Sandra Klemmer

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Sandra Klemmer
PhD Student

Department of Soil Ecology
Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ
Theodor-Lieser-Strasse 4 | D-06120 Halle/Saale
Germany

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+49 345 558 5101
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Sandra Klemmer

PhD Topic

"Soil fungal diversity and community structure of grassland ecosystems along land use gradients in three German Exploratories"

This work is embedded in the core projects of the large-scale and long-term functional biodiversity research in Germany ( Biodiversity Exploratories )

Education

since 2011

PhD student, Department of Soil Ecology, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ (focusing on characterization of soil fungal communities via 454 high-throughput sequencing)

2005 - 2011

Diploma of Biology, University of Jena, specialization in microbiology, genetics and biochemistry

Diploma thesis: Biosynthesis of Indole-3-acetic acid in Tricholoma vaccinum (Basidiomycetes), Max-Planck-Institute for Chemical Ecology, Department of Bioorganic Chemistry, Jena

2004 - 2005

Biological laboratory technician, Helmholtz Centre Munich, Institute of Clinical Molecular Biology and Tumor Genetics, Munich
2001 - 2004

Professional training as biological laboratory technician, Helmholtz Centre Munich, Munich

Technical specialisation

  • Next-Generation-Sequencing
  • Bioinformatics
  • Multivariate Statistics
  • Soil sampling
  • Nucleic acid extraction

Research interests

  • Biodiversity Science
  • Microbial and Fungal Genomics
  • Natural Products Chemistry of Microbes and Fungi
  • Teaching

Talks / Poster

Klemmer S, Wubet T, Buscot F (2014) Treasure in the soil: A molecular identification of AMF communities in grassland ecosystems. Higrade Spring Conference, Leipzig, Germany (oral presentation).

Klemmer S, Wubet T, Buscot F (2014) Beneath the earth: Molecular analysis of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi along land-use gradients in the Biodiversity Exploratories. ESS Conference, Jena, Germany (oral presentation).

Klemmer S, Wubet T, Buscot F (2013) Response of AM fungal communities to land-sue regimes of three biodiversity exploratories in Germany. 2nd Thünen Symposium of Soil Metagenomics, Braunschweig, Germany (Poster).

Klemmer S, Wubet T, Buscot F (2013) Arbuscular mycorrhiza fungal diversity and community structure along land use gradients in Germany's grassland ecosystems. 43rd Annual Meeting of the Ecological Society of Germany, Austria and Switzerland, Potsdam, Germany (oral presentation).

Klemmer S, Wubet T, Buscot F (2012) Do land use types and geographic gradients influence AMF communities in grassland ecosystems? Dreiländertagung der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Mykologie (DGfM), Drübeck, Germany (Poster).

Klemmer S, Wubet T, Buscot F (2012) Do land use types and geographic gradients influence AMF communities in grassland ecosystems? Jahrestagung der DGB-Kommission III; AG Boden, Hohenheim, Germany (Poster).

Publications

Tobollik, S., Meyer, L., Buettner, M., Klemmer, S., Kempkes, B., Kremmer, E., Niedobitek, G., Jungnickel, B. (2006): Epstein-barr-virus nuclear antigen 2 inhibits AID expression during EBV-driven B cell growth. Blood 108(12) Dec 1:3859-64.  Link