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
Gene expression of lactobacilli in murine forestomach biofilms. / Schwab, Clarissa; Tveit, Alexander; Schleper, Christa; Urich, Tim.
in: Microbial Biotechnology, Band 7, Nr. 4, 2014, S. 347-359.Veröffentlichung: Beitrag in Fachzeitschrift › Artikel › Peer-Review
Longitudinal study of murine microbiota activity and interactions with the host during acute inflammation and recovery. / Schwab, Clarissa; Berry, David; Rauch, Isabella; Rennisch, Ina; Ramesmayer, Julia; Hainzl, Eva; Heider, Susanne; Decker, Thomas; Kenner, Lukas; Müller, Mathias; Strobl, Birgit; Wagner, Michael; Schleper, Christa; Loy, Alexander (Korresp. Autor*in); Urich, Tim.
in: The ISME Journal: multidisciplinary journal of microbial ecology, Band 8, Nr. 5, 2014, S. 1101-1114.Veröffentlichung: Beitrag in Fachzeitschrift › Artikel › Peer-Review
Microbial community structure and functioning in marine sediments associated with diffuse hydrothermal venting assessed by integrated meta-omics. / Urich, Tim (Korresp. Autor*in); Lanzen, Anders; Stokke, Runar; Pedersen, Rolf-Birger; Bayer, Christoph; Thorseth, Ingunn; Schleper, Christa; Steen, Ida; Ovreas, Lise.
in: Environmental Microbiology, Band 16, Nr. 9, 2014, S. 2699-2710.Veröffentlichung: Beitrag in Fachzeitschrift › Artikel › Peer-Review
Nitrososphaera viennensis sp. nov., an aerobic and mesophilic ammonia-oxidizing archaeon from soil and member of the novel archaeal phylum Thaumarchaeota. / Stieglmeier, Michaela; Klingl, Andreas; Alves, Ricardo Jorge Eloy; Rittmann, Simon Karl-Maria Rasso; Leisch, Nikolaus; Schleper, Christa.
in: International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology, Band 64, Nr. 8, 2014, S. 2738-52.Veröffentlichung: Beitrag in Fachzeitschrift › Artikel › Peer-Review
Site- and horizon-specific patterns of microbial community structure and enzyme activities in permafrost-affected soils of Greenland. / Gittel, Antje; Barta, Jiri; Kohoutova, Iva; Schnecker, Joerg; Wild, Birgit; Capek, Petr; Kaiser, Christina; Torsvik, Vigdis L.; Richter, Andreas; Schleper, Christa; Urich, Tim.
in: Frontiers in Microbiology, Band 5, Nr. 541, 541, 2014.Veröffentlichung: Beitrag in Fachzeitschrift › Artikel › Peer-Review
The legacy of Carl Woese and Wolfram Zillig : from phylogeny to landmark discoveries. / Albers, Sonja-Verena; Forterre, Patrick; Prangishvili, David; Schleper, Christa.
in: Nature Reviews. Microbiology, Band 11, Nr. 10, 10.2013, S. 713-719.Veröffentlichung: Beitrag in Fachzeitschrift › Artikel › Peer-Review
Nitrification rates in Arctic soils are associated with functionally distinct populations of ammonia-oxidizing archaea. / Alves, Ricardo Jorge Eloy; Wanek, Wolfgang; Zappe, Anna; Richter, Andreas; Svenning, Mette M.; Schleper, Christa; Urich, Tim.
in: The ISME Journal: multidisciplinary journal of microbial ecology, Band 7, Nr. 8, 08.2013, S. 1620-1631.Veröffentlichung: Beitrag in Fachzeitschrift › Artikel › Peer-Review
Metagenomics of Kamchatkan hot spring filaments reveal two new major (hyper)thermophilic lineages related to Thaumarchaeota. / Eme, Laura; Reigstad, Laila J.; Spang, Anja; Lanzen, Anders; Weinmaier, Thomas; Rattei, Thomas; Schleper, Christa; Brochier-Armanet, Celine.
in: Research in Microbiology, Band 164, Nr. 5, 06.2013, S. 425-438.Veröffentlichung: Beitrag in Fachzeitschrift › Artikel › Peer-Review
Archaea in Biogeochemical Cycles. / Offre, Pierre; Spang, Anja; Schleper, Christa.
in: Annual Review of Microbiology, Band 67, 2013, S. 437-457.Veröffentlichung: Beitrag in Fachzeitschrift › Artikel › Peer-Review
CRISPR-mediated defense mechanisms in the hyperthermophilic archaeal genus Sulfolobus. / Manica, Andrea (Korresp. Autor*in); Schleper, Christa.
in: RNA Biology, Band 10, Nr. 5, 2013, S. 671-678.Veröffentlichung: Beitrag in Fachzeitschrift › Artikel › Peer-Review
Methylotrophic methanogenic Thermoplasmata implicated in reduced methane emissions from bovine rumen. / Poulsen, Morten; Schwab, Clarissa; Jensen, Bent Borg; Engberg, Ricarda M; Spang, Anja; Canibe, Nuria; Hojberg, Ole; Milinovich, Gabriel John; Fragner, Lena; Schleper, Christa; Weckwerth, Wolfram; Lund, Peter; Schramm, Andreas; Urich, Tim.
in: Nature Communications, Band 4, 1428, 2013.Veröffentlichung: Beitrag in Fachzeitschrift › Artikel › Peer-Review
Quantitative and phylogenetic study of the Deep Sea Archaeal Group in sediments of the Arctic mid-ocean spreading ridge. / Jorgensen, Steffen; Thorseth, Ingunn; Pedersen, Rolf-Birger; Baumberger, Tamara; Schleper, Christa.
in: Frontiers in Microbiology, Band 4, 299, 2013.Veröffentlichung: Beitrag in Fachzeitschrift › Artikel › Peer-Review
Responses of the terrestrial ammonia-oxidizing archaeon Ca. Nitrososphaera viennensis and the ammonia-oxidizing bacterium Nitrosospira multiformis to nitrification inhibitors. / Shen, Tianlin; Stieglmeier, Michaela; Dai, Jiulan; Urich, Tim; Schleper, Christa.
in: FEMS Microbiology Letters, Band 344, Nr. 2, 2013, S. 121-129.Veröffentlichung: Beitrag in Fachzeitschrift › Artikel › Peer-Review
Seasonal and vertical distribution of putative ammonia-oxidizing thaumarchaeotal communities in an oligotrophic lake. / Vissers, Elisabeth W.; Blaga, Cornelia I.; Bodelier, Paul L.E.; Muyzer, Gerard; Schleper, Christa; Sinninghe Damste, Jaap S.; Tourna, Maria; Laanbroeck, Hendrikus J.
in: FEMS microbiology ecology, Band 83, Nr. 2, 2013, S. 515-526.Veröffentlichung: Beitrag in Fachzeitschrift › Artikel › Peer-Review
Temporal and Spatial Coexistence of Archaeal and Bacterial amoA Genes and Gene Transcripts in Lake Lucerne. / Vissers, Elisabeth W.; Anselmetti, Flavio S.; Bodelier, Paul L; Muyzer, Gerard; Schleper, Christa; Tourna, Maria; Laanbroek, Hendrikus J.
in: Archaea - An International Microbiological Journal, Band 2013, 289478, 2013.Veröffentlichung: Beitrag in Fachzeitschrift › Artikel › Peer-Review
Unexpectedly broad target recognition of the CRISPR-mediated virus defence system in the archaeon Sulfolobus solfataricus. / Manica, Andrea; Zebec, Ziga; Steinkellner, Julia; Schleper, Christa.
in: Nucleic Acids Research, Band 41, Nr. 22, 2013, S. 10509-10517.Veröffentlichung: Beitrag in Fachzeitschrift › Artikel › Peer-Review
Phylotype-level 16S rRNA analysis reveals new bacterial indicators of health state in acute murine colitis. / Berry, David; Schwab, Clarissa; Milinovich, Gabriel John; Ben Mahfoudh, Karim; Decker, Thomas; Engel, Marion; Hai, Brigitte; Hainzl, Eva; Heider, Susanne; Kenner, Lukas; Rauch, Isabella; Strobl, Birgit; Wagner, Michael; Schleper, Christa; Urich, Tim; Loy, Alexander (Korresp. Autor*in).
in: The ISME Journal: multidisciplinary journal of microbial ecology, Band 6, Nr. 11, 11.2012, S. 2091-2106.Veröffentlichung: Beitrag in Fachzeitschrift › Artikel › Peer-Review
Ammonia-oxidizing archaea as main drivers of nitrification in cold-water sponges. / Radax, Regina; Hoffmann, Friederike; Rapp, Hans Tore; Leininger, Sven; Schleper, Christa (Korresp. Autor*in).
in: Environmental Microbiology, Band 14, Nr. 4, 2012, S. 909-923.Veröffentlichung: Beitrag in Fachzeitschrift › Artikel › Peer-Review
Correlating microbial community profiles with geochemical data in highly stratified sediments from the Arctic Mid-Ocean Ridge. / Jorgensen, Steffen; Hannisdal, Bjarte; Lanzen, Anders; Baumberger, Tamara; Flesland, Kristin; Fonseca, Rita M F; Ovreas, Lise; Steen, Ida; Thorseth, Ingunn; Pedersen, Rolf-Birger; Schleper, Christa.
in: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America (PNAS), Band 109, Nr. 42, 2012, S. E2846-E2855.Veröffentlichung: Beitrag in Fachzeitschrift › Artikel › Peer-Review
Intact polar and core glycerol dibiphytanyl glycerol tetraether lipids of group I.1a and I.1b thaumarchaeota in soil. / Damste, Jaap S. Sinninghe; Rijpstra, W Irene C; Hopmans, Ellen C.; Jung, Man-Young; Kim, Jong-Geol; Rhee, Sung-Keun; Stieglmeier, Michaela; Schleper, Christa.
in: Applied and Environmental Microbiology, Band 78, Nr. 19, 2012, S. 6866-6874.Veröffentlichung: Beitrag in Fachzeitschrift › Artikel › Peer-Review