Timeline

Ariane Briegel

Head of Structure

04 Nov 2024

publication

Genome-guided isolation of the hyperthermophilic aerobe Fervidibacter sacchari reveals conserved polysaccharide metabolism in the Armatimonadota.

01 Nov 2024

publication

Unpacking Alternative Features of the Bacterial Chemotaxis System.

15 Oct 2024

project

Bacterial interactions in changing environments

15 Oct 2024

project

Bacterial hitchhiking

15 Oct 2024

project

Chemosensing in pathogenic bacteria

09 Oct 2024

team

Integrative Structural Cell Biology

17 Jul 2024

publication

Chemosensory systems interact to shape relevant traits for bacterial plant pathogenesis.

03 Jul 2024

publication

Fluorogenic Probes of the Mycobacterial Membrane as Reporters of Antibiotic Action.

17 Apr 2024

publication

CslA and GlxA from Streptomyces lividans form a functional cellulose synthase complex.

01 Feb 2024

publication

Phage fibers and spikes: a nanoscale Swiss army knife for host infection.

17 Nov 2023

publication

Genome sequence and characterization of Streptomyces phages Vanseggelen and Verabelle, representing two new species within the genus Camvirus.

17 Aug 2023

publication

Characterization of Bacteriophage cd2, a Siphophage Infecting Carnobacterium divergens and a Representative Species of a New Genus of Phage.

01 Jul 2023

publication

Thermophilic Dehalococcoidia with unusual traits shed light on an unexpected past.

31 Jan 2023

publication

A Flexible and Efficient Microfluidics Platform for the Characterization and Isolation of Novel Bacteriophages.

24 Nov 2022

publication

High-resolution reconstruction of a Jumbo-bacteriophage infecting capsulated bacteria using hyperbranched tail fibers.

22 Oct 2022

publication

Genome sequence and characterization of Streptomyces phage Pablito, representing a new species within the genus Janusvirus.

16 Aug 2022

publication

Discovery of a Novel Inner Membrane-Associated Bacterial Structure Related to the Flagellar Type III Secretion System.

01 Jul 2022

publication

Correction to: ‘Cell wall deficiency as an escape mechanism from phage infection’ (2022) by Ongenae et al.

01 Jun 2022

publication

Reversible bacteriophage resistance by shedding the bacterial cell wall.

01 Mar 2022

publication

The VarA-CsrA regulatory pathway influences cell shape in Vibrio cholerae.

11 Jan 2022

publication

UVC inactivation of pathogenic samples suitable for cryo-EM analysis.

01 Jan 2022

publication

How advances in cryo-electron tomography have contributed to our current view of bacterial cell biology.

01 Sep 2021

publication

In situ imaging of bacterial outer membrane projections and associated protein complexes using electron cryo-tomography.

01 Sep 2021

publication

Cell wall deficiency as an escape mechanism from phage infection.

01 Sep 2021

publication

Microbial hitchhiking: how Streptomyces spores are transported by motile soil bacteria.

29 Jun 2021

publication

Loss of the Bacterial Flagellar Motor Switch Complex upon Cell Lysis.

01 Jun 2021

publication

Formation of wall-less cells in Kitasatospora viridifaciens requires cytoskeletal protein FilP in oxygen-limiting conditions.

13 Nov 2020

publication

Atypical chemoreceptor arrays accommodate high membrane curvature.

10 Nov 2020

publication

Engineered chemotaxis core signaling units indicate a constrained kinase-off state.

01 Oct 2020

publication

Mathematical Mirroring for Identification of Local Symmetry Centers in Microscopic Images Local Symmetry Detection in FIJI.

01 Sep 2020

publication

Polysaccharide length affects mycobacterial cell shape and antibiotic susceptibility.

01 Sep 2020

publication

The chemosensory systems of Vibrio cholerae.

17 Jun 2020

publication

Teichoic acids anchor distinct cell wall lamellae in an apically growing bacterium.

01 Jun 2020

publication

An Economical, Portable Manual Cryogenic Plunge Freezer for the Preparation of Vitrified Biological Samples for Cryogenic Electron Microscopy.

27 Apr 2020

publication

Repurposing a chemosensory macromolecular machine.

10 Mar 2020

publication

Species-Specific Recognition of Sulfolobales Mediated by UV-Inducible Pili and S-Layer Glycosylation Patterns.

01 Jan 2020

publication

Regulation of the chemotaxis histidine kinase CheA: A structural perspective.

01 Jan 2020

publication

Isolation and Characterization of Shewanella Phage Thanatos Infecting and Lysing Shewanella oneidensis and Promoting Nascent Biofilm Formation.

01 Jan 2020

publication

Diversity of Bacterial Chemosensory Arrays.

24 Sep 2019

publication

Distinct Chemotaxis Protein Paralogs Assemble into Chemoreceptor Signaling Arrays To Coordinate Signaling Output.

02 Jul 2019

publication

In Situ Conformational Changes of the Escherichia coli Serine Chemoreceptor in Different Signaling States.

15 Jun 2019

publication

Brucella Periplasmic Protein EipB Is a Molecular Determinant of Cell Envelope Integrity and Virulence.

01 Mar 2019

publication

γ-proteobacteria eject their polar flagella under nutrient depletion, retaining flagellar motor relic structures.

01 Mar 2019

publication

Periplasmic protein EipA determines envelope stress resistance and virulence in Brucella abortus.

01 Jan 2019

publication

Stress-induced adaptive morphogenesis in bacteria.

01 Jan 2019

publication

Structural and Proteomic Changes in Viable but Non-culturable Vibrio cholerae.

26 Dec 2018

publication

Baseplate variability of Vibrio cholerae chemoreceptor arrays.

04 Dec 2018

publication

Stress-induced formation of cell wall-deficient cells in filamentous actinomycetes.

01 Jun 2018

publication

Editorial overview: The new microscopy.

12 Mar 2018

publication

Chemotaxis arrays in Vibrio species and their intracellular positioning by the ParC/ParP system.

01 Feb 2018

publication

An Open-Source Storage Solution for Cryo-Electron Microscopy Samples.

01 Jan 2018

publication

Use of Cryo-EM to Study the Structure of Chemoreceptor Arrays In Vivo.

07 Nov 2017

publication

His-Tag-Mediated Dimerization of Chemoreceptors Leads to Assembly of Functional Nanoarrays.

01 Nov 2017

publication

LytM factors affect the recruitment of autolysins to the cell division site in Caulobacter crescentus.

23 Oct 2017

publication

Coupling chemosensory array formation and localization.

01 Sep 2017

publication

Morphology of the archaellar motor and associated cytoplasmic cone in Thermococcus kodakaraensis.

01 Sep 2017

publication

Uncharacterized Bacterial Structures Revealed by Electron Cryotomography.

01 Jun 2017

publication

Short FtsZ filaments can drive asymmetric cell envelope constriction at the onset of bacterial cytokinesis.

22 May 2017

publication

Progress and Potential of Electron Cryotomography as Illustrated by Its Application to Bacterial Chemoreceptor Arrays.

08 May 2017

publication

Recent advances and future prospects in bacterial and archaeal locomotion and signal transduction.

01 Nov 2016

publication

Phylogenomic analysis of Candidatus ‘Izimaplasma’ species: free-living representatives from a Tenericutes clade found in methane seeps.

13 Sep 2016

publication

Chemotaxis cluster 1 proteins form cytoplasmic arrays in Vibrio cholerae and are stabilized by a double signaling domain receptor DosM.

14 Jul 2015

publication

Structural asymmetry in a conserved signaling system that regulates division, replication, and virulence of an intracellular pathogen.

01 Jun 2015

publication

Structural conservation of chemotaxis machinery across Archaea and Bacteria.

25 Mar 2014

publication

Structure of bacterial cytoplasmic chemoreceptor arrays and implications for chemotactic signaling.

01 Jul 2013

publication

The challenge of determining handedness in electron tomography and the use of DNA origami gold nanoparticle helices as molecular standards.

07 Dec 2012

publication

General protein diffusion barriers create compartments within bacterial cells.

15 Oct 2012

publication

A multidomain hub anchors the chromosome segregation and chemotactic machinery to the bacterial pole.

06 Mar 2012

publication

Bacterial chemoreceptor arrays are hexagonally packed trimers of receptor dimers networked by rings of kinase and coupling proteins.

01 Nov 2011

publication

Activated chemoreceptor arrays remain intact and hexagonally packed.

14 Jun 2011

publication

Structural diversity of bacterial flagellar motors.

22 Apr 2011

publication

Long helical filaments are not seen encircling cells in electron cryotomograms of rod-shaped bacteria.

01 Aug 2010

publication

The metabolic enzyme CTP synthase forms cytoskeletal filaments.

01 Jul 2010

publication

DipM, a new factor required for peptidoglycan remodelling during cell division in Caulobacter crescentus.

01 Jul 2010

publication

Mutations in the Lipopolysaccharide biosynthesis pathway interfere with crescentin-mediated cell curvature in Caulobacter crescentus.

06 May 2010

publication

Electron cryotomography of bacterial cells.

20 Jan 2010

publication

Bactofilins, a ubiquitous class of cytoskeletal proteins mediating polar localization of a cell wall synthase in Caulobacter crescentus.

01 Jan 2010

publication

Correlated light and electron cryo-microscopy.

06 Oct 2009

publication

Universal architecture of bacterial chemoreceptor arrays.

01 Oct 2008

publication

An improved cryogen for plunge freezing.

19 Sep 2008

publication

A self-associating protein critical for chromosome attachment, division, and polar organization in caulobacter.

01 Sep 2008

publication

Ignicoccus hospitalis and Nanoarchaeum equitans: ultrastructure, cell-cell interaction, and 3D reconstruction from serial sections of freeze-substituted cells and by electron cryotomography.

22 Aug 2008

publication

Stygiolobus rod-shaped virus and the interplay of crenarchaeal rudiviruses with the CRISPR antiviral system.

01 Jul 2008

publication

Location and architecture of the Caulobacter crescentus chemoreceptor array.

01 Dec 2007

publication

A little guide for advanced search:

Genome-guided isolation of the hyperthermophilic aerobe Fervidibacter sacchari reveals conserved polysaccharide metabolism in the Armatimonadota.

Unpacking Alternative Features of the Bacterial Chemotaxis System.

Bacterial interactions in changing environments

Bacterial hitchhiking

Chemosensing in pathogenic bacteria

Integrative Structural Cell Biology

Chemosensory systems interact to shape relevant traits for bacterial plant pathogenesis.

Fluorogenic Probes of the Mycobacterial Membrane as Reporters of Antibiotic Action.

CslA and GlxA from Streptomyces lividans form a functional cellulose synthase complex.

Phage fibers and spikes: a nanoscale Swiss army knife for host infection.

Genome sequence and characterization of Streptomyces phages Vanseggelen and Verabelle, representing two new species within the genus Camvirus.

Characterization of Bacteriophage cd2, a Siphophage Infecting Carnobacterium divergens and a Representative Species of a New Genus of Phage.

Thermophilic Dehalococcoidia with unusual traits shed light on an unexpected past.

A Flexible and Efficient Microfluidics Platform for the Characterization and Isolation of Novel Bacteriophages.

High-resolution reconstruction of a Jumbo-bacteriophage infecting capsulated bacteria using hyperbranched tail fibers.

Genome sequence and characterization of Streptomyces phage Pablito, representing a new species within the genus Janusvirus.

Discovery of a Novel Inner Membrane-Associated Bacterial Structure Related to the Flagellar Type III Secretion System.

Correction to: ‘Cell wall deficiency as an escape mechanism from phage infection’ (2022) by Ongenae et al.

Reversible bacteriophage resistance by shedding the bacterial cell wall.

The VarA-CsrA regulatory pathway influences cell shape in Vibrio cholerae.

UVC inactivation of pathogenic samples suitable for cryo-EM analysis.

How advances in cryo-electron tomography have contributed to our current view of bacterial cell biology.

In situ imaging of bacterial outer membrane projections and associated protein complexes using electron cryo-tomography.

Cell wall deficiency as an escape mechanism from phage infection.

Microbial hitchhiking: how Streptomyces spores are transported by motile soil bacteria.

Loss of the Bacterial Flagellar Motor Switch Complex upon Cell Lysis.

Formation of wall-less cells in Kitasatospora viridifaciens requires cytoskeletal protein FilP in oxygen-limiting conditions.

Atypical chemoreceptor arrays accommodate high membrane curvature.

Engineered chemotaxis core signaling units indicate a constrained kinase-off state.

Mathematical Mirroring for Identification of Local Symmetry Centers in Microscopic Images Local Symmetry Detection in FIJI.

Polysaccharide length affects mycobacterial cell shape and antibiotic susceptibility.

The chemosensory systems of Vibrio cholerae.

Teichoic acids anchor distinct cell wall lamellae in an apically growing bacterium.

An Economical, Portable Manual Cryogenic Plunge Freezer for the Preparation of Vitrified Biological Samples for Cryogenic Electron Microscopy.

Repurposing a chemosensory macromolecular machine.

Species-Specific Recognition of Sulfolobales Mediated by UV-Inducible Pili and S-Layer Glycosylation Patterns.

Regulation of the chemotaxis histidine kinase CheA: A structural perspective.

Isolation and Characterization of Shewanella Phage Thanatos Infecting and Lysing Shewanella oneidensis and Promoting Nascent Biofilm Formation.

Diversity of Bacterial Chemosensory Arrays.

Distinct Chemotaxis Protein Paralogs Assemble into Chemoreceptor Signaling Arrays To Coordinate Signaling Output.

In Situ Conformational Changes of the Escherichia coli Serine Chemoreceptor in Different Signaling States.

Brucella Periplasmic Protein EipB Is a Molecular Determinant of Cell Envelope Integrity and Virulence.

γ-proteobacteria eject their polar flagella under nutrient depletion, retaining flagellar motor relic structures.

Periplasmic protein EipA determines envelope stress resistance and virulence in Brucella abortus.

Stress-induced adaptive morphogenesis in bacteria.

Structural and Proteomic Changes in Viable but Non-culturable Vibrio cholerae.

Baseplate variability of Vibrio cholerae chemoreceptor arrays.

Stress-induced formation of cell wall-deficient cells in filamentous actinomycetes.

Editorial overview: The new microscopy.

Chemotaxis arrays in Vibrio species and their intracellular positioning by the ParC/ParP system.

An Open-Source Storage Solution for Cryo-Electron Microscopy Samples.

Use of Cryo-EM to Study the Structure of Chemoreceptor Arrays In Vivo.

His-Tag-Mediated Dimerization of Chemoreceptors Leads to Assembly of Functional Nanoarrays.

LytM factors affect the recruitment of autolysins to the cell division site in Caulobacter crescentus.

Coupling chemosensory array formation and localization.

Morphology of the archaellar motor and associated cytoplasmic cone in Thermococcus kodakaraensis.

Uncharacterized Bacterial Structures Revealed by Electron Cryotomography.

Short FtsZ filaments can drive asymmetric cell envelope constriction at the onset of bacterial cytokinesis.

Progress and Potential of Electron Cryotomography as Illustrated by Its Application to Bacterial Chemoreceptor Arrays.

Recent advances and future prospects in bacterial and archaeal locomotion and signal transduction.

Phylogenomic analysis of Candidatus ‘Izimaplasma’ species: free-living representatives from a Tenericutes clade found in methane seeps.

Chemotaxis cluster 1 proteins form cytoplasmic arrays in Vibrio cholerae and are stabilized by a double signaling domain receptor DosM.

Structural asymmetry in a conserved signaling system that regulates division, replication, and virulence of an intracellular pathogen.

Structural conservation of chemotaxis machinery across Archaea and Bacteria.

Structure of bacterial cytoplasmic chemoreceptor arrays and implications for chemotactic signaling.

The challenge of determining handedness in electron tomography and the use of DNA origami gold nanoparticle helices as molecular standards.

General protein diffusion barriers create compartments within bacterial cells.

A multidomain hub anchors the chromosome segregation and chemotactic machinery to the bacterial pole.

Bacterial chemoreceptor arrays are hexagonally packed trimers of receptor dimers networked by rings of kinase and coupling proteins.

Activated chemoreceptor arrays remain intact and hexagonally packed.

Structural diversity of bacterial flagellar motors.

Long helical filaments are not seen encircling cells in electron cryotomograms of rod-shaped bacteria.

The metabolic enzyme CTP synthase forms cytoskeletal filaments.

DipM, a new factor required for peptidoglycan remodelling during cell division in Caulobacter crescentus.

Mutations in the Lipopolysaccharide biosynthesis pathway interfere with crescentin-mediated cell curvature in Caulobacter crescentus.

Electron cryotomography of bacterial cells.

Bactofilins, a ubiquitous class of cytoskeletal proteins mediating polar localization of a cell wall synthase in Caulobacter crescentus.

Correlated light and electron cryo-microscopy.

Universal architecture of bacterial chemoreceptor arrays.