Several fungi growing on special media in the lab of the Jena Microbial Resource Collection.

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Professorships & Research Groups
Several fungi growing on special media in the lab of the Jena Microbial Resource Collection.
Image: Jan-Peter Kasper (University of Jena)
Petri dish with Streptomyces lividans and biominerals is being viewed.
Image: Jan-Peter Kasper (University of Jena)
Professorship for Microbial Communication
Institute Director Prof. Dr Erika Kothe
Collage working group Plant Microbiosis.
Image: Arbeitsgruppe Plant Microbiosis
Junior Research Group Plant Microbiosis
Dr Matthew T. Agler
Pictogram institute building.
Graphic: Manuela Östreicher
Professorship for General Microbiology
Prof. Dr Kai Papenfort
DNA damage response of Caulobacter crescentus
Image: Kathrin Fröhlich
Junior Research Group Bacterial RNA Biology
Dr Kathrin Fröhlich
Scientific diver sampling seagrass
Image: Christian Jogler
Professorship for Microbial Interactions
Prof. Dr Christian Jogler
Collage laboratory
Image: Muriel C. F. van Teeseling
Junior Research Group Prokaryotic Cell Biology
Dr Muriel C. F. van Teeseling​
Microscopy image, computer simulation and equation in the context of biofilm growth in catheters of bacteria treated with antibiotics*.
Image: Sharareh Tavaddod, Ellen Young and Rosalind Allen
Professorship for Theoretical Microbial Ecology
Prof. Dr Rosalind Allen
Fungal culture in a Petri dish.
Image: Anna Schroll
Professorship for Microbiology and Molecular Biology
Prof. Dr Axel A. Brakhage
Aspergillus fumigatus culture plate and phylogenetic tree of globally sampled environmental and clinical isolates.
Image: Amelia Barber
Junior Research Group Fungal Informatics
Amelia Barber, Ph.D.
Laboratory of the Bio Pilot Plant at the Leibniz-HKI.
Image: Anna Schroll
Professorship for Synthetic Biotechnology
Prof. Dr Miriam Agler-Rosenbaum
Virtual infection model is generated on the computer.
Image: Anna Schroll
Professorship for Applied Systems Biology
Prof. Dr Marc Thilo Figge
Chemical formula are being written on the window of the fume hood.
Image: Anna Schroll
Professorship for Natural Product Chemistry
Prof. Dr Christian Hertweck
Sample is pipetted.
Image: Anna Schroll
Professorship for Microbial Pathogenicity
Prof. Dr Bernhard Hube
Prof. Jacobsen is inspecting a Petri dish culture.
Image: Anna Schroll
Professorship for Microbial Immunology
Prof. Ilse Denise Jacobsen, Ph.D.
Data mining is used to uncover hidden patterns in large amounts of experimental data ‐ for example, correlations between the gut microbes of healthy people and people in intensive care units.
Image: Anna Schroll/Leibniz-HKI
Professorship for Microbiome Dynamics
Prof. Dr Gianni Panagiotou
Analyze immune cells isolated from blood.
Image: Leibniz-HKI / Anna Schroll
Professorship for Infection Immunology​
Prof. Dr Christina Zielinski​​
Microscope slide is put onto the specimen stage.
Image: Anna Schroll
Professorship for Infection Biology
Prof. Dr Peter F. Zipfel
Storage room for fungal cultures.
Image: Anna Schroll
Jena Microbial Resource Collection (JMRC)
PD Dr Kerstin Voigt
Petrous bone sampling in clean room laboratory.
Image: Antje Wissgott
Professorship for Microbiome Sciences
Prof. Dr Christina Warinner
Plant infections caused by phytopathogenic fungi.
Image: Katja Burow
Professorship for Molecular Phytopathology
Prof. Dr Philipp Franken
Pictogram teaching.
Graphic: Manuela Östreicher
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