Stefan Grässle, Ph.D., Associate Professor
EMail: stefan.graessle[at]i-med.ac.at
Phone: +43/(0)512/9003-70218
Fax: +43/(0)512-9003-73100
Short curriculum
1983-1991 |
Studies of physics and biology (main subject: microbiology) at the Leopold-Franzens University, |
1992 |
Graduation to "Mag.rer.nat." (Master degree). Master thesis at the Department of Microbiology, |
1995 |
Graduation to Dr.rer.nat. (Ph.D.). Ph.D.-thesis at the Department of Microbiology, University of |
1997 |
Assistant Professor at the Division of Molecular Biology, Biocenter, Innsbruck Medical University |
since 2010 |
Associate Professor (Venia docendi for Molecular Biology), Institute of Molecular Biology, Biocenter, |
Research fields
- Functional roles of histone modifications in filamentous fungi
- Penicillium chrysogenum as an expressions system for homologous und heterologous gene expression
- Production of immunodominant proteins of Helicobacter pylori and Borrelia burgdorferi in prokaryotic expression systems
- Histone deacetylation and gene regulation in filamentous fungi
Current research project
- Histone Deacetylases in Fungi: Novel Functions (supported by the Austrian Science Foundation (FWF), Project P-24803)
Teaching
From the online catalog of the Innsbruck Medical University (in German): Current lectures
From the online catalog of the University of Innsbruck (in German): Current lectures
Publications
- Karahoda, B., Pardeshi, L., Ulas, M., Dong, Z., Shirgaonkar, N., Guo, S., Wang, F., Tan, K., Sarikaya-Bayram, Ö., Bauer, I., Dowling, P., Fleming, A.B., Pfannenstiel, B.T., Luciano-Rosario, D., Berger, H., Graessle, S., Alhussain, M.M., Strauss, J., Keller, N.P., Wong, K.H., Bayram, Ö. (2022). The KdmB-EcoA-RpdA-SntB chromatin complex binds regulatory genes and coordinates fungal development with mycotoxin synthesis. Nucleic Acids Res. doi: 10.1093/nar/gkac744
- Bauer, I. and Graessle, S. (2021). Fungal Lysine Deacetylases in Virulence, Resistance, and Production of Small Bioactive Compounds. Genes 12,1470. doi: 10.3390/genes12101470
- Bauer, I., Gross S., Merschak, P., Kremser, L., Karahoda, B., Sarikaya Bayram, Ö., Abt, B., Binder, U., Gsaller, F., Lindner, H., Bayram, Ö., Brosch, G. and Graessle, S. (2020) RcLS2F – A Novel Fungal Class 1 KDAC Co-repressor Complex in Aspergillus nidulans. Front. Microbiol. 11:43. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2020.00043
- Bauer, I., Misslinger, M., Shadkchan, Y., Dietl, A.M., Petzer, V., Orasch, T., Abt, B., Graessle, S., Osherov, N. and Haas, H. (2019). The Lysine Deacetylase RpdA Is Essential for Virulence in Aspergillus fumigatus. Front. Microbiol 10:2773
- Bauer, I., Lechner, L., Pidroni, A., Petrone, A., Merschak, P., Lindner, H., Kremser, L., Graessle, S., Golderer, G., Allipour, S. and Brosch, G. (2019). Type I and II PRMTs regulate catabolic as well as detoxifying processes in Aspergillus nidulans. Fungal Genet and Biol. 129, 86-100. doi: 10.1016/j.fgb.2019.05.006
- Bauer, I., Pidroni, A., Bayram, Ö., Brosch, G., Graessle, S. (2019). Single-Step Enrichment of a TAP-Tagged Histone Deacetylase of the Filamentous Fungus Aspergillus nidulans for Enzymatic Activity Assay. J. Vis. Exp. 147: e59527. doi: 10.3791/59527.
- Pidroni A., Faber B., Brosch G., Bauer I. and Graessle S. (2018). A Class 1 Histone Deacetylase as Major Regulator of Secondary Metabolite Production in Aspergillus nidulans. Front. Microbiol. 9:2212. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2018.02212
- Bauer, I., Varadarajan, D., Pidroni, A., Gross, S., Vergeiner, S., Faber, B., Hermann, M., Tribus, M., Brosch, G., Graessle, S. (2016). A Class 1 Histone Deacetylase with Potential as an Antifungal Target. mBio vol. 7 no. 6 e00831-16. doi: 10.1128/mBio.00831-16
- Bauer, I., Graessle, S., Loidl, P., Hohenstein, K. and Brosch, G. (2010). Novel insights into the functional role of three protein arginine methyltransferases in Aspergillus nidulans. Fungal Genet Biol 47(6):551-61.
- Tribus, M., Bauer, I., Galehr, J., Rieser, G., Brosch, G., Loidl, P., Trojer, P., Haas, H. and Graessle, S. (2010). A novel motif in fungal class 1 histone deacetylases is essential for growth and development of Aspergillus. Molecular Biology of the Cell Vol. 21, 345.
- Brosch, G., Loidl, P. & Graessle, S. (2008). Histone Modifications and Chromatin Dynamics: A Focus on Filamentous Fungi. FEMS Microbiol. Rev. 32, 409.
- Shwab, E.K., Bok, JW., Tribus, M., Galehr, J., Graessle, S. and Keller, N. (2007). Histone deacetylase activity regulates chemical diversity in Aspergillus nidulans. Euk. Cell 9, 1656.
- Tribus, M., Galehr, J., Trojer, P., Brosch, G., Loidl, P., Marx, F., Haas, H., & Graessle, S. (2005). HdaA, a Major Class 2 Histone Deacetylase of Aspergillus nidulans Affects Growth Under Conditions of Oxidative Stress. Euk. Cell 4, 1736.
- Marx, F., Salvenmoser, W., Kaiserer, L., Graessle, S., Weiler-Gorz, R., Zadra, I. and Oberparleiter, C. (2005). Proper folding of the antifungal protein PAF is required for optimal activity. Res. Microbiol. 156, 35.
- Trojer, P., Dangl, M., Bauer, I., Graessle, S., Loidl, P. & Brosch, G. (2004). Histone methyltransferases in Aspergillus nidulans: evidence for a novel enzyme with a unique substrate specificity. Biochemistry 43, 10834.
- Oberegger, H., Eisendle, M., Schrettl, M., Graessle, S. and Haas, H. (2003). 4'-phosphopantheinyl transferase encoding npgA is essential for siderophore biosynthesis in Aspergillus nidulans. Curr. Genet. 44, 211.
- Trojer, P., Brandtner, E.M., Brosch, G., Loidl, P., Galehr, J., Linzmaier, R., Haas, H., Mair, K., Tribus, M. and Graessle, S. (2003). Histone deacetylases in fungi: novel members new facts. Nucl. Acids Res. 31, 3971.
- Baidyaroy, D., Brosch, G., Graessle,S., Trojer, P. and Walton, J.D. (2002). Characterization of inhibitor-resistant histone deacetylase activity in plant-pathogenic fungi. Euk. Cell 1, 538.
- Brosch, G., Dangl, M., Graessle, S., Trojer, P., Brandtner, E.M., Mair, K., Walton, J.D., Baidyaroy, D. and Loidl P. (2001). An inhibitor-resistant histone deacetylase in the plant pathogenic fungus Cochliobolus carbonum. Biochemistry 40, 12845.
- Brosch, G., Baidyaroy, D., Ahn, J., Graessle, S., Wegener, S., Tonukari, N.J., Caballero, O., Loidl, P. and Walton, J.D. (2001). A gene related to yeast HOS2 histone deacetylase affects extracellular depolymerase expression and virulence in a plant pathogenic fungus. Plant Cell 13, 1609.
- Graessle, S., Loidl, P. and Brosch, G. (2001) Histone acetylation: plants and fungi as model systems for the investigation of histone deacetylases. Cell. Mol. Life Sci 58, 704.
- Graessle, S., Dangl, M., Haas, H., Mair, K., Trojer, P., Brandtner E.M., Walton, J., Loidl, P. and Brosch, G. (2000). Characterization of two putative histone deacetylase genes from Aspergillus nidulans. Biochim. Biophys. Acta 1492, 120.
- Graessle, S., Grabher, G., Gapp, G., Preuss, E., Datz, C., Sandhofer, F. and Stöffler, G. (2000). Immune response to natural and recombinant antigens of Helicobacter pylori in patients with dyspeptic complaints. Clin. Lab. 46, 220.
- Graessle, S., Grabher, G., Gapp, G., Preuss, E., Datz, C., Sandhofer, F. and Stöffler, G. (1999). Immune response to natural and recombinant antigens of Helicobacter pylori in patients with dyspeptic complaints. Eur. J. Clin. Microbiol. Infect. Dis. 18, 636.
- Graessle, S., Preuss, E., Grabher, G., Datz, C., Sandhofer, F. and Stöffler, G. (1997) Immune response to Helicobacter pylori as studied with natural and recombinant antigens. Clin. Microbiol. Infect. 3, Supplement 2: 226.
- Graessle, S., Haas, H., Friedlin, E., Kürnsteiner, H., Stöffler, G. and Redl, B. (1997) Regulated system for heterologous gene expression in Penicillium chrysogenum. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 63, 753.
- Haas, H., Marx, F., Graessle, S. and Stöffler, G. (1996). Sequence analysis and expression of the Penicillium chrysogenum nitrate reductase encoding gene (niaD). Biochim. Biophys. Acta 1309, 81.