Preise der Stiftung

2015

• Florian Zwolanek
• Sascha Brunke
• Katja Seidler

2016

• Selene Mogavero
• Duncan Wilson

2017

• Dr. Lasse van Wijlick: Dom34 links translation to protein O-mannosylation
• Sabrina Ziegler und Frau Esther Weiß: CD56 Is a Pathogen Recognition Receptor on Human Natural Killer Cells
• Dr. Melanie Polke: A functional link between hyphal maintenance and quorum sensing in Candida albicans

2018

• Stefanie Allert und Toni M. Förster (beide Jena): „Candida albicans-Induced Epithelial Damage Mediates Translocation through Intestinal Barriers“.
• Fabio Gsaller, Innsbruck und Manchester: „Mechanistic Basis of ph-Dependent 5-Flucytosine Resistance in Aspergillus fumigatus
• Raphael Seufert, Essen und Nürnberg: „Prevalence and Characterisation of the azole-resistant Aspergillus fumigatus in patients with cystic fibrosis: a prospective multicentre study in Germany“

2019

• Florian Sparber, PhD: „The Skin Commensal Yeast Malassezia Triggers a Type 17 Response that Coordinates Anti-fungal Immunity and Exacerbates Skin Inflammation“
• Dr. Lydia Kasper, Paul-Albert Koenig und Annika König: „The fungal peptide toxin Candidalysin activates the NLRP3 inflammasome and causes cytolysis in mononuclear phagocytes“

2020

• Andreas Ebert: „Alarming India-wide phenomenon of antifungal resistance in dermatophytes – A multicenter study“
• Marcel Sprenger: „Fungal biotine homeostasis is essential for immune evasion after macrophage phagocytosis and virulence“

2021

• Dr. rer. nat. Silke Machata, Jena: „Significant differences in host-pathogen interactions between murine and human whole blood“
• Marina Pekmezmovic & Hrant Hovhannisyan, Jena: „Candida pathogens induce protective mitochondria-associated type I interferon signalling and a damage-driven response in vaginal epithelial cells“
• Michaela Dümig, Erlangen: „The infectious propagules of aspergillus fumigatus are coated with antimicrobial peptides“
• Dr. Philipp Kämmer, Jena: „Survival strategies of pathogenic candida species in human blood show independent and specific adaptations“

2022

• Raquel Alonso-Román MSc
• Dr. Amelia E. Barber
• Sophie Austermeier

2023

• Dr. rer. nat. Axel Dietschmann, Jena, Phosphatidylinositol 3-Kinase (PI3K) Orchestrates Aspergillus fumigatus-Induced Eosinophil Activation Independently of Canonical Toll-Like Receptor (TLR)/C-Type-Lectin Receptor (CLR) Signaling; mBio 2022 Aug 30;13(4):e0123922. (Co-Autoren:  Sebastian Schruefer, Stefanie Westermann,, Fiona Henkel, Kirstin Castiglione,  Ralf Willebrand, Jasmin Adam, Jürgen Ruland, Roland Lang,  Donald C. Sheppard, Julia Esser-von-Bieren, Daniel Radtke, Sven Krappmann, David Voehringer)
• Dr. rer. nat. Stefanie Allert, Jena, From environmental adaptation to host survival: Attributes that mediate pathogenicity of Candida auris. Virulence. 2022 Dec;13(1):191-214. (Co-Autoren: Stefanie Allert, Daniela Schulz, Philipp Kämmer, Peter Grof3mann, Thomas Wolf, Sascha Schäuble, Gianni Panagiotou, Sascha Brunke, Bernhard Hube)
• Dr. rer. nat. Michelle Seif, Würzburg, CAR T cells targeting Aspergillus fumigatus are effective at treating invasive pulmonary aspergillosis in preclinical models. Sci Transl Med. 2022 Sep 28;14(664):eabh1209. doi: 10.1126/scitranslmed.abh1209. Epub 2022 Sep 28. PMID: 36170447. (Co-Autoren: Kakoschke TK, Ebel F, Bellet MM, Trinks N, Renga G, Pariano M, Romani L, Tappe B, Espie D, Donnadieu E, Hünniger K, Häder A, Sauer M, Damotte D, Alifano M, White PL, Backx M, Nerreter T, Machwirth M, Kurzai O, Prommersberger S, Einsele H, Hudecek M, Löffler J.)

2024

• Dr. Jon Salmanton-Garcia, Köln, „The current state of laboratory mycology and access to antifungal treatment in Europe: a European Confederation of Medical Mycology survey“ (Co-Autor:innen: Martin Hoenigl, Jean-Pierre Gangneux, Esther Segal, Ana Alastreuy-Izquierdo, Sevtap Arikan Akdali, Katrien Lagrou, Volkan Özenci, Antonio Vena, Oliver A. Cornely)
• Professor Dr. Thomas Lehrnbecher, Frankfurt, „Invasive fungal diseases impact on outcome of childhood ALL – an analysis of the international trial AIEOP-BFM ALL 2009“ (Co-Autor:innen: Andreas Groll, Simone Cesaro. Julia Alten, Andishe Attarbashi, Draga Barbaric, Nicole Bodmer, Valentino Conter, Shai Izraeli, Georg Mann, Anja Möricke, Felix Niggli, Martin Schrappe, Ian Stary, Ester Zapptocka, Martin Zimmermann, Sarah Elitzur)
• Dr. Annika König und Dr. Rita Müller, beide Erfurt, „Secretion of the fungal toxin candidalysin is dependent on conserved precursor peptide sequences“ (Co-Autor:innen: Sabrina Groth, Robert Zarnowski, Corissa Visser, Tom Handrianz. Corinna Maufrais, Thomas Krüger, Maximilian Himmel, Sejeong Lee, Emily L. Priest, Deniz Yilderim, Jonathan P.Richardson, Matthew G. Blango, Marie-Elisabeth Bougnoux, Olaf Kniemeyer, Christophe d’Enfert, Axel A. Brakhage, David R. Andes, Verena Trümper. Christian Nehls, Lydia Kasper, Selene Mogavero, Thomas Gutsmann, Bernhard Hube)

2015

• Alexander Zink, München (DE): Ausbruch von Microsporum audouinii in München – Rückkehr infektiöser Pilzerkrankungen im deutschen Klinikalltag?
• Lena Böhm, Würzburg (DE): A recently evolved transcriptional repressor governs Candida albicans cell surface remodeling and determines the outcome of interactions with host immune cells
• Hella Schmidt, Jena (DE): The Fungal Pathogen Aspergillus fumigatus Interferes with the Maturation of Macrophage Phagolysosomes

2016

• Christiane Kupsch, Berlin: Hohe Prävalenz von Arthroderma benhamiae auf Meerschweinchen in Berliner Zoohandlungen
• Johanna Reinhold, Essen: Fatale Fehldiagnose: lebensbedrohliche Kryptokokkose als Autoimmunerkrankung verkannt
• Fabio Gsaller, Manchester (GB): Unveiling a novel regulatory role of the CCAAT binding complex in Aspergillus fumigatus 5-Flucytosine resistance.

2017

• Antonia Lange: Networking across Europe – the Excellence Centers of the European Confederation of Medical Mycology
• Michaela Simon: Pretreatment of respiratory specimens with LiquillizerTM does not impair the detection of galactomannan antigen in contrast to other mucolytic agents
• Martina Načeradská: Mycoparasitism of Pythium oligandrum observated against Microsporum canis in agar media and on hairs – in vitro observations

2018

• Christina Baumbach, Leipzig: Entwicklung und Evaluierung eines In-vitro-Hautinfektionsmodells für den zoophilen Dermatophyten Trichophyton benhamiae
• Grit Walther, Jena: Species and resistance profiles in samples submitted to the National Reference Centre for Invasive Fungal Infections (NRZMyk) in 2017
• Lysett Wagner, Jena: Dimorphism in the genus Mucor – Does it play a role in virulence?
• Matthias Misslinger, Innsbruck: Iron sensing is governed by mitochondrial, but not by cytosolic iron-sulfur cluster biogenesis in Aspergillus fumigatus
• Mareike Scheven, Jena: The monothiol glutaredoxin GrxD interacts with the iron regulator HapX and CmtA, a protein with yet unknown function, in Aspergillus fumigatus

2019

• Raphael Stauf (vormals Seufert), Nürnberg: First description of invasive infection with Candida sorbosivorans in Europe.
• Maria Madeleine Rüthrich, Jena: „Invasive aspergillosis on-a-chip“ – a novel disease model to study Aspergillus fumigatus infection in the human lung
• Brit Silja Rohr, Heidelberg: Differential inhibitory effects on CYP3A activity by six azole fungistatic drugs.

2020

• Susann Hartung und Maria M. Rüthrich (beide Jena): „Evaluation of antifungal drugs by an invasive aspergillosis on-a-chip model“
• Philipp Brandt (Jena): „Comprehensive analysis of Candida albicans uncharacterized protein kinases unravels novel function“

2021

• Ulrike Binder, Innsbruck: „Monitoring of Mucormycosis and the drug efficacy testing by the use of M. circinelloides reporter strains“.
• Marisa Valentine, Jena: „Model vaginal Candida Infections using an organ-on-chip approach.
• Dr. rer. nat. Lisa Kirchhoff, Essen: „Phenotypic and molecular characterization of Aspergillus fumigatus isolates from Covid-19-associated pulmonary aspergillosis“ ausgezeichnet.

2022

• Thomas Orasch: „Polymeric particles and pathogenic fungi: a non-uptake delivery“
• Alexander M. Aldejohann: „First two years of data curation by the German national candidemia surveillance network: a new insight in epidemiology and resistance“
• Adela Cmokova: „Wild rodent serve as diversity hotspots for Arthroderma including species occasionally isolated from clinical material“

2023

• Silke Uhrlaß, Mölbis, „Trichophyton indotineae (Trichophyton mentagrophytes ITS genotype VIII) on the rise in Germany”. PII-22 (T. indotinae in Germany) .
• Sebastian Reusch, Berlin, "Establishing a human airway organoid-derived monolayer infection model to study Cryptococcus neoformans and other fungal infections”. PI-15 (Organoids/Cryptococci). 
• Franziska Zimbelmann, Münster, “Determination of fluconazole in small blood volumes from children using volumetric absorptive microsampling (VAMS) and isocratic HPLC-UV.  PI-06 (Fluconazol in small blood volume)

2024

• Dr. Julien Alex, Jena,  "Are polymeric particles eligible drug delivery systems to reach intracellular pathogens?" (Co-Autor:innen: Zoltán Cseresnyés, Justyna A. Czaplewska, Marc Thilo Figge, Gauri Gangapurwala, Katherine González, Carlos Guerrero-Sanchéz, Thorsten Heinekamp, Stephanie Hoeppener, Thomas Orasch, Ulrich S. Schubert, Axel A. Brakhage, Carl-Magnus Svensson, Antje Vollrath, Christine Weber) 
• Katharina Langen, Jena, "Trichophyton tonsurans und der Barbershop – Epidemiologie, Klinik und die Infektionsquelle" ( Co-Autor:innen: A. Marcic, J. Brasch)
• Theresa Lange, Jena, "Should I stay or should I go?" - Strategies of Candida glabrata to survive, persist, and escape from macrophages" (Co-Autor:innen: L. Kasper, R. Vij, L. Fischer, J. Sonnberger, D. Fischer, C. Clairet, C. d'Enfert, S. Brunke, B. Hube)

 

2015 | Bettina Böttcher, Jena (DE): tRNA modfications – an underestimated pathway to regulate morphology and pathogenicity-associated features in Candida species

2016 | Sascha Jung, Berlin (DE): The AFP family delivers more than 50 templates for the development of novel designer antifungal protein drugs.

2017 | Mareike Scheven: Iron sensing in the pathogenic fungus Aspergillus fumigatus involves HapX and GrxD interaction

2022 | Anna Möslinger: „Genotypic and phenotypic protein kinases in Candida albicans“

2023 | Özlem Kirav, Jena, „Elucidating vulvovaginal candidiasis (VVC) immunopathogenesis using an organ-on-chip model”. PI-23 (VVC)

2024 | Hannah Afolayan, Jena, "Mimicry of the antifungal response of immunosuppressed human neutrophils in microfluidic invasive aspergillosis-on-chip infection models”(Co-Autor:innen: Susann Hartung, Franziska Schmidt, Mai Hoang, Axel A. Brakhage, Marie von Lilienfeld-Toal)