Prof. Dr. Barbara Di Ventura

Focus of research

• Synthetic biology
• Optogenetics
• Dynamical processes

CV

• Since 2017 Full Professor (W3) in Biological Signalling Research, BIOSS – Centre for Biological Signalling Studies and Faculty of Biology, University of Freiburg
• 2011–2017 Head of the synthetic biology group at BioQuant, Heidelberg
• 2010–2011 Visiting scientist at the MPI for terrestrial microbiology, Marburg
• 2008–2011 Post-doctoral fellow in Victor Sourjik’s lab (BIOMS fellow), University of Heidelberg
• 2002–2006 Doctoral degree in Natural Sciences, EMBL Heidelberg, Luis Serrano’s lab
• 1996–2002 Graduation in Computer Engineering, University of Rome “La Sapienza”, Italy 

Selected publications

• Int&in: a machine learning-based web server for active split site identification in inteins . M. Schmitz, J. B. Ballestin, J. Liang, F. Tomas, L. Freist, K. Voigt, B. Di Ventura, M. A. Öztürk . Protein Science, 2024 . https://doi.org/10.1002/pro.4985
• iNClusive: a database collecting useful information on non-canonical amino acids and their incorporation into proteins for easier genetic code expansion implementation . L.-S. Icking, A. M. Riedlberger, F. Krause, J. Widder, A. S. Frederiksen, F. Stockert, M. Spädt, N. Edel, D. Armbruster, G. Forlani, S. Franchini, P. Kaas, B. M. Kırpat Konak, F. Krier, M. Lefebvre, D. Mazraeh, J. Ranniger, J. Gerstenecker, P. Gescher, K. Voigt, P. Salavei, N. Gensch, B. Di Ventura, M. A. Öztürk . Nucleic Acids Research, 2023 . https://doi.org/10.1093/nar/gkad1090
• Requirements for mammalian promoters to decode transcription factor dynamics . E. B. Antwi, Y. Marrakchi, Ö. Cicek, T. Brox, B. Di Ventura . Nucleic Acids Research, 2023 . https://doi.org/10.1093/nar/gkad273
• Analysis of slow-cycling variants of the light-inducible nuclear protein export system LEXY in mammalian cells . G. Forlani, E. B. Antwi, D. Weis, M. A. Öztürk, B. A. W. Queck, D. Brecht, B. Di Ventura .  ACS Synthetic Biology, 2022 https://doi.org/10.1021/acssynbio.2c00232
• Engineering AraC to make it responsive to light instead of arabinose . E. Romano, A. Baumschlager, E. B. Akmeriç, N. Palanisamy, M. Houmani, G. Schmidt, M. A. Öztürk, L. Ernst, M. Khammash and B. Di Ventura . Nature Chemical Biology, 2021 . https://doi.org/10.1038/s41589-021-00787-6