Dr. Mark Gresnigt

Profile

Academic positionPost Doc
Research fieldsMedical Microbiology and Mycology, Hygiene, Molecular Infection Biology,Immunology
KeywordsCommensalism, Candida albicans, Pathogenicity, host-pathogen interactions, host response
Honours and awards

2022: Medac Research Award

2021: Beutenberg Campus eV Science award life sciences and Physics

2021: Forschungsförderpreis by the Deutschsprachigen Mykologischen Gesellschft (German speaking society for Mycology – DMYKG)

2020: Journal of Fungi Travel Award

Current contact address

CountryGermany
CityJena
InstitutionLeibniz-Institut für Naturstoff-Forschung und Infektionsbiologie e. V. - Hans-Knöll-Institut
InstituteAdaptive Pathogenicity Strategies

Host during sponsorship

Prof. Dr. Bernhard HubeAbteilung Mikrobielle Pathogenitätsmechanismen, Leibniz-Institut für Naturstoff-Forschung und Infektionsbiologie e. V. - Hans-Knöll-Institut, Jena
Start of initial sponsorship01/05/2018

Programme(s)

2017Humboldt Research Fellowship Programme for Postdocs

Publications (partial selection)

2019Michelle Maurer, Mark S.Gresnigt, Antonia Last, Tony Wollny, Florian Berlinghof, Rebecca Pospich, Zoltan Cseresnyes, Anna Medyukhina, Katja Graf, Marko Gröger, Martin Raasch, Fatina Siwczak, Sandor Nietzsche, Ilse D.Jacobsen, Marc Thilo Figge, Bernhard Hube, Otmar Huber, Alexander S.Mosig: A three-dimensional immunocompetent intestine-on-chip model as in vitro platform for functional and microbial interaction studies. In: Biomaterials, 2019,
2019Katja Graf, Antonia Last, Rena Gratz, Stefanie Allert, Susanne Linde, Martin Westermann, Marko Gröger, Alexander S. Mosig, Mark S. Gresnigt, and Bernhard Hube: Keeping Candida commensal: how lactobacilli antagonize pathogenicity of Candida albicans in an in vitro gut model. In: Disease Models & Mechanisms, 2019,
2018Lydia Kasper, Annika König, Paul-Albert Koenig, Mark S. Gresnigt, Johannes Westman, Rebecca A. Drummond, Michail S. Lionakis, Olaf Groß, Jürgen Ruland, Julian R. Naglik & Bernhard Hube The fungal peptide toxin Candidalysin activates the NLRP3 inflammasome and causes cytolysis in mononuclear phagocytes.. In: Nature Communications, 2018,