Areas of Interest
Biochemical aspects of the bacterial response to oxidative stress.
Honors & Awards
Elected Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science, 2020
Elected Member, German National Academy of Sciences (Leopoldina), 2020
Elected Member, Bavarian Academy of Sciences and Humanities, 2014
Faculty Recognition Award, University of Michigan, 2011
Biological Sciences Scholar, University of Michigan, 2001
Career Award in the Biomedical Sciences, Burroughs Wellcome Fund, 2000
Sokol Postdoctoral Award, 1998
Published Articles or Reviews
Recent Publications
From guide to guard-activation mechanism of the stress-sensing chaperone Get3.
Ulrich K, Farkas Á, Chan O, Katamanin O, Schwappach B, Jakob U.
Mol Cell. 2022; 82: 3226–38.
Polyphosphate drives bacterial heterochromatin formation.
Beaufay F, Amemiya HM, Guan J, Basalla J, Meinen BA, Chen Z, Mitra R, Bardwell JCA, Biteen JS, Vecchiarelli AG, Freddolino PL, Jakob U.
Sci Adv. 2021; 7: eabk0233.
Depletion of mitochondrial inorganic polyphosphate (polyP) in mammalian cells causes metabolic shift from oxidative phosphorylation to glycolysis.
Solesio ME, Xie L, McIntyre B, Ellenberger M, Mitaishvili E, Bhadra-Lobo S, Bettcher LF, Bazil JN, Raftery D, Jakob U, Pavlov EV.
Biochem J. 2021; 478: 1631–46.
Thiol-based switching mechanisms of stress-sensing chaperones.
Ulrich K, Schwappach B, Jakob U.
Biol Chem. 2020; 402: 239–52.
Mycobacterium tuberculosis Rv0991c Is a Redox-Regulated Molecular Chaperone.
Becker SH, Ulrich K, Dhabaria A, Ueberheide B, Beavers W, Skaar EP, Iyer LM, Aravind L, Jakob U, Darwin KH.
mBio. 2020; 11: e01545-20.
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