Annie Yap, BSc.MSc.
EMail:annie.yap@i-med.ac.at
Phone: +43/512/9003-70217
Short curriculum
2016-2019 |
Masters in Microbiology at the Leopold-Franzens-Universität, Innsbruck |
2019- Present |
Ph.D - HOROS: Host Response in Opportunistic Infections Medical University Innsbruck |
Research fields
Analysis of molecular mechanisms for adaptation of Aspergillus fumigatus to iron starvation
Publications
- Brantl V, Boysen JM, Yap A, Golubtsov E, Ruf D, Heinekamp T, Straßburger M, Dichtl K, Haas H, Hillmann F, Wagener J. Peroxiredoxin Asp f3 Is Essential for Aspergillus fumigatus To Overcome Iron Limitation during Infection. mBio. 2021 Aug 31;12(4):e0097621. doi: 10.1128/mBio.00976-21. Epub 2021 Aug 17. PMID: 34399627; PMCID: PMC8406167.
- Anabosi D, Meir Z, Shadkchan Y, Handelman M, Abou-Kandil A, Yap A, Urlings D, Gold MS, Krappmann S, Haas H, Osherov N. Transcriptional response of Aspergillus fumigatus to copper and the role of the Cu chaperones. Virulence. 2021 Dec;12(1):2186-2200. doi: 10.1080/21505594.2021.1958057. PMID: 34468270; PM-CID: PMC8425704.
- Yap A, Misslinger M, Haas H. Absent regulation of iron acquisition by the copper regulator Mac1 in A. fumigatus. Biochem J. 2020 Aug 28;477(16):2967-2970. doi: 10.1042/BCJ20200286. PMID: 32812643.
- Galgóczy L, Yap A, Marx F. Cysteine-Rich Antifungal Proteins from Filamentous Fungi are Promising Bioactive Natural Compounds in Anti-Candida Therapy. Isr J Chem. 2019 May;59(5):360-370. doi: 10.1002/ijch.201800168. Epub 2019 Feb 20. PMID: 31680702; PMCID: PMC6813639.