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
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
A thaumarchaeal provirus testifies for an ancient association of tailed viruses with archaea. / Krupovic, Mart; Spang, Anja; Gribaldo, Simonetta; Forterre, Patrick; Schleper, Christa.
in: Biochemical Society Transactions, Band 39, Nr. 1, 2011, S. 82-88.Veröffentlichung: Beitrag in Fachzeitschrift › Artikel › Peer-Review
Nitrososphaera viennensis, an ammonia oxidizing archaeon from soil. / Tourna, Maria; Stieglmeier, Michaela; Spang, Anja; Könneke, Martin; Schintlmeister, Arno; Urich, Tim; Engel, Marion; Schloter, Michael; Wagner, Michael; Richter, Andreas; Schleper, Christa (Korresp. Autor*in).
in: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America (PNAS), Band 108, Nr. 20, 2011, S. 8420-8425.Veröffentlichung: Beitrag in Fachzeitschrift › Artikel › Peer-Review
Preparation of high-molecular weight DNA and metagenomic libraries from soils and hot springs. / Reigstad, Laila Johanne; Bartossek, Rita; Schleper, Christa.
in: Methods in Enzymology, Band 496, 2011, S. 319-344.Veröffentlichung: Beitrag in Fachzeitschrift › Artikel › Peer-Review
The “double RNA” approach to simultaneously assess the structure and function of environmental microbial communities by meta-transcriptomics. / Urich, Tim; Schleper, Christa.
Handbook of Molecular Microbial Ecology I: Metagenomics and Complementary Approaches. Wiley-Blackwell, 2011.Veröffentlichung: Beitrag in Buch › Beitrag in Buch/Sammelband
The Thaumarchaeota: an emerging view of their phylogeny and ecophysiology. / Pester, Michael; Schleper, Christa; Wagner, Michael.
in: Current Opinion in Microbiology, Band 14, Nr. 3, 2011, S. 300-306.Veröffentlichung: Beitrag in Fachzeitschrift › Artikel › Peer-Review
UV-inducible DNA exchange in hyperthermophilic archaea mediated by type IV pili. / Ajon, Malgorzata; Froels, Sabrina; van Wolferen, Marleen; Stöcker, Kilian; Teichmann, Daniela; Driessen, Arnold J.M.; Grogan, Dennis W.; Albers, Sonja Verena (Korresp. Autor*in); Schleper, Christa (Korresp. Autor*in).
in: Molecular Microbiology, Band 82, Nr. 4, 2011, S. 807-817.Veröffentlichung: Beitrag in Fachzeitschrift › Artikel › Peer-Review
Ammonia oxidation : different niches for bacteria and archaea? / Schleper, Christa.
in: The ISME Journal: multidisciplinary journal of microbial ecology, Band 4, Nr. 9, 09.2010, S. 1092-1094.Veröffentlichung: Beitrag in Fachzeitschrift › Artikel › Peer-Review
Ammonia-oxidising archaea--physiology, ecology and evolution. / Schleper, Christa; Nicol, Graeme W.
in: Advances in Microbial Physiology, Band 57, 2010, S. 1-41.Veröffentlichung: Beitrag in Fachzeitschrift › Artikel › Peer-Review
Distinct gene set in two different lineages of ammonia-oxidizing archaea supports the phylum Thaumarchaeota. / Spang, Anja; Hatzenpichler, Roland; Brochier-Armanet, Celine; Rattei, Thomas; Tischler, Patrick; Spieck, Eva; Streit, Wolfgang; Stahl, David A.; Wagner, Michael; Schleper, Christa (Korresp. Autor*in).
in: Trends in Microbiology, Band 18, Nr. 8, 2010, S. 331-340.Veröffentlichung: Beitrag in Fachzeitschrift › Artikel › Peer-Review
Diversity and abundance of Korarchaeota in terrestrial hot springs of Iceland and Kamchatka. / Reigstad, Laila Johanne; Jorgensen, Steffen; Schleper, Christa.
in: The ISME Journal: multidisciplinary journal of microbial ecology, Band 4, 2010, S. 346-356.Veröffentlichung: Beitrag in Fachzeitschrift › Artikel › Peer-Review
Homologues of nitrite reductases in ammonia-oxidizing archaea : diversity and genomic context. / Bartossek, Rita; Nicol, Graeme W; Lanzen, Anders; Klenk, Hans-Peter; Schleper, Christa (Korresp. Autor*in).
in: Environmental Microbiology, Band 12, Nr. 4, 2010, S. 1075-1088.Veröffentlichung: Beitrag in Fachzeitschrift › Artikel › Peer-Review
"Hot standards" for the thermoacidophilic archaeon Sulfolobus solfataricus. / Zaparty, Melanie (Korresp. Autor*in); Esser, Dominik; Gertig, Susanne; Haferkamp, Patrick; Kouril, Theresa; Manica, Andrea; Pham, Trong Khoa; Reimann, Julia; Schreiber, Kerstin; Sierocinski, Pawel; Teichmann, Daniela; van Wolferen, Marleen; von Jan, Mathias; Wieloch, Patricia; Albers, Sonja Verena; Driessen, Arnold J.M.; Klenk, Hans Peter; Schleper, Christa; Schomburg, Dietmar; van der Oost, John; Wright, Phil; Siebers, Bettina.
in: Extremophiles: life under extreme conditions, Band 14, Nr. 1, 2010, S. 119-142.Veröffentlichung: Beitrag in Fachzeitschrift › Artikel › Peer-Review
Dynamics and functional relevance of ammonia-oxidizing archaea in two agricultural soils. / Schauss, Kristina; Focks, Andreas; Leininger, Sven; Kotzerke, Anja; Heuer, Holger; Thiele-Bruhn, Sören; Sharma, Shilpi; Wilke, Berndt-Michael; Matthies, Michael; Smalla, Kornelia; Munch, Jean Charles; Amelung, Wulf; Kaupenjohann, Martin; Schloter, Michael; Schleper, Christa.
in: Environmental Microbiology, Band 11, Nr. 2, 02.2009, S. 446-56.Veröffentlichung: Beitrag in Fachzeitschrift › Artikel › Peer-Review
SulfoSYS (Sulfolobus Systems Biology) : towards a silicon cell model for the central carbohydrate metabolism of the archaeon Sulfolobus solfataricus under temperature variation. / Albers, Sonja Verena; Birkeland, Nils-Kare; Driessen, Arnold J.M.; Gertig, Susanne; Haferkamp, Patrick; Klenk, Hans Peter; Kouril, Theresa; Manica, Andrea; Pham, Trong Khoa; Ruoff, Peter; Schleper, Christa; Schomburg, Dietmar; Sharkey, Kieran J.; Siebers, Bettina; Sierocinski, Pawel; Steuer, Ralf; van der Oost, John; Westerhoff, Hans V.; Wieloch, Patricia; Wright, Phil; Zaparty, Melanie.
in: Biochemical Society Transactions, Band 37, Nr. 1, 02.2009, S. 58-64.Veröffentlichung: Beitrag in Fachzeitschrift › Artikel › Peer-Review