Dr. Markus Ganter
Department of Infectious Diseases, Parasitology
Heidelberg University Hospital
69120 Heidelberg, Germany
Phone: +49 6221-56 7438
E-Mail
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 |
| Co-organizer of the 2023 BioMalPar conference | |
(*equal contribution)
Klaus S, Binder P, Kim J, Machado M, Funaya C, Schaaf V, Klaschka D, Kudulyte A, Cyrklaff M, Laketa V, Hoefer T, Guizetti J, Becker N, Frischknecht F, Schwarz US, Ganter M (2022). Asynchronous nuclear cycles in multinucleated Plasmodium falciparum enable rapid proliferation. Science Advances. 8(13):eabj5362
Vandorpe DH, Rivera A, Ganter M, Dankwa S, Wohlgemuth J, Dlott J, Snyder LM, Brugnara C, Duraisingh MT, Alper SL (2022). Purinergic signaling is essential for full Psickle activation by hypoxia and by normoxic acid pH in mature human sickle red cells and in vitro-differentiated cultured human sickle reticulocytes. Pflügers Archiv – European Journal of Physiology. 1–13
Schumann R, Bischoff E, Klaus S, Möhring S, Flock J, Keller S, Remans K, Ganter M, Deponte M (2021). Protein abundance and folding rather than the redox state of Kelch13 determine the artemisinin susceptibility of Plasmodium falciparum. Redox Biology. 48: 102177
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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