apl. Prof. Dr. Kornelia Smalla

Institute for Epidemiology and Pathogen Diagnostics

Contact

Address
Julius Kühn-Institut
Institute for Epidemiology and Pathogen Diagnostics
Messeweg 11/12
38104 Braunschweig

Tasks

Development and exploitation of molecular cultivation-dependent and -independent detection methods for bacterial pathogens
Epidemiology of bacterial pathogens by means of molecular detection methods
Interaction of antagonists, pathogens and microbial communities in the rhizosphere
Effects of soil, plant species, cultivar, and agricultural systems on the structural and functional diversity of microbial communities in the rhizosphere
Adaption and diversification of bacteria (among others: bacterial pathogens) via plasmids
Ecology of bacterial antibiotic resistance genes

Member of „Vereinigung für allgemeine und angewandte Mikrobiologie“ (VAAM)
Member of American Society of Microbiology
Member of the International Society for Microbial Ecology (ISME)
Member of the Deutsche Phytomedizinische Gesellschaft (DPG)
Member of the Deutsche Bodenkundliche Gesellschaft (DBG)
Editor of
- FEMS Microbiology Ecology
- Frontiers in Microbiology
- BMC Microbiology
Ad-hoc-reviewer for diverse scientific journals
- Microbial Ecology
- Soil Biology and Biochemistry
- Plasmid
- Microbiology
- Applied Soil Ecology
- New Phytologist
- Environmental Microbiology
Member of the DFG Fachkollegiums Agrar 207

Awards