Prof. Dr. Jörg Vogel - RNA Biology
Research
Non-coding RNAs play important regulatory roles in all domains of life. The group aims to understand the role of ncRNAs and RNA binding proteins (RBPs) in the context of bacterial infections, with the goal to use this knowledge for targeted manipulation of the human microbiota. The current four main areas of research in the Vogel lab are: i) discovery of novel functional RNAs in microbes, which includes work on the cancer-associated bug Fusobacterium nucleatum; ii) characterization of and screens for bacterial RNA-binding proteins; iii) new RNA-seq methods for infection biology, including single-cell RNA-seq of eukaryotic and bacterial cells; iv) antisense oligonucleotide (ASO)-based antibiotics for precision editing of the human microbiome and complex microbial communities.
Ponath F, Tawk C, Zhu Y, Barquist L, Faber F, Vogel J (2021)
RNA landscape of the emerging cancer-associated microbe Fusobacterium nucleatum
Nature Microbiology 6(8):1007-1020
Westermann AJ, Förstner KU, Amman F, Barquist L, Chao Y, Schulte LN, Müller L, Reinhardt R, Stadler PF, Vogel J (2016)
Dual RNA-seq unveils noncoding RNA functions in host-pathogen interactions
Nature 529:496-501
Papenfort K, Sun Y, Miyakoshi M, Vanderpool CK, Vogel J (2013)
Small RNA-mediated activation of sugar phosphatase mRNA regulates glucose homeostasis
Cell 153:426–437
Deltcheva E, Chylinski K, Sharma CM, Gonzales K, Chao Y, Pirzada ZA, Eckert MR, Vogel J, Charpentier E (2011)
CRISPR RNA maturation by trans-encoded small RNA and host factor RNase III
Nature 471(7340):602-7
Sharma CM, Hoffmann S, Darfeuille F, Reignier J, Findeiß S, Sittka A, Chabas S, Reiche K, Hackermüller J,
Reinhardt R, Stadler PF, Vogel J (2010)
The primary transcriptome of the major human pathogen Helicobacter pylori
Nature 464(7285)250-255