Dr. Alexandra Schwarz

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Academic positionPost Doc
Research fieldsMedical Microbiology and Mycology, Hygiene, Molecular Infection Biology
Keywordslxodes ricinus, cDNA library, cystantins, salivary proteins, midgut

Current contact address

CountryGermany
CityBad Honnef

Host during sponsorship

Dr. Michail KotsyfakisInstitute of Parasitoloy, Laboratory of Tick Genomics and Proteomics, Czech Academy of Sciences (CAS), Ceske Budejovice
Dr. Petr KopacekInstitute of Parasitology, Biology Centre, Czech Academy of Sciences (CAS), Ceske Budejovice
Start of initial sponsorship01/02/2010

Programme(s)

2009Feodor Lynen Research Fellowship Programme for Postdocs

Publications (partial selection)

2013Assumpção TC, Ma D, Schwarz A, Reiter K, Santana JM, Andersen JF, Ribeiro JM, Nardone G, Yu LL, Francischetti IM: Salivary antigen-5/CAP family members are Cu2+-dependent antioxidant enzymes that scavenge O2 and inhibit collagen-induced platelet aggregation and neutrophil oxidative burst. In: The Journal of biological chemistry, 2013, 14341-14361
2013Valdés JJ, Schwarz A, Cabeza de Vaca I, Calvo E, Pedra JH, Guallar V, Kotsyfakis M: Tryptogalinin is a tick Kunitz serine protease inhibitor with a unique intrinsic disorder. In: PLOS One, 2013, e62562
2012Alexandra Schwarz, Václav Hönig, Zuzana Vavrušková, Libor Grubhoffer, Carsten Balczun, Antje Albring, Günter A Schaub: Abundance of Ixodes ricinus and prevalence of Borrelia burgdorferi s.l. in the nature reserve Siebengebirge, Germany, in comparison to three former studies from 1978 onwards. In: Parasites & Vectors, 2012, 268
2012Alexandra Schwarz, James Jason Valdés, Michalis Kotsyfakis The role of cystatins in tick physiology and blood feeding. In: Ticks and tick-borne diseases , 2012, 117-127