Regine Hengge

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Regine Hengge (born November 2, 1956 in Trossingen ) is a German microbiologist and molecular biologist . In 1998 she was awarded the Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Prize of the German Research Foundation (DFG). She is a professor at the Humboldt University in Berlin and works on research into stress processing by bacteria and the formation of biofilms .

life and work

Regine Hengge completed her studies in biology at the University of Konstanz and was there as a graduate student in the laboratory of Winfried Boos with a thesis on the secretion of periplasmic proteins in Escherichia coli doctorate . She then went to Princeton University , where she worked in James R. Broach's group . In 1989 she returned to the University of Konstanz, where she set up her own working group to research bacterial stress reactions. The focus was on molecular signal transduction and gene regulation in bacteria that are exposed to nutrient deficiencies. In 1994 she completed her habilitation in microbiology and molecular biology .

In 1998 she received the Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Prize of the German Research Foundation (DFG) for her research . In the same year she was appointed professor of microbiology at the Free University of Berlin , moved to the Humboldt University in Berlin in 2013 and took over the chair of microbiology at the Institute of Biology. Since then, her more recent research has focused on bacterial biofilms , which are of central importance for chronic infectious diseases. The function of the secondary messenger substance Cyclic-di-GMP , the complex architecture of biofilms and the inhibition of biofilm formation by natural substances are of particular interest .

Regine Hengge is the spokesperson for the DFG priority programs “Proteolysis in Prokaryotes” and “Nucleotide Second Messengers in Bacteria” as well as a member of the Excellence Cluster “BildWissenGestaltung” at the Humboldt University in Berlin. Since 2010 she has been running the science communication project Science & Theater at the English Theater Berlin together with Günther Grosser .

Awards and memberships

In 1998, Regine Hengge received several awards for her scientific work, including

Regine Hengge is a member of the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences , the German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina , the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO), the European Academy of Microbiology (EAM) and the American Academy of Microbiology (AAM).

family

Regine Hengge is the daughter of the graphic artist and photographer Felix Hengge (1924–2013). Her daughter is the model Elisabeth Aronis .

supporting documents

  1. ↑ Transfer of ideas between East and West: the project was selected from almost 1,600 applications. Press release of the Free University of Berlin on the approval of the project "Cyclic-di-GMP: New Concepts in Second Messenger Signaling and Bacterial Biofilm Formation" by the European Research Council on December 9, 2009; accessed on September 23, 2016.
  2. ↑ a b c curriculum vitae on the website of the Humboldt University of Berlin; accessed on September 23, 2016.
  3. ^ List of Leibniz Prize winners 1986-2016 (Ms. Hengge received the prize under her then name Regine Hengge-Aronis); accessed on September 23, 2016.
  4. ↑ Schwäbische Zeitung online, January 24, 2001 (only accessible to subscribers)
  5. ^ Mourning for Felix Hengge , Neckarquelle online, June 1, 2013
  6. ↑ http://portrait-art.info/kuenstler1.html

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SURNAME Hengge, Regine
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Hengge-Aronis, Regine
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German microbiologist
DATE OF BIRTH November 2, 1956