Prof. Dr. Tal Dagan
Institution
Contact
Vita
Education/Training
2005 – 2011
Habilitation in Microbiology, Heinrich-Heine-University (HHU) Düsseldorf
2001 – 2005
Ph.D. in Molecular Evolution, Tel-Aviv University, Israel
1999 – 2000
M.Sc. in Molecular Evolution, Tel-Aviv University, Israel
1996 – 1998
B.Sc. in Biology, Faculty of Life Sciences, Tel-Aviv University, Israel
1990 – 1995
Programmer, Israeli Defense Force
Research Experience/Academic Appointments
Since 2013
Professor (W3) of Genomic Microbiology, CAU Kiel
2012 – 2013
Professor (W2) of Genomic Microbiology, HHU Düsseldorf
2011 – 2012
Research fellow, Institute of Molecular Evolution, HHU Düsseldorf
2005 – 2011
Research assistant, Institute of Molecular Evolution, HHU Düsseldorf
Important Scientific Prizes/Functions
Since 2013
Head of genomics section – Biology Direct
Since 2012
Associate editor – Genome Biology and Evolution
2013
Best Habilitation prize, HHU Düsseldorf
2012
Grantee of the European Research Council (ERC) Starting Grant
2010
Ulrich-Hadding Prize, BMFZ, HHU Düsseldorf
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
Higher stochasticity of microbiota composition in seedlings of domesticated wheat compared to wild wheat
Ozkurt E, Hassani M A, Sesiz U, Kuenzel S, Dagan T, Ozkan H, Stukenbrock E (2019) BioRxiv doi: 10.1101/685164
Currency, Exchange, and Inheritance in the Evolution of Symbiosis
Wein T, Romero Picazo D, Blow F, Woehle C, Jami E, Reusch TBH, Martin WF, Dagan T (2019) Trends in Microbiology doi: 10.1016/j.tim.2019.05.010
Microbial community assembly and co-adaptation in plant-metaorganisms
Hassani MA, Ozgut E, Seybold H, Dagan T, Stukenbrock EH (2019) Annu Rev Phytopathol 57: in press, https://www.annualreviews.org/phyto/planned
2018
Carrying capacity and colonization dynamics of Curvibacter in the Hydra host habitat
Wein T, Dagan T, Fraune S, Bosch TCG, Reusch TBH and Hülter NF (2018) Front. Microbiol., https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2018.00443
Metaorganisms in extreme environments: do microbes play a role in organismal adaptation?
Bang C, Dagan T, Deines P, Dubilier N, Duschl W J, Fraune S, Hentschel U, Hirt H, Hülter N, Lachnit T, Picazo D, Galan P L, Pogoreutz C, Rädecker N, Saad M M, Schmitz R A, Schulenburg H, Voolstra C R, Weiland-Bräuer N, Ziegler M, Bosch T C G (2018); Zoology, doi: 10.1016/j.zool.2018.02.004