Prof. Dr. Nicole Frankenberg-Dinkel
Building 23, Room 195
E-mail: nicole.frankenberg(at)rPTU.de
Phone +49 (631) 205-2353
Office hours:
by appointment
Research focus
Our research group has a broad interest in how microorganisms perceive their environment and adapt to changing conditions. For these studies we use different model organisms: phototrophic cyanobacteria, which generate energy with the help of light, the opportunistic pathogenic bacterium Pseudomonas aeruginosawhich is a serious pathogen due to the formation of biofilms, and Methanosarcina acetivoransa representative of the archaea that carry out methanogenesis in the absence of oxygen. Details of our research interests can be found here.
Curriculum Vitae
Academic career
- since 09/2014
W3-Professor for Microbiology at the Technical University of Kaiserslautern
- 2006-2014
W2-Professor for Physiology of Microorganisms at the Ruhr University Bochum
- 2005
Habilitation in microbiology
- 2003 - 2005
Junior research group leader as part of the DFG's Emmy Noether Program at the Technical University of Braunschweig
- 1999 - 2002
Postdoc with Prof. Dr. J.C. Lagarias, Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of California, Davis, USA
- 1996 - 1999
Doctorate in Biochemistry, Albert-Ludwigs-University Freiburg with Dieter Jahn
- 1996
Diploma in Microbiology, Biochemistry, Botany and Organic Chemistry, University of Regensburg
- 1990 - 1996
Studied biology at the Universities of Regensburg and Boulder, Colorado, USA
Professor of the Microbiology department
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Curriculum Vitae
| 1990-1996 | Studies of Biology at the Universities of Regensburg, Germany and Boulder, Colorado, USA |
| 1996 | Diploma thesis at the University of Regensburg; Supervisor: Günter Hauska |
| 1996-1999 | PhD in Biochemistry at the University of Freiburg, Germany; Supervisor: Dieter Jahn |
| 1999-2002 | Postdoc at the Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of California at Davis, USA; Supervisor: J. Clark Lagarias |
| 2003-2005 | Group leader within the Emmy-Noether-Program (DFG) at the Technical University Braunschweig, Germany |
| 2006-2014 | W2-Professor for Physiology of Microorganisms at the Ruhr University Bochum, Germany |
| Since 09/2014 | W3-Professor for Microbiology at the Technical University Kaiserslautern, Germany |
Major Research Interests
Our research group has a broad interest in how microorganisms perceive their environment and adapt to changing conditions. For these investigations, we use different model organisms: phototrophic cyanobacteria, which produce energy with the help of light, the opportunistic pathogenic bacterium Pseudomonas aeruginosa, which is a serious pathogen through the formation of biofilms, as well as Methanosarcina acetivorans, a representative of the Archaea, which carry out so-called methanogenesis under exclusion of oxygen. Details about our research interests can be found here.
Selected Publications
Frascogna, F., Ledermann, B., Hartmann, J., Patallo, E.P., Zeqiri, F., Hofmann, E. Frankenberg-Dinkel, N. (2023) On the evolution of the plant phytochrome chromophore biosynthesis. Plant Physiol. In press
Scherhag, A., Räschle, M., Unbehend, N., Venn, B., Glueck, D., Mühlhaus, T., Keller, S., Patallo, E.P., Zehner, S. & Frankenberg-Dinkel, N. (2023) Characterization of a soluble library of the Pseudomonas aeruginosa PAO1 membrane proteome with emphasis on c-di-GMP turnover enzymes. µLife in press
Robinson EA., Frankenberg-Dinkel N., Xue F., Wilks A. (2021) Recombinant Production of Biliverdin IXβ and δ Isomers in the T7 Promoter Compatible Escherichia coli Nissle. Frontiers in microbiology 12, 787609-787609
Tomazic, N., Overkamp, K., Wegner, H., Gu, B., Mahler, F., Aras, M., Keller, S., Pierik, A.J., Hofmann, E. & Frankenberg-Dinkel, N. (2021) Exchange of a single amino acid residue in the cryptophyte phycobiliprotein lyase GtCPES expands its substrate specificity. Biochim. Biophys. Acta-Bioenergetics in press
Streng, C., Hartmann, J., Leister, K., Krauß, N., Lamparter, T., Frankenberg-Dinkel, N., Yu, Z. & Fischer,R. (2021) A novel role for mitochondria in fungal light sensing. EMBO J. e108083