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
Pathways of carbon assimilation and ammonia oxidation suggested by environmental genomic analyses of marine Crenarchaeota. / Hallam, Steven J.; Mincer, Tracy J.; Schleper, Christa; Preston, Christina; Roberts, Katie; Richardson, Paul M.; DeLong, Edward F. (Korresp. Autor*in).
in: PLoS ONE, 2006.Veröffentlichung: Beitrag in Fachzeitschrift › Artikel › Peer-Review
Production of Recombinant and Tagged Proteins in the Hyperthermophilic Archaeon Sulfolobus solfataricus. / Albers, Sonja Verena; Jonuscheit, Melanie; Dinkelaker, S.; Urich, Tim; Kletzin, A.; Tampe, Robert; Driessen, Arnold J.M.; Schleper, Christa (Korresp. Autor*in).
in: Applied and Environmental Microbiology, Band 72, Nr. 1, 2006, S. 102-111.Veröffentlichung: Beitrag in Fachzeitschrift › Artikel › Peer-Review
Regulation of expression of the arabinose and glucose transporter genes in the thermophilic archaeon Sulfolobus solfataricus. / Lubelska, Joanna M.; Jonuscheit, Melanie; Schleper, Christa; Albers, Sonja Verena; Driessen, Arnold J.M. (Korresp. Autor*in).
in: Extremophiles: life under extreme conditions, 2006.Veröffentlichung: Beitrag in Fachzeitschrift › Artikel › Peer-Review
Genomic studies of uncultivated archaea. / Schleper, Christa; Jurgens, German; Jonuscheit, Melanie.
in: Nature Reviews. Microbiology, Band 3, Nr. 6, 06.2005, S. 479-88.Veröffentlichung: Beitrag in Fachzeitschrift › Artikel › Peer-Review
Novel genes for nitrite reductase and Amo-related proteins indicate a role of uncultivated mesophilic crenarchaeota in nitrogen cycling. / Treusch, Alexander H; Leininger, Sven; Kletzin, Arnulf; Schuster, Stephan C; Klenk, Hans-Peter; Schleper, Christa.
in: Environmental Microbiology, Band 7, Nr. 12, 2005, S. 1985-95.Veröffentlichung: Beitrag in Fachzeitschrift › Artikel › Peer-Review
Characterization of large-insert DNA libraries from soil for environmental genomic studies of Archaea. / Treusch, Alexander H; Kletzin, Arnulf; Raddatz, Guenter; Ochsenreiter, Torsten; Quaiser, Achim; Meurer, Guido; Schuster, Stephan C; Schleper, Christa.
in: Environmental Microbiology, Band 6, Nr. 9, 09.2004, S. 970-80.Veröffentlichung: Beitrag in Fachzeitschrift › Artikel › Peer-Review
Genome sequence of Picrophilus torridus and its implications for life around pH 0. / Fütterer, O; Angelov, A; Liesegang, H; Gottschalk, G; Schleper, C; Schepers, B; Dock, C; Antranikian, G; Liebl, W.
in: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America (PNAS), Band 101, Nr. 24, 15.06.2004, S. 9091-6.Veröffentlichung: Beitrag in Fachzeitschrift › Artikel › Peer-Review