Principal Investigator, Steering Committee

Prof. Dr. Tal Dagan

Vita

Education/Training

2005 – 2011
Habilitation in Microbiology, Heinrich-Heine-University (HHU) Düsseldorf

2001 – 2005
Ph.D. in Molecular Evolution, Tel-Aviv University, Israel

1999 – 2000
M.Sc. in Molecular Evolution, Tel-Aviv University, Israel

1996 – 1998
B.Sc. in Biology, Faculty of Life Sciences, Tel-Aviv University, Israel

1990 – 1995
Programmer, Israeli Defense Force


Research Experience/Academic Appointments

Since 2013
Professor (W3) of Genomic Microbiology, CAU Kiel

2012 – 2013
Professor (W2) of Genomic Microbiology, HHU Düsseldorf

2011 – 2012
Research fellow, Institute of Molecular Evolution, HHU Düsseldorf

2005 – 2011
Research assistant, Institute of Molecular Evolution, HHU Düsseldorf


Important Scientific Prizes/Functions

Since 2013
Head of genomics section – Biology Direct

Since 2012
Associate editor – Genome Biology and Evolution

2013
Best Habilitation prize, HHU Düsseldorf

2012
Grantee of the European Research Council (ERC) Starting Grant

2010
Ulrich-Hadding Prize, BMFZ, HHU Düsseldorf

 

Associated Research Groups

Prof. Dr. Tal Dagan
Publications

Publications

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2023
B4

Phylogenomic Testing of Root Hypotheses

Fernando D. K. Tria, Giddy Landan, Devani Romero Picazo, Tal Dagan (2023) Phylogenomic Testing of Root Hypotheses
2023
A3
B4

T6SS-mediated competitive exclusion among Pantoea agglomerans associated with plants

Kai Ripcke, Devani Romero Picazo, Shreya Vichare, Daniel Unterweger, Tal Dagan, Nils Fredrik Huelter (2023)
2023
A1
A2
B2
B4
Z2
Z3

Closely related Bacteroides of the murine intestinal microbiota affect each other’s growth positively or negatively

Hanna Fokt, Gabija Sakalyte, Rahul Unni, Mohammad Abukhalaf, Liam Cassidy, Georgios Marinos, Maxime Godfroid, Birhanu M Kinfu, Ruth A Schmitz, Christoph Kaleta, Andreas Tholey, John F Baines, Tal Dagan, Daniel Unterweger (2023) BioRxiv
2022
A3
B4

Denitrification in foraminifera has ancient origin and is complemented by associated bacteria.

Woehle C, Roy A-S, Glock N, Michels J, Wein T, Weissenbach J, Romero D, Hiebenthal C, Gorb SN, Schönfeld J, Dagan T (2022) PNAS. 119(25):e2200198119 doi: 1073/pnas.2200198119

2022
B4

Pangenome Evolution in Environmentally Transmitted Symbionts of Deep-Sea Mussels Is Governed by Vertical Inheritance

Romero Picazo D, Werner A, Dagan T, Kupczok A, Pangenome Evolution in Environmentally Transmitted Symbionts of Deep-Sea Mussels Is Governed by Vertical Inheritance, Genome Biology and Evolution, Volume 14, Issue 7, July 2022, evac098, https://doi.org/10.1093/gbe/evac098

2021
B4

Segregational drift constrains the evolutionary rate of prokaryotic plasmids

Garoña A, Hülter NF, Romero Picazo D, Dagan T (2021)  Biol. Evol. 38(12):5610–5624 doi:10.1093/molbev/msab283

2021
A3
B4

Colonization dynamics of Pantoea agglomerans in the wheat root habitat

Soluch R, Hülter NF, Romero Picazo D, Özkurt E, H Stukenbrock E, Dagan T (2021) Environ Microbiol. 23(4):2260-2273. doi: 10.1111/1462-2920.15430.

2020
A3

Seed-derived microbial colonization of wild emmer and domesticated bread wheat (Triticum dicoccoides and T. aestivum) seedlings shows pronounced differences in overall diversity and composition

Özkurt E, Hassani MA, Sesiz U, Künzel S, Dagan T, Özkan H, H. Stukenbrock E (2020) mBio. 11(6): e02637-20. doi: 10.1128/mBio.02637-20

2019
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A2
A3
B1
B2
C1
C2
INF
Z3

Comparative analysis of amplicon and metagenomic sequencing methods reveals key features in the evolution of animal metaorganisms

Rausch P, Rühlemann M, Hermes BM, Doms S, Dagan T, Dierking K, Domin H, Fraune S, von Frieling J, Hentschel U, Heinsen F-A, Höppner M, Jahn MT, Jaspers C, Kissoyan KAB, Langfeldt D, Rehman A, Reusch TBH, Roeder T, Schmitz RA, Schulenburg H, Soluch R, Sommer F, Stukenbrock E, Weiland-Bräuer N, Rosenstiel P, Franke A, Bosch T, Baines JF (2019) Microbiome, doi: 10.1186/s40168-019-0743-1

2019
A3

Interactions and coadaptation in plant metaorganisms

Hassani MA, Özkurt E, Seybold H, Dagan T, Stukenbrock EH (2019) Annu Rev Phytopathol. 57: 483-503. doi: 10.1146/annurev-phyto-082718-100008

2019
C3

Horizontally transmitted symbiont populations in deep-sea mussels are genetically isolated

Romero Picazo D, Dagan T, Ansorge R, Petersen JM, Dubilier N, Kupczok A (2019) ISME J. 13(12):2954-2968.  doi: 10.1038/s41396-019-0475-z

2019
B4

Currency, Exchange, and Inheritance in the Evolution of Symbiosis

Wein T, Romero Picazo D, Blow F, Woehle C, Jami E, Reusch TBH, Martin WF, Dagan T (2019) Trends in Microbiology doi: 10.1016/j.tim.2019.05.010

2018
A3
C1

Carrying capacity and colonization dynamics of Curvibacter in the Hydra host habitat

Wein T, Dagan T, Fraune S, Bosch TCG, Reusch TBH and Hülter NF (2018) Front. Microbiol.https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2018.00443

2018
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A3
A4
B1
B2
C1
C3
Z1

Metaorganisms in extreme environments: do microbes play a role in organismal adaptation?

Bang C, Dagan T, Deines P, Dubilier N, Duschl W J, Fraune S, Hentschel U, Hirt H, Hülter N, Lachnit T, Picazo D, Galan P L, Pogoreutz C, Rädecker N, Saad M M, Schmitz R A, Schulenburg H, Voolstra C R, Weiland-Bräuer N, Ziegler M, Bosch T C G (2018); Zoology, doi: 10.1016/j.zool.2018.02.004

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