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
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. et al.
in: Biochemical Society Transactions, Band 37, Nr. 1, 02.2009, S. 58-64.Veröffentlichungen: Beitrag in Fachzeitschrift › Artikel › Begutachtung
Complex nitrogen cycling in the sponge Geodia barretti. / Hoffmann, Friederike (Korresp. Autor*in); Radax, Regina; Woebken, Dagmar et al.
in: Environmental Microbiology, Band 11, Nr. 9, 2009, S. 2228-2243.Veröffentlichungen: Beitrag in Fachzeitschrift › Artikel › Begutachtung
Dynamics and functional relevance of ammonia-oxidizing archaea in agricultural soil. / Schauss, Kristina; Leininger, Sven; Schloter, M et al.
in: Environmental Microbiology, Band 11, Nr. 2, 2009, S. 446-456.Veröffentlichungen: Beitrag in Fachzeitschrift › Artikel › Begutachtung
Evolution and ecology of ammonia oxidizing archaea. / Schleper, Christa (Korresp. Autor*in).
Unknown host publication title. Unknown publisher, 2009.Veröffentlichungen: Beitrag in Buch › Beitrag in Konferenzband
Four newly isolated fuselloviruses from extreme geothermal environments reveal unusual morphologies and a possible interviral recombination mechanism. / Redder, Peter; Peng, Xu Long; Bruegger, Kim et al.
in: Environmental Microbiology, Band 11, Nr. 11, 2009, S. 2849-2862.Veröffentlichungen: Beitrag in Fachzeitschrift › Artikel › Begutachtung
Reactions to UV damage in the model archaeon Sulfolobus solfataricus. / Froels, Sabrina; White, Malcolm F:; Schleper, Christa (Korresp. Autor*in).
in: Biochemical Society Transactions, Band 37, Nr. 1, 2009, S. 36-41.Veröffentlichungen: Beitrag in Fachzeitschrift › Artikel › Begutachtung
The double RNA approach to simultaneously assess the structure and function of environmental microbial communities by meta-transcriptomics. / Urich, Tim (Korresp. Autor*in); Lanzen, Anders; Radax, Regina et al.
Handbook of Molecular Microbial Ecology I: Metagenomics and Complementary Approaches. Hrsg. / Frans J. de Bruijn. Wiley-Blackwell, 2009.Veröffentlichungen: Beitrag in Buch › Beitrag in Konferenzband
Simultaneous assessment of soil microbial community structure and function through analysis of the meta-transcriptome. / Urich, Tim; Lanzen, Anders; Qi, Ji et al.
in: PLoS ONE, Band 3, Nr. 6, 25.06.2008, S. e2527.Veröffentlichungen: Beitrag in Fachzeitschrift › Artikel › Begutachtung
Distribution of Crenarchaeota representatives in terrestrial hot springs of Russia and iceland. / Schleper, Christa; Lebedinsky, Alexander V.; Bonch-Osmolovskaya, Elizaveta A. et al.
in: Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 2008.Veröffentlichungen: Beitrag in Fachzeitschrift › Artikel › Begutachtung
Microbial ecology: Metabolism of the deep. / Schleper, Christa.
in: Nature, Band 456, Nr. 7223, 2008, S. 712-714.Veröffentlichungen: Beitrag in Fachzeitschrift › Artikel › Begutachtung
Nitrification in terrestrial hot springs of Iceland and Kamchatka. / Reigstad, Laila Johanne; Richter, Andreas; Daims, Holger et al.
in: FEMS microbiology ecology, Band 64, Nr. 2, 2008, S. 167-174.Veröffentlichungen: Beitrag in Fachzeitschrift › Artikel › Begutachtung
The influence of soil pH on the diversity, abundance and transcriptional activity of ammonia oxidizing archaea and bacteria. / Nicol, Graeme W.; Leininger, Sven; Schleper, Christa et al.
in: Environmental Microbiology, Band 10, Nr. 11, 2008, S. 2966-2978.Veröffentlichungen: Beitrag in Fachzeitschrift › Artikel › Begutachtung
UV-inducible cellular aggregation of the hyperthermophilic archaeon Sulfolobus solfataricus is mediated by pili formation. / Ajon, Malgorzata; Wagner, Michaela; Teichmann, Daniela et al.
in: Molecular Microbiology, Band 70, Nr. 4, 2008, S. 938-952.Veröffentlichungen: Beitrag in Fachzeitschrift › Artikel › Begutachtung
Crenarchaeota: Ammonia-oxidixing archaea [Crenarchaeota: Ammonium-oxidierende archaea]. / Schleper, Christa (Korresp. Autor*in).
in: BioSpektrum, Band 13, Nr. 6, 2007, S. 620-621.Veröffentlichungen: Beitrag in Fachzeitschrift › Artikel › Begutachtung
Elucidating the transcription cycle of the UV-inducible hyperthermophilic archaeal virus SSV1 by DNA microarrays. / Fröls, Sabrina; Gordon, Paul M.K.; Panlilio, Mayi Arcellana et al.
in: Virology, Band 365, Nr. 1, 2007, S. 48-59.Veröffentlichungen: Beitrag in Fachzeitschrift › Artikel › Begutachtung
Response of the hyperthermophilic archaeon Sulfolobus solfataricus to UV damage. / Fröls, Sabrina; Gordon, Paul M.K.; Panlilio, Mayi Arcellana et al.
in: Journal of Bacteriology, Band 189, Nr. 23, 2007, S. 8708-8718.Veröffentlichungen: Beitrag in Fachzeitschrift › Artikel › Begutachtung
Archaea predominate among ammonia-oxidizing prokaryotes in soils. / Leininger, Sven; Urich, Tim; Schloter, M et al.
in: Nature, Band 442, Nr. 7104, 17.08.2006, S. 806-809.Veröffentlichungen: Beitrag in Fachzeitschrift › Short Communication › Begutachtung
Analysis of the first genome fragment from the marine sponge-associated, novel candidate phylum Poribacteria by environmental genomics. / Fieseler, Lars; Quaiser, Achim; Schleper, Christa et al.
in: Environmental Microbiology, Band 8, Nr. 4, 04.2006, S. 612-24.Veröffentlichungen: Beitrag in Fachzeitschrift › Artikel › Begutachtung
Ammonia-oxidising Crenarchaeota : important players in the nitrogen cycle? / Nicol, Graeme W; Schleper, Christa.
in: Trends in Microbiology, Band 14, Nr. 5, 2006, S. 207-212.Veröffentlichungen: Beitrag in Fachzeitschrift › Artikel › Begutachtung
Archaea: Evolution, Physiology and Molecular Biology. / Schleper, Christa; Klenk, Hans Peter (Herausgeber*in).
Unknown publisher, 2006.Veröffentlichungen: Buch