PhD Theses

Investigating the total synthesis, biosynthesis, isolation, and activity of natural products from marine bacteria
Cora Lisbeth Dieterich (2023)  

Host-associated marine bacteria – a rich source of bioactive polyketides
Stefan Leopold-Messer (2022)

A close-up view of microbial sulfur mats: from communities to bioactive molecules
Chandrashekhar Padhi (2022)

Studying splicease homologs, novel radical SAM enzymes involved in the biosynthesis of α-keto-β-amino-acid-containing peptides
Marjan Verest (2022)

Ecosystem- and Genome-guided Antibiotic Discovery from Bacteria
Silke Probst (2022)

Towards Engineering trans-Acyltransferase Polyketide Synthases
Hannah Minas (2022)

Identification and characterization of natural product biosynthetic pathways encoded in the microbiome of the sponge Mycale hentscheli 
Michael Rust (2021)

Post-translational α-Keto-β-amino Acids: Chemical Reactivity and Protein Engineering
Edgars Lakis (2021)

Interrogating the biosynthetic scope of radical S-adenosyl methionine peptide epimerases
Madlen Korneli (2019)

Exploiting genomic and biological space for the production of complex natural products 
Agneya Bhushan (2019)  

Introduction of Chemical Diversity in Polyketide Assembly Lines
Roy Meoded (2019)  

Strategies for the identification of biosynthetic novelty in the specialised metabolite repertoire of cyanobacteria
Philipp Moosmann (2018)  

Genome-mining of uncultivated bacteria as source for new bioactive natural products
Eike Peters (2018)  

Evolutionary and Functional Studies on trans-AT and Type III Polyketide Synthases from Symbiotic Bacteria
Silke Reiter (2017)  

Genome- and Ecology-Based Strategies for the Discovery of Bioactive Polyketides and Peptides
Eric Helfrich (2017)  

Exploring the proteusin family of unusual ribosomal peptide natural products
Maximilian Helf (2015)