni-marburg.de [more] STUDIES OF SINGLE-MOLECULE DYNAMICS IN MICROORGANISMS PhD Defense Date: Sep 9, 2019 Time: 11:00 AM (Local Time Germany) Speaker: Bartosz Turkowyd AG Endesfelder Location: MPI for Terrestrial Microbiology Room: Lecture hall Host: IMPRS Contact: imprs@mpi-marburg.mpg.de [more] Transcriptional regulation by sigma factor phosphorylation controls polymyxin resistance and swarming behavior in Vibrio parahaemolyticus PhD Defense Date: Sep 6, 2019 Time: 01:00 PM (Local Time Germany) Speaker: Shankar Chandrashekar Iyer AG Ringaard Location: MPI for Terrestrial Microbiology Room: Lecture hall Host: IMPRS Contact: imprs@mpi-marburg.mpg.de [more] Graduate Students Mini-Symposium II/2019 Graduate Students Mini-Symposium Date: Aug 26, 2019 Time: 01:15 PM (Local Time Germany) Location: MPI for Terrestrial Microbiology Room: Lecture hall Host: IMPRS Contact: imprs@mpi-marburg.mpg.de [more] Molecular mechanism of sulfur mobilization toward Fe-S cluster biosynthesis Special seminar Date: Aug 19, 2019 Time: 01:15 PM (Local Time Germany) Speaker: Professor Dr. Takashi Fujishiro Saitama University, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Japan Location: MPI for Terrestrial Microbiology Room: Seminar Room Host: Dr. Seigo Shima Contact: shima@mpi-marburg.mpg.de [more] Managing the bacterial chromosome Transregio TRR 174 Seminar Date: Aug 19, 2019 Time: 01:15 PM (Local Time Germany) Speaker: Prof. David Sherrat University of Oxford, Dept. of Biochemistry Location: MPI for Terrestrial Microbiology Room: Lecture hall Host: TRR 174 Contact: thanbichler@uni-marburg.de [more] Dynamics of bacterial biofilm predation PhD Defense Date: Aug 13, 2019 Time: 02:00 PM (Local Time Germany) Speaker: Lucia Vidakovic AG Drescher Location: MPI for Terrestrial Microbiology Room: Lecture hall Host: IMPRS Contact: imprs@mpi-marburg.mpg.de [more] From biofuels to biotherapeutics - Engineering metalloenzymes for a better future Microbiology Seminar Series Date: Aug 12, 2019 Time: 01:15 PM (Local Time Germany) Speaker: Dr. Johannes Georg Rebelein University Basel, Department of Chemistry Location: MPI for Terrestrial Microbiology Room: Lecture hall Host: Prof. Dr. Tobias Erb Contact: toerb@mpi-marburg.mpg.de [more] Protecting the offspring – Linking developmental pathways of Aspergillus fumigatus to toxic compounds SFB 987 Mini-Symposium Date: Jul 15, 2019 Time: 01:15 PM (Local Time Germany) Speaker: Prof. Dr. Sven Krappmann University Hospital Erlangen, Microbiology Institute - Clinical Microbiology Location: MPI for Terrestrial Microbiology Room: Lecture hall Host: SFB 987 Contact: nelli.pfeifer@staff.uni-marburg.de [more] "Structure of bacterial secretion systems by cryo-EM" Special seminar Date: Jul 11, 2019 Time: 11:00 AM (Local Time Germany) Speaker: Dr. Misha Kudryashev Max-Planck-Institut für Biophysik, Frankfurt am Main Location: ZSM, Karl-von-Frisch-Str. 16 Room: Seminar Room Host: Prof. Dr. Victor Sourjik Contact: victor.sourjik@synmikro.mpi-marburg.mpg.de [more] A new yeast endosymbiont - implanting E. coli into S. cerevisiae Marburger Yeast Club Date: Jul 9, 2019 Time: 02:30 PM (Local Time Germany) Speaker: Dr. Nina Odermatt MPI, Marburg Location: ZSM, Karl-von-Frisch-Str. 16 Room: Seminar Room Host: Dr. Michal Skruzny Contact: michal.skruzny@synmikro.mpi-marburg.mpg.de [more] Plant-derived regulators and their application in COMPASS optimization method Marburger Yeast Club Date: Jul 9, 2019 Time: 02:00 PM (Local Time Germany) Speaker: Gita Naseri Universität Potsdam, Junior Research Group Cell2Fab Location: ZSM, Karl-von-Frisch-Str. 16 Room: Seminar Room Host: Prof. Dr. Tobias Erb and Dr. Michal Skruzny Contact: michal.skruzny@synmikro.mpi-marburg.mpg.de [more] How to get published in Nature Communications and other Nature journals Special seminar Date: Jul 9, 2019 Time: 01:00 PM (Local Time Germany) Speaker: Cesar Sanchez Senior Editor of Nature Communications Location: MPI for Terrestrial Microbiology Room: Lecture hall Host: Prof. Dr. Gert Bange and MPI PhD representatives [more] Specific integration and regulation of the prokaryotic-type protein synthesis machinery in chloroplasts of plants Microbiology Seminar Series Date: Jul 8, 2019 Time: 03:00 PM (Local Time Germany) Speaker: Prof. Dr. Felix Willmund TU Kaiserslautern, Juniorprofessor for Molecular Genetics of Eukaryotes Location: MPI for Terrestrial Microbiology Room: Lecture hall Host: SFB 987 Contact: svenja.estor@staff.uni-marburg.de [more] Synthetic genomics: from genetic parts to genomes Transregio TRR 174 Seminar Date: Jul 8, 2019 Time: 01:15 PM (Local Time Germany) Speaker: Dr. Patrick Yizhi Cai University of Manchester, Manchester Institute of Biotechnology, UK Location: MPI for Terrestrial Microbiology Room: Lecture hall Host: Prof. Dr. Anke Becker [more] Construction of enzyms with synthetic allosteric regulation to control metabolic pathways of Escherichia coli PhD Defense Date: Jul 5, 2019 Time: 03:15 PM (Local Time Germany) Speaker: Dominik Beuter AG Link Location: MPI for Terrestrial Microbiology Room: Lecture hall Host: IMPRS Contact: imprs@mpi-marburg.mpg.de [more] Quorum sensing- and contact-dependent inhibition-based population control in synthetic microbial communities PhD Defense Date: Jul 5, 2019 Time: 01:00 PM (Local Time Germany) Speaker: Anne Löchner AG Sourjik Location: MPI for Terrestrial Microbiology Room: Lecture hall Host: IMPRS Contact: imprs@mpi-marburg.mpg.de [more] Surfing in the storm: Revealing biochemical networks of Burkholderiales to deal with toxic compounds and heavy metals Special seminar Date: Jul 4, 2019 Time: 11:00 AM (Local Time Germany) Speaker: Prof. Dr. Michael Seeger Universidad Técnica Federico Santa María, Valparaíso, Chile Location: MPI for Terrestrial Microbiology Room: Lecture hall Host: Prof. Dr. Tobias Erb Contact: toerb@mpi-marburg.mpg.de [more] The Clockwork of Epigenetic Aging in Mammals Special seminar Date: Jul 2, 2019 Time: 11:00 AM (Local Time Germany) Speaker: Astrid Stubbusch Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg, Department of Systems Biology Location: MPI for Terrestrial Microbiology Room: Seminar Room III Host: Prof. Dr. Tobias Erb Contact: toerb@mpi-marburg.mpg.de [more] Sulfur incorporation into tRNA: Unique mechanistic features and functions in bacteria SFB 987 Mini-Symposium Date: Jun 24, 2019 Time: 01:15 PM (Local Time Germany) Speaker: Dr. Patricia C. Dos Santos Wake Forest University, USA Location: MPI for Terrestrial Microbiology Room: Lecture hall Host: SFB 987 Contact: svenja.estor@staff.uni-marburg.de [more] Replication control of multiple chromosomes in bacteria Transregio TRR 174 Seminar Postponed to 16:15 h Date: Jun 17, 2019 Time: 04:15 PM (Local Time Germany) Speaker: Dr. Marie-Eve Kennedy-Val Institut Pasteur, France Location: MPI for Terrestrial Microbiology Room: Lecture hall Host: TRR 174 Contact: thanbichler@uni-marburg.de [more] Computational modeling of metabolism in a minimal cell Special seminar Date: Jun 13, 2019 Time: 04:00 PM (Local Time Germany) Speaker: Marian Breuer Maastricht University, The Netherlands Location: MPI for Terrestrial Microbiology Room: Lecture hall Host: Prof. Dr. Tobias Erb Contact: toerb@mpi-marburg.mpg.de [more] Mechanosensing in cell membranes Special seminar Date: Jun 13, 2019 Time: 11:00 AM (Local Time Germany) Speaker: Prof. Dr. Christoph Haselwandter Department of Physics & Astronomy, University of Southern California Los Angeles Location: MPI for Terrestrial Microbiology Room: Lecture hall Host: Prof. Dr. Victor Sourjik Contact: victor.sourjik@synmikro.mpi-marburg.mpg.de [more] Fungal-bacterial mutualistic interaction; fungal highway and bacterial toll Date: Jun 12, 2019 Time: 01:00 PM (Local Time Germany) Speaker: Dr. Norio Takeshita Faculty of Life and Environmental Sciences, Microbiology Research, University of Tsukuba, Japan Location: MPI for Terrestrial Microbiology Room: Seminar Room III Host: Prof. Dr. Regine Kahmann Contact: kahmann@mpi-marburg.mpg.de [more] Mass spectrometric exploration of the proteotype Microbiology Seminar Series Date: Jun 3, 2019 Time: 02:15 PM (Local Time Germany) Speaker: Prof. Dr. Ruedi Aebersold ETH Zürich, Institute of Molecular Systems Biology Location: MPI for Terrestrial Microbiology Room: Lecture hall Host: Dr. Timo Glatter Contact: timo.glatter@mpi-marburg.mpg.de [more] The evolution and functions of gut microbiota in bees SFB 987 Mini-Symposium Date: May 20, 2019 Time: 02:15 PM (Local Time Germany) Speaker: Prof. Dr. Nancy Moran University of Texas, Department of Integrative Biology Graduate Resources, USA Location: MPI for Terrestrial Microbiology Room: Lecture hall Host: SFB 987 Contact: svenja.estor@staff.uni-marburg.de [more] Defining species in the microbial world SFB 987 Mini-Symposium Date: May 20, 2019 Time: 01:15 PM (Local Time Germany) Speaker: Prof. Dr. Howard Ochman University of Texas, Dept. of Integrative Biology Location: MPI for Terrestrial Microbiology Room: Lecture hall Host: SFB 987 Contact: svenja.estor@staff.uni-marburg.de [more] Synthetic Gene-Metabolic Circuits for Bioproduction, Biosensing and Biocomputation Special seminar Date: May 13, 2019 Time: 03:00 PM (Local Time Germany) Speaker: Mr. Amir Pandi Micalis Institute, INRA/AgroParisTech, France Location: MPI for Terrestrial Microbiology Room: Lecture hall Host: Prof. Dr. Tobias Erb Contact: toerb@mpi-marburg.mpg.de [more] Robust and promiscuous monooxygenase biocatalysts - From discovery to design Special seminar Date: May 7, 2019 Time: 12:00 PM (Local Time Germany) Speaker: Maximilian Fürst University of Groningen, The Netherlands Location: MPI for Terrestrial Microbiology Room: Seminar Room III Host: Prof. Dr. Tobias Erb Contact: toerb@mpi-marburg.mpg.de [more] Microbial mediation of folivory Special seminar Date: May 6, 2019 Time: 02:30 PM (Local Time Germany) Speaker: Hassan Salem, Ph. D. Dept. of Biology, Emory University Atlanta Location: MPI for Terrestrial Microbiology Room: Lecture hall Host: Prof. Dr. Victor Sourjik Contact: victor.sourjik@synmikro.mpi-marburg.mpg.de [more] Self-organization of the bacterial cell division machinery Microbiology Seminar Series Date: May 6, 2019 Time: 01:15 PM (Local Time Germany) Speaker: Dr. Martin Loose Institute of Science and Technology Austria, Self-Organization of Protein Systems, Klosterneuburg Location: MPI for Terrestrial Microbiology Room: Lecture hall Host: Dr. Andreas Diepold Contact: andreas.diepold@mpi-marburg.mpg.de [more] Salmonella diarrhea: mucus barriers, hydrogen-fueled growth and DNA transfer in the gut Microbiology Seminar Series Date: Apr 29, 2019 Time: 01:15 PM (Local Time Germany) Speaker: Prof. Dr. Wolf-Dietrich Hardt ETH Zürich, Institute of Microbiology Location: MPI for Terrestrial Microbiology Room: Lecture hall Host: Prof. Dr. Victor Sourjik Contact: victor.sourjik@synmikro.mpi-marburg.mpg.de [more] Permutation of Split Protein Cages Special seminar Date: Apr 23, 2019 Time: 01:00 PM (Local Time Germany) Speaker: Nils Goldberg ETH Zürich Location: MPI for Terrestrial Microbiology Room: Seminar Room III Host: Prof. Dr. Tobias Erb Contact: toerb@mpi-marburg.mpg.de [more] Cryo-EM gets sweet: Molecular insight into glycosylation Special seminar Date: Apr 18, 2019 Time: 01:15 PM (Local Time Germany) Speaker: Dr. Rebekka Wild Institute of Molecular Biology and Biophysics, ETH Zürich Location: MPI for Terrestrial Microbiology Room: Lecture hall Host: Prof. Dr. Victor Sourjik Contact: victor.sourjik@synmikro.mpi-marburg.mpg.de [more] Toward artificial cells: Engineering synthetic membranes, organelles, gene circuits and communication Special seminar Date: Apr 17, 2019 Time: 01:15 PM (Local Time Germany) Speaker: Dr. Henrike Niederholtmeyer Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California San Diego Location: MPI for Terrestrial Microbiology Room: Lecture hall Host: Prof. Dr. Victor Sourjik Contact: victor.sourjik@synmikro.mpi-marburg.mpg.de [more] The burden of inherited interfaces: evolution of self-assembly after gene duplication Microbiology Seminar Series Date: Apr 15, 2019 Time: 01:15 PM (Local Time Germany) Speaker: Dr. Georg Hochberg University of Chicago, Departments of Human Genetics & Ecology and Evolution Location: MPI for Terrestrial Microbiology Room: Lecture hall Host: SFB 987 Contact: toerb@mpi-marburg.mpg.de [more] The ParA/MinD family of ATPases make waves to position DNA, Cell Division, & Organelles in bacteria Special seminar Date: Apr 5, 2019 Time: 01:15 PM (Local Time Germany) Speaker: Dr. Anthony Vecchiarelli Assistant Professor, University of Michigan, Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology (MCDB) Location: MPI for Terrestrial Microbiology Room: Lecture hall Host: Dr. Simon Ringgaard Contact: simon.ringgaard@mpi-marburg.mpg.de [more] The MocR-like transcription factors: pyridoxal 5’-phosphate-dependent regulators of bacterial metabolism SFB 987 Mini-Symposium Date: Apr 1, 2019 Time: 01:15 PM (Local Time Germany) Speaker: Prof. Dr. Roberto Contestabile Sapienza University of Rome, Department of Biochemical Sciences, Italy Location: MPI for Terrestrial Microbiology Room: Seminar Room III Host: SFB 987 Contact: svenja.estor@staff.uni-marburg.de [more] "It-Ma(t)Ter(s)" Conference Start: Apr 1, 2019 End: Apr 2, 2019 Location: MPI for Terrestrial Microbiology Room: Lecture hall Host: PhD Representatives This is a joint young researcher's conference organized between the MPI for Terrestrial Microbiology and our partner MPI for Marine Microbiology in Bremen. [more] Targeted Intracellular Delivery of Enzymes with Engineered AB5 Carriers Special seminar Date: Mar 26, 2019 Time: 10:00 AM (Local Time Germany) Speaker: Laura Meißner Universität Bayreuth, Faculty of Biology, Chemistry & Earth Sciences Location: MPI for Terrestrial Microbiology Room: Seminar Room Host: Prof. Dr. Tobias Erb Contact: toerb@mpi-marburg.mpg.de [more] Unipolar growth of Brucella abortus in culture and inside host cells Transregio TRR 174 Seminar Date: Mar 25, 2019 Time: 01:15 PM (Local Time Germany) Speaker: Dr. Xavier de Bolle Unité de Recherche en Biologie des Micro-organismes, Brüssel Location: MPI for Terrestrial Microbiology Room: Lecture hall Host: TRR 174 Contact: thanbichler@uni-marburg.de [more] An optimized formate-assimilation pathway via enzyme engineering. Special seminar Date: Mar 20, 2019 Time: 10:00 AM (Local Time Germany) Speaker: Dr. Jue Wang University of Washington Location: MPI for Terrestrial Microbiology Room: Seminar Room Host: Prof. Dr. T. Erb Contact: toerb@mpi-marburg.mpg.de [more] Understanding and exploiting bacterial lifestyles Transregio TRR 174 Seminar Date: Feb 25, 2019 Time: 01:15 PM (Local Time Germany) Speaker: Prof. Cynthia Whitchurch University of Technology, The Ithree Institute, Sydney Location: MPI for Terrestrial Microbiology Room: Lecture hall Host: TRR 174 Contact: thanbichler@uni-marburg.de [more] Pathogen effectors hitchhike the host ubiquitination pathway SFB 987 Mini-Symposium Date: Feb 18, 2019 Time: 01:15 PM (Local Time Germany) Speaker: Prof. Dr. Ulla Bonas Martin Luther University, Institute of Biology, Dept. of Genetics, Halle (Saale) Location: MPI for Terrestrial Microbiology Room: Lecture hall Host: SFB 987 Contact: svenja.estor@staff.uni-marburg.de [more] Towards synthetic life: Establishing a minimal segrosome for the rational design of biomimetic systems PhD Defense Date: Feb 7, 2019 Time: 03:00 PM (Local Time Germany) Speaker: Daniel Hürtgen Group of Prof. Dr. Victor Sourjik, MPI, Systems and Synthetic Microbiologie Location: MPI for Terrestrial Microbiology Room: Lecture hall [more] ### Cancelled ### Microbiology Seminar Series Cancelled Date: Feb 4, 2019 Time: 02:15 PM (Local Time Germany) Speaker: Prof. Dr. Ruedi Aebersold ETH Zurich, Inst. f. Molekulare Systembiologie Location: MPI for Terrestrial Microbiology Room: Lecture hall Host: Dr. Timo Glatter Contact: timo.glatter@mpi-marburg.mpg.de [more] To be announced Transregio TRR 174 Seminar Date: Jan 28, 2019 Time: 01:15 PM (Local Time Germany) Location: MPI for Terrestrial Microbiology Room: Lecture hall Host: TRR 174 Contact: thanbichler@uni-marburg.de [more]