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Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, Synthetic biology, Bioengineering, Bacteriophages, Bioprocessing, Immunology and Microbiology

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Employment (2)

University of Groningen: Groningen, NL

2025-02-01 to present | Postdoc (Molecular Microbiology)
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Leonard E. Bäcker

KU Leuven: Leuven, BE

2019-10 to 2025-01-31 | PhD Researcher (Department of Microbial and Molecular Systems (M²S))
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Leonard E. Bäcker

Education and qualifications (3)

Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology: Ulsan, Ulsan, KR

2018-04 to 2019-02 | Guest researcher (student) (School of Life Sciences)
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Leonard E. Bäcker

University of Duisburg-Essen: Essen, Nordrhein-Westfalen, DE

2016 to 2019 | M. Sc. Water Science
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Leonard E. Bäcker

University of Duisburg-Essen: Essen, Nordrhein-Westfalen, DE

2013 to 2016 | B. Sc. Water Science
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Leonard E. Bäcker

Professional activities (2)

Venator Materials PLC: Wynyard, GB

2019 | 3rd Venator Water Award for outstanding Master Thesis
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Leonard E. Bäcker

Deutscher Verein des Gas- und Wasserfaches eV: Bonn, Nordrhein-Westfalen, DE

2017 | DVGW-Student award for outstanding thesis in applied water research
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Leonard E. Bäcker

Works (12)

Tuning and functionalization of logic gates for time resolved programming of bacterial populations

Nucleic Acids Research
2025-01-07 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkae1158
Contributors: Leonard E Bäcker; Kevin Broux; Louise Weckx; Sadhana Khanal; Abram Aertsen
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Rapid evolutionary tuning of endospore quantity versus quality trade-off via a phase-variable contingency locus

Current Biology
2024-07 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2024.05.067
Part of ISSN: 0960-9822
Contributors: Tom Dongmin Kim; Sadhana Khanal; Leonard E. Bäcker; Cédric Lood; Alison Kerremans; Sayali Gorivale; Katrien Begyn; Alexander Cambré; Andreja Rajkovic; Frank Devlieghere et al.
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Leonard E. Bäcker

Phage transmission strategies: are phages farming their host?

Current Opinion in Microbiology
2024-06 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.mib.2024.102481
Part of ISSN: 1369-5274
Contributors: Yorben Casters; Leonard E Bäcker; Kevin Broux; Abram Aertsen
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Leonard E. Bäcker

Tuning and functionalization of logic gates for time resolved programming of bacterial populations

2024-05-14 | Preprint
DOI: 10.1101/2024.05.14.593743
Contributors: Leonard E. Bäcker; Kevin Broux; Louise Weckx; Sadhana Khanal; Abram Aertsen
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Characterization of mycophage endolysin cell wall binding domains targeting Mycobacterium bovis peptidoglycan

Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications
2023-11 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2023.09.027
Part of ISSN: 0006-291X
Contributors: Annabel Itterbeek; Amber Possemiers; Yunus Colak; Leonard E. Bäcker; Abram Aertsen; Rob Lavigne; Jan Paeshuyse
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Leonard E. Bäcker

The potential of bacteriophages to control Xanthomonas campestris pv. campestris at different stages of disease development

Microbial Biotechnology
2022-06 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1111/1751-7915.14004
Part of ISSN: 1751-7915
Part of ISSN: 1751-7915
Contributors: Dominique Holtappels; Kiandro J. Fortuna; Lauren Moons; Nand Broeckaert; Léon E. Bäcker; Sofie Venneman; Sofie Rombouts; Louis Lippens; Steve Baeyen; Sabien Pollet et al.
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Leonard E. Bäcker

Superinfection exclusion factors drive a history-dependent switch from vertical to horizontal phage transmission

Cell Reports
2022-05 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.celrep.2022.110804
Part of ISSN: 2211-1247
Contributors: Ines Staes; Leonard E. Bäcker; Kenneth Simoens; Kjerstin De Winter; Gasper Marolt; William Cenens; Sanne Wolput; Alan R. Vazquez; Peter Goos; Rob Lavigne et al.
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Leonard E. Bäcker

Transcriptional Organization of the Salmonella Typhimurium Phage P22 pid ORFan Locus

International Journal of Molecular Sciences
2022-01-23 | Journal article
DOI: 10.3390/ijms23031253
Contributors: Sanne Wolput; Angela Makumi; Laura Wicke; Leonard E. Bäcker; William Cenens; Yves Briers; Nicolas A. Wenner; Siân V. Owen; Jay C. D. Hinton; Rob Lavigne et al.
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The Ecology of Predation at the Microscale

Springer International Publishing
2020 | Book
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-45599-6
ISBN: 9783030455989
ISBN: 9783030455996
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Leonard E. Bäcker

Environmental and Biotic Factors Impacting the Activities of Bdellovibrio bacteriovorus

The Ecology of Predation at the Microscale
2020-06 | Book chapter
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-45599-6_6
Part of ISBN: 9783030455989
Part of ISBN: 9783030455996
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Leonard E. Bäcker

Quantification of microbial degradation activities in biological activated carbon filters by reverse stable isotope labelling

AMB Express
2019-12 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1186/s13568-019-0827-0
Part of ISSN: 2191-0855
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Leonard E. Bäcker

Monitoring Microbial Mineralization Using Reverse Stable Isotope Labeling Analysis by Mid-Infrared Laser Spectroscopy

Environmental Science & Technology
2017-10-17 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.7b02909
Part of ISSN: 0013-936X
Part of ISSN: 1520-5851
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Leonard E. Bäcker
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