Associated Researcher

Dr. Marc Höppner

Vita

Education/Training

2006 – 2011
PhD degree, Stockholm University, Sweden

2001 – 2006
Studies in Biology, Münster University, Germany


Research Experience/Academic Appointments

Since 2015
Research associate, head of bioinformatics, IKMB, Christian-Albrechts University Kiel

2013 – 2015
Research associate / team leader for the national bioinformatics platform BILS, Uppsala University, Sweden

2011 – 2013
PostDoc, Uppsala University, Sweden


Important Scientific Prizes/Functions

Since 2017
Associate partner in the German Network for Bioinformatics Infrastructure, de.NBI

2013-2015
Head of the national genome annotation platform, Swedish Bioinformatics Infrastructure for Life Sciences (Swedish Elixir node)

Research

Publications

2020

Dynamic interactions within the host-associated microbiota cause tumor formation in the basal metazoan Hydra.

Rathje K, Mortzfeld B, Hoeppner MP, Taubenheim J, Bosch TCG, Klimovich A (2020) PLOS Pathogen. 16(3):e1008375. doi: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1008375

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

2018

Differential expression of immune receptors in two marine sponges upon exposure to microbial-associated molecular patterns.

Pita L, Hoeppner MP, Ribes M, Hentschel U (2018); Sci Rep. 8(1):16081.doi: 10.1038/s41598-018-34330-w