Contact
Theresienstr. 37
D-80333 Munich
D-80333 Munich
Room:
A304
Phone:
+49 (0)89 2180-4603
Email:
Opitz@physik.uni-muenchen.de
Research Interests
Bacterial InteractionsCurriculum Vitae
Scientific Experience
| 07/2010-present: | Groupleader/Postdoctoral fellow at the LMU Munich with Prof. Dr. E. Frey |
| 10/2008-05/2010: | Postdoctoral fellow at the Harvard University, FAS Center for Systems Biology, Boston, with PhD Kobi Benenson |
| 05/2008-09/2008: | Postdoctoral fellow at Ludwig-Maximilians Universität München, Germany with Prof. Dr. B. Maier and Prof. Dr. J. Rädler. |
| 12/2004-05/2008: | PhD in physics, Ludwig-Maximilians Universität München, Germany, “Switching into the K-state; Bacillus subtilis: a single cell approach”, Department of Physics (advisors: Prof. Dr. J. Rädler, Prof. Dr. B. Maier) |
| 01/2004-09/2004: | Diplomathesis: “Archeal cellapendages, mobility, characterisation…” at the University of Regensburg, Germany (advisor Prof. Dr. Wirth) |
| 2004: | student trainee, university of Regensburg, with Prof. Dr. Wirth, studies on archaeal cell-apendages |
| 2003: | student trainee, university of Regensburg, with Prof. Dr. Thomm, molecular studies on Pyrococcus furiosus |
| 08/2002-06/2003: |
Independent studies at the University of Colorado at Boulder, USA
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Education
| 12/2004-05/2008: | PhD in physics, Ludwig-Maximilians Universität München, Germany, “Switching into the K-state; Bacillus subtilis: a single cell approach”, Department of Physics (advisors: Prof. Dr. J. Rädler, Prof. Dr. B. Maier) (magna cum laude, GPA 1.0). |
| 1999–2004: | Diploma in biology (GPA 1.2), University of Regensburg, Germany. |
| 1986–1999: | Highschool (GPA 1.8) and elementary school. |
Scholarships
| 10/2009-05/2010: | DFG Forschungsstipendium |
| 10/2008-09/2009: | DFG Forschungsstipendium |
| Since 2006: | Member of the international graduate school Nano-bio-technology (IDK-NBT) CeNS associate |
| 2006-2007: | Scholarship of the ENB |
| 2002-2003: | DAAD scholarship for graduate students for studies abroad |
Publications
2014
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Chemical warfare and survival strategies in bacterial range expansions
Markus Weber Gabriele Poxleitner Elke Hebisch Erwin Frey Madeleine Opitz [arxiv:1405.5025]
2013
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High Variation of Fluorescence Protein Maturation Times in Closely Related Escherichia Coli Strains
Elke Hebisch Johannes Knebel Janek Landsberg Erwin Frey Madeleine Leisner -
Immediate and heterogeneous response of the LiaFSR two-component system of Bacillus subtilis to the peptide antibiotic bacitracin
Sara Kesel Andreas Mader Carolin Höfler Thorsten Mascher Madeleine Leisner
2012
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Discrimination of Escherichia coli strains using Glycan Cantilever Array Sensors
Andreas Mader Kathrin Grubert Ricardo Castelli Bianca A. Hermann Peter H. Seeberger Joachim O. Rädler Madeleine Leisner -
MicroRNA Circuits for Transcriptional Logic
Madeleine Leisner L. Bleris J. Lohmueller Z. Xie K. Benenson
2011
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The mode of cell wall growth in selected archaea is similar to the general mode of cell wall growth in bacteria as revealed by fluorescent dye analysis
Wirth R Bellack A Bertl M Bilek Y Heimerl T Herzog B Leisner M Probst A Rachel R Sarbu C Schopf S Wanner G -
Range Expansion with Mutation and Selection: Dynamical Phase Transition in a Two-Species Eden Model
Jan-Timm Kuhr Madeleine Leisner Erwin Frey [arXiv:1110.2639]
2010
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Rationally designed logic integration of regulatory signals in mammalian cells
M. Leisner L. Bleris J. Lohmueller Z. Xie K. Benenson
2009
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Kinetics of genetic switching into the state of bacterial competence
M. Leisner J.-T. Kuhr J.O. Rädler E. Frey B. Maier
2008
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Stochastic switching to competence
M. Leisner K. Stingl E. Frey B. Maier