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Molecular Biology of ARCHAEA
The central theme in our research is the assembly of cell surface appendages in archaea and their role in adhesion and biofilm formation. The model organism we study is the hyperthermophilic archaeon Sulfolobus acidocaldarius which grows optimally at 76oC and a pH of 2-4. We are interested to elucidate the regulatory response the attachment to surfaces induces in this organism.
We use genetic approaches to identify systems in Sulfolobus that are involved in the assembly of cell surface appendages and biochemically characterize the subunits and their interplay in the assembly process.
Our group is located in the Max-Planck-Institute for terrestrial Microbiology in Marburg, Germany. Our website from the institute is linked here and this website provides information about the institute.
News:
05.04.2013
Ankan Banerjee defended his thesis! Congratulations Dr. Banerjee!
14.02.2013
The link to the press release about the FlaI paper.
14.02.2013
Our joint paper with the Tainer lab about the structure of the archaellum ATPase FlaI is online at Molecular Cell.
01.02.2013
We have started working on the ERC grant to elucidate the assembly and structural features of the archaellum.
01.01.2013
Katerina Kapotova started her PostDoc project on the expression of archaeal membrane proteins.
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