the people who make it all happen…

Sébastien Ferreira-Cerca – Principal Investigator (CV)

Michael Jüttner – PhD candidate

Michael´s work focus on structure-function analysis of pre-circular-rRNA and rRNA processing in archaea

Nicolas Alexandre – PhD candidate

Nicolas studies rRNA modifications and late steps of small ribosomal subunit maturation in archaea

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Alumni

PhD Students

Robert Knüppel (2016-2020): now at Richter-Helm (Hamburg, Germany).

Thesis title: “Small changes, unexpected consequences: Molecular insights into substrate-dependent adaptation of KsgA/Dim1-dependent ribosomal RNA modifications in archaea“

Publications:

7. Braun C and Knüppel R et al., Mol Biol. 2022. Non-radioactive In Vivo Labeling of RNA with 4-Thiouracil.

6. Knüppel R et al., Nucleic Acids Res. 2021. Insights into synthesis and function of KsgA/Dim1-dependent rRNA modifications in archaea. 

5. Schulze S,et al., Nat Commun. 2020. The Archaeal Proteome Project advances knowledge about archaeal cell biology through comprehensive proteomics. 

4. Knüppel R et al., Methods Mol Biol. 2020. In Vivo RNA Chemical Footprinting Analysis in Archaea. 

3. Jüttner M, et al., Nucleic Acids Res. 2020. A versatile cis-acting element reporter system to study the function, maturation and stability of ribosomal RNA mutants in archaea. 

2. Knüppel R, et al., Nucleic Acids Res. 2018. Insights into the evolutionary conserved regulation of Rio ATPase activity. 

1. Knüppel R et al., Front Microbiol. 2017. Toward Time-Resolved Analysis of RNA Metabolism in Archaea Using 4-Thiouracil. 

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Internships

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Former visiting scientists

• Rani Baes (2021) – Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium (Prof. Dr. Eveline Peeters)
• Dr. Marléne Vayssières (2018) – Université Paris Descartes, France (Prof. Dr. Nicolas Leulliot)
• Dr. Erika Urdaneta (2019) – IRI Life Sciences / HU Berlin, Germany (Dr. Benedikt Beckmann)