Doctoral Researcher


Name Christopher Birk
Affiliation Institute of Hygiene and Microbiology

Professur für Mikrobielle Interaktionen
Street Josef-Schneider-Str. 2 E1
Zip Code 97080
City Würzburg
Email E-mail
Telephone +49 931 31- 89525
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Section Infection & Immunity
Title of Thesis Project Understanding virulence decisions within single cells of the bacterial pathogen Clostridioides difficile
Primary Supervisor Prof. Dr. Franziska Faber
Member of Thesis Committee Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Alexander Westermann
Andrew Hryckowian PhD, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Publication

ProQ prevents mRNA degradation through inhibition of poly(A) polymerase. Bergman S, Birk C, Holmqvist E. Nucleic Acids Res. 2025 Feb 27;53(5):gkaf103. doi: 10.1093/nar/gkaf103. 
Last update Publications 26.06.2025