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University of Freiburg: Freiburg, DE

2014-09-01 to present | Professor (Molecular Biology of Archaea)
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Sonja-Verena Albers

Max Planck Institute for terrestrial Microbiology : Marburg, DE

2008-10-01 to 2015-02-28 | Max Planck research Group Leader (Molecular Biology of Archaea)
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Sonja-Verena Albers

Education and qualifications (1)

University of Groningen: Groningen, Groningen, NL

1997-01-01 to 2001-06-15 | PhD (Molecular Microbiology)
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Faculty Opinions: London, GB

2021-07-12 to present | Faculty Member
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Funding (1)

ARCHAELLUM

2013-02 to 2017-02 | Grant
European Research Council (Brussels, BE)
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311523

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Distinct life cycle stages of an ectosymbiotic DPANN archaeon

2024-04-26 | Other
Contributors: Martin Pilhofer; Vasil A. Gaisin; Marleen van Wolferen; Sonja-Verena Albers
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Archaeal type six secretion system mediates contact-dependent antagonism

2024-04-11 | Preprint
Contributors: Tobias Zachs; Jessie James L. Malit; Jingwei Xu; Alexandra Schürch; Shamphavi Sivabalasarma; Phillip Nußbaum; Sonja-Verena Albers; Martin Pilhofer
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Proteins containing photosynthetic reaction centre domains modulate FtsZ-based archaeal cell division

Nature Microbiology
2024-03-04 | Journal article | Author
Part of ISSN: 2058-5276
Contributors: Phillip Nußbaum; Danguole Kureisaite-Ciziene; dom bellini; Chris van der Does; Marko Kojic; Najwa Taib; Anna Yeates; Maxime Tourte; simonetta gribaldo; Martin Loose et al.
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Archaeal GPN-loop GTPases involve a lock-switch-rock mechanism for GTP hydrolysis

mBio
2023-12-19 | Journal article
Contributors: Lukas Korf; Xing Ye; Marian S. Vogt; Wieland Steinchen; Mohamed Watad; Chris van der Does; Maxime Tourte; Shamphavi Sivabalasarma; Sonja-Verena Albers; Lars-Oliver Essen et al.
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The second messenger c-di-AMP controls natural competence via ComFB signaling protein

2023-11-27 | Preprint
Contributors: Sherihan Samir; Sofía Doello; Erik Zimmer; Michael Haffner; Andreas M. Enkerlin; Teresa Müller; Lisa Dengler; Stilianos P. Lambidis; Shamphavi Sivabalasarma; Sonja-Verena Albers et al.
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Application of the endogenous CRISPR-Cas type I-D system for genetic engineering in the thermoacidophilic archaeon <i>Sulfolobus acidocaldarius</i>.

Frontiers in microbiology
2023-10-02 | Journal article
Contributors: Bost J; Alejandra Recalde; Waßmer B; Wagner A; Siebers B; Albers SV
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CryoEM reveals the structure of an archaeal pilus involved in twitching motility.

2023-08-16 | Preprint
Contributors: Bertram Daum; Mathew Gaines; Shamphavi Sivabalasarma; Michail Isupov; Risat Haque; Mathew McLaren; Cyril Hanus; Vicki Gold; Sonja-Verena Albers
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Stay or Go: Sulfolobales Biofilm Dispersal Is Dependent on a Bifunctional VapB Antitoxin

mBio
2023-04-25 | Journal article
Contributors: April M. Lewis; Daniel J. Willard; Mohamad J. H. Manesh; Shamphavi Sivabalasarma; Sonja-Verena Albers; Robert M. Kelly; Karin Sauer; Sang Yup Lee
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Archaeal self-activating GPN-loop GTPases involve a lock-switch-rock mechanism for GTP hydrolysis

2023-04-08 | Preprint
Contributors: Lukas Korf; Xing Ye; Marian S. Vogt; Wieland Steinchen; Mohamed Watad; Maxime Tourte; Shamphavi Sivabalasarma; Sonja-Verena Albers; Lars-Oliver Essen
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Archaeal type IV pili stabilizeHaloferax volcaniibiofilms in flow

2023-01-20 | Preprint
Contributors: Pascal D. Odermatt; Phillip Nussbaum; Sourabh Monnappa; Lorenzo Talà; Zhengqun Li; Shamphavi Sivabalasarma; Sonja-Verena Albers; Alex Persat
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Putative nucleotide-based second messengers in archaea

microLife
2023-01-04 | Journal article
Contributors: Chris van der Does; Frank Braun; Hongcheng Ren; Sonja-Verena Albers
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Electron cryo-microscopy reveals the structure of the archaeal thread filament

Nature Communications
2022-12-01 | Journal article
Contributors: Matthew C. Gaines; Michail N. Isupov; Shamphavi Sivabalasarma; Risat Ul Haque; Mathew McLaren; Clara L. Mollat; Patrick Tripp; Alexander Neuhaus; Vicki A. M. Gold; Sonja-Verena Albers et al.
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The cell biology of archaea

Nature Microbiology
2022-10-17 | Journal article
Contributors: Marleen van Wolferen; Andre Arashiro Pulschen; Buzz Baum; Simonetta Gribaldo; Sonja-Verena Albers
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Spotlight on FtsZ-based cell division in Archaea

Trends in Microbiology
2022-07 | Journal article
Contributors: Solenne Ithurbide; Simonetta Gribaldo; Sonja-Verena Albers; Nika Pende
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Structural insights into the mechanism of archaellar rotational switching

Nature Communications
2022-05-23 | Journal article
Contributors: Florian Altegoer; Tessa E. F. Quax; Paul Weiland; Phillip Nußbaum; Pietro I. Giammarinaro; Megha Patro; Zhengqun Li; Dieter Oesterhelt; Martin Grininger; Sonja-Verena Albers et al.
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Donor strand complementation, isopeptide bonds and glycosylation reinforce highly resilient archaeal thread filaments

2022-04-26 | Preprint
Contributors: Matthew C. Gaines; Michail N. Isupov; Shamphavi Sivabalasarma; Risat Ul Haque; Mathew McLaren; Patrick Tripp; Alexander Neuhaus; Vicki Gold; Sonja-Verena Albers; Bertram Daum
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Agl24 is an ancient archaeal homolog of the eukaryotic N-glycan chitobiose synthesis enzymes

eLife
2022-04-08 | Journal article
Contributors: Benjamin H Meyer; Panagiotis S Adam; Ben A Wagstaff; George E Kolyfetis; Alexander J Probst; Sonja V Albers; Helge C Dorfmueller
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Origin of eukaryotes: What can be learned from the first successfully isolated Asgard archaeon

Faculty Reviews
2022-01-27 | Journal article
Contributors: Sonja Albers; Jonathan Ashmore; Thomas Pollard; Anja Spang; Jizhong Zhou
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Membrane permeability differentiation at the lipid divide

2021-10-13 | Preprint
Contributors: Urszula Łapińska; Georgina Glover; Zehra Kahveci; Nicholas A. T. Irwin; David S. Milner; Maxime Tourte; Sonja-Verena Albers; Alyson E. Santoro; Thomas A. Richards; Stefano Pagliara
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The missing enzymatic link in syntrophic methane formation from fatty acids

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
2021-10-05 | Journal article
Contributors: Michael Agne; Sebastian Estelmann; Carola S. Seelmann; Johannes Kung; Dennis Wilkens; Hans-Georg Koch; Chris van der Does; Sonja V. Albers; Christoph von Ballmoos; Jörg Simon et al.
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Autophosphorylation of the KaiC‐like protein ArlH inhibits oligomerization and interaction with ArlI, the motor ATPase of the archaellum

Molecular Microbiology
2021-09 | Journal article
Contributors: J. Nuno de Sousa Machado; Leonie Vollmar; Julia Schimpf; Paushali Chaudhury; Rashmi Kumariya; Chris van der Does; Thorsten Hugel; Sonja‐Verena Albers
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Minor pilins are involved in motility and natural competence in the cyanobacterium Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803

Molecular Microbiology
2021-09 | Journal article
Contributors: Sabrina Oeser; Thomas Wallner; Nils Schuergers; Lenka Bučinská; Shamphavi Sivabalasarma; Heike Bähre; Sonja‐Verena Albers; Annegret Wilde
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The archaeal protein SepF is essential for cell division in Haloferax volcanii

Nature Communications
2021-06-08 | Journal article
Contributors: Phillip Nußbaum; Maren Gerstner; Marie Dingethal; Celine Erb; Sonja-Verena Albers
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A comprehensive history of motility and Archaellation in Archaea

FEMS Microbes
2021-04-16 | Journal article
Contributors: Ken F Jarrell; Sonja-Verena Albers; J Nuno de Sousa Machado
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The archaeal triphosphate tunnel metalloenzymeSaTTM defines structural determinants for the diverse activities in the CYTH protein family

2021-03-19 | Preprint
Contributors: Marian S. Vogt; Roi R. Ngouoko Nguepbeu; Michael K. F. Mohr; Sonja-Verena Albers; Lars-Oliver Essen; Ankan Banerjee
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Insights into synthesis and function of KsgA/Dim1-dependent rRNA modifications in archaea

Nucleic Acids Research
2021-02-22 | Journal article
Contributors: Robert Knüppel; Christian Trahan; Michael Kern; Alexander Wagner; Felix Grünberger; Winfried Hausner; Tessa E F Quax; Sonja-Verena Albers; Marlene Oeffinger; Sébastien Ferreira-Cerca
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Salt Stress Response of Sulfolobus acidocaldarius Involves Complex Trehalose Metabolism Utilizing a Novel Trehalose-6-Phosphate Synthase (TPS)/Trehalose-6-Phosphate Phosphatase (TPP) Pathway

Applied and Environmental Microbiology
2020-11-24 | Journal article
Contributors: Christina Stracke; Benjamin H. Meyer; Anna Hagemann; Eunhye Jo; Areum Lee; Sonja-Verena Albers; Jaeho Cha; Christopher Bräsen; Bettina Siebers; Haruyuki Atomi
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The switch complex ArlCDE connects the chemotaxis system and the archaellum

Molecular Microbiology
2020-09 | Journal article
Contributors: Zhengqun Li; Marta Rodriguez‐Franco; Sonja‐Verena Albers; Tessa E. F. Quax
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Analysis of cell-cell bridges inHaloferax volcaniiusing Electron cryo-tomography reveal a continuous cytoplasm and S-layer

2020-09-30 | Preprint
Contributors: Shamphavi Sivabalasarma; Hanna Wetzel; Phillip Nußbaum; Chris van der Does; Morgan Beeby; Sonja-Verena Albers
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Species-Specific Recognition of Sulfolobales Mediated by UV-Inducible Pili and S-Layer Glycosylation Patterns

mBio
2020-04-28 | Journal article
Contributors: Marleen van Wolferen; Asif Shajahan; Kristina Heinrich; Susanne Brenzinger; Ian M. Black; Alexander Wagner; Ariane Briegel; Parastoo Azadi; Sonja-Verena Albers; Christa M. Schleper
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ArlCDE form the archaeal switch complex

2020-04-09 | Preprint
Contributors: Zhengqun Li; Marta Rodriguez-Franco; Sonja-Verena Albers; Tessa E. F. Quax
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An oscillating MinD protein determines the cellular positioning of the motility machinery in archaea

2020-04-04 | Preprint
Contributors: Phillip Nußbaum; Solenne Ithurbide; James C. Walsh; Megha Patro; Floriane Delpech; Marta Rodriguez-Franco; Paul M.G. Curmi; Iain G. Duggin; Tessa E.F. Quax; Sonja-Verena Albers
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Motile ghosts of the halophilic archaeon,Haloferax volcanii

2020-01-09 | Preprint
Contributors: Yoshiaki Kinosita; Nagisa Mikami; Zhengqun Li; Frank Braun; Tessa EF. Quax; Chris van der Does; Robert Ishmukhametov; Sonja-Verena Albers; Richard M. Berry
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The structure of the periplasmic FlaG–FlaF complex and its essential role for archaellar swimming motility

Nature Microbiology
2019-12-16 | Journal article | Author
Part of ISSN: 2058-5276
Contributors: Chi-Lin Tsai; Patrick Tripp; Shamphavi Sivabalasarma; Changyi Zhang; Marta Rodriguez-Franco; Rebecca Wipfler; Paushali Chaudhury; 0000-0002-1791-252X; Morgan Beeby; Rachel J. Whitaker et al.
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Architecture and modular assembly of Sulfolobus S-layers revealed by electron cryotomography

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
2019-12-10 | Journal article
Contributors: Lavinia Gambelli; Benjamin H. Meyer; Mathew McLaren; Kelly Sanders; Tessa E. F. Quax; Vicki A. M. Gold; Sonja-Verena Albers; Bertram Daum
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Cyclic nucleotides in archaea: Cyclic di‐AMP in the archaeon Haloferax volcanii and its putative role

MicrobiologyOpen
2019-09 | Journal article
Contributors: Frank Braun; Laura Thomalla; Chris van der Does; Tessa E. F. Quax; Thorsten Allers; Volkhard Kaever; Sonja‐Verena Albers
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Positioning of the Motility Machinery in Halophilic Archaea

mBio
2019-06-25 | Journal article
Contributors: Zhengqun Li; Yoshiaki Kinosita; Marta Rodriguez-Franco; Phillip Nußbaum; Frank Braun; Floriane Delpech; Tessa E. F. Quax; Sonja-Verena Albers; Christa M. Schleper
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Species-specific recognition of Sulfolobales mediated by UV-inducible pili and S-layer glycosylation patterns

2019-06-08 | Other
Contributors: Marleen van Wolferen; Asif Shajahan; Kristina Heinrich; Susanne Brenzinger; Ian M. Black; Alexander Wagner; Ariane Briegel; Parastoo Azadi; Sonja-Verena Albers
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Salt‐dependent regulation of archaellins in Haloarcula marismortui

MicrobiologyOpen
2019-05 | Journal article
Contributors: Alexey S. Syutkin; Marleen van Wolferen; Alexey K. Surin; Sonja‐Verena Albers; Mikhail G. Pyatibratov; Oleg V. Fedorov; Tessa E. F. Quax
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Taxis in archaea

Emerging Topics in Life Sciences
2018-12-14 | Journal article
Contributors: Nicholas P. Robinson; Tessa E.F. Quax; Sonja-Verena Albers; Friedhelm Pfeiffer
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Archaeal biofilm formation

Nature Reviews Microbiology
2018-11 | Journal article
Contributors: Marleen van Wolferen; Alvaro Orell; Sonja-Verena Albers
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Sulfolobus acidocaldarius Transports Pentoses via a Carbohydrate Uptake Transporter 2 (CUT2)-Type ABC Transporter and Metabolizes Them through the Aldolase-Independent Weimberg Pathway

Applied and Environmental Microbiology
2018-02 | Journal article
Contributors: Michaela Wagner; Lu Shen; Andreas Albersmeier; Nienke van der Kolk; Sujin Kim; Jaeho Cha; Christopher Bräsen; Jörn Kalinowski; Bettina Siebers; Sonja-Verena Albers et al.
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Versatile cell surface structures of archaea

Molecular Microbiology
2018-02 | Journal article
Contributors: Paushali Chaudhury; Tessa E. F. Quax; Sonja‐Verena Albers
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Structure and function of the archaeal response regulator CheY

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
2018-02-06 | Journal article
Contributors: Tessa E. F. Quax; Florian Altegoer; Fernando Rossi; Zhengqun Li; Marta Rodriguez-Franco; Florian Kraus; Gert Bange; Sonja-Verena Albers
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Structure and in situ organisation of the Pyrococcus furiosus archaellum machinery

eLife
2017-06-27 | Journal article
Contributors: Bertram Daum; Janet Vonck; Annett Bellack; Paushali Chaudhury; Robert Reichelt; Sonja-Verena Albers; Reinhard Rachel; Werner Kühlbrandt
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Expanding the archaellum regulatory network - the eukaryotic protein kinases ArnC and ArnD influence motility of Sulfolobus acidocaldarius

MicrobiologyOpen
2017-02 | Journal article
Contributors: Lena Hoffmann; Andreas Schummer; Julia Reimann; Maria F. Haurat; Amanda J. Wilson; Morgan Beeby; Bettina Warscheid; Sonja-V. Albers
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Editorial: Archaeal Cell Envelope and Surface Structures

Frontiers in Microbiology
2016 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-84957998812

Contributors: Pohlschroder, M.; Albers, S.-V.
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The archaeal Ced system imports DNA

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
2016 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-84959440144

Contributors: Van Wolferen, M.; Wagner, A.; Van Der Does, C.; Albers, S.-V.
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The nucleotide-dependent interaction of FlaH and FlaI is essential for assembly and function of the archaellum motor

Molecular Microbiology
2016 | Journal article
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Contributors: Chaudhury, P.; Neiner, T.; D'Imprima, E.; Banerjee, A.; Reindl, S.; Ghosh, A.; Arvai, A.S.; Mills, D.J.; van der Does, C.; Tainer, J.A. et al.
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Minimal Tool Set for a Prokaryotic Circadian Clock

2016-09-15 | Preprint
Contributors: Nicolas M Schmelling; Robert Lehmann; Paushali Chaudhury; Christian Beck; Sonja V Albers; Ilka M Axmann; Anika Wiegard
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