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  • HEK-293T cells infected with Chlamydia trachomatis expressing chlamydial deubiquitinase Cdu1-FLAG
Chair of Microbiology

Chair of Microbiology

Research

In the focus of research at the Chair of Microbiology are pathogenicity mechanisms of different microorganisms such as Neisseria gonorrhoeae, Chlamydia trachomatis, Bordetella pertussis and Staphylococcus aureus.

Host-pathogen interactions, pathogen-induced host cell apoptosis, the interface of infection and cancer as well as systems biology of antibiotic action are of peticular interest.

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News

Best Poster Award for Yongxia Guo
at CBRS & DCW Conference 2025 in Berlin.
Congratulations Yongxia!

Gianluca Prezza will be awarded with the PhD prize by the Friends of HZI (Förderverein des HZI) for his PhD thesis in the Westermann group.

Alexander Westermann will receive the "Supervisor of the year Award" 2025 from the GSLS.

Researchers at the Helmholtz Institute Würzburg (HIRI) and the Chair of Microbiology of the Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg (JMU) have now characterized the functional differences between various forms of the gut bacterium Bacteroides thetaiotaomicron.
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Team

Contact us:
Phone: 0931 31-84400
sekretariat.mikrobiologie@uni-wuerzburg.de
Room: C201

News

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New Chemical Tool Developed for Infection Research

Researchers from Würzburg and Berlin present a new molecule for visualising the sphingomyelin metabolism. This offers prospects for innovative therapeutic approaches in infection research.

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Chlamydia Can Settle in the Intestine

Chlamydiae are sexually transmitted pathogens that can apparently survive in the human gut for a long time. Researchers from Würzburg and Berlin report this in the journal PLOS Pathogens.

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Highlight Publications

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