Principal Investigator, Speaker, Steering Committee

Prof. Dr. Hinrich Schulenburg

Institution

Kiel University
Zoological Institute
Evolutionary Ecology and Genetics Lab
Max-Planck-Institute for Evolutionary Biology
Max Planck Fellow Group Antibiotic Resistance Evolution
Vita

Education/Training

1996 – 2000
PhD degree at Cambridge University, UK

1991 – 1996
Studies in Biology, Bielefeld University and Cambridge University, UK

Research Experience/Academic Appointments

Since 2008
Professor in Zoology (W3), Christian-Albrechts University Kiel

2005 – 2008
Research scientist, Eberhard-Karls University Tübingen

2000 – 2005
Research assistant, Westphalian Wilhelms-University Münster

Important Scientific Prizes/Functions

Since 2017
Max Planck Fellow at the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Biology, Plön

Since 2016
Vice-speaker of the CRC 1182 Origin and Function of Metaorganisms

Since 2016
Speaker of the Kiel Evolution Center at CAU Kiel

Since 2016
Vice-speaker of the Leibniz ScienceCampus Evolutionary Medicine of the Lung (EvoLUNG)

Since 2016
Steering committee of the Leibniz ScienceCampus Kiel Science Outreach Campus (KiSOC)

Since 2014
Director of Master curriculum Molecular Biology and Evolution at CAU Kiel

Since 2014
Steering committee of the Excellence Cluster Inflammation at Interfaces (now Precision Medicine in chronic Inflammation) and the CAU research focus Kiel Life Science

Since 2013
Editorial board of Zoology

Since 2010
Speaker of the International Max-Planck Research School for Evolutionary Biology at CAU Kiel (together with Diethard Tautz)

Since 2009
Vice-speaker of the priority program SPP 1399 Host-parasite coevolution

2013-2017
Secretary of the European Society for Evolutionary Biology

2010-2014
Associate editor for BMC Evolutionary Biology

2006-2007
Fellow at the Wissenschaftskolleg in Berlin

Contact

+49 431 880 4141
+49 431 880 2403
hschulenburg@zoologie.uni-kiel.de
https://www.evoecogen-kiel.de/ https://www.evolbio.mpg.de/3249962/antibioticresistance https://gepris.dfg.de/gepris/person/1709926
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Associated Research Groups

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Communicating the Metaorganism

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Prof. Dr. Hinrich Schulenburg
Publications

Publications

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2024
C4

The archaeome in metaorganism research, with a focus on marine models and their bacteria–archaea interactions

von Hoyningen-Huene, A. J., Bang, C., Rausch, P., Rühlemann, M., Fokt, H., He, J., Jensen, N., Knop, M., Petersen, C., Schmittmann, L., Zimmer, T., Baines, J. F., Bosch, T. C. G., Hentschel, U., Reusch, T. B. H., Roeder, T., Franke, A., Schulenburg, H., Stukenbrock, E., & Schmitz, R. A. (2024). Frontiers in Microbiology, 15, 1347422. doi: https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2024.1347422

2024
B1

Shaping tiny worlds: Paternal microbiota manipulation influences offspring microbial colonization and development in a sex role-reversed pipefish

Wagner, K. S., Salasc, F., Marten, S. M., & Roth, O. (2024). bioRxiv, 2024-10. doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2024.10.09.617486

2024
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A1
C1

Wie arbeitet Wissenschaft heute? Vernetzte Zugänge für Universität und Schule

Parchmann, I., Bosch, T. B., Claussen, C., Duscher, T., Enzingmüller, C., Knüver, J., & Schulenburg, H. (2024). MNU-Journal/Verband zur Förderung des MINT-Unterrichts, 2024(1), 29-36.

2024
A1
A4

Gut-associated functions are favored during microbiome assembly across a major part of C. elegans life

Zimmermann, J., Piecyk, A., Sieber, M., Petersen, C., Johnke, J., Moitinho-Silva, L., Künzel, S., Bluhm, L., Traulsen, A., Kaleta, C., & Schulenburg, H. (2024). Mbio, 15(5), e00012-24. doi: https://doi.org/10.1128/mbio.00012-24

2024
A1

Metabolic model predictions enable targeted microbiome manipulation through precision prebiotics

Marinos, G., Hamerich, I. K., Debray, R., Obeng, N., Petersen, C., Taubenheim, J., Zimmermann, J., Blackburn, D., Samuel, B. S., Dierking, K., Franke, A., Laudes, M., Waschina, S., Schulenburg, H., & Kaleta, C. (2024). Microbiology Spectrum, 12(2), e01144-23. doi: https://doi.org/10.1128/spectrum.01144-23

 

2023
PR

Developing science outreach events based on stakeholders’ objectives and expectations – A case study of a lecture day for schools

Claussen C, Enzingmüller C, Kremer K, Schulenburg H, Parchmann I (2023) Developing science outreach events based on stakeholders’ objectives and expectations – A case study of a lecture day for schools. Sciendo 6:49–66. doi: 10.23770/ristal-2023-3

2023
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INF

Gut-associated functions are favored during microbiome assembly across C. elegans life

Zimmermann J*, Piecyk A*, Sieber M, Petersen C, Johnke J, Moitinho-Silva L, Künzel S, Bluhm L, Traulsen A, Kaleta C, Schulenburg H (2023) Gut-associated functions are favored during microbiome assembly across C. elegans life. bioRxiv doi:10.1101/2023.03.25.534195. *Shared first authorship.

2023
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INF
Z3

Host and microbiome jointly contribute to environmental adaptation

Petersen C*, Hamerich IK*, Adair KL*, Griem-Krey H, Torres Oliva M, Hoeppner MP, Bohannan BJM*, Schulenburg H* (2023) Host and microbiome jointly contribute to environmental adaptation. ISME Journal doi.org/10.1038/s41396-023-01507-9. *Shared first or senior authorship.

2023
A1

The intricate triangular interaction between protective microbe, pathogen, and host genetics determines fitness of the metaorganism

Griem-Krey H*, Petersen C*, Hamerich IK, Schulenburg H (2023) The intricate triangular interaction between protective microbe, pathogen, and host genetics determines fitness of the metaorganism. bioRxiv *shared first authors doi:10.1101/2023.03.22.533850.

2023
A4
Z3

Bacterial c-di-GMP has a key role in establishing host-microbe symbiosis

Obeng N, Czerwinski A, Schütz D, Michels J, Leipert J, Bansept F, García García MJ, Schultheiß T, Kemlein M, Fuß J, Tholey A, Traulsen A, Sondermann H, Schulenburg H (2023) Bacterial c-di-GMP has a key role in establishing host-microbe symbiosis. Nature Microbiology doi: 10.1038/s41564-023-01468-x.

2023
A4

Environmental selection overrides host selection in a horizontally acquired microbiota

Obeng N, Schulenburg H (2023) Environmental selection overrides host selection in a horizontally acquired microbiota. bioRxiv doi:10.1101/2023.03.22.533819

2022
A1

Isolation and Characterization of the Natural Microbiota of the Model Nematode Caenorhabditis elegans

Petersen, C., Dierking, K., Johnke, J., Schulenburg, H. Isolation and Characterization of the Natural Microbiota of the Model Nematode Caenorhabditis elegans. J. Vis. Exp. (186), e64249, doi:10.3791/64249 (2022).

2022
A1

Exploring Effects of C. elegans Protective Natural Microbiota on Host Physiology.

Kissoyan KAB, Peters L, Giez C, Michels J, Pees B, Hamerich IK, Schulenburg H, Dierking K. (2022) Front Cell Infect Microbiol. 12:775728. doi: 10.3389/fcimb.2022.775728
2021
A1
INF

The genetics of gene expression in a Caenorhabditis elegans multiparental recombinant inbred line population.

Snoek BL, Sterken MG, Nijveen H, Volkers RJM, Riksen J, Rosenstiel PC, Schulenburg H, Kammenga JE. (2021) G3 (Bethesda). 11(10):jkab258. doi: 10.1093/g3journal/jkab258.

2021
A4
Featured

Modeling host-associating microbes under selection.

Bansept F, Obeng N, Schulenburg H, Traulsen A (2021) ISME J. 15(12):3648-3656. doi:10.1038/s41396-021-01039-0

2021
A1

The effects of nested miRNAs and their host genes on immune defense against Bacillus thuringiensis infection in Caenorhabditis elegans.

Zárate-Potes A, Yang W, Andresen B, Nakad B, Haase D, Rosenstiel P, Dierking K*, Schulenburg H* (2021) Dev Comp Immunol. 123:104144 doi: 10.1016/j.dci.2021.104144  *Shared senior authorship.

2021
A1

Effector and regulator: Diverse functions of C. elegans C-type lectin-like domain proteins.

Pees B, Yang W, Kloock A, Petersen C, Peters L, Fan L, Friedrichsen M, Butze S, Zárate-Potes A, Schulenburg H, Dierking K (2021)  PLoS Pathogens. 17(4):e1009454. doi: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1009454

2021
A4
Featured

Evolution of microbiota–host associations: the microbe’s perspective

Obeng N, Bansept F, Sieber M, Traulsen A, Schulenburg H (2021) Trends in Microbiol. 29(9):779-787. doi: 10.1016/j.tim.2021.02.005

2021
A4
Featured

On the evolutionary origins of host–microbe associations.

Sieber M, Traulsen A, Schulenburg H, Douglas AE (2021) PNAS. 118(9):e2016487118. doi: 10.1073/pnas.2016487118

2020
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Microbiome-mediated plasticity directs host evolution along several distinct time scale

Kolodny O, Schulenburg H (2020) Phil. Trans. R. Soc. B. 375: 20190589. doi: 10.1098/rstb.2019.0589

2020
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A4
PR

Metaorganismusforschung trifft Schule: Wissenschaftskommunikation an der Universität zu Kiel.

Claussen C, Kapitza M, Knapp JM, Bernholt A, Schulenburg H, Kremer KH (2020). Biologie in unserer Zeit (BiuZ), 50(4), 270-277. doi: 10.1002/biuz.202010713

2020
A1

CeMbio – The Caenorhabditis elegans microbiome resource

Dirksen P, Assié A, Zimmermann J, Zhang F, Tietje A-M, Arnaud Marsh S, Félix M-A, Shapira M, Kaleta C, Schulenburg H, Samuel B (2020) G3. 10(9): 3025–3039. doi: 10.1534/g3.120.401309
2020
A4

Community assembly of the native C. elegans microbiome is influenced by time, substrate and individual bacterial taxa

Johnke J, Dirksen P, Schulenburg H (2020) Environ. Microbiol. 22(4):1265–1279 doi: 10.1111/1462-2920.14932

2020
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INF
Featured

The functional repertoire contained within the native microbiota of the model nematode Caenorhabditis elegans

Zimmermann J*, Obeng N*, Yang W, Pees B, Petersen C, Waschina S, Kissoyan KAB, Aidley J, Hoeppner MP, Bunk B, Spröer C, Leippe M, Dierking K, Kaleta C*, Schulenburg H* (2019) ISME J. 14: 26–38. * Shared first or senior authorship  doi: 10.1038/s41396-019-0504-y

2020
A4
B1

Bdellovibrio and like organisms are predictors of microbiome diversity across diverse host groups.

Johnke J, Fraune S, Bosch TCG, Hentschel U, Schulenburg H (2020) Microbial Ecology. 79: 252–257. doi: 10.1007/s00248-019-01395-7

2019
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Z3
Featured

Comparative analysis of amplicon and metagenomic sequencing methods reveals key features in the evolution of animal metaorganisms

Rausch P, Rühlemann M, Hermes BM, Doms S, Dagan T, Dierking K, Domin H, Fraune S, von Frieling J, Hentschel U, Heinsen F-A, Höppner M, Jahn MT, Jaspers C, Kissoyan KAB, Langfeldt D, Rehman A, Reusch TBH, Roeder T, Schmitz RA, Schulenburg H, Soluch R, Sommer F, Stukenbrock E, Weiland-Bräuer N, Rosenstiel P, Franke A, Bosch T, Baines JF (2019) Microbiome, doi: 10.1186/s40168-019-0743-1

2019
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A4
INF
Z3

The inducible response of the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans to members of its natural microbiome across development and adult life

Yang W#, Petersen C#, Pees B#, Zimmermann J, Waschina S, Dirksen P, Rosenstiel P, Tholey A, Leippe M, Dierking K, Kaleta C*, Schulenburg H*.  Front Microbiol. 10:1793. # Equal contribution as first authors, * Equal contribution as senior authors doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2019.01793.

2019
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B1
B2
Featured

Neutrality in the metaorganism

Sieber M, Pita L, Weiland-Bräuer N, Dirksen P, Wang J, Mortzfeld B, Franzenburg S, Schmitz RA, Baines JF, Fraune S, Hentschel U, Schulenburg H, Bosch TCG, Traulsen A (2019) PLoS Biol., DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.3000298

2019
A1

aFold – using polynomial uncertainty modelling for differential gene expression estimation from RNA sequencing data

Yang W, Rosenstiel P, Schulenburg H (2019) BMC Genomics, 20:364, 1-17. doi: 10.1186/s12864-019-5686-1

2019
A1

A multi-parent recombinant inbred line population of C. elegans allows identification of novel QTLs for complex life-history traits

Snoek BL, Volkers RJM, Nijveen H, Petersen C, Dirksen P, Sterken MG, Nakad R, Riksen J, Rosenstiel P, Stastna JJ, Braeckman BP, Harvey SC, Schulenburg H*, Kammenga JE* (2019) BMC Biol. 17:24. * Shared senior authorship doi: 10.1186/s12915-019-0642-8

2018
A1

The Caenorhabditis elegans proteome response to naturally associated microbiome members of the genus Ochrobactrum

Cassidy L, Petersen C, Treitz C, Dierking K, Schulenburg H, Leippe M, Tholey A (2018); Proteomics, doi: 10.1002/pmic.201700426

2018
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C1
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Metaorganisms in extreme environments: do microbes play a role in organismal adaptation?

Bang C, Dagan T, Deines P, Dubilier N, Duschl W J, Fraune S, Hentschel U, Hirt H, Hülter N, Lachnit T, Picazo D, Galan P L, Pogoreutz C, Rädecker N, Saad M M, Schmitz R A, Schulenburg H, Voolstra C R, Weiland-Bräuer N, Ziegler M, Bosch T C G (2018); Zoology, doi: 10.1016/j.zool.2018.02.004

2017
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The Natural Biotic Environment of Caenorhabditis elegans.

Schulenburg H, Félix M A (2017); Genetics., 206(1):55-86. doi: 10.1534/genetics.116.195511

2017
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Caenorhabditis elegans as a model for microbiome research.

Zhang F, Berg M, Dierking K, Félix M A, Shapira M, Samuel B, Schulenburg H (2017); Front. Microbiol., 8:485. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2017.00485

2016
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C2
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The native microbiome of the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans: Gateway to a new host-microbiome model.

Dirksen P, Marsh SA, Braker I, Heitland N, Wagner S, Nakad R, Mader S, Petersen C, Kowallik V, Rosenstiel P C, Felix M A, Schulenburg H (2016); BMC Biology, 14:38. doi:10.1186/s12915-016-0258-1

2016
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A4

Antimicrobial effectors in the nematode C. elegans – an outgroup to the Arthropoda.

Dierking K, Yang W, Schulenburg H (2016); Phil Trans R Soc Lond B., 371. doi: 10.1098/rstb.2015.0299

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