Regine Kahmann

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Regine Kahmann (born October 20, 1948 in Staßfurt , Saxony-Anhalt ) is a German microbiologist and director at the Max Planck Institute for Terrestrial Microbiology in Marburg .

Life

After graduating from the Lessing School in Uelzen in 1967, Kahmann studied biology with a focus on microbiology at the Georg-August University in Göttingen until 1972 . She then did her doctorate from 1972 to 1974 at the Max Planck Institute for Molecular Genetics and the Free University of Berlin on the topic of the structure of SPP1 DNA after transfection of B. subtilis . As a postdoc, she went to the famous Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory in the USA, where she became Junior Group Leader in 1976. From 1980 to 1982 she worked as a research assistant at the Max Planck Institute for Biochemistry in Martinsried. From 1982 to 1986 she headed an independent work group at the Max Planck Institute for Molecular Genetics in Berlin and then from 1987 to 1992 head of an independent work group at the Institute for Gene Biological Research in Berlin. In 1992 she returned to Munich and became Professor of Genetics at the Institute for Genetics and Microbiology at the Ludwig Maximilians University . Since January 2000, Prof. Kahmann has been a scientific member of the Max Planck Society and director at the Max Planck Institute for Terrestrial Microbiology in Marburg, and since April 2001 also Professor of Genetics at the Philipps University in Marburg .

research

Kahmann works in the field of the molecular basis of plant diseases . Among other things, she investigates how microbes and viruses infect other cells and which genes influence these attacks. “In her work on phage Mu - a virus that infects a number of bacterial species - Regine Kahmann was able to show, among other things, that the decision as to which host can be infected is regulated by the inversion of a certain DNA segment. The inversion is brought about by so-called site-specific recombination . Regine Kahmann was able to show that this process is stimulated not only by the actual recombinase but also by the FIS protein of the bacterial host. The elucidation of the stimulation mechanism is internationally regarded as a scientific masterpiece. "

The second major research focus is the investigation of the infection mechanism of a parasitic fungus ( maize bite blight ( Ustilago maydis ) ), which causes tumors on maize plants . Her research gives "hope of finding new strategies for combating plant pests in the future".

honors and awards

Academy memberships

Prizes and awards

literature

  • R. Dean, JAL van Kan, ZA Pretorius, KE Hammond-Kosack, A. Di Pietro, P. Spanu, JJ Rudd, M. Dickman, R. Kahmann, J. Ellis, G. Foster: The Top 10 fungal pathogens in molecular plant pathology. In: Mol Plant Pathol. 2012 Mar 6. doi: 10.1111 / j.1364-3703.2012.2011.00783.x .
  • A. Fernandez-Alvarez, M. Marin-Menguiano, A. Jimenez-Martin, A. Elias-Villalobos, AJ Perez-Pulido, D. Lanver, S. Reissmann, R. Kahmann, JI Ibeas: Identification of O-mannosylated Virulence Factors in Ustilago maydis. In: PLoS Pathog . 8 (3), 2012, p. E1002563. doi: 10.1371 / journal.ppat.1002563
  • A. Djamei, K. Schipper, F. Rabe, A. Ghosh, V. Vincon, J. Kahnt, S. Osorio, T. Tohge, AR Fernie, I. Feussner, K. Feussner, P. Meinicke, Y. Stierhoff , H. Schwarz, B. Macek, M. Mann, R. Kahmann: Metabolic priming by a secreted fungal effector. In: Nature . 478, 2011, pp. 395-398.
  • LM Voll, RJ Horst, AM Voitsik, D. Zajic, B. Samans, J. Pons-Kühnemann, G. Döhlemann, S. Münch, R. Wahl, A. Molitor, J. Hofmann, A. Schmiedl, F. Waller , HB Deising, R. Kahmann, J. Kämper, K.-H. Kogel , U. Sonnewald: Common motifs in the response of cereal primary metabolism to fungal pathogens are not based on similar transcriptional reprogramming. In: Frontiers in Plant Sci. 2, 2011, p. 39. doi: 10.3389 / fpls.2011.00039 .
  • G. Doehlemann, S. Reissmann, D. Aßmann, M. Fleckenstein, R. Kahmann: Two linked genes encoding a secreted effector and a membrane protein are essential for Ustilago maydis-induced tumor formation. In: Mol. Microbiol. 81 (3), 2011, pp. 751-766.
  • L. Wang, P. Berndt, X. Xia, J. Kahnt, R. Kahmann: A seven-WD40 protein related to human RACK1 regulates mating and virulence in Ustilago Maydis. In: Mol Micro. 81, 2011, pp. 1484-1498.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e New to the University Council: Prof. Regine Kahmann. Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg, November 26, 2001, archived from the original on December 14, 2001 ; accessed on March 31, 2012 .
  2. ↑ a b Prof. Dr. Regine Kahmann. In: AcademiaNet. Spectrum of Science Publishing Company, accessed on March 31, 2012 .
  3. ↑ a b Prof. Dr. Regine Kahmann. Max Planck Institute for Terrestrial Microbiology, accessed on March 13, 2012 .
  4. ↑ a b Regine Kahmann becomes honorary professor at the Technical University of Munich. In: press release. Technical University of Munich, November 10, 2011, accessed on March 31, 2012 .
  5. ↑ a b Regine Kahmann: Understanding piston seizures. (No longer available online.) In: biotechnologie.de. Federal Ministry of Education and Research, March 21, 2012, archived from the original on May 23, 2012 ; accessed on March 31, 2012 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.biotechnologie.de
  6. ↑ a b c Leopoldina honors the molecular biologist Regine Kahmann with the Mendel Medal. In: press release. Leopoldina, September 13, 2011, accessed on March 31, 2012 .
  7. ↑ Member search . EMBO, accessed March 31, 2012 .
  8. ↑ Prof. Dr. Regine Kahmann, full member of the Bavarian Academy of Sciences. Bavarian Academy of Sciences, accessed March 31, 2012 .
  9. ^ Member Regine Kahmann. Academia Europaea, accessed March 31, 2012 .
  10. ^ Member Regine Kahmann. Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities, accessed on March 31, 2012 .
  11. ↑ Yearbook of the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities 2001. (PDF; 10.2 MB) p. 33 , accessed on March 31, 2012 .
  12. ^ Member entry by Regine Kahmann at the German Academy of Natural Scientists Leopoldina , accessed on October 12, 2012.
  13. ↑ Regine Kahmann's membership in the Royal Society. Retrieved May 15, 2020 .
  14. ^ List of Leibniz Prize winners. (PDF) German Research Foundation, archived from the original on February 17, 2012 ; accessed on March 31, 2012 .
  15. ^ Winner of the Danni Heineman Prize. Academy of Sciences in Göttingen, accessed on March 31, 2012 .
  16. ↑ Yearbook of the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities 2001. (PDF; 10.2 MB) p. 60 , accessed on March 31, 2012 .
personal data
SURNAME Kahmann, Regine
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German microbiologist
DATE OF BIRTH October 20, 1948
PLACE OF BIRTH Staßfurt