Alexander Lichius, Dipl.-Biol. Dr. (PhD)
Universitätsassistent
Institut für Mikrobiologie
Technikerstr. 25d
A-6020 Innsbruck
Viktor-Franz-Hess Haus, 6. Stock, Raum 6/04
Tel.: +43 (0)512 507 51256
Fax: +43 (0)512 507 2928
Mail: Alexander.Lichius@uibk.ac.at
Homepage: www.uibk.ac.at/microbiology, https://lfu.academia.edu/DrAlexanderLichius
ORCID: 0000-0002-2971-9604 / researcherID: M-3808-2017
CV milestones
since 2015
University Assistant, Department of Microbiology, University of Innsbruck, AT Working group: Prof. Susanne Zeilinger Topic: Molecular cell biology of Trichoderma atroviride mycoparasitism
2012 – 2015
Project Assistant, Institute of Chemical Engineering, University of Technology Vienna, Austria
Working group: Prof. Christian P. Kubicek
Topic: Molecular cell biology of Trichoderma reesei cellulose metabolism
2011
Postdoctoral Researcher, Department of Microbiology, Centro de Investigación Científica y de Educación Superior de Ensenada (CICESE), Ensenada, MX
Working group: Prof. Ernestina Castro-Longoria
Topic: Functions of the polarisome in tip growth of Neurospora crassa
2006 – 2010
PhD Student, Institute of Cell Biology, The University of Edinburgh, UK
Working group: Prof. Nick D. Read
Topic: Cell communication and cell-cell fusion in Neurospora crassa
2004 – 2006
Research Assistant, Institute of Biophysics, University of Technology Dresden, DE
Working group: Prof. Petra Schwille
Topic: Fluorescence-Cross-Correlation Spectroscopy in planta
1998 – 2004
BSc/MSc Student, Faculty of Biology, University of Technology Aachen (RWTH-Aachen), DE
Majors: Plant Physiology, Immunobiology, Biotechnology and Bioprocess Engineering
Forschungsgebiete
- Molekulare Zellbiologie filamentöser Pilze
- Mikrobielle Interaktionen und Zell-Zell-Kommunikation
- Mykoparasitismus und Biokontrolle
- (Hemi-)Zellulasestoffwechsel und Genregulation
- Zellpolarisation und gerichtetes Wachstum
- Zell-Zellfusion (Selbst- und nicht-Selbsterkennung)
Lehrveranstaltungen
Liste der Lehrveranstaltungen ›
Projekte
- T. tip – Understanding mycoparasitic attack on the single cell level (TWF)
- From organismic to biomolecular interactions: Visualizing signalling complexes in the fungal membrane (WWTF)
Weitere Aufgaben
- Organisation des Institutseminars
- Labororganisation und Management
- Betreung von Bachelor-, Master- und PhD Studenten
- Advisory board member Tenure Track Qualification Committee of UIBK
- Operator of www.mycologytyrol.org
Publikationen
Atanasova L, Gruber S‡, Lichius A.‡, Radebner T, Abendstein L, Münsterkötter M, Stralis-Pavese N, Łabaj PP, Kreil DP, Zeilinger S. 2018 The Gpr1-regulated Sur7 family protein Sfp2 is required for hyphal growth and cell wall stability in the mycoparasite Trichoderma atroviride. Scientific Reports. 8(1). Nature
Weichert, M., Lichius, A., Priegnitz, B.E., Brandt, U., Gottschalk, J., Nawrath, T., Groenhagen, U., Read, N.D., Schulz, S. and Fleißner, A. 2016. Accumulation of specific sterol precursors targets a MPK kinase cascade mediating cell-cell recognition and fusion. Proceedings of the National Academy of Science. 113(42):11877-11882. PNAS
Lichius, A.‡, F. Bidard‡, F. Buchholz, S. Le Crom, J. Martin ,W. Schackwitz, T. Austerlitz, I.V. Grigoriev, S.E. Baker, A. Margeot, B. Seiboth and C. P. Kubicek. 2015. Genome sequencing of the Trichoderma reesei QM9136 mutant identifies a truncation of the transcriptional regulator XYR1 as the cause for its cellulase negative phenotype. BMC Genomics 16:326. BMC Genomics
Lichius, A. ‡,*, A. Gorjachev, M.D. Fricker, B. Obara, E. Castro-Longoria and N.D. Read*. 2014. CDC-42 and RAC-1 regulate opposite chemotropism in Neurospora crassa. Journal of Cell Science 127:1953-1965. JCS