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apl. Prof. Dr. Kornelia Smalla

Institute for Epidemiology and Pathogen Diagnostics

apl. Prof. Dr. Kornelia  Smalla
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Julius Kühn-Institut
Institute for Epidemiology and Pathogen Diagnostics
Messeweg 11/12
38104  Braunschweig

Tasks

  • Development and exploitation of molecular cultivation-dependent and -independent detection methods for bacterial pathogens
  • Epidemiology of bacterial pathogens by means of molecular detection methods
  • Interaction of antagonists, pathogens and microbial communities in the rhizosphere
  • Effects of soil, plant species, cultivar, and agricultural systems on the structural and functional diversity of microbial communities in the rhizosphere
  • Adaption and diversification of bacteria (among others: bacterial pathogens) via plasmids
  • Ecology of bacterial antibiotic resistance genes

Memberships

  • Member of „Vereinigung für allgemeine und angewandte Mikrobiologie“ (VAAM)
  • Member of American Society of Microbiology
  • Member of the International Society for Microbial Ecology (ISME)
  • Member of the Deutsche Phytomedizinische Gesellschaft (DPG)
  • Member of the Deutsche Bodenkundliche Gesellschaft (DBG)
  • Editor of
    • FEMS Microbiology Ecology
    • Frontiers in Microbiology
    • BMC Microbiology
  • Ad-hoc-reviewer for diverse scientific journals
    • Microbial Ecology
    • Soil Biology and Biochemistry
    • Plasmid
    • Microbiology
    • Applied Soil Ecology
    • New Phytologist
    • Environmental Microbiology
  • Member of the DFG Fachkollegiums Agrar 207

Awards

  • Ehrennadel des Julius Kühn-Instituts 2016
  • Wissenschaftspreis der DPG 2017

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