Interested

• streptomyces
• chromosomes
• nucleoid associated proteins naps
• microbiology
• biotechnology
• stress response
• bacterial genetics
• bacterial development
• cellular microbiology
• hu gene expression regulation

Scientific discipline

• medical sciences

Latest publications

• Enhanced binding of an HU homologue under increased DNA supercoiling preserves chromosome organisation and sustains Streptomyces hyphal growth
• Profiling of the Helicobacter pylori redox switch HP1021 regulon using a multi-omics approach
• Spatial rearrangement of the Streptomyces venezuelae linear chromosome during sporogenic development
• Binary or nonbinary fission? Reproductive mode of a predatory bacterium depends on prey size
• The interplay between the polar growth determinant DivIVA, the segregation protein ParA, and their novel interaction partner PapM controls the Mycobacterium smegmatis cell cycle by modulation of DivIVA subcellular distribution
• A highly processive actinobacterial topoisomerase I – thoughts on Streptomyces’ demand for an enzyme with a unique C-terminal domain.
• C-terminal lysine repeats in Streptomyces topoisomerase I stabilize the enzyme-DNA complex and confer high enzyme processivity.