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Thanbichler lab

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Bacterial cell biology

with a focus on

Chromosome segregation
Cell division
Morphogenesis
Bacterial cytoskeleton

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We study the mechanisms controlling the spatiotemporal organization of bacterial cells using a combination of
genetics, cell biology, biochemistry, structural biology, and bioinformatics.

Our lab is located in Marburg, Germany, a beautiful historic city with more than 35 research groups working in the field of microbiology. We are associated with the Faculty of Biology at Philipps University, the Max Planck Institute for Terrestrial Microbiology, and the Center for Synthetic Microbiology (Synmikro). Our students participate in several microbiology-related graduate programs, including the International Max Planck Research School for Environmental, Cellular and Molecular Microbiology (IMPRS-Mic) and the Integrated Research Training Group of the DFG-funded Collaborative Research Center SFB 987.

Selected recent publications

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Nat Commun:
Bactofilin-mediated organizaton of the ParABS chromsome segregation system in Myxococcus xanthus
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Nat Commun:
Two-step chromosome segregation in the stalked budding bacterium Hyphomonas neptunium
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Cell:
ParB-type DNA segregation proteins are CTP-dependent molecular switches
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NAR:
Molecular architecture of the DNA-binding sites of the P-loop ATPases MipZ and ParA from Caulobacter crescentus

Funding

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