High- and low-affinity cre boxes for CcpA binding in Bacillus subtilis revealed by genome-wide analysis

CURRICULUM VITAE

Wolfgang Hillen Full Professor and Chairman of Microbiology Lehrstuhl für Mikrobiologie Institut für Biologie Friedrich-Alexander Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg Staudtstr. 5 91058 Erlangen, Fed. Rep. of Germany

Date of Birth: April 24, 1948 Place of Birth: Osnabrück, FRG Nationality: German Status: Married Children: Hauke Sven Hillen - May 17, 1987

RESEARCH AND PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Present Full Professor and Chairman of Microbiology at the Institute of Biology, Friedrich-Alexander ...

Group leader Molecular Genetics

PhD student. Analyzing CcpA affinity to cre boxes (catabolite responsive elements) and response of B. subtilis to membrane protein overproduction stress.

I studied chemistry in Erlangen and started research on carbon catabolite regulation in Bacillus megaterium in my diploma thesis. During my PhD thesis I was concerned with quantitative analyses of protein-protein and protein-DNA interactions of CcpA, in vivo- and in vitro-characterization of point mutants of CcpA and coeffectors and I contributed to the structural analysis of different CcpA complexes. During a postdoctoral appointment I focused on interaction analyses of PrfA, a regulator of ...

I started to work with B. subtilis during my diploma thesis in Marburg, analyzing the gene expression pattern during sporulation and their control by the four sporulation sigma factors. This work was continued during my PhD thesis in Greifswald. In collaboration with Prof. Bremer and Prof. Marahiel in Marburg we also studied additional adaptation processes of B. subtilis, like the adaptation to low temperatur and high osmolarity. I am now working as a staff scientist in Prof. Völkers lab in ...