Curriculum vitae of Prof. Dr. Jörg Soppa
Personal
data
Name Jörg
Soppa
Date/Place of birth 01/06/1958
in Essen, Germany
Education
1977-1985
Diploma
(Biochemistry), University of Tübingen, Germany
Diploma
thesis: MPI for Biology, Prof. Peter Overath
(interrupted by Civil Service at a hospital and a
trainee program at the Max-Planck-Institute in Martinsried)
1985-1989
PhD
(Biochemistry), University of Munich, Germany. PhD thesis: Max-Planck-
Institute
for Biochemistry, Martinsried, Prof. Dieter Oesterhelt
Research
Experience and University Duties
1990-1995 Research
assistant at the Max-Planck-Institute for Biochemistry Establishment of an own
Research Group
1994 Habilitation and
Venia Legendis in Microbiology, University of Munich
1995 Visiting
Scientist at the University of British Columbia in
Vancouver, Canada
1996 - Leader
of a Research Group at the
Institute for Molecular Biosciences (Goethe-University, Frankfurt)
2000-2007 Coordinator of a Special Research Program of the
German Research Council (SPP1112 “Genome function and gene regulation in
Archaea")
2001- Professorship
for Microbial Genetics, Goethe University,
Frankfurt, Germany
2003-2006
Dean
of Study Affairs of the Dep. of Biosciences
2002- Diverse
Commissions of the Department (PhD, Diploma, Bachelor,
Master, Faculty Council, Finances, etc.)
2003-2005 Senats
Commission for Study Affairs of the Goethe University
2005-2011 Senats
Commission for Gender Equity of the Goethe University
2012-2014 Dean
of Study Affairs of the Dep. of Biosciences
2013-2019 Commission
for re-accreditation of study programs of the Goethe University
2019-2020 Senats
Commission for Finances
2021- Senat
Honors
and Awards
1995-2001 Heisenberg-Stipendium
of the German Research Council (DFG)
Guest
editor of “Archives of Microbiology" and “Archaea"
2010 Best
teacher of the Department of Biosciences
Ten Publications
1. Huber M, Faure G, Laass S, Kolbe E, Seitz K,
Wehrheim C, Wolf YI, Koonin EV, Soppa J (2019) Translational coupling via
termination-reinitation in archaea and bacteria. Nature Comm. 10, 4006.
2. Ludt K, Soppa J (2018) Influence of Origin
Recognition Complex proteins on the copy numbers of three chromosomes in Haloferax volcanii. J. Bacteriol. 200,
e00161-18.
3. Soppa, J. (2017) Polyploidy and Community Structure
Analyses. Nature Microbiol., 2, 16261.
4. Babski J, Haas KA, Näther-Schindler D, Pfeiffer F,
Förstner KU, Hammelmann M, Hilker R, Becker A, Sharma CM, Marchfelder A, and
Soppa J (2016) Genome-wide identification of transcriptional start sites in the
haloarchaeon Haloferax volcanii based
on differential RNA-Seq (dRNA-Seq). BMC Genomics 17, 629.
5. Zerulla K, Ludt K, and Soppa J (2016) The ploidy
level of Synechocystis sp. PCC6803 is
highly variable and is influenced by growth phase and by chemical and physical
external parameters. Microbiol. 162, 730-739.
6. Zerulla, K., Chimileski, S., Mäther, D., Gophna,
U., Papke, R.T., Soppa, J. (2014) DNA as a phosphate storage polymer and the
alternative advantages of polyploidy for growth or survival. PLoS ONE 9, e94819.
7. Lange C, Zeruall K, Breuert S, and Soppa J (2011)
Gene conversion results in the equalization of genome copies in the polyploid
haloarchaeon Haloferax volcanii. Mol.
Microbiol. 80, 666-677.
8. Hering O, Brenneis M, Beer J, Suess B, and Soppa J (2009)
A novel mechanism for translation initiation operates in haloarchaea. Mol.
Microbiol. 71, 1451-1463.
9. Lange C, Zeigler A, Hammelmann M, Twellmeyer J,
Raddatz G, Schuster S, Oesterhelt D, and Soppa J (2007) Genome-wide analysis of
growth phase-dependent translational and transcriptional regulation in halophilic
archaea. BMC Genomics 8, 415.
10. Brenneis M, Hering O, Lange C, and Soppa J (2007)
Experimental characterization of cis-acting elements important for translation
and transcription in halophilic archaea. PLoS Genetics 3, e229.
