Principal Investigator, Steering Committee

Prof. Dr. Ute Hentschel Humeida

Institution

GEOMAR – Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel
Research Division 3: Marine Ecology
Research Unit Marine Symbioses
Vita

Education/Training

2004
Habilitation in Microbiology, University of Würzburg

1989-1994
Graduate studies in Marine Biology at Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UC San Diego, USA and Ph.D. Degree

1986-1988
Undergraduate studies in Biology at the University of Hannover and Bachelor’s Degree (Vordiplom)

Research Experience/Academic Appointments

Since 2015
Professor (W3) for Marine Microbiology and Head of Research Unit Marine Symbioses, GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel

2008-2015
Professor (W2) for Chemical and Microbial Ecology, University of Würzburg

2004-2009
Young Investigator Group Leader, Research Center for Infectious Diseases, University of Würzburg

1998-2003
Postdoctoral fellow at the Institute for Molecular Infection Biology, University of Würzburg

1995-1997
Postdoctoral fellow at the Dept. of Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology, UC Santa Barbara, USA

Important Scientific Prizes/Functions

Since 2017
Member Women’s Executive Board (WEB) GEOMAR

Since 2016
Steering Committee CRC 1182 Origin and Function of Metaorganisms

2019
Member of the Biodiversity-Expert Group on the Topic „Seas and Oceans“; Round Table of the German Federal Government on „Internationalisation of Education, Science and Research“

2017, 2019
Vice-Chair (2017) and chair (2019) of the Gordon Conference “Animal-Microbe Symbioses”, Mt. Snow, VT, USA

2017
Scientific Advisory Board “10th World Sponge Conference”, Galway, Ireland

2016
Frontiers in Microbiology Research Topic: “Experimental models in animal -associated microbiota” (Brucker, Bosch, Hentschel, editors)

2013
Member Helmholtz Review Panel POF “Oceans

2009-2017
VAAM-group leader “Symbiotic Interactions”

Contact

+49 431 600 4480
uhentschel@geomar.de
https://www.geomar.de/uhentschel https://gepris.dfg.de/gepris/person/1706084

Associated Research Groups

Prof. Dr. Ute Hentschel Humeida
Publications

Publications

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2024
C4

The archaeome in metaorganism research, with a focus on marine models and their bacteria– archaea interactions

von Hoyningen-Huene AJE, Bang C, Rausch P, Rühlemann M, Fokt H, He J, Jensen N, Knop M, Petersen C, Schmittmann L, Zimmer T, Baines JF, Bosch TCG, Hentschel U, Reusch TBH, Roeder T, Franke A, Schulenburg H, Stukenbrock E and Schmitz RA (2024) The archaeome in metaorganism research, with a focus on marine models and their bacteria– archaea interactions. Front Microbiol, 15:1347422. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2024.1

2024
C4

Maribacter Halichondriae sp. nov., isolated from the marine sponge Halichondria panicea displays features of a sponge‑associated life style

Steiner LX, Wiese J, Rahn T, Borchert E, Slaby B, Hentschel U (2024) Maribacter Halichondriae sp. nov., isolated from the marine sponge Halichondria panicea displays features of a sponge‑associated life style. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek, Mar 15;117(1):56. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10482-024-01950-4

2024
B1

Transcriptomic responses of Mediterranean sponges upon encounter with symbiont microbial consortia

Marulanda-Gomez AM, Ribes M, Franzenburg, Hentschel U and Pita L (2024) Transcriptomic responses of Mediterranean sponges upon encounter with symbiont microbial consortia. BMC genomics, 25(1), 1-13. doi.org/10.1186/s12864-024-10548-z

2023
B1

Maternal provisioning of an obligate symbiont

Carrier TJ, Schmittmann L, Jung S, Pita L, Hentschel U. Maternal provisioning of an obligate symbiont in a sponge. Ecology and Evolution. 2023; 13: e10012  DOI: 10.1002/ece3.10012
2023
B1

A novel in-vivo phagocytosis assay to gain cellular insights on sponge-microbe interactions

Angela M. Marulanda-Gomez, K Kristina Bayer, Lucia Pita, Ute Hentschel (2023) bioRxiv 2023.02.28.530395; doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2023.02.28.530395
2023
A1
B1
INF
Z2

Sequential host-bacteria and bacteria-bacteria interactions determine the microbiome establishment of Nematostella vectensis

Domin H, Zimmermann J, Taubenheim J, Fuentes Reyes G, Saueressig L, Prasse D, Höppner M, Schmitz RA, Hentschel U, Kaleta C, Fraune S (2023) Sequential host-bacteria and bacteria-bacteria interactions determine the microbiome establishment of Nematostella vectensis. Microbiome doi:10.1186/s40168-023-01701-z

 

 

 

 

2022
B1
C4

Sponge-symbiont stability in spite of antibiotic-induced microbiome disturbance

Schmittmann L, Rahn T, Busch K, Fraune S, Pita L, Hentschel U. (2022)  Environ. Microbiol. 24: 6392-6410, https://doi.org/10.1111/1462-2920.16249

2022
B1

Stability of a dominant sponge-symbiont in spite of antibiotic-induced microbiome disturbance

Schmittmann L, Rahn T, Busch K, Fraune S, Pita L, Hentschel U. Stability of a dominant sponge-symbiont in spite of antibiotic-induced microbiome disturbance (2022)  Environ. Microbiol. 24: 6392-6410, https://doi.org/10.1111/1462-2920.16249

2022
B1.1
B1
Featured

Biodiversity, environmental drivers, and sustainability of the global deep-sea sponge microbiome

Kathrin Busch, Beate M. Slaby, Wolfgang Bach, Antje Boetius, Ina Clefsen, Ana Colaço, Marie Creemers, Javier Cristobo, Luisa Federwisch, Andre Franke, Asimenia Gavriilidou, Andrea Hethke, Ellen Kenchington, Furu Mienis, Sadie Mills, Ana Riesgo, Pilar Ríos, Emyr Martyn Roberts, Detmer Sipkema, Lucía Pita, Peter J. Schupp, Joana Xavier, Hans Tore Rapp & Ute Hentschel (2022) Nature Communications. 13: 5160. doi: 1038/s41467-022-32684-4

2022
B1
C1

Symbiont transmission in marine sponges: reproduction, development, and metamorphosis

Carrier TJ, Maldonado M, Schmittmann L, Pita L, Bosch TCG, Hentschel U (2022) BMC Biology 20(1):100 doi: 10.1186/s12915-022-01291-6

2021
B1
C4
Featured

Harnessing the power of host–microbe symbioses to address grand challenges.

Hentschel U (2021) Nat Rev Microbiol. 19, 615–616. doi: 10.1038/s41579-021-00619-3

2021
B1

Decoding cellular dialogues between sponges, bacteria, and phages. In: Cellular Dialogues in the Holobiont.

Schmittmann L, Jahn MT, Pita L, Hentschel U (2021) ed. by Bosch, Thomas C. G. and Hadfield, Michael G.. CRC Press, Boca Raton, Fla., USA, pp. 49-63. ISBN 9780429277375 doi: 1201/9780429277375-4.

2021
B1
C4
Featured

Lifestyle of sponge symbiont phages by host prediction and correlative microscopy

Jahn MT, Lachnit T, Markert SM, Stigloher C, Pita L, Ribes M, Dutilh BE, Hentschel U (2021) ISME J. doi: 10.1038/s41396-021-00900-6

2020
B1
Featured

Heterotrophy in the earliest gut: a single-cell view of heterotrophic carbon and nitrogen assimilation in sponge-microbe symbioses

Rix L, Ribes M, Coma R, Jahn M, van Oevelen D, de Goeij J, Escrig S, Meibom A, Hentschel U (2020) ISME J. 14, 2554–2567. doi: 10.1038/s41396-020-0706-3

2020
A4
B1

Bdellovibrio and like organisms are predictors of microbiome diversity across diverse host groups.

Johnke J, Fraune S, Bosch TCG, Hentschel U, Schulenburg H (2020) Microbial Ecology. 79: 252–257. doi: 10.1007/s00248-019-01395-7

2019
A4
B1
C2
Featured

A phage protein aids bacterial symbionts in eukaryote immune evasion

Jahn MT, Arkhipova K, Markert SM, Stigloher C, Lachnit T, Pita L, Kupczok A, Ribes M, Stengel ST, Rosenstiel P, Dutilh BE, Hentschel U (2019) Cell Host & Microbe, doi: 10.1016/j.chom.2019.08.019

2019
A1
A2
A3
B1
B2
C1
C2
INF
Z3
Featured

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
A2
A4
B1
B2
Featured

Neutrality in the metaorganism

Sieber M, Pita L, Weiland-Bräuer N, Dirksen P, Wang J, Mortzfeld B, Franzenburg S, Schmitz RA, Baines JF, Fraune S, Hentschel U, Schulenburg H, Bosch TCG, Traulsen A (2019) PLoS Biol., DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.3000298

2019
B1
Featured

Fueled by methane: deep-sea sponges from asphalt seeps gain their nutrition from methane-oxidizing symbionts

Rubin-Blum M, Antony CP, Sayavedra L, Martínez-Pérez C, Birgel D, Peckmann J, Wu Y, Cardenas P, MacDonald I, Marcon Y, Sahling H, Hentschel U, Dubilier N (2019) The ISME Journal , v 13, p 1209–1225. doi: 10.1038/s41396-019-0346-7

2018

Marine Sponges as Chloroflexi Hot Spots: Genomic Insights and High-Resolution Visualization of an Abundant and Diverse Symbiotic Clade

Bayer K, Jahn M.T. , Slaby BM, Moitinho-Silva L and Hentschel U (2018) mSystems 3:e00150-18. doi:  10.1128/mSystems.00150-18

2018
B1
INF
Z2

Differential expression of immune receptors in two marine sponges upon exposure to microbial-associated molecular patterns.

Pita L, Hoeppner MP, Ribes M, Hentschel U (2018); Sci Rep. 8(1):16081.doi: 10.1038/s41598-018-34330-w

2018
B1

Predicted bacterial interactions affect in vivo microbial colonization dynamics in Nematostella

Domin H, Zurita-Gutiérrez Y, Scotti M, Buttlar J, Hentschel Humeida U and Fraune S  (2018) Frontiers in Microbiology 9, 728, https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2018.00728

2018
A2
B1
INF
Z2

The sponge holobiont in a changing ocean: from microbes to ecosystems.

Pita L, Rix L, Slaby B M, Franke A, Hentschel U (2018); Microbiome, 6(46). doi: 10.1186/s40168-018-0428-1

2018
A1
A2
A3
A4
B1
B2
C1
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

2016
A4
B1
Z2

Emerging Sponge Models of Animal-Microbe Symbioses.

Pita L, Fraune S, Hentschel U (2016); Front Microbiol., 7:2102. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2016.02102

2016
B1
Z2

Shedding light on cell compartmentation in the candidate phylum Poribacteria by high resolution visualisation and transcriptional profiling.

Jahn M T, Markert S M, Ryu T, Ravasi T, Stigloher C, U Hentschel, Moitinho-Silva L (2016); Scientific Reports, 6:35860. doi: 10.1038/srep35860

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