Sven Hammerschmidt

Researcher

Address: 

Sven  Hammerschmidt

Department Genetics of Microorganisms, University of Greifswald

Friedrich-Ludwig-Jahnstrasse 15a

D-17487  Greifswald

Germany

Phone number: 

+49 (0) 3834864161

Fax Number: 

+49 (0) 3834864172

Url of your web site: 

http://www.mnf.uni-greifswald.de/institute/fr-biologie/institute-und-forschung/g...

Other research topics: 

in vivo virulence models, colonization model, acute pneumonia model, skin infection model, sepsis model, in vivo bioimaging, metabolism of pneumococci, oxidative stress mechanisms of pneumococci, virulence factors, cellular microbiology of pneumococci, biofilm formation

Other organisms: 

staphylococci, meningococci

Other methods/technologies: 

protein biochemistry - protein-protein interactions (SPR); bioimaging mice

Suggestions for potential research cooperations: 

we aim to explore the mechanisms of pneumococcal oxidative stress resistance, transmission of pneumococci, adaptation of pneumococci interaction of Gram-positive bacteria with host proteins, investigate protein-protein interactions, investigate the physiology of pneumococci

Your research topics: 

antimicrobial resistance

interactions host-pathogen

interactions pathogen-pathogen

pathogenicity

prevention

treatment

Organism studied by your group: 

Bacteria

Special methods/technologies: 

Genetic

Imaging

Molecular Biology