Prof. Dr. Christa Schleper
Head of Archaea Biology and Ecogenomics Unit
Head of the Archaea Ecology and Evolution Group
Room: 3.035
1030 Wien, Djerassiplatz 1
T: +43-1-4277-76510
M: +43-664-60277-76510
christa.schleper@univie.ac.at
Curriculum Vitae
Appointments / Career
2007 - now | University Professor, Department of Functional and Evolutionary Biology, University of Vienna Austria, Our department "Ecogenomics and Systems Biology" merged in 2020 with "Molecular Systems Biology", "Limnology", and "Bio-Oceanography". Previously our department "Genetics in Ecology" fused with the department "Molecular Systems Biology" | |||
2007 - 2013 | University Professor, Head of Department Genetics in Ecology, University of Vienna, Austria | |||
2007 - 2014 | Adjunct Professor, Center of Excellence for Geobiology, University of Bergen, Norway | |||
2004 - 2007 | University Professor, Department of Biology, University of Bergen, Norway | |||
1998 - 2004 | Group leader ("assistant professor") at the University of Darmstadt, Germany at the Institute of Microbiology and Genetics | |||
04/2002 | Habilitation, venia legendi for teaching in Microbiology and Genetics (University of Darmstadt, Germany) | |||
1996 - 1997 | University of California Santa Barbara (UCSB) | |||
1996 | Californian Institute of Technology, Pasadena and Agouron Institute, La Jolla, CA | |||
1994 - 1995 | Max-Planck-Institute for Biochemistry, Martinsried, Germany | |||
1989 - 1993 | Max-Planck-Institute for Biochemistry, Martinsried, Germany | |||
Awards
| 2022 | Wittgenstein Prize (1.5 Mio EUR) | |||
| 2017 | Elected full member of the Austrian Academy of Sciences (ÖAW) | |||
| 2016 | ERC Advanced Grant (2.5 Mio EUR) | |||
| 2011 | Elected member of the American Academy of Microbiology (ASM) | |||
| 2001 | EMBO Young Investigator Award (EMBO-YIP) | |||
| 1995-1997 | Post-doctoral Fellowship of the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft for US | |||
Publications
Archaeal nitrification is a key driver of high nitrous oxide emissions from arctic peatlands. / Siljanen, Henri M. P. (Korresp. Autor*in); Alves, Ricardo J. E.; Ronkainen, Jussi G. et al.
in: Soil Biology and Biochemistry, Band 137, 107539, 10.2019.Veröffentlichungen: Beitrag in Fachzeitschrift › Artikel › Begutachtung
Metagenomes from Coastal Marine Sediments Give Insights into the Ecological Role and Cellular Features of Loki- and Thorarchaeota. / Manoharan, Lokeshwaran; Kozlowski, Jessica A; Murdoch, Robert W et al.
in: mBio, Band 10, Nr. 5, e02039-19, 10.09.2019.Veröffentlichungen: Beitrag in Fachzeitschrift › Artikel › Begutachtung
Indications for a moonlighting function of translation factor aIF5A in the crenarchaeum Sulfolobus solfataricus. / Bassani, Flavia (Korresp. Autor*in); Zink, Isabelle Anna; Pribasnig, Thomas et al.
in: RNA Biology, Band 16, Nr. 5, 04.05.2019, S. 675-685.Veröffentlichungen: Beitrag in Fachzeitschrift › Artikel › Begutachtung
Ammonia Oxidation by the Arctic Terrestrial Thaumarchaeote Candidatus Nitrosocosmicus arcticus Is Stimulated by Increasing Temperatures. / Alves, Ricardo J Eloy; Kerou, Melina; Zappe, Anna et al.
in: Frontiers in Microbiology, Band 10, 1571, 2019.Veröffentlichungen: Beitrag in Fachzeitschrift › Artikel › Begutachtung
Intact polar lipid and core lipid inventory of the hydrothermal vent methanogens Methanocaldococcus villosus and Methanothermococcus okinawensis. / Baumann, Lydia; Taubner, Ruth-Sophie; Bauersachs, Thorsten et al.
in: Organic Geochemistry, Band 126, 12.2018, S. 33-42.Veröffentlichungen: Beitrag in Fachzeitschrift › Artikel › Begutachtung
A plant-microbe interaction framework explaining nutrient effects on primary production. / Čapek, Petr; Manzoni, Stefano; Kaštovská, Eva et al.
in: Nature Ecology & Evolution, Band 2, Nr. 10, 10.2018, S. 1588-1596.Veröffentlichungen: Beitrag in Fachzeitschrift › Artikel › Begutachtung
Holistic Assessment of Rumen Microbiome Dynamics through Quantitative Metatranscriptomics Reveals Multifunctional Redundancy during Key Steps of Anaerobic Feed Degradation. / Söllinger, Andrea; Tveit, Alexander Tøsdal; Poulsen, Morten et al.
in: mSystems, Band 3, Nr. 4, e00038-18, 18.08.2018.Veröffentlichungen: Beitrag in Fachzeitschrift › Artikel › Begutachtung
Microbial diversity of a closed salt lagoon in the Puertecitos area, Upper Gulf of California. / Kozlowski, Jessica (Korresp. Autor*in); Johnson, Markes E; Ledesma-Vázquez, Jorge et al.
in: Ciencias Marinas, Band 44, Nr. 2, 25.06.2018, S. 71-90.Veröffentlichungen: Beitrag in Fachzeitschrift › Artikel › Begutachtung
Evidence for archaeal methanogenesis within veins at the onshore serpentinite-hosted Chimaera seeps, Turkey. / Zwicker, Jennifer; Birgel, Daniel; Bach, Wolfgang et al.
in: Chemical Geology, Band 483, 20.04.2018, S. 567-580.Veröffentlichungen: Beitrag in Fachzeitschrift › Artikel › Begutachtung
Unifying the global phylogeny and environmental distribution of ammonia-oxidising archaea based on amoA genes. / Alves, Ricardo J. Eloy; Minh, Bui Quang; Urich, Tim et al.
in: Nature Communications, Band 9, Nr. 1, 1517, 17.04.2018.Veröffentlichungen: Beitrag in Fachzeitschrift › Artikel › Begutachtung
Significance of dark CO2 fixation in arctic soils. / Santruckova, Hana (Korresp. Autor*in); Kotas, Petr; Barta, Jiri et al.
in: Soil Biology and Biochemistry, Band 119, 04.2018, S. 11-21.Veröffentlichungen: Beitrag in Fachzeitschrift › Artikel › Begutachtung
Biological methane production under putative Enceladus-like conditions. / Taubner, Ruth-Sophie; Pappenreiter, Patricia; Zwicker, Jennifer et al.
in: Nature Communications, Band 9, Nr. 1, 748 , 27.02.2018.Veröffentlichungen: Beitrag in Fachzeitschrift › Artikel › Begutachtung
Nitrosocaldus cavascurensis, an Ammonia Oxidizing, Extremely Thermophilic Archaeon with a Highly Mobile Genome. / Abby, Sophie S; Melcher, Michael; Kerou, Melina et al.
in: Frontiers in Microbiology, Band 9, 28, 26.01.2018.Veröffentlichungen: Beitrag in Fachzeitschrift › Artikel › Begutachtung
Das Archaeon Nitrososphaera viennensis : Unbekannte Helden im Stickstoffkreislauf. / Schleper, Christa.
in: Biologie in unserer Zeit, Band 47, Nr. 5, 10.2017, S. 320-324.Veröffentlichungen: Beitrag in Fachzeitschrift › Artikel › Begutachtung
Chemotaxonomic characterisation of the thaumarchaeal lipidome. / Elling, Felix J; Könneke, Martin; Nicol, Graeme W et al.
in: Environmental Microbiology, Band 19, Nr. 7, 07.2017, S. 2681-2700.Veröffentlichungen: Beitrag in Fachzeitschrift › Artikel › Begutachtung
Class Nitrososphaeria. / Kerou, Melina; Eloy Alves, Ricardo Jorge; Schleper, Christa.
Bergey's Manual of Systematics of Archaea and Bacteria. Hrsg. / Professor William B. Whitman. Wiley Online Library, 2016.Veröffentlichungen: Beitrag in Buch › Beitrag in Buch/Sammelband › Begutachtung
Family Nitrososphaeraceae. / Kerou, Melina; Schleper, Christa.
Bergey's Manual of Systematics of Archaea and Bacteria. Hrsg. / Professor William B. Whitman. Wiley Online Library, 2016.Veröffentlichungen: Beitrag in Buch › Beitrag in Buch/Sammelband › Begutachtung
Genus Nitrososphaera. / Kerou, Melina; Schleper, Christa.
Bergey's Manual of Systematics of Archaea and Bacteria. Hrsg. / William B. Whitman. Wiley Online Library, 2016. S. 1-10.Veröffentlichungen: Beitrag in Buch › Beitrag in Buch/Sammelband › Begutachtung
Proteomics and comparative genomics of Nitrososphaera viennensis reveal the core genome and adaptations of archaeal ammonia oxidizers. / Kerou, Melina; Offre, Pierre; Valledor, Luis et al.
in: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America (PNAS), Band 113, Nr. 49, 06.12.2016, S. E7937-E7946.Veröffentlichungen: Beitrag in Fachzeitschrift › Artikel › Begutachtung
A hydrophobic ammonia-oxidizing archaeon of the Nitrosocosmicus clade isolated from coal tar-contaminated sediment. / Jung, Man-Young; Kim, Jong-Geol; Sinninghe Damsté, Jaap S et al.
in: Environmental Microbiology Reports, Band 8, Nr. 6, 12.2016, S. 983-992.Veröffentlichungen: Beitrag in Fachzeitschrift › Artikel › Begutachtung