Prof. Dr. Sonja-Verena Albers

Molecular Biology of Archaea

• 2^nd floor, room 02 040 (east wing)
  Schänzlestr. 1
  79104 Freiburg i. Br.

• to the website

• +49 (0) 761 203 2630

• sonja.albers@biologie.uni-freiburg.de

Focus of research

• Elucidating the assembly mechanism and function of the archaellum
• Mechanisms of cell division in Archaea
• Role of cyclic nucleotides in Archaea

CV

• Since 2014 W3 professor for microbiology, Faculty of Biology
• 2008–2014 Max Planck Research group leader at the Max Planck Institute for terrestrial Microbiology, Marburg
• 2006–2008 VIDI grant holder (NWO), Group leader at the University of Groningen, NL
• 2003–2006 VENI grant holder (NWO), PostDoc at the University of Groningen, NL
• 1997–2001 PhD studies in Molecular Microbiology at the University of Groningen, NL

Honors

• 2024 Elected as a Member of the Academia Europaea
• 2023 Elected as Fellow of the American Academy of Microbiology
• 2022 Elected as Member of the Leopoldina (National Academy of Science)
• 2019 Elected as EMBO member
• 2016 Elected into the EAM (European Academy of Microbiology)

Selected publications

• Nußbaum P, Kureisaite-Ciziene D, Bellini D, van der Does C, Kojic M, Taib, N, Gribaldo S, Loose M, Löwe J, Albers SV (2024) PRC domain-containing proteins modulate FtsZ-based archaeal cell division. Nat Microbiol 9(3):698-711. doi:10.110/2023.03.28.534543
• Nußbaum P, Gerstner M, Dingethal M, Erb C, Albers SV (2021) The archaeal protein SepF is essential for cell division in Haloferax volcanii. Nature Communications, 12:3469. doi: 10.1038/s41467-021-23686-9.
• Nußbaum P, Ithurbide S, Walsh JC, Patro M, Delpech F, Rodriguez-Franco M, Curmi PMG, Duggin IG, Quax TEF, Albers SV. (2020) An oscillating MinD protein determines the cellular position of the motility machinery in Archaea. Curr Biol 30:4956-4972.e4. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2020.09.073.
• Sivabalasarma S, Wetzel H, Nußbaum P, van der Does C, Beeby M, Albers SV (2021) Analysis of Cell-Cell ridges in Haloferax volcanii using electron tomography reveal a continuous cytoplasm and S-layer. Front Microbiol, 11:612239. Doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2020.612239
• Van Wolferen M, Shajahan A, Heinrich K, Brenziger S, Black IM, Wagner A, Briegel A, Azadi P, Albers SV (2020) Species-specific recognition of Sulfolobales mediated by UV-inducible pili and S-layer glycosylation patterns. mBio, 11:e03014. doi: 10.1128/mBio.03014-19