Prof. Dr. Marc Erhardt
Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
Institut für Biologie - Molecular Microbiology
Philippstr. 13 - Haus 22
10115 Berlin
+49 30 2093 49780
Academic career |
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| 2022 — present | Full professor (W3) for Molecular Microbiology — Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Germany |
| 2021 — present | Max Planck Fellow at the Max Planck Unit for the Science of Pathogens, Berlin, Germany |
| 2017 — 2022 | Associate professor (W2) for Bacterial Physiology — Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Germany |
| 2013 — 2017 | Principal investigator of an independent present junior research group — Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research, Germany |
| 2011 — 2012 | Postdoctoral researcher — Université de Fribourg, Switzerland |
| 2007 — 2011 | PhD student / graduate researcher — University of Heidelberg, Germany; University of Konstanz, Germany; University of Utah, USA; Université de Fribourg, Switzerland |
Education |
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| 2011 | PhD thesis – University of Konstanz, Germany (summa cum laude) |
| 2002 — 2006 | Diploma student / undergraduate researcher – University of Ulm; University of Konstanz, Germany; University of Utah, USA |
Fellowships and awards |
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| 2019 | ERC Consolidator Grant |
| 2018 | Forschungspreis der Vereinigung für Allgemeine und Angewandte Mikrobiologie (VAAM) |
| 2013 - 2017 | Helmholtz Young Investigator grant |
| 2012 — 2013 | Marie Curie International Incoming Fellowship |
| 2012 | Elisabeth-Gateff-Prize of the Gesellschaft für Genetik |
| 2012 | EMBO Long-Term Fellowship (declined) |
| 2007 — 2010 | Boehringer Ingelheim Fonds Ph.D. fellowship |
| 2010 | DeLill Nasser Award of the Genetics Society of America |
| 2005 — 2007 | Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes |
Five selected publications (62 total) |
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| 1. | M. Santiveri, [...], M. Erhardt, N. M. I. Taylor. Structure and function of stator units of the bacterial flagellar motor. Cell (2020) vol. 183, 244-257.e16 |
| 2. | Horstmann, M. Lunelli, [...], M. Erhardt. Methylation of Salmonella Typhimurium flagella promotes bacterial adhesion and host cell invasion. Nature Communications (2020) vol. 11, 2013 |
| 3. | I. Spöring, V. A. Martinez, C. Hotz, [...], M. Erhardt. Hook length of the bacterial flagellum is optimized for maximal stability of the flagellar bundle. PLOS Biology (2018) vol. 16 (9) e2006989 |
| 4. | F.D. Fabiani, T.T. Renault, [...], M. Erhardt. A flagellum-specific chaperone facilitates assembly of the core type-III export apparatus of the bacterial flagellum. PLOS Biology (2017) vol. 15 (8) e2002267 |
| 5. | T. T. Renault, [...], M. Erhardt. Bacterial flagella grow through an injection-diffusion mechanism. eLife (2017) 10.7554/eLife.23136 |