Dr. Niculina Musat

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niculina.musat@ufz.de

Phone +49 (0) 341 235 4656
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Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ
Permoserstrasse 15
04318 Leipzig

Dr. Niculina Musat

Curriculum Vitae


Since April 2012 Scientific Head of Centre for Chemical Microscopy (ProVIS)
Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research – UFZ
Department of Isotope Biogeochemistry
2008 - 2012 Scientist
Max-Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology, Bremen, Germany
2006 - 2008 Post-Doctoral Fellow
Max-Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology, Bremen, Germany.
June
2006 		Ph.D. in Life Sciences (Dr.rer.nat)
University of Bremen and Max-Planck Institute, Bremen, Germany
Apr. - Dec.
2001 		Research Assistant, National Institute for Research and Development in Physics and Nuclear Engineering, ‘Horia-Hulubei’, Romania
2000 - 2001 Research Assistant
University of Bucharest, Faculty of Biology (half-time job)
2000 - 2001 Biologist
Shigella – Pseudomonas Department, Cantacuzino Institute, Bucharest, Romania
Feb.
2001 		M.Sc. in Microbiology and Microbial Genetics
University of Bucharest, Faculty of Biology, Romania
Jul.
1999 		B.Sc. in Biology
University of Bucharest, Faculty of Biology, Romania

Field of Expertise

  • Microbial Ecology and Ecophysiology
  • Single cell imaging techniques (FISH, CARD-FISH, NanoSIMS, Laser dissection microscopy - LMD)
  • Inter-species nutritional interactions
  • Stable isotope probing (SIP) to trace cellular metabolic activity and cell to cell metabolic interactions
  • SIP-Nano-scale Secondary Ion Mass Spectrometry (NanoSIMS) applications in microbiology/biology
  • Correlative microscopy, chemical imaging and underlying sample preparation concepts and techniques for environmental samples

Main Research Interests

  • Inter-species nutritional interactions in microbial associations, including nutrient transfer between autotrophic and heterotrophic communities in fresh water and marine environments, trophic interactions in multi-species assemblages, and symbiotic associations.
  • Development of new correlative imaging approaches for visualization, identification and chemical mapping of microbial cells and sub-cellular components. These include species identification and visualization by fluorescence microscopy (FISH &CARD-FISH), high resolution structure imaging (SEM, TEM, HIM) and high resolution chemical mapping (nanoSIMS, ToFSIMS, Raman microspectroscopy, EDX).
  • Impact and fate of antibiotics in natural environments: effect of antibiotics on the metabolism of natural microbial communities, impact on single-cell metabolism, dynamics of environmental communities under antibiotic stress, biodegradation/biotransformation of antibiotics by microorganisms.
  • Microbe-plant nutritional interactions in the rhizosphere, including colonization of Zea mays roots by soil microorganisms and transfer of carbon between roots and associated microorganisms.

Publications


Theses

M.Sc. thesis: “Comparative analyses of Pseudomonas aeruginosa strains isolated from clinical products and natural environments.” University of Bucharest, Romania (February 2001)
Ph.D thesis: “Molecular characterization of symbiotic associations between chemoautotrophic sulphur-oxidizing microorganisms and nematodes in shallow marine sediments”. University of Bremen and Max-Planck Institute, Bremen, Germany (June 2006)

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