Epernicus: Sonja-Verena Albers, Ph.D.

Sonja-Verena Albers, Ph.D.

Position:
Independent junior research group leader

Molecular Biology of Archaea

Max Planck Institute for Terrestrial Microbiology (Marburg, Germany)
Degrees:

Ph.D., Molecular Microbiology, University of Groningen (Groningen, Netherlands)

M.Sc., Biology, University of Wurzburg (Wurzburg, Germany)
Past Advisors:

Arnold Driessen (as Senior Scientist)

Wil Konings (as Graduate Student - Ph.D.)

Wolfram Zillig (as Graduate Student - Masters)
Research:
Assembly of surface structures in the archaeon Sulfolobus

The central theme in our research is the assembly of cell surface appendages in archaea and their role in adhesion and biofilm formation. The model organism we study is the hyperthermophilic archaeon Sulfolobus solfataricus which grows optimally at 80oC and a pH of 2-4. We use genetic approaches to identify systems in Sulfolobus that are involved in the assembly of cell surface appendages and biochemically characterize the subunits and their interplay in the assembly process.
Honors:
2006-present VIDI grant from NWO (Dutch Science Organization)

2003-2006 VENI grant from NWO (Dutch Science organization)

2003 EMBO short term fellowship

1998-2000 Marie Curie Longterm Fellowship

1997 DAAD Short term fellowship

Communities:

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Sonja-Verena Albers's Publications (42)

"Hot standards" for the thermoacidophilic archaeon Sulfolobus solfataricus.
Zaparty M, Esser D, Gertig S, Haferkamp P, Kouril T, Manica A, Pham TK, Reimann J, Schreiber K, Sierocinski P, Teichmann D, van Wolferen M, von Jan M, Wieloch P, Albers SV, Driessen AJ, Klenk HP, Schleper C, Schomburg D, van der Oost J, Wright PC, Siebers B

Extremophiles : life under extreme conditions. 2010 Jan;14(1):119-42
Appendage-mediated surface adherence of Sulfolobus solfataricus.
Zolghadr B, Klingl A, Koerdt A, Driessen AJ, Rachel R, Albers SV

Journal of bacteriology. 2010 Jan;192(1):104-10
Comparative study of the extracellular proteome of Sulfolobus species reveals limited secretion.
Ellen AF, Albers SV, Driessen AJ

Extremophiles : life under extreme conditions. 2010 Jan;14(1):87-98
Acidianus, Sulfolobus and Metallosphaera surface layers: structure, composition and gene expression.
Veith A, Klingl A, Zolghadr B, Lauber K, Mentele R, Lottspeich F, Rachel R, Albers SV, Kletzin A

Molecular microbiology. 2009 Jul;73(1):58-72
Diversity of archaeal type IV pilin-like structures.
Albers SV, Pohlschröder M

Extremophiles : life under extreme conditions. 2009 May;13(3):403-10
Expanding and understanding the genetic toolbox of the hyperthermophilic genus Sulfolobus.
Wagner M, Berkner S, Ajon M, Driessen AJ, Lipps G, Albers SV

Biochemical Society transactions. 2009 Feb;37(Pt 1):97-101
Ss-LrpB, a transcriptional regulator from Sulfolobus solfataricus, regulates a gene cluster with a pyruvate ferredoxin oxidoreductase-encoding operon and permease genes.
Peeters E, Albers SV, Vassart A, Driessen AJ, Charlier D

Molecular microbiology. 2009 Feb;71(4):972-88
SulfoSYS (Sulfolobus Systems Biology): towards a silicon cell model for the central carbohydrate metabolism of the archaeon Sulfolobus solfataricus under temperature variation.
Albers SV, Birkeland NK, Driessen AJ, Gertig S, Haferkamp P, Klenk HP, Kouril T, Manica A, Pham TK, Ruoff P, Schleper C, Schomburg D, Sharkey KJ, Siebers B, Sierocinski P, Steuer R, van der Oost J, Westerhoff HV, Wieloch P, Wright PC, Zaparty M

Biochemical Society transactions. 2009 Feb;37(Pt 1):58-64
Proteomic analysis of secreted membrane vesicles of archaeal Sulfolobus species reveals the presence of endosome sorting complex components.
Ellen AF, Albers SV, Huibers W, Pitcher A, Hobel CF, Schwarz H, Folea M, Schouten S, Boekema EJ, Poolman B, Driessen AJ

Extremophiles : life under extreme conditions. 2009 Jan;13(1):67-79
Conditions for gene disruption by homologous recombination of exogenous DNA into the Sulfolobus solfataricus genome.
Albers SV, Driessen AJ

Archaea (Vancouver, B.C.). 2008 Dec;2(3):145-9
UV-inducible cellular aggregation of the hyperthermophilic archaeon Sulfolobus solfataricus is mediated by pili formation.
Fröls S, Ajon M, Wagner M, Teichmann D, Zolghadr B, Folea M, Boekema EJ, Driessen AJ, Schleper C, Albers SV

Molecular microbiology. 2008 Nov;70(4):938-52
Cell surface structures of archaea.
Ng SY, Zolghadr B, Driessen AJ, Albers SV, Jarrell KF

Journal of bacteriology. 2008 Sep;190(18):6039-47
The Sulfolobus solfataricus AAA protein Sso0909, a homologue of the eukaryotic ESCRT Vps4 ATPase.
Hobel CF, Albers SV, Driessen AJ, Lupas AN

Biochemical Society transactions. 2008 Feb;36(Pt 1):94-8
Structural stability of GlcV, the nucleotide binding domain of the glucose ABC transporter of Sulfolobus solfataricus.
Pretz MG, van der Does C, Albers SV, Schuurman-Wolters G, Driessen AJ

Biochimica et biophysica acta. 2008 Jan;1778(1):324-33
Flagellar motility and structure in the hyperthermoacidophilic archaeon Sulfolobus solfataricus.
Szabó Z, Sani M, Groeneveld M, Zolghadr B, Schelert J, Albers SV, Blum P, Boekema EJ, Driessen AJ

Journal of bacteriology. 2007 Jun;189(11):4305-9
Identification of a system required for the functional surface localization of sugar binding proteins with class III signal peptides in Sulfolobus solfataricus.
Zolghadr B, Weber S, Szabó Z, Driessen AJ, Albers SV

Molecular microbiology. 2007 May;64(3):795-806
Structural organization of essential iron-sulfur clusters in the evolutionarily highly conserved ATP-binding cassette protein ABCE1.
Barthelme D, Scheele U, Dinkelaker S, Janoschka A, Macmillan F, Albers SV, Driessen AJ, Stagni MS, Bill E, Meyer-Klaucke W, Schünemann V, Tampé R

The Journal of biological chemistry. 2007 May 11;282(19):14598-607
Identification of diverse archaeal proteins with class III signal peptides cleaved by distinct archaeal prepilin peptidases.
Szabó Z, Stahl AO, Albers SV, Kissinger JC, Driessen AJ, Pohlschröder M

Journal of bacteriology. 2007 Feb;189(3):772-8
Small multicopy, non-integrative shuttle vectors based on the plasmid pRN1 for Sulfolobus acidocaldarius and Sulfolobus solfataricus, model organisms of the (cren-)archaea.
Berkner S, Grogan D, Albers SV, Lipps G

Nucleic acids research. 2007;35(12):e88
Thermodynamics of the ATPase cycle of GlcV, the nucleotide-binding domain of the glucose ABC transporter of sulfolobus solfataricus.
Pretz MG, Albers SV, Schuurman-Wolters G, Tampé R, Driessen AJ, van der Does C

Biochemistry. 2006 Dec 19;45(50):15056-67
Regulation of expression of the arabinose and glucose transporter genes in the thermophilic archaeon Sulfolobus solfataricus.
Lubelska JM, Jonuscheit M, Schleper C, Albers SV, Driessen AJ

Extremophiles : life under extreme conditions. 2006 Oct;10(5):383-91
Protein secretion in the Archaea: multiple paths towards a unique cell surface.
Albers SV, Szabó Z, Driessen AJ

Nature reviews. Microbiology. 2006 Jul;4(7):537-47
Active-site residues in the type IV prepilin peptidase homologue PibD from the archaeon Sulfolobus solfataricus.
Szabó Z, Albers SV, Driessen AJ

Journal of bacteriology. 2006 Feb;188(4):1437-43
Production of recombinant and tagged proteins in the hyperthermophilic archaeon Sulfolobus solfataricus.
Albers SV, Jonuscheit M, Dinkelaker S, Urich T, Kletzin A, Tampé R, Driessen AJ, Schleper C

Applied and environmental microbiology. 2006 Jan;72(1):102-11
Functional and structural characterization of the minimal Sec translocase of the hyperthermophile Thermotoga maritima.
Pretz MG, Remigy H, Swaving J, Albers SV, Garrido VG, Chami M, Engel A, Driessen AJ

Extremophiles : life under extreme conditions. 2005 Aug;9(4):307-16

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