Fahnert, Beatrix - Cardiff University

个人简介

I became a microbiologist, because microbial diversity and the role of Microbiology in daily life always fascinated me. After I graduated from the Friedrich Schiller University of Jena (Germany), I worked on Chlamydia (virulence). At the now Leibniz Institute for Natural Product Research and Infection Biology-Hans-Knoell-Institute in Jena, I worked on recombinant production of cystine-rich proteins (e.g. hBMP-2) in Escherichia coli and on transcriptomics. Following my doctorate (Microbiology) in 2001, I received a Marie-Curie-Individual Fellowship and went to Finland (University of Oulu) to work on recombinant Wnt proteins. The challenge of producing biologically active cystine-rich proteins in recombinant systems required monitoring and strategically influencing transcription, translation, translocation, host physiology (stress responses) and cultivation conditions. In 2005 I joined Cardiff University, where I am now a Reader (Teaching & Scholarship). Now with more experience as a microbiologist I am still fascinated by relating diversity of micro-organisms to their constant adaptation and optimisation, and by how this is achieved through diversifying and controlling information on all levels (subcellular: from genome plasticity to posttranslational modification; within the population and in interaction with biotic and abiotic factors of the environment). I am committed to sharing my passion for science, to making knowledge and skills accessible, and to providing the best education. Making a difference through education in HEIs does not only require educators to have a background in both the subject and pedagogy (Postgraduate Certificate in University Teaching and Learning), but also management and leadership skills. That is why I completed training in Practical Leadership for University Management (accredited by the Institute of Leadership & Management).

研究领域

Microbiology (in particular Medical Microbiology) has always been my main focus, and I combined that with an interdisciplinary background in Biotechnology. I am very interested in postgenomic approaches to studying virulence, pathogenesis and pathogen-host-interactions, and in utilising related findings for prevention and therapy of infectious diseases. I am committed to sharing my passion for science and to making knowledge, and skills accessible, providing the best education, contributing to the academic community of practice, in order for everyone to ultimately benefit from Microbiology, and to allow for the advancement of the subject. Therefore, I am interested in certain aspects of lifelong Learning (e.g. Undergraduate and Postgraduate employability) and Teaching (e.g. academic culture; Continuous Professional Development of Academics including Peer Review of Learning and Teaching/ Peer-assisted Scholarly Reflective Practice) in the Biosciences within the framework of the changing landscape in Higher Education and related processes (e.g. individual and organisational learning; adapting to change and managing change, recognition and accreditation).

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Fahnert, B. 2016. Edging into the future: education in microbiology and beyond. FEMS Microbiology Letters 363(7), article number: fnw048. (10.1093/femsle/fnw048) Fahnert, B. 2015. Teaching matters - academic professional development in the early 21st century. FEMS Microbiology Letters 362(20), article number: fnv156. (10.1093/femsle/fnv156) Fahnert, B. 2015. On your marks, get set, go! - lessons from the UK in enhancing employability of graduates and postgraduates. FEMS Microbiology Letters 362(19), article number: fnv150. (10.1093/femsle/fnv150) Fahnert, B. 2015. Editorial: Education is.... FEMS Microbiology Letters 362(22), article number: fnv190. (10.1093/femsle/fnv190) Fahnert, B. 2013. PDP in disguise. PDP Newsletter: Welsh Edition 2, pp. 2. Fahnert, B. 2012. Using folding promoting agents in recombinant protein production: A review. Methods in Molecular Biology 824, pp. 3-36. (10.1007/978-1-61779-433-9_1) Fahnert, B., Hilton, J. C. and O'Mahoney, J. 2009. (Re)constructing Babel: mapping the dynamics of teacher training. Pedagogical Research In Maximising Education. 3(2), pp. 167-181. Huhtamella, S.et al. 2007. RNA-based sandwich hybridisation method for detection of lactic acid bacteria in brewery samples. Journal of Microbiological Methods 68(3), pp. 543-553. (10.1016/j.mimet.2006.10.009) Fahnert, B., Lilie, H. and Neubauer, P. 2004. Inclusion bodies: formation and utilisation. Advances in Biochemical Engineering Biotechnology 89, pp. 93-142. (10.1007/b93995) Fahnert, B.et al. 2004. Murine Wnt-1 with an internal c-myc tag recombinantly produced in Escherichia coli can induce intracellular signaling of the canonical Wnt pathway in eukaryotic cells. Journal of Biological Chemistry 279(46), pp. 47520-47527. (10.1074/jbc.M403207200)