Dr. Manuela Fuchs

Profile

Academic positionPost Doc
Research fieldsMedical Microbiology and Mycology, Hygiene, Molecular Infection Biology,Virology
Keywordshigh-throughput, cargo gene delivery, phage engineering, transposon insertion sequencing
Honours and awards

2023: Speaker at the 13th International Conference on the Molecular Biology and Pathogenesis of the Clostridia in Banff, Canada. Oral presentation on: “A network of small RNAs regulating sporulation in Clostridioides difficile”.

2021: FEMS Microbiology Letters Poster Prize for the best poster at the Anaerobe 2021: The microbiota and beyond conference.

2019: Early Career Scientist Travel Grant issued by The Federation of European Microbiological Societies, Aug 2019.

2019: Speaker at the 11th International Conference on the Molecular Biology and Pathogenesis of the Clostridia in Leiden, Netherlands. Oral presentation on: “Global discovery of Hfq-associated sRNA-target networks in Clostridioides difficile”.

Current contact address

CountryNew Zealand
CityDunedin
InstitutionUniversity of Otago
InstituteDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology

Host during sponsorship

Prof. Dr. Peter FineranDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Otago, Dunedin
Start of initial sponsorship01/05/2025

Programme(s)

2025Feodor Lynen Research Fellowship Programme for Postdocs