Biochemical dissection of RNA-protein complexes in the host response to infection
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Supervisor: Dr. Mathias Munschauer
Promotion Committee: Dr. Mathias Munschauer, Prof. Dr. Utz Fischer, Dr. Simone Backes

Understanding viral evolution by sequencing single viral particles genomes
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Supervisor: Jun. Prof. Dr. Redmond Smyth
Promotion Committee: Jun. Prof. Dr. Redmond Smyth, Dr. Antoine-Emmanuel Saliba, Prof. Dr. Christian Sieben, Prof. Dr. Markus Sauer

Multi-omic characterization of the Salmonella RNA-binding protein ProQ during infection of the murine typhoid model
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Supervisor: Jun. Prof. Dr. Lars Barquist
Promotion Committee: Jun. Prof. Dr. Lars Barquist, Jun. Prof. Dr.  Alexander Westermann, Prof. Dr. Thomas Dandekar, Dr. Sofia Forslund

Influenza virus reassortment
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Supervisor: Jun. Prof. Dr. Redmond Smyth
Promotion Committee: Jun. Prof. Dr. Redmond Smyth, Dr. Antoine-Emmanuel Saliba, Prof. Dr. Bettina Böttcher, Dr. Simone Backes

Patrick BohnSingle-molecule RNA structural probing for the study of viral RNA genome structures
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Supervisor: Jun. Prof. Dr. Redmond Smyth

Approaching cellular heterogeneity in the abundant microbiota member Bacteroides thetaiotaomicron
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Supervisor: Jun. Prof. Alexander Westermann
Promotion Committee: Jun. Prof. Alexander Westermann, Dr. Ana Rita Brochado, Prof. Dr.Till Strowig, Prof Jorg Vogel

Integrating single-cell multi-omics to decipher host-pathogen interactions
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Supervisor: Dr. Antoine-Emmanuel Saliba
Promotion Committee: Dr. Antoine-Emmanuel Saliba , Prof. Dr. Roy Gross, Jun.-Prof. Dr. Florian Erhard, Prof. Dr. Leif Erik Sander

Functional analysis of HSV-1 induced transcription read-through
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Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Lars Dölken
Promotion Committee:  Prof. Dr. Lars Dölken, Prof. Dr. Utz Fischer, Jun. Prof. Dr. Florian Erhard

Characterizing novel defense systems in bacteria
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Supervisor:  Prof. Dr. Chase Beisel
Promotion Committee:  Prof. Dr. Chase Beisel,  Jun.-Prof. Dr. Alexander Westermann, Dr. Ana Rita Brochado, Dr. Franziska Faber

Exploring small proteins in the foodborne pathogen Campylobacter jejuni
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Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Cynthia Sharma
Promotion Committee: Prof. Dr. Cynthia Sharma, Prof. Dr. Chase Beisel, Prof. Dr. Susanne Engelmann

Global discovery of Hfq associated RNAs in the enteric pathogen Clostridioides difficile
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Supervisor: Dr. Franziska Faber
Promotion Committee: Dr. Franziska Faber, Jun. Prof. Dr. Alexander J. Westermann, Dr. Meina Neumann-Schaal

Biochemical dissection of protein-RNA interaction in viral infections
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Supervisor: Dr. Mathias Munschauer
Promotion Committee: Dr. Mathias Munschauer, Prof. Dr. Utz Fischer, Prof. Dr. Lars Dölken

CRISPR-based combinatorial screens in bacteria
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Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Chase L. Beisel
Promotion Committee: Prof. Dr. Chase L. Beisel, Jun. Prof. Dr. Alexander Westermann, Dr. Ana Rita Brochado, Prof. Dr. Hardt

Development of template-driven gene editing without DNA breaks
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Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Chase Beisel
Promotion Committee: Prof. Dr. Chase Beisel, Prof. Dr. Caroline Kisker, Prof. Dr. Claudia Höbartner, Jun. Prof. Dr. Alexander J. Westermann

Molecular characterization of the wnt-signaling pathway in Echinococcus multilocularis
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Supervisor: Prof. Klaus Brehm
Promotion Commitee: Prof. Klaus Brehm, Prof. Christian Janzen, Prof. Christian Stigloher

Investigating the effect of peptide nucleic acids on the gene expression profile of bacterial pathogenic communities using single-cell RNA-seq
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Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Jörg Vogel
Promotion Committee: Prof. Dr. Jörg Vogel, Prof. Dr. Thomas Rudel, Dr. Antoine-Emmanuel Saliba

Programming antisense oligonucleotides (ASOs)
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Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Jörg Vogel
Promotion committee: Prof. Dr. Jörg Vogel, Jun. Prof. Dr. Lars Barquist, Dr. Ana Rita Brochado

Computional methods for systems virology of herpes viruses
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Supervisor: Jun. Prof. Dr. Florian Erhard
Promotion Committee: Jun. Prof. Dr. Florian Erhard, Prof. Dr. Lars Dölken, Prof. Dr. Thomas Dandekar, Prof. Dr. Sibylle Schneider-Schaulies

Analysis of the immune and mucosal barrier functions along the gastrointestinal tract of mouse and human using organoids as a model
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Supervisor: Dr. Sina Bartfeld
Promotion Committee: Dr. Sina Bartfeld, Prof. Dr. Thomas Rudel, Dr. Armin Wiegering, Dr. Bon-Kyong Koo

Global discovery and analysis of programmed ribosomal frameshifting in T-cells
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Supervisor: Jun. Prof. Dr. Neva Caliskan
Promotion Committee: Jun. Dr. Prof. Dr. Neva Caliskan, Jun. Prof. Dr. Redmond Smyth, Jun. Prof. Dr. Florian Erhard

Molecular analysis of the flatworms' intra/intercellular signal transduction
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Supervisor:  Prof. Dr. Klaus Brehm
Promotion Committee: Prof. Dr. Klaus Brehm,  Prof. Dr. Christian Stigloher, Dr. August Stich

Exploring virulence factors and regulators of the food-borne pathogen Campylobacter jejuni in a human 3D tissue infection model
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Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Cynthia Sharma
Promotion Committee: Prof. Dr. Cynthia Sharma, PD. Dr. Marco Metzger, Prof. Dr. Roy Gross

Establishment of spatial transcriptomics methods to resolve host-pathogen interactions
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Supervisor: Dr. Antoine-Emmanuel Saliba
Promotion Committee: Dr. Susanne Kramer, Prof. Dr. Sauer, Dr. Georg Zeller

Identification and functional characterization of novel RNA-binding proteins in Clostridium difficile
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Supervisor: Dr. Franziska Faber
Promotion Committee: Dr. Franziska Faber, Dr. Lars Barquist, Dr. José Manuel Borrero-de Acuña

Comprehensive reannotation of the human and murine cytomegalovirus genomes and characterisation of novel gene products and sORF-encoded peptides
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Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Lars Dölken
Promotion Committee: Prof. Dr. Lars Dölken, Prof. Dr. Utz Fischer, Asst. Prof. Dr. Vanda Juranic Lisnic, Jun. Prof. Florian Erhard

Genomic and Internet based analysis of Coxiella burnetii
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Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Thomas Dandekar
Promotion Committee: Prof. Dr. Thomas Dandekar, Prof. Dr. Konrad Förstner, PD. Dr. Dimitrios Frangoulidis, Prof. Dr. Jörg Schultz

Resistance against last resort antibiotics in staphylococci: Molecular mechanisms and RNA-based counteractions
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Supervisor: PD Dr. Wilma Ziebuhr
Promotion Committee: PD Dr. Wilma Ziebuhr, Dr. Martin Fraunholz, Prof. Dr. Ulrike Holzgrabe, Prof. Dr. Andrew Whitelaw

Interactome study of HSV-1
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Supervisor: Prof. Dr. med. Lars Dölken
Promotion Committee: Prof. Dr. med. Lars Dölken, Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Beate Sodeik, Prof. Dr. Florian Erhard, Dr. Michael Weekes

Integrative analyses of CMV translatomes and MHC-I ligandomes
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Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Florian Erhard
Promotion Committee: Prof. Dr. Florian Erhard , Prof. Dr. Lars Dölken, Prof. Dr. Andreas Schlosser, Dr. Anne Halenius

Establishment of a human primary 3D model for colonization with anaerobic gut bacteria
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Supervisor: Jun. Prof. Dr. Alexander Westermann
Promotion Committee: Jun. Prof. Dr. Alexander Westermann, Prof. Dr. Roy Gross, PD Dr. Marco Metzger

The CRISPR/Cas system in Neisseria meningitidis and its potential role in host cell adhesion
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Supervisor: PD Dr. rer. nat. Dr. med. Christoph Schoen
Promotion Committee: PD Dr. rer. nat. Dr. med. Christoph Schoen, PD Dr. Knut Ohlsen, Prof. Dr. Dagmar Beier

Analysis of innate immune responses of gastrointestinal epithelium to infection using human organoids as model
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Supervisor: Dr. Sina Bartfeld
Promotion Committee: Dr Sina Bartfeld, Priv.-Doz. Dr. Marco Metzger, Prof. Dr. Tomas Rudel

Studying human pathogens using organoid systems
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Supervisor: Dr. Sina Bartfeld
Promotion Committee: Dr. Sina Bartfel, Dr. Antoine-Emmanuel Saliba, Prof. Dr. Redmond Smyt, PD Dr. Vera Kozjak-Pavlovic

Single-molecule approaches to study frameshifting mechanisms and efficiency
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Supervisor: Jun. Prof. Dr. Neva Caliskan
Promotion Committee: Jun. Prof. Dr. Neva Caliskan, Prof. Dr. Utz Fischer, Prof. Dr. Markus Sauer

Analysis of the functional relevance of sphingomyelinases and ceramide in meningococcal pathogenesis
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Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Alexandra Schubert-Unkmeir
Promotion Committee: Prof. Dr. Alexandra Schubert-Unkmeir, Prof. Dr. Markus Sauer, Dr. Kay Johswich

Investigation of the post-transcriptional regulation in Fusobacterium nucleatum
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Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Jörg Vogel
Promotion Committee: Prof. Dr. Jörg Vogel, Prof. Dr. Chase Beisel, N.N.

Identification and functional characterization of in-vivo-relevant sRNAs in Bacteroides thetaiotaomicron
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Supervisor: Jun. Prof. Dr. Alexander Westermann
Promotion Committee: Jun. Prof. Dr. Alexander Westermann, Prof. Dr. Chase Beisel, Dr. Martin Fraunholz

Implementation and application of bioinformatical tools for the analysis of dual RNA-sequencing data of host and pathogen during infection
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Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Konrad Förstner
Promotion Committee: Prof. Dr. Konrad Förstner, Prof. Dr. Thomas Dandekar, Jun. Prof. Dr. Alexander Westermann

The functional relevance of the intestinal mycobiome in the pathogenesis of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease
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Supervisor: Prof. Dr. med Oliver Kurzai
Promotion Committee: Prof. Dr. med Oliver Kurzai, Prof. Dr med Andreas Geier, Prof. Dr. Christian Janzen

Characterizing the temporal dynamics of host-pathogen interactions by combining single-cell nascent RNA-seq and genetic screen
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Supervisor: Dr. Antoine-Emmanuel Saliba
Promotion Committee: Dr. Antoine-Emmanuel Saliba, Prof. Dr. Chase Beisel, Prof. Dr. Thomas Rudel, Prof. Dr. Florian Erhard, Dr. Sophie Helaine

Applications and outcomes of genome targeting by CRISPR-Cas systems in bacteria
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Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Chase Beisel
Promotion Committee: Dr. Ana Rita Brochado, Jun. Prof. Dr. Lars Barquist, Dr. Till Strowig

Identification and Characterization of anti-CRISPR proteins
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Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Chase Beisel
Promotion Committee: Prof. Dr. Chase Beisel, PD Dr. Knut Ohlsen, Prof. Dr. Lars Barquist, Prof. Dr. Peter Fineran

Identification and characterization of RNA-binding-proteins in cancer-associated Fusobacterium nucleatum
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Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Jörg Vogel
Promotion Committee: Prof. Dr. Jörg Vogel, Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Dr. med. Christoph U. Schoen, Prof. Dr. Dagmar Beier

Defining quaternary RNA architecture of influenza by RNA-RNA seq
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Supervisor: Jun. Prof. Dr. Redmond Smyth Promotion
Promotion Committee: Jun. Prof. Dr. Redmond Smyth, Prof. Dr. Sibylle Schneider-Schaulies, Prof. Dr. Cynthia Sharma

Development of CRISPR/Cas method for Functional Genomics
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Supervisor: Jun. Prof. Dr. Lars Barquist
Promotion Committee: Jun. Prof. Dr. Lars Barquist; Prof. Dr. Chase Beise; Dr. Ana Rita Brochado; Dr. Tobias Müller