30/03/2021
Research at the Division of Microbiology focuses on bacterial virulence mechanisms e.g. in Campylobacter jejuni, Bordetella pertussis and Helicobacter pylori. It spans from host/pathogen interactions, analyses of regulatory signaling networks and expression analyses to molecular aspects of protein/DNA, protein/protein or protein/ligand interactions.
General host/pathogen interactions (S. Backert, N. Tegtmeyer, B. Linz)
Secreted proteases as novel virulence determinants in bacteria (S. Backert, N. Tegtmeyer, B. Linz)
Structure and function of the H. pylori transmembrane type IV secretion systems (S. Backert)
Molecular function of membrane-anchored effector protein CagA (S. Backert)
Phosphorylation and signaling of bacterial effector proteins (N. Tegtmeyer)
Involvement of cortactin in pathogenicity associated processes (N. Tegtmeyer)
Novel Helicobacter species (S. Backert)
At the chair of Microbiology we are offering interesting topics for Bachelor, Master and PhD projeckts.