Dr. Katja Dierking
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Education/Training
2005 – 2009
PhD in Immunology at the Université de la Méditerranée, Marseille, France
2002 – 2003
Diploma thesis, University of Hawai’i, USA
1997 – 2003
Studies in Biology (Diploma), CAU Kiel and HU Berlin
Research Experience/Academic Appointments
Since 2009
Assistant Professor at the Zoological Institute, CAU Kiel
3/2014 – 3/2015
Maternity and parental leave
2/2012 – 2/2013
Maternity and parental leave
2003 – 2005
Research Associate at the University of Hawaii, USA
Important Scientific Prizes/Functions
2012 – 2014
12.800 € in fellowships through programs to promote women in science at the CAU Kiel
2005
3 years doctoral grant from the French Ministry of Higher Education and Research
Publications
2019
FeaturedComparative analysis of amplicon and metagenomic sequencing methods reveals key features in the evolution of animal metaorganisms
Rausch P, Rühlemann M, Hermes BM, Doms S, Dagan T, Dierking K, Domin H, Fraune S, von Frieling J, Hentschel U, Heinsen F-A, Höppner M, Jahn MT, Jaspers C, Kissoyan KAB, Langfeldt D, Rehman A, Reusch TBH, Roeder T, Schmitz RA, Schulenburg H, Soluch R, Sommer F, Stukenbrock E, Weiland-Bräuer N, Rosenstiel P, Franke A, Bosch T, Baines JF (2019) Microbiome, doi: 10.1186/s40168-019-0743-1
FeaturedThe functional repertoire contained within the native microbiota of the model nematode Caenorhabditis elegans
Zimmermann J, Obeng N, Yang W, Pees B, Petersen C, Waschina S, Kissoyan KAB, Aidley J, Hoeppner MP, Bunk B, Spröer C, Leippe M, Dierking K, Kaleta C*, Schulenburg H* (2019) The ISME Journal. 1-13. * Shared senior authorship doi: 10.1038/s41396-019-0504-y
The inducible response of the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans to members of its natural microbiome across development and adult life
Yang W#, Petersen C#, Pees B#, Zimmermann J, Waschina S, Dirksen P, Rosenstiel P, Tholey A, Leippe M, Dierking K, Kaleta C*, Schulenburg H*. Front Microbiol. 10:1793. # Equal contribution as first authors, * Equal contribution as senior authors doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2019.01793.
FeaturedNatural C. elegans microbiota protects against infection via production of a cyclic lipopeptide of the viscosin group
Kohar Kissoyan, Moritz Drechsler, Eva-Lena Stange, Johannes Zimmermann, Christoph Kaleta, Helge Bode und Katja Dierking (2019) Current Biology. DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2019.01.050
2018
The Caenorhabditis elegans proteome response to naturally associated microbiome members of the genus Ochrobactrum
Cassidy L, Petersen C, Treitz C, Dierking K, Schulenburg H, Leippe M, Tholey A (2018); Proteomics, doi: 10.1002/pmic.201700426
2017
Caenorhabditis elegans as a model for microbiome research.
Zhang F, Berg M, Dierking K, Félix M A, Shapira M, Samuel B, Schulenburg H (2017); Front. Microbiol., 8:485. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2017.00485
2016
Antimicrobial effectors in the nematode C. elegans – an outgroup to the Arthropoda.
Dierking K, Yang W, Schulenburg H (2016); Phil Trans R Soc Lond B., 371. doi: