Dr. Sonja-Verena Albers
Biological and related sciences, Molecular biology, molecular microbiology, biochemistry, membrane protein biochemistry
Biological and related sciences
Microbiology, Infection biology, Cell biology, Genomics
Infectious Diseases, Evolution of bacterial pathogens, Horizontal gene transfer, Host-pathogen interactions
APART postdoctoral fellowship of the Austrian Academy of Science (1995)
Charles-Louis de SAULSES de FREYCINET Prize, Academy of Science, France (2005)
René DESCARTES Prize for collaborative research, Brussels (2008)
Pasteur VALLERY-RADOT Prize, Academy of Science/National Library, France (2009)
HUMBOLDT Research Award, Humboldt Foundation, Germany (2012)
Member of the Academy of Microbiology, USA (2013)
EMBO member (2013)
Member of the German Academy of Science "LEOPOLDINA", Germany, (2013)
Member of the European Academy of Microbiology (2016)
English, French, German
Escoll P, Song OR, Viana F, Steiner B, Lagache T, Olivo-Marin JC, Impens F, Brodin P, Hilbi H, Buchrieser C. (2017) Legionella pneumophila Modulates Mitochondrial Dynamics to Trigger Metabolic Repurposing of Infected Macrophages. Cell Host Microbe. 22(3):302-316.e7.
Sahr T, Rusniok C, Impens F, Oliva G, Sismeiro O, Coppée JY, Buchrieser C. (2017) The Legionella pneumophila genome evolved to accommodate multiple regulatory mechanisms controlled by the CsrA-system. PLoS Genet. 13(2):e1006629.
David S*, Rusniok C*, Mentasti M, Gomez-Valero L, Harris S, Ginevra C, Glaser P, Ma L, Bouchier L, Underwood A, Jarraud S, Harrison T, Parkhill J*, Buchrieser C*. (2016) Whole genome sequencing reveals that multiple independent pathogenic clones of Legionella pneumophila emerged recently in unknown niches. Genome Research 26(11):1555-1564
Rolando M, Escoll P, Nora T, Bauvy C, Bedia C, Daniels C, Abraham G, Stogios PJ, Skarina T, Christophe C, Dervins-Ravault D, Cazalet C, Hilbi H, Rupasinghe T, Tull D, McConville M, Ong SY, Hartland E, Codogno P, Levade T, Nader T, Savchenko A and C. Buchrieser. (2016) Legionella pneumophila S1P-lyase targets host sphingolipid metabolism to restrain Autophagy. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 113(7):1901-6
Escoll P, Mondino S, Rolando M, Buchrieser C. (2015) Targeting of host organelles by pathogenic bacteria: a sophisticated subversion strategy. Nat Rev Microbiol. doi: 10.1038/nrmicro.2015.1.
Rolando M, Gomez-Valero L, Buchrieser C. (2015) Bacterial remodelling of the host epigenome: functional role and evolution of effectors methylating host histones. Cell Microbiol. 17(8):1098-107.
Oliva G, Sahr T, Buchrieser C. (2015) Small RNAs, 5' UTR elements and RNA-binding proteins in intracellular bacteria: impact on metabolism and virulence. FEMS Microbiol Rev. 39(3)2:331-349.
Gomez-Valero L, Rusniok C, Rolando M, Neou M, Dervins-Ravault D, Rouy Z, Moore RJ, Chen H, Petty NK, Jarraud S, Etienne J, Steinert M, Heuner K, Gribaldo S, Médigue, C, Glöckner G, Hartland EL, Buchrieser C (2014) Comparative analyses of Legionella species identifies genetic features of strains causing Legionnaires' Disease. Genome Biology 15(11):505.
Rolando M, Sanulli S, Rusniok C, Gomez-Valero L, Bertholet C, Sahr T, Margueron R, Buchrieser C (2013) Legionella pneumophila exploits a new epigenetic histone mark, H3K14me3 to down regulate host gene transcription Cell Host Microbe 13(4):395-405
Sahr T, Rusniok C, Dervins-Ravault D, Sismeiro O, Coppee JY, Buchrieser C (2012) Deep sequencing defines the transcriptional map of Legionella pneumophila and identifies growth phase-dependent regulated ncRNAs implicated in virulence. RNA Biol. 9(4).
Cazalet C, Gomez-Valero L, Rusniok C, Lomma M, Dervins-Ravault D, Newton HJ, Sansom FM, Jarraud S, Zidane N, Ma L, Bouchier C, Etienne J, Hartland EL, Buchrieser C. (2010) Analysis of the Legionella longbeachae Genome and Transcriptome Uncovers Unique Strategies to Cause Legionnaires' Disease. PLoS Genet 6(2): e1000851.
Sahr T, Brüggemann H, Jules M, Lomma M, Albert-Weissenberger C, Cazalet C, Buchrieser C. (2009) Two small ncRNAs jointly govern virulence and transmission in Legionella pneumophila. Mol Microbiol. 72(3):741-762.
Loh E, Dussurget O, Gripenland J, Vaitkevicius K, Tiensuu T, Mandin P, Repoila F, Buchrieser C, Cossart P, Johansson J. (2009) A trans-acting riboswitch controls expression of the virulence regulator PrfA in Listeria monocytogenes. Cell. 139(4):770-9.
Cazalet C, Jarraud S, Ghavi-Helm Y, Kunst F, Glaser P, Etienne J, Buchrieser C. (2008) Multigenome analysis identifies a worldwide distributed epidemic Legionella pneumophila clone that emerged within a highly diverse species. Genome Res. 18(3):431-41.
Brüggemann H, Hagman A, Jules M, Sismeiro O, Dillies MA, Gouyette C, Kunst F, Steinert M, Heuner K, Coppee JY, Buchrieser C. (2006) Virulence strategies for infecting phagocytes deduced from the in vivo transcriptional program of Legionella pneumophila. Cell Microbiol 8(8):1228-40
Cazalet C, Rusniok C, Brüggemann H, Zidane N, Magnier A, Ma L, Tichit M, Jarraud S, Bouchier C, Vandenesch F, Kunst F, Etienne J, Glaser P and Buchrieser C (2004) Evidence in the Legionella pneumophila genome for exploitation of host cell functions and high genome plasticity. Nature Genetics 36(11):1165-73.
Glaser P, Frangeul L, Buchrieser C, Rusniok C. 50 authors Cossart P (2001) Comparative genomics of Listeria species. Science. 294 (5543):849-52
President of the Scientific Council, Institut Pasteur (since 2017)
Member of the Scientific Council, Institut Pasteur (since 2013)
Member of the Sceintific Comity of the Fondation de Recherche Médicale (FRM), 2013 – 2018
Scientific Advisory Board, Zentrums für Infektionsmedizin München (since 2010)
Scientific Advisory Board of the Austrian Genome Program Gen-Au (since 2005)
Conference Organizing Advisory Committee, Institut Pasteur, since 2008
Member of the Council of the Department Genomes and Genetics
Member of several national evaluation committees for research (AERES)
married, two children
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Biological and related sciences, Molecular biology, molecular microbiology, biochemistry, membrane protein biochemistry
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Biological and related sciences, Physical sciences, Bioelectrochemistry, Synthetic Biology, Chemical Biology
Biological and related sciences, cell biology, molecular biology, biomedicine