Dr. Markus Ganter
Department of Infectious Diseases, Parasitology
Heidelberg University Hospital
69120 Heidelberg, Germany
Phone: +49 6221-56 7438
Fax: +49 6221-56 5751
Email: markus.ganter@med.uni-heidelberg.de
FIELDS OF INTEREST
cell biology of pathogens, molecular parasitology, mechanisms of Plasmodium cell cycle regulation
AWARDS & HONORS
2018 Karl Asmund Rudolphi-Medal, German Society for Parasitology
2011 Postdoctoral Fellowship, DFG
2006 MBL Pioneers Scholarship Fund and Pfizer Inc. Endowed Scholarship
| 2016 – present | Group Leader, Center for Infectious Diseases, Heidelberg University |
| 2010 – 2016 | PostDoc, Harvard University, Cambridge MA, USA |
| 2009 – 2010 | PostDoc, Max-Planck-Institute for Infection Biology, Berlin |
| 2005 – 2009 | PhD in molecular parasitology, Heidelberg University |
| 2004 – 2005 | Diploma thesis |
| 2000 – 2004 | Biology School, Heidelberg University |
(*equal contribution)
Simon CS, Voss Y, Funaya C, Machado M, Penning A, Klaschka D, Cyrklaff M, Kim J, Ganter M, Guizetti J. 2021. An extended DNA-free intranuclear compartment organizes centrosomal microtubules in malaria parasites. Life Sci Alliance 4: e202101199
Machado M, Steinke S, Ganter M (2021). Plasmodium Reproduction, Cell Size, and Transcription: How to cope with increasing DNA content? Front Cell Infect Mi. 11, 660679
Pape C, Remme R, Wolny A, Olberg S, Wolf S, Cerrone L, Cortese M, Klaus S, Lucic B, Ullrich S, Anders-Össwein M, Wolf S, Berati C, Neufeld C, Ganter M, Schnitzler P, Merle U, Lusic M, Boulant S, Stanifer M, Bartenschlager R, Hamprecht FA, Kreshuk A, Tischer C, Kräusslich H-G, Müller B, Laketa V (2021). Microscopy-based assay for semi-quantitative detection of SARS-CoV-2 specific antibodies in human sera. BioAssays, 2000257
Ganter M, Goldberg JM, Dvorin JD, Paulo JA, King JG, Tripathi AK, Paul AS, Yang J, Coppens I, Jiang RHY, Elsworth B, Baker DA, Dinglasan RR, Gygi SP, Duraisingh MT (2017). Plasmodium falciparum CRK4 directs continuous rounds of DNA replication during schizogony. Nature Microbiol. 2(5):17017
Paul AS, Saha S, Engelberg K, Jiang RHY, Coleman BI, Kosber AL, Chen C, Ganter M, Espy N, Gilberger TW, Gubbels MJ, Duraisingh MT (2015). Parasite calcineurin regulates host cell recognition and attachment by apicomplexans. Cell Host Microbe. 18:49-60
Coleman BI, Skillman KM, Jiang RHY, Childs LM, Altenhofen LM, Ganter M, Leung Y, Goldowitz I, Kafsack BFC, Marti M, Llinas M, Buckee CO, Duraisingh MT (2014). A Plas-modium falciparum histone deacetylase regulates antigenic variation and gametocyte con-version. Cell Host Microbe. 16:177-186
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