Axel A. Brakhage

Prof. Dr. Axel A. Brakhage

Phone: +49 3641 532-1000 Email: axel.brakhage@leibniz-hki.de Website: www.leibniz-hki.de/en/molekulare-und-angewandte-mikrobiol

Projects

Current Projects

Discovery of new antifungal compounds from the social amoeba Dictyostelium discoideum
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New antifungal compounds
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The impact of redox regulation on the stress response of Aspergillus fumigatus and its role in host-pathogen interaction
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Mechanisms of microbial communication leading to activation of silent gene clusters
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Molecular Mechanisms of lipid raft formation
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Communication between bacteria and fungi by secondary metabolites
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Former Projects

Acute and chronic Aspergillus infection in mice studied by PET-CT and comparative gene expression
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Lysine biosynthesis in Aspergillus fumigatus
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Post-translational modifications and pathogenicity of the human pathogenic fungus Aspergillus fumigatus
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Cryo-stress of filamentous fungi
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Secretome analysis/pathogenicity mechanisms of Arthroderma benhamiae
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Prediction of gene regulatory networks involved in the differentiation, secondary metabolism and cross talk of Aspergillus nidulans
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Regulation of cell wall integrity signalling by mitogen-activated protein kinase MpkA in Aspergillus fumigatus
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The hypoxic (low-oxygen) response of the pathogenic mould Aspergillus fumigatus and its relevance to pathogenicity
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The genome of the endofungal bacterium Burkholderia rhizoxinica
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Bioinformatic investigation and prediction of gene regulatory elements in pathogenic fungi
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Integrated genome-wide data analysis by ensemble learning methods to understand infection processes
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Identification of immunogenic components of Aspergillus fumigatus for vaccine development
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Identifying the pulmonary phagocytic network of mice infected with Aspergillus fumigatus
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A surface hydrophobin in ectomycorrhiza interaction
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Molecular mechanisms of the interaction between Aspergillus fumigatus and alveolar macrophages
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Novel molecular mechanisms of iron sensing and homeostasis in Aspergillus fumigatus
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Functionality and plasticity of bacterial polyketide synthases
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The role of virulence determinants of the human pathogenic fungus Aspergillus fumigatus in the defense against fungivorous amoeba
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Heterologous expression of silent gene clusters in fungi
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Oxidative inactivation of primary metabolism pathways in the human pathogenic fungus Aspergillus fumigatus
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Developing molecular tools for the de novo assembling of biosynthetic routes
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Development of a user-friendly heterologous expression system and its applications for natural product biosynthesis
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N.N. 2
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Communication via extracellular vesicles between immune cells and the human-pathogenic fungus Aspergillus fumigatus
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Adhäsionsmechanismen von Escherichia coli auf Titanoberflächen
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Publications

Horn F, Habel A, Scharf DH, Dworschak J, Brakhage AA, Guthke R, Hertweck C, Linde J (2015) Draft Genome Sequence and Gene Annotation of the Entomopathogenic Fungus Verticillium hemipterigenum. Genome Announc 3(1), Details PubMed

Horn F, Linde J, Mattern DJ, Walther G, Guthke R, Brakhage AA, Valiante V (2015) Draft Genome Sequence of the Fungus Penicillium brasilianum MG11. Genome Announc 3(5), Details PubMed

Macheleidt J, Scherlach K, Neuwirth T, Schmidt-Heck W, Straßburger M, Spraker J, Baccile JA, Schroeder FC, Keller NP, Hertweck C, Heinekamp T, Brakhage AA (2015) Transcriptome analysis of cyclic AMP-dependent protein kinase A-regulated genes reveals the production of the novel natural compound fumipyrrole by Aspergillus fumigatus. Mol Microbiol 96(1), 148-162. Details PubMed

Netzker T, Fischer J, Weber J, Mattern DJ, König CC, Valiante V, Schroeckh V, Brakhage AA (2015) Microbial communication leading to the activation of silent fungal secondary metabolite gene clusters. Front Microbiol 6, 299. Details PubMed

Horn F, Schroeckh V, Netzker T, Guthke R, Brakhage AA, Linde J (2014) Draft Genome Sequence of Streptomyces iranensis. Genome Announc 2(4), Details PubMed

Lapp K, Vödisch M, Kroll K, Strassburger M, Kniemeyer O, Heinekamp T, Brakhage AA (2014) Characterization of the Aspergillus fumigatus detoxification systems for reactive nitrogen intermediates and their impact on virulence. Front Microbiol 5, 469. Details PubMed

König CC, Scherlach K, Schroeckh V, Horn F, Nietzsche S, Brakhage AA, Hertweck C (2013) Bacterium induces cryptic meroterpenoid pathway in the pathogenic fungus Aspergillus fumigatus. Chembiochem 14(8), 938-942. Details PubMed

Nützmann HW, Fischer J, Scherlach K, Hertweck C, Brakhage AA (2013) Distinct amino acids of histone H3 control secondary metabolism in Aspergillus nidulans. Appl Environ Microbiol 79(19), 6102-6109. Details PubMed

Shopova I, Bruns S, Thywissen A, Kniemeyer O, Brakhage AA, Hillmann F (2013) Extrinsic extracellular DNA leads to biofilm formation and colocalizes with matrix polysaccharides in the human pathogenic fungus Aspergillus fumigatus. Front Microbiol 4, 141. Details PubMed

Heddergott C, Bruns S, Nietzsche S, Leonhardt I, Kurzai O, Kniemeyer O, Brakhage AA (2012) The Arthroderma benhamiae hydrophobin HypA mediates hydrophobicity and influences recognition by human immune effector cells. Eukaryot Cell 11(5), 673-682. Details PubMed

Heinekamp T, Thywißen A, Macheleidt J, Keller S, Valiante V, Brakhage AA (2012) Aspergillus fumigatus melanins: interference with the host endocytosis pathway and impact on virulence. Front Microbiol 3, 440. Details PubMed

Horn F, Heinekamp T, Kniemeyer O, Pollmächer J, Valiante V, Brakhage AA (2012) Systems biology of fungal infection. Front Microbiol 3, 108. Details PubMed

Müller S, Baldin C, Groth M, Guthke R, Kniemeyer O, Brakhage AA, Valiante V (2012) Comparison of transcriptome technologies in the pathogenic fungus Aspergillus fumigatus reveals novel insights into the genome and MpkA dependent gene expression. BMC Genomics 13, 519. Details PubMed

Sarkar A, Funk AN, Scherlach K, Horn F, Schroeckh V, Chankhamjon P, Westermann M, Roth M, Brakhage AA, Hertweck C, Horn U (2012) Differential expression of silent polyketide biosynthesis gene clusters in chemostat cultures of Aspergillus nidulans. J Biotechnol 160(1-2), 64-71. Details PubMed

Wallwey C, Heddergott C, Xie X, Brakhage AA, Li SM (2012) Genome mining reveals the presence of a conserved gene cluster for the biosynthesis of ergot alkaloid precursors in the fungal family Arthrodermataceae. Microbiology 158(Pt 6), 1634-1644. Details PubMed

Albrecht D, Kniemeyer O, Mech F, Gunzer M, Brakhage A, Guthke R (2011) On the way toward systems biology of Aspergillus fumigatus infection. Int J Med Microbiol 301(5), 453-459. Details PubMed

Burmester A, Shelest E, Glöckner G, Heddergott C, Schindler S, Staib P, Heidel A, Felder M, Petzold A, Szafranski K, Feuermann M, Pedruzzi I, Priebe S, Groth M, Winkler R, Li W, Kniemeyer O, Schroeckh V, Hertweck C, Hube B, White TC, Platzer M, Guthke R, Heitman J, Wöstemeyer J, Zipfel PF, Monod M, Brakhage AA (2011) Comparative and functional genomics provide insights into the pathogenicity of dermatophytic fungi. Genome Biol 12(1), R7. Details PubMed

Jain R, Valiante V, Remme N, Docimo T, Heinekamp T, Hertweck C, Gershenzon J, Haas H, Brakhage AA (2011) The MAP kinase MpkA controls cell wall integrity, oxidative stress response, gliotoxin production and iron adaptation in Aspergillus fumigatus. Mol Microbiol 82(1), 39-53. Details PubMed

Mech F, Thywissen A, Guthke R, Brakhage AA, Figge MT (2011) Automated image analysis of the host-pathogen interaction between phagocytes and Aspergillus fumigatus. PLoS One 6(5), e19591. Details PubMed

Nützmann HW, Reyes-Dominguez Y, Scherlach K, Schroeckh V, Horn F, Gacek A, Schümann J, Hertweck C, Strauss J, Brakhage AA (2011) Bacteria-induced natural product formation in the fungus Aspergillus nidulans requires Saga/Ada-mediated histone acetylation. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 108(34), 14282-14287. Details PubMed

Priebe S, Linde J, Albrecht D, Guthke R, Brakhage AA (2011) FungiFun: a web-based application for functional categorization of fungal genes and proteins. Fungal Genet Biol 48(4), 353-358. Details PubMed

Thywißen A, Heinekamp T, Dahse HM, Schmaler-Ripcke J, Nietzsche S, Zipfel PF, Brakhage AA (2011) Conidial Dihydroxynaphthalene Melanin of the Human Pathogenic Fungus Aspergillus fumigatus Interferes with the Host Endocytosis Pathway. Front Microbiol 2, 96. Details PubMed

Volling K, Thywissen A, Brakhage AA, Saluz HP (2011) Phagocytosis of melanized Aspergillus conidia by macrophages exerts cytoprotective effects by sustained PI3K/Akt signalling. Cell Microbiol 13(8), 1130-1148. Details PubMed

Bruns S, Kniemeyer O, Hasenberg M, Aimanianda V, Nietzsche S, Thywissen A, Jeron A, Latgé JP, Brakhage AA, Gunzer M (2010) Production of extracellular traps against Aspergillus fumigatus in vitro and in infected lung tissue is dependent on invading neutrophils and influenced by hydrophobin RodA. PLoS Pathog 6(4), e1000873. Details PubMed

Bruns S, Seidler M, Albrecht D, Salvenmoser S, Remme N, Hertweck C, Brakhage AA, Kniemeyer O, Müller FM (2010) Functional genomic profiling of Aspergillus fumigatus biofilm reveals enhanced production of the mycotoxin gliotoxin. Proteomics 10(17), 3097-3107. Details PubMed

Teutschbein J, Albrecht D, Pötsch M, Guthke R, Aimanianda V, Clavaud C, Latgé JP, Brakhage AA, Kniemeyer O (2010) Proteome profiling and functional classification of intracellular proteins from conidia of the human-pathogenic mold Aspergillus fumigatus. J Proteome Res 9(7), 3427-3442. Details PubMed

Valiante V, Jain R, Heinekamp T, Brakhage AA (2009) The MpkA MAP kinase module regulates cell wall integrity signaling and pyomelanin formation in Aspergillus fumigatus. Fungal Genet Biol 46(12), 909-918. Details PubMed

Vödisch M, Albrecht D, Lessing F, Schmidt AD, Winkler R, Guthke R, Brakhage AA, Kniemeyer O (2009) Two-dimensional proteome reference maps for the human pathogenic filamentous fungus Aspergillus fumigatus. Proteomics 9(5), 1407-1415. Details PubMed

Albrecht D, Kniemeyer O, Brakhage AA, Guthke R (2008) Normalisation of 2D DIGE data - on the way to a standard operating procedure. BIRD08 Schriftenreihe Informatik 26, 55-64. Details

Valiante V, Heinekamp T, Jain R, Härtl A, Brakhage AA (2008) The mitogen-activated protein kinase MpkA of Aspergillus fumigatus regulates cell wall signaling and oxidative stress response. Fungal Genet Biol 45(5), 618-627. Details PubMed

Guthke R, Kniemeyer O, Albrecht D, Brakhage AA, Moeller U (2007) Discovery of gene regulatory networks in Aspergillus fumigatus. Lect Notes Bioinf 4366, 22-41. Details

Schöbel F, Ibrahim-Granet O, Avé P, Latgé JP, Brakhage AA, Brock M (2007) Aspergillus fumigatus does not require fatty acid metabolism via isocitrate lyase for development of invasive aspergillosis. Infect Immun 75(3), 1237-1244. Details PubMed

Volling K, Brakhage AA, Saluz HP (2007) Apoptosis inhibition of alveolar macrophages upon interaction with conidia of Aspergillus fumigatus. FEMS Microbiol Lett 275(2), 250-254. Details PubMed

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