Chair of Microbiology

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 as well as the interface of infection and cancer are of peticular interest.

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Thomas Rudel, Inhaber des Lehrstuhls für Mikrobiologie am Biozentrum der Universität Würzburg.

ERC Advanced Grant für Thomas Rudel

Ein hochrangiger Preis des Europäischen Forschungsrates geht an Professor Thomas Rudel. Der Mikrobiologe erhält 2,5 Millionen Euro für ein neues Projekt zur Erforschung der krankheitserregenden Chlamydien.

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Microbe of the year 2019: Magnetospirillum

Newest Publications

Rother M, Teixeira da Costa AR, Zietlow R, Meyer TF, Rudel T. Modulation of Host Cell Metabolism by Chlamydia trachomatis. Microbiol Spectr. 2019 May;7(3). doi: 10.1128/microbiolspec.BAI-0012-2019
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Moldovan A, Fraunholz MJ. In or out: Phagosomal escape of Staphylococcus aureus. Cell Microbiol. 2019 Mar;21(3):e12997. doi: 10.1111/cmi.12997.
Eisenreich W, Rudel T, Heesemann J, Goebel W. How Viral and Intracellular Bacterial Pathogens Reprogram the Metabolism of Host Cells to Allow Their Intracellular Replication. Front Cell Infect Microbiol. 2019 Mar 4;9:42. doi: 10.3389/fcimb.2019.00042.
Gulve N, Prusty BK, Rudel T. Chlamydia trachomatis Impairs Host Base Excision Repair by Downregulating Polymerase Beta. Cell Microbiol. 2018 Nov 24:e12986. doi: 10.1111/cmi.12986
Prusty BK, Gulve N, Chowdhury SR, Schuster M, Strempel S, Descamps V, Rudel T. HHV-6 encoded small non-coding RNAs define an intermediate and early stage in viral reactivation. NPJ Genom Med. 2018 Sep 5;3:25. doi: 10.1038/s41525-018-0064-5.
Horn J, Klepsch M, Manger M, Wolz C, Rudel T, Fraunholz M. The long non-coding RNA SSR42 controls Staphylococcus aureus α-toxin transcription in response to environmental stimuli. J Bacteriol. 2018 Aug 27. pii: JB.00252-18. doi: 10.1128/JB.00252-18.
Fischer A, Rudel T. Safe haven under constant attack-The Chlamydia-containing vacuole. Cell Microbiol. 2018 Aug 12:e12940. doi: 10.1111/cmi.12940.
Rajeeve K, Das S, Prusty BK, Rudel T. Chlamydia trachomatis paralyses neutrophils to evade the host innate immune response. Nat Microbiol. 2018 Jul;3(7):824-835. doi: 10.1038/s41564-018-0182-y.

Prusty BK, Chowdhury SR, Gulve N, Rudel T. Peptidase Inhibitor 15 (PI15) Regulates Chlamydial CPAF Activity. Front Cell Infect Microbiol. 2018 May 30;8:183.

Thakur C, Rapp UR, Rudel T. Cysts mark the early stage of metastatic tumor development in non-small cell lung cancer. Oncotarget. 2017 Dec 30;9(5):6518-6535. doi: 10.18632/oncotarget.23785

Nadella V, Mohanty A, Sharma L, Yellaboina S, Mollenkopf HJ, Mazumdar VB, Palaparthi R, Mylavarapu MB, Maurya R, Kurukuti S, Rudel T, Prakash H. Inhibitors of Apoptosis Protein Antagonists (Smac Mimetic Compounds) Control Polarization of Macrophages during Microbial Challenge and Sterile Inflammatory Responses. Front Immunol. 2018 Jan 9;8:1792. doi: 10.3389/fimmu.2017.01792.

Horn J, Stelzner K, Rudel T, Fraunholz M. Inside job: Staphylococcus aureus host-pathogen interactions. Int J Med Microbiol. 2017 Nov 26. pii: S1438-4221(17)30316-8. doi: 10.1016/j.ijmm.2017.11.009.

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Chair of Microbiology

ERC Advanced Grant für Thomas Rudel

Microbe of the year 2019: Magnetospirillum

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