Prof. Dr. Ute Hentschel Humeida
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Vita
Education/Training
2004
Habilitation in Microbiology, University of Würzburg
1989-1994
Graduate studies in Marine Biology at Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UC San Diego, USA and Ph.D. Degree
1986-1988
Undergraduate studies in Biology at the University of Hannover and Bachelor’s Degree (Vordiplom)
Research Experience/Academic Appointments
Since 2015
Professor (W3) for Marine Microbiology and Head of Research Unit Marine Symbioses, GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel
2008-2015
Professor (W2) for Chemical and Microbial Ecology, University of Würzburg
2004-2009
Young Investigator Group Leader, Research Center for Infectious Diseases, University of Würzburg
1998-2003
Postdoctoral fellow at the Institute for Molecular Infection Biology, University of Würzburg
1995-1997
Postdoctoral fellow at the Dept. of Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology, UC Santa Barbara, USA
Important Scientific Prizes/Functions
Since 2017
Member Women’s Executive Board (WEB) GEOMAR
Since 2016
Steering Committee CRC 1182 Origin and Function of Metaorganisms
2019
Member of the Biodiversity-Expert Group on the Topic „Seas and Oceans“; Round Table of the German Federal Government on „Internationalisation of Education, Science and Research“
2017, 2019
Vice-Chair (2017) and chair (2019) of the Gordon Conference “Animal-Microbe Symbioses”, Mt. Snow, VT, USA
2017
Scientific Advisory Board “10th World Sponge Conference”, Galway, Ireland
2016
Frontiers in Microbiology Research Topic: “Experimental models in animal -associated microbiota” (Brucker, Bosch, Hentschel, editors)
2013
Member Helmholtz Review Panel POF “Oceans
2009-2017
VAAM-group leader “Symbiotic Interactions”
Research
Publications
2019
FeaturedA phage protein aids bacterial symbionts in eukaryote immune evasion
Jahn MT, Arkhipova K, Markert SM, Stigloher C, Lachnit T, Pita L, Kupczok A, Ribes M, Stengel ST, Rosenstiel P, Dutilh BE, Hentschel U (2019) Cell Host & Microbe, doi: 10.1016/j.chom.2019.08.019
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
FeaturedNeutrality in the metaorganism
Sieber M, Pita L, Weiland-Bräuer N, Dirksen P, Wang J, Mortzfeld B, Franzenburg S, Schmitz RA, Baines JF, Fraune S, Hentschel U, Schulenburg H, Bosch TCG, Traulsen A (2019) PLoS Biol., DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.3000298
Bdellovibrio and like organisms are predictors of microbiome diversity across diverse host groups.
Johnke J, Fraune S, Bosch TCG, Hentschel U, Schulenburg H (2019) Microbial Ecology DOI: 10.1007/s00248-019-01395-7
FeaturedFueled by methane: deep-sea sponges from asphalt seeps gain their nutrition from methane-oxidizing symbionts
Rubin-Blum M, Antony CP, Sayavedra L, Martínez-Pérez C, Birgel D, Peckmann J, Wu Y, Cardenas P, MacDonald I, Marcon Y, Sahling H, Hentschel U, Dubilier N (2019) The ISME Journal , v 13, p 1209–1225. doi: 10.1038/s41396-019-0346-7
2018
Marine Sponges as Chloroflexi Hot Spots: Genomic Insights and High-Resolution Visualization of an Abundant and Diverse Symbiotic Clade
Bayer K, Jahn M.T. , Slaby BM, Moitinho-Silva L and Hentschel U (2018) mSystems 3:e00150-18. doi: 10.1128/mSystems.00150-18
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
Predicted bacterial interactions affect in vivo microbial colonization dynamics in Nematostella
Domin H, Zurita-Gutiérrez Y, Scotti M, Buttlar J, Hentschel Humeida U and Fraune S (2018) Frontiers in Microbiology 9, 728, https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2018.00728
The sponge holobiont in a changing ocean: from microbes to ecosystems.
Pita L, Rix L, Slaby B M, Franke A, Hentschel U (2018); Microbiome, 6(46). doi: 10.1186/s40168-018-0428-1
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
2016
Emerging Sponge Models of Animal-Microbe Symbioses.
Pita L, Fraune S, Hentschel U (2016); Front Microbiol., 7:2102. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2016.02102
Shedding light on cell compartmentation in the candidate phylum Poribacteria by high resolution visualisation and transcriptional profiling.
Jahn M T, Markert S M, Ryu T, Ravasi T, Stigloher C, U Hentschel, Moitinho-Silva L (2016); Scientific Reports, 6:35860. doi: 10.1038/srep35860