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
Pathways and key intermediates required for obligate aerobic ammonia-dependent chemolithotrophy in bacteria and Thaumarchaeota. / Kozlowski, Jessica A; Stieglmeier, Michaela; Schleper, Christa; Klotz, Martin G; Stein, Lisa Y.
in: The ISME Journal: multidisciplinary journal of microbial ecology, Band 10, Nr. 8, 08.2016, S. 1836-1845.Veröffentlichung: Beitrag in Fachzeitschrift › Artikel › Peer-Review
Plant-derived compounds stimulate the decomposition of organic matter in arctic permafrost soils. / Wild, Birgit; Gentsch, Norman; Čapek, Petr; Diáková, Kateřina; Alves, Ricardo J Eloy; Bárta, Jiři; Gittel, Antje; Hugelius, Gustaf; Knoltsch, Anna; Kuhry, Peter; Lashchinskiy, Nikolay; Mikutta, Robert; Palmtag, Juri; Schleper, Christa; Schnecker, Jörg; Shibistova, Olga; Takriti, Mounir; Torsvik, Vigdis L; Urich, Tim; Watzka, Margarete; Šantrůčková, Hana; Guggenberger, Georg; Richter, Andreas.
in: Scientific Reports, Band 6, 25607, 09.05.2016.Veröffentlichung: Beitrag in Fachzeitschrift › Artikel › Peer-Review
Physiological and genomic characterization of two novel marine thaumarchaeal strains indicates niche differentiation. / Bayer, Barbara; Vojvoda, Jana; Offre, Pierre; Eloy Alves, Ricardo Jorge; Elisabeth, Nathalie H.; Garcia, Juan Al; Volland, Jean-Marie; Srivastava, Abhishek; Schleper, Christa; Herndl, Gerhard.
in: The ISME Journal: multidisciplinary journal of microbial ecology, Band 10, Nr. 5, 05.2016, S. 1051-1063.Veröffentlichung: Beitrag in Fachzeitschrift › Artikel › Peer-Review
Phylogenetic and genomic analysis of Methanomassiliicoccales in wetlands and animal intestinal tracts reveals clade-specific habitat preferences. / Söllinger, Andrea; Schwab, Clarissa; Weinmaier, Thomas; Loy, Alexander; Tveit, Alexander T.; Schleper, Christa; Urich, Tim.
in: FEMS microbiology ecology, Band 92, Nr. 1, fiv149, 01.01.2016.Veröffentlichung: Beitrag in Fachzeitschrift › Artikel › Peer-Review
Assessing the Ecophysiology of Methanogens in the Context of Recent Astrobiological and Planetological Studies. / Taubner, Ruth-Sophie; Schleper, Christa; Firneis, Maria G; Rittmann, Simon K-M R.
in: Life, Band 5, Nr. 4, 03.12.2015, S. 1652-1686.Veröffentlichung: Beitrag in Fachzeitschrift › Artikel › Peer-Review
Intestinal Epithelial Cell Tyrosine Kinase 2 Transduces IL-22 Signals To Protect from Acute Colitis. / Hainzl, Eva; Stockinger, Silvia; Rauch, Isabella; Heider, Susanne; Berry, David; Lassnig, Caroline; Schwab, Clarissa; Rosebrock, Felix; Milinovich, Gabriel; Schlederer, Michaela; Wagner, Michael; Schleper, Christa; Loy, Alexander; Urich, Tim; Kenner, Lukas; Han, Xiaonan; Decker, Thomas; Strobl, Birgit; Müller, Mathias.
in: Journal of Immunology, Band 195, Nr. 10, 15.11.2015, S. 5011-5024.Veröffentlichung: Beitrag in Fachzeitschrift › Artikel › Peer-Review
The effect of warming on the vulnerability of subducted organic carbon in arctic soils. / Capek, Petr; Diakova, Katerina; Dickopp, Jan-Erik; Barta, Jiri; Wild, Birgit; Schnecker, Joerg; Alves, Ricardo Jorge Eloy; Aiglsdorfer, Stefanie; Guggenberger, Georg; Gentsch, Norman; Hugelius, Gustaf; Lashchinsky, Nikolaj; Gittel, Antje; Schleper, Christa; Mikutta, Robert; Palmtag, Juri; Shibistova, Olga; Urich, Tim; Richter, Andreas; Santruckova, Hana.
in: Soil Biology and Biochemistry, Band 90, 11.2015, S. 19-29.Veröffentlichung: Beitrag in Fachzeitschrift › Artikel › Peer-Review
Complex archaea that bridge the gap between prokaryotes and eukaryotes. / Spang, Anja; Saw, Jimmy H.; Jorgensen, Steffen; Zaremba-Niedzwiedzka, Katarzyna; Martijn, Joran; Lind, Anders E.; van Eijk, Roel; Schleper, Christa; Guy, Lionel; Ettema, Thijs J G.
in: Nature, Band 521, Nr. 7551, 14.05.2015, S. 173-179.Veröffentlichung: Beitrag in Fachzeitschrift › Artikel › Peer-Review
Inhibitory effects of C2 to C10 1-alkynes on ammonia oxidation in two Nitrososphaera species. / Taylor, A. E.; Taylor, K.; Tennigkeit, B.; Palatinszky, Marton; Stieglmeier, Michaela; Myrold, D. D.; Schleper, Christa; Wagner, Michael; Bottomley, P. J.
in: Applied and Environmental Microbiology, Band 81, Nr. 6, 03.2015, S. 1942-1948.Veröffentlichung: Beitrag in Fachzeitschrift › Artikel › Peer-Review
Highlights aus der dritten Domäne - die Archaea. / Schleper, Christa.
in: BioSpektrum, Band 21, Nr. 1, 12.02.2015, S. 44-45.Veröffentlichung: Beitrag in Fachzeitschrift › Artikel › Peer-Review
Intestinal Microbiota Signatures Associated with Inflammation History in Mice Experiencing Recurring Colitis. / Berry, David; Kuzyk, Orest; Rauch, Isabella; Heider, Susanne; Schwab, Clarissa; Hainzl, Eva; Decker, Thomas; Müller, Mathias; Strobl, Birgit; Schleper, Christa; Urich, Tim; Wagner, Michael; Kenner, Lukas; Loy, Alexander.
in: Frontiers in Microbiology, Band 6, 01408, 2015, S. 1408.Veröffentlichung: Beitrag in Fachzeitschrift › Artikel › Peer-Review
Variability of the transporter gene complement in ammonia-oxidizing archaea. / Offre, Pierre; Kerou, Melina; Spang, Anja; Schleper, Christa.
in: Trends in Microbiology, Band 22, Nr. 12, 12.2014, S. 665-675.Veröffentlichung: Beitrag in Fachzeitschrift › Artikel › Peer-Review
The Phylum Thaumarchaeota. / Stieglmeier, Michaela; Alves, Ricardo Jorge Eloy; Schleper, Christa.
The Prokaryotes: Other Major Lineages of Bacteria and The Archaea. Hrsg. / Eugene Rosenberg; Edward DeLong; Fabiano Thompson; Stephen Lory; Erko Stackebrandt. 4. Aufl. Springer, 2014.Veröffentlichung: Beitrag in Buch › Beitrag in Buch/Sammelband
Type I interferons have opposing effects during the emergence and recovery phases of colitis. / Rauch, Isabella; Hainzl, Eva; Rosebrock, Felix; Heider, Susanne; Schwab, Clarissa; Berry, David; Stoiber, Dagmar; Wagner, Michael; Schleper, Christa; Loy, Alexander; Urich, Tim; Müller, Mathias; Strobl, Birgit; Kenner, Lukas; Decker, Thomas.
in: European Journal of Immunology, Band 44, Nr. 9, 01.09.2014, S. 2749-2760.Veröffentlichung: Beitrag in Fachzeitschrift › Artikel › Peer-Review
Biochar Decelerates Soil Organic Nitrogen Cycling but Stimulates Soil Nitrification in a Temperate Arable Field Trial. / Prommer, Judith; Wanek, Wolfgang; Hofhansl, Florian; Trojan, Daniela; Offre, Pierre; Urich, Tim; Schleper, Christa; Sassmann, Stefan; Kitzler, Barbara; Soja, Gerhard; Hood-Nowotny, Rebecca Clare.
in: PLoS ONE, Band 9, Nr. 1, 86388, 30.01.2014, S. 1-16.Veröffentlichung: Beitrag in Fachzeitschrift › Artikel › Peer-Review
Aerobic nitrous oxide production through N-nitrosating hybrid formation in ammonia-oxidizing archaea. / Stieglmeier, Michaela; Mooshammer, Maria; Kitzler, Barbara; Wanek, Wolfgang; Zechmeister-Boltenstern, Sophie; Richter, Andreas; Schleper, Christa.
in: The ISME Journal: multidisciplinary journal of microbial ecology, Band 8, Nr. 5, 2014, S. 1135-1146.Veröffentlichung: Beitrag in Fachzeitschrift › Artikel › Peer-Review
CRISPR-mediated targeted mRNA degradation in the archaeon Sulfolobus solfataricus. / Zebec, Ziga; Manica, Andrea; Zhang, J.; White, M.F.; Schleper, Christa.
in: Nucleic Acids Research, Band 42, Nr. 8, 2014, S. 5280-5288.Veröffentlichung: Beitrag in Fachzeitschrift › Artikel › Peer-Review
Der Einfluss des Klimawandels auf die Biosphäre und Ökosystemleistungen. / Lexer, Manfred Josef; Rabitsch, Wolfgang; Grabherr, Georg; Dokulil, Martin; Dullinger, Stefan; Eitzinger, Josef; Englisch, Michael; Essl, Franz; Gollmann, Günter; Gottfried, Michael; Graf, Wolfram; Hoch, Gernot; Jandl, Robert; Kahrer, Andreas; Kainz, Martin; Kirisits, Thomas; Netherer, Sigrid; Pauli, Harald; Rott, Eugen; Schleper, Christa; Schmidt-Kloiber, Astrid; Schmutz, Stefan; Schopf, Axel; Seidl, Rupert; Vogl, Wolfgang; Winkler, Hans; Zechmeister, Harald.
Ö̈sterreichischer Sachstandsbericht Klimawandel 2014 (AAR14). Band 2 Wien : Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften (ÖAW), 2014. S. 467–556.Veröffentlichung: Beitrag in Buch › Beitrag in Buch/Sammelband
Distinct microbial communities associated with buried soils in the Siberian tundra. / Gittel, Antje; Barta, Jiri; Kohoutová, Iva; Mikutta, Robert; Owens, Sarah; Gilbert, Jack; Schnecker, Jörg; Wild, Birgit; Hannisdal, Bjarte; März, Jöran; Lashchinsky, Nikolaj; Capek, Petr; Santruckova, Hana; Gentsch, Norman; Shibistova, Olga; Guggenberger, Georg; Richter, Andreas; Torsvik, Vigdis; Schleper, Christa; Urich, Tim.
in: The ISME Journal: multidisciplinary journal of microbial ecology, 2014.Veröffentlichung: Beitrag in Fachzeitschrift › Artikel › Peer-Review
Draft Genome Sequence of the Growth-Promoting Endophyte Paenibacillus sp. P22, Isolated from Populus. / Hanak, Anne-Mette; Nagler, Matthias; Weinmaier, Thomas; Sun, Xiaoliang; Fragner, Lena; Schwab, Clarissa; Rattei, Thomas; Ulrich, Kristina; Ewald, Dietrich; Engel, Marion; Schloter, Michael; Bittner, Romana; Schleper, Christa; Weckwerth, Wolfram.
in: Genome Announcements, Band 2, Nr. 2, 2014, S. e00276-14.Veröffentlichung: Beitrag in Fachzeitschrift › Artikel › Peer-Review