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

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Curriculum Vitae

Appointments / Career

2007 - now

University Professor, Department of Functional and Evolutionary Biology, University of Vienna Austria,
Head of Archaea Biology and Ecogenomics Unit

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)
Postdoctoral fellow in the laboratory of Dr. Edward DeLong

1996

Californian Institute of Technology, Pasadena and Agouron Institute, La Jolla, CA
Postdoctoral fellow with Dr. Melvin Simon

1994 - 1995

Max-Planck-Institute for Biochemistry, Martinsried, Germany
Postdoctoral fellow in the laboratory of Dr. Wolfram Zillig

1989 - 1993

Max-Planck-Institute for Biochemistry, Martinsried, Germany
Doctorate (PhD) in the laboratory of Dr. Wolfram Zillig


Awards

2022Wittgenstein Prize (1.5 Mio EUR)
2017Elected full member of the Austrian Academy of Sciences (ÖAW)
2016ERC Advanced Grant (2.5 Mio EUR)
2011Elected member of the American Academy of Microbiology (ASM)
2001EMBO Young Investigator Award (EMBO-YIP)
1995-1997Post-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 FachzeitschriftArtikelPeer-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 FachzeitschriftArtikelPeer-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 FachzeitschriftArtikelPeer-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 FachzeitschriftArtikelPeer-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 FachzeitschriftArtikelPeer-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 FachzeitschriftArtikelPeer-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 FachzeitschriftArtikelPeer-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 FachzeitschriftArtikelPeer-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 FachzeitschriftArtikelPeer-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 BuchBeitrag 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 FachzeitschriftArtikelPeer-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 FachzeitschriftArtikelPeer-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 FachzeitschriftArtikelPeer-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 FachzeitschriftArtikelPeer-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 FachzeitschriftArtikelPeer-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 FachzeitschriftArtikelPeer-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 FachzeitschriftArtikelPeer-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 FachzeitschriftArtikelPeer-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 FachzeitschriftArtikelPeer-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 FachzeitschriftArtikelPeer-Review