Deutsch Intern
Institute for Hygiene and Microbiology

Curriculum vitae Prof. rer. nat. Franziska Faber

Academic Career
since August 2023 Professor (W2) at the Institute for Hygiene and Microbiology, University of Würzburg
since 2021 Associated Research Group Leader at the Helmholtz Institute for RNA-based Infection Research (HIRI), Würzburg
2021-2023 Junior Professor (W1) at the Institute for Molecular Infection Biology (IMIB), University of Würzburg
2018-2021 Young Investigator Group Leader at the Research Center for Infectious Diseases (ZINF), University of Würzburg
2017-2018 Postdoctoral fellow at Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research, Braunschweig
(Laboratory of Prof. Petra Dersch)
2011-2017 Postdoctoral fellow at University of California at Davis, USA
(Laboratory of Prof. Andreas J. Baumler)
2007-2011 Doctoral student at the Robert-Koch Institute, Wernigerode
(Supervisor: Gottfried Wilharm)
2006-2007 Diploma at the Robert-Koch Institute, Wernigerode
(Supervisor: Prof. Helmut Tschäpe)
2005 Research internship at Charité, Campus Benjamin Franklin, Berlin
(Laboratory of Prof. Thomas Walther)
2004 Research internship at Institute of Physical Chemistry, Martin Luther-University, Halle-Wittenberg
(Laboratory of Prof. Alfred Blume)
2001-2007 Study of Biology, Martin Luther-University, Halle-Wittenberg
Professional Activities
Since 2022 Member, Executive Board, SFB1583 Decisions in Infectious Diseases
Since 2021 Board Member, DGHM Study Section "Gastrointestinal Infections"
Since 2020 Section Speaker, Graduate School of Life Sciences Würzburg, Section "Infeciont & Immunity"
Memberships DGHM, RNA Society
Stipends and Awards
2018 Förderpreis, German Society for Hygiene and Microbiology (DGHM)
Selected Publications 
  • Fuchs M, Lamm-Schmidt V, Lenče T, Sulzer J, Bublitz A, Wackenreuter J, Gerovac M, Strowig T, Faber F (2023)
    A network of small RNAs regulates sporulation initiation in C difficile. EMBO J doi:10.15252/embj.2022112858
  • Fuchs M*, Lamm-Schmidt V*, Sulzer J, Ponath F, Jenniches L, Kirk JA, Fagan RP, Barquist L, Vogel J, Faber F (2021)
    An RNA-centric global view of the clinically important bacterium Clostridioides difficile reveals broad activity of Hfq in a Gram-positive species. PNAS doi:10.1073/pnas.2103579118
  • Lamm-Schmidt V, Fuchs M, Sulzer J, Gerovac M, Hör J, Dersch P, Vogel J, Faber F (2021)
    Grad-seq identifies KhpB as a global RNA-binding protein in Clostridioides difficile that regulates toxin production. microLife uqab004:10.1093/femsml/uqab004
  • Faber F, Thiennimitr P, Spiga L, Byndloss MX, Litvak Y, Lawhon S, Andrews-Polymenis HL, Winter SE, Bäumler AJ (2017)
    Respiration of microbiota-derived 1,2-propanediol drives Salmonella expansion during colitis. PLoS Pathogens 2017 13(1):e1006129  
  • Faber F, Tran L, Byndloss MX, Lopez CA, Velazquez EM, Kerrinnes T, Nuccio SP, Wangdi T, Fiehn O, Tsolis RM, Bäumler AJ (2016)
    Host-mediated sugar oxidation promotes post-antibiotic pathogen expansion. Nature 2016 534(7609):697-9