Prof. Dr. Christa Schleper
Head of Department
Leader of the Archaea Ecology and Evolution Group
Room: 3.035
1030 Wien, Djerassiplatz 1
T: +43-1-4277-76510
M: +43-664-60277-76510
F: +43-1-4277-876510
christa.schleper@univie.ac.at
Curriculum Vitae
Appointments / Career
2007 - now | University Professor, Head of 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" | |||
10/2007 - 03/2013 | 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
Publications
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
Metagenomic analysis of ammonia-oxidizing archaea affiliated with the soil group. / Bartossek, Rita; Spang, Anja; Weidler, Gerhard; Lanzen, Anders; Schleper, Christa.
in: Frontiers in Microbiology, Nr. 3, 2012, S. 208-208.Veröffentlichung: Beitrag in Fachzeitschrift › Artikel › Peer-Review
Metatranscriptomics of the marine sponge Geodia barretti: tackling phylogeny and function of its microbial community. / Radax, Regina; Rattei, Thomas; Lanzen, Anders; Bayer, Christoph; Rapp, Hans Tore; Urich, Tim (Korresp. Autor*in); Schleper, Christa.
in: Environmental Microbiology, Band 14, Nr. 5, 2012, S. 1308-1324.Veröffentlichung: Beitrag in Fachzeitschrift › Artikel › Peer-Review
The genome of the ammonia-oxidizing Candidatus Nitrososphaera gargensis: insights into metabolic versatility and environmental adaptations. / Spang, Anja; Poehlein, Anja; Offre, Pierre; Zumbragel, Sabine; Haider, Susanne; Rychlik, Nicolas; Nowka, Boris; Schmeisser, Christel; Lebedeva, Elena; Rattei, Thomas; Böhm, Christoph; Schmid, Markus Christian; Galushko, Alexander; Hatzenpichler, Roland; Weinmaier, Thomas; Daniel, Rolf; Schleper, Christa; Spieck, Eva; Streit, Wolfgang; Wagner, Michael (Korresp. Autor*in).
in: Environmental Microbiology, Band 14, Nr. 12, 2012, S. 3122-3145.Veröffentlichung: Beitrag in Fachzeitschrift › Artikel › Peer-Review
Sulfur-oxidizing chemolithotrophic proteobacteria dominate the microbiota in high arctic thermal springs on Svalbard. / Reigstad, Laila Johanne; Jorgensen, Steffen; Lauritzen, Stein-Erik; Schleper, Christa; Urich, Tim.
in: Astrobiology, Band 11, Nr. 7, 09.2011, S. 665-678.Veröffentlichung: Beitrag in Fachzeitschrift › Artikel › Peer-Review
Archaea : very diverse, often different but never bad? / Reeve, John N; Schleper, Christa.
in: Current Opinion in Microbiology, Band 14, Nr. 3, 06.2011, S. 271-273.Veröffentlichung: Beitrag in Fachzeitschrift › Artikel › Peer-Review
In vivo activity of CRISPR-mediated virus defence in a hyperthermophilic archaeon. / Manica, Andrea; Zebec, Ziga; Teichmann, Daniela; Schleper, Christa.
in: Molecular Microbiology, Band 80, Nr. 2, 04.2011, S. 481-491.Veröffentlichung: Beitrag in Fachzeitschrift › Artikel › Peer-Review