Bacterial Cell Biology Group
with a focus on
Chromosome segregation
Cell division
Morphogenesis
Bacterial cytoskeleton
with a focus on
Chromosome segregation
Cell division
Morphogenesis
Bacterial cytoskeleton
We study mechanisms that control the spatiotemporal organization of bacterial cells using a combination of
cell biology, biochemistry, biophysics, molecular biology, genetics, structural biology, and bioinformatics.
Our research focuses on essential cellular processes, such as cell growth, chromosome segregation, cell division and cell differentiation, with the aim to understand how cells regulate cell physiology in response to cell cycle cues and environmental conditions.
cell biology, biochemistry, biophysics, molecular biology, genetics, structural biology, and bioinformatics.
Our research focuses on essential cellular processes, such as cell growth, chromosome segregation, cell division and cell differentiation, with the aim to understand how cells regulate cell physiology in response to cell cycle cues and environmental conditions.
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 Department of Biology at the University of Marburg, the Max Planck Institute for Terrestrial Microbiology, and the Center for Synthetic Microbiology (SYNMIKRO).
RECENT KEY PUBLICATIONS
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MipZ caps the plus-end of FtsZ polymers to promote their rapid disassembly
PNAS
119: e2208227119 (2022) |
The CTPase activity of ParB determines the size and dynamics of prokaryotic DNA partition complexes
Molecular Cell
81: 3992 (2021) |
Molecular architecture of the DNA-binding sites of the P-loop ATPases MipZ and ParA from Caulobacter crescentus.
Nucleic Acids Research
48: 4869-4779 (2020) |
ParB-type DNA segregation proteins are CTP-dependent molecular switches.
Cell
179: 1512-1524 (2019) |
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