Dr. Evelyn Vollmeister

Project Manager REACT

Office: TIG / 2.43

Tel.: +49 641/99-35901

evelyn.vollmeister

Justus Liebig University Giessen

Institute for Insect Biotechnology

Department of Insect Biotechnology in Plant Protection

Winchester Str. 2

35394 Giessen

Curriculum Vitae

Publications

Vollmeister E, Phokas A, Meyberg R, Böhm CV, Peter M, Kohnert E, Yuan J, Grosche C, Göttig M, Ullrich KK, Perroud PF, Hiltbrunner A, Kreutz C, Coates JC, Rensing SA. (2023) A DELAY OF GERMINATION 1 (DOG1)-like protein regulates spore germination in the moss Physcomitrium patens. Plant J. doi: 10.1111/tpj.16537

Klabunde B, Wesener A, Bertrams W, Beinborn I, Paczia N, Surmann K, Blankenburg S, Wilhelm J, Serrania J, Knoops K, Elsayed EM, Laakmann K, Jung AL, Kirschbaum A, Hammerschmidt S, Alshaar B, Gisch N, Abu Mraheil M, Becker A, Völker U, Vollmeister E, Benedikter BJ, Schmeck B. (2023) NAD⁺ metabolism is a key modulator of bacterial respiratory epithelial infections. Nat Commun. doi: 10.1038/s41467-023-41372-w.

Klabunde B, Wesener A, Bertrams W, Ringshandl S, Halder LD, Vollmeister E, Schmeck B, Benedikter BJ. (2023) Streptococcus pneumoniae disrupts the structure of the golgi apparatus and subsequent epithelial cytokine response in an H₂O₂dependent manner. Cell Commun Signal. doi: 10.1186/s12964-023-01233-x.

Karwelat D, Schmeck B, Ringel M, Benedikter BJ, Hübner K, Beinborn I, Maisner A, Schulte LN, Vollmeister E. (2020) Influenza virus-mediated suppression of bronchial Chitinase-3-like 1 secretion promotes secondary pneumococcal infection. FASEB J. doi: 10.1096/fj.201902988RR.

Bedenbender K, Beinborn I, Vollmeister E, Schmeck B. (2020) p38 and Casein Kinase 2 Mediate Ribonuclease 1 Repression in Inflamed Human Endothelial Cells via Promoter Remodeling Through Nucleosome Remodeling and Deacetylase Complex. Front Cel Dev Biol. doi: 10.3389/fcell.2020.563604.

Vlacil AK, Vollmeister E, Bertrams W, Schoesser F, Oberoi R, Schuett J, Schuett H, Huehn S, Bedenbender K, Schmeck BT, Schieffer B, Grote K. (2020) Identification of microRNAs involved in NOD-dependent induction of pro-inflammatory genes in pulmonary endothelial cells. PLoS One. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0228764.

Hübner K, Karwelat D, Pietsch E, Beinborn I, Winterberg S, Bedenbender K, Benedikter BJ, Schmeck B, Vollmeister E (2020) E. NF-κB-mediated inhibition of microRNA-149-5p regulates Chitinase-3-like 1 expression in human airway epithelial cells. Cell Signal. doi: 10.1016/j.cellsig.2019.109498.

Bedenbender K, Scheller N, Fischer S, Leiting S, Preissner KT, Schmeck BT, Vollmeister E. (2019) Inflammation-mediated deacetylation of the ribonuclease 1 promoter via histone deacetylase 2 in endothelial cells. FASEB J. doi: 10.1096/fj.201900451R.

Göhre V, Vollmeister E, Bölker M, Feldbrügge M. (2012) Microtubule-dependent membrane dynamics in Ustilago maydis: Trafficking and function of Rab5a-positive endosomes. Commun Integr Biol. doi: 10.4161/cib.21219.

Vollmeister E, Schipper K, Feldbrügge M. (2012) Microtubule-dependent mRNA transport in the model microorganism Ustilago maydis. RNA Biol. doi: 10.4161/rna.19432.

Vollmeister E, Schipper K, Baumann S, Haag C, Pohlmann T, Stock J, Feldbrügge M. (2012) Fungal development of the plant pathogen Ustilago maydis. FEMS Microbiol Rev. doi: 10.1111/j.1574-6976.2011.00296.x.

Kellner R, Vollmeister E, Feldbrügge M, Begerow D. (2011) Interspecific sex in grass smuts and the genetic diversity of their pheromone-receptor system. PLoS Genet. doi: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1002436.

Vollmeister E, Feldbrügge M. (2010) Posttranscriptional control of growth and evelopment in Ustilago maydis.Curr Opin Microbiol. doi: 10.1016/j.mib.2010.08.013.

Vollmeister E, Haag C, Zarnack K, Baumann S, König J, Mannhaupt G, Feldbrügge M. (2009) Tandem KH domains of Khd4 recognize AUACCC and are essential for regulation of morphology as well as pathogenicity in Ustilago maydis. RNA. doi: 10.1261/rna.1817609.

Feldbrügge M, Zarnack K, Vollmeister E, Baumann S, Koepke J, König J, Münsterkötter M, Mannhaupt G. (2008) The posttranscriptional machinery of Ustilago maydis. Fungal Genet Biol. doi: 10.1016/j.fgb.2008.03.013.

Becht P, Vollmeister E, Feldbrügge M. (2005) Role for RNA-binding proteins implicated in pathogenic development of Ustilago maydis. Eukaryot Cell. doi: 10.1128/EC.4.1.121-133.2005.

Engagements

• 2020 – 2022 Genetic engineering officer in safety area L1
• 2013 – 2015 Genetic engineering officer in safety area L2

Certificates

• 2020 Life Science Management at ATV GmbH in Cologne
• 2012 Training course in accordance with § 15 para. 2 sentence 1 no. 3, para. 4 of the Genetic Engineering Safety Ordinance
• 2009 Graduate Training program of the International Max Planck Research School for Environmental, Cellular and Molecular Microbiology at MPI Marburg

Teaching

During my scientific career (2006 – 2022) I have supervised numerous doctoral, master's, bachelor's and diploma theses, organized several molecular biology internships and given lectures and seminars to students of biology, human biology and medicine.