Regine Hengge
Bacterial biofilms: linking bacterial growth, survival and multicellularity with second messengers as triggers and drivers
Institut für Biologie / Mikrobiologie, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Berlin, Germany
Regine Hengge studied biology and obtained her doctorate at the Universität Konstanz. After carrying out post-doctoral research at Princeton University (NJ, USA), she completed her Habilitation in Microbiology & Molecular Genetics at the Universität Konstanz. As a Full Professor she headed the microbiology unit of the Freie Universität Berlin from 1998-2013, and since 2013 has been in a similar position at the Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin.
Her scientific research deals with signal transduction mechanisms and regulatory networks in bacterial biofilm formation and stress responses. Following her interdisciplinary interests, she is a PI in the Excellence Cluster Matters of Activity and also pursues a longterm Science&Theatre project in collaboration with the English Theatre Berlin.
Among other awards, she received the Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Prize from the DFG, the Landesforschungspreis Baden-Württemberg and an ERC Advanced Investigator Grant. She is an elected member of several national and international academies including the Leopoldina, BBAW, EMBO and the American Academy of Microbiology.
Regine Hengge studied biology and obtained her doctorate at the Universität Konstanz. After carrying out post-doctoral research at Princeton University (NJ, USA), she completed her Habilitation in Microbiology & Molecular Genetics at the Universität Konstanz. As a Full Professor she headed the microbiology unit of the Freie Universität Berlin from 1998-2013, and since 2013 has been in a similar position at the Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin.
Her scientific research deals with signal transduction mechanisms and regulatory networks in bacterial biofilm formation and stress responses. Following her interdisciplinary interests, she is a PI in the Excellence Cluster Matters of Activity and also pursues a longterm Science&Theatre project in collaboration with the English Theatre Berlin.
Among other awards, she received the Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Prize from the DFG, the Landesforschungspreis Baden-Württemberg and an ERC Advanced Investigator Grant. She is an elected member of several national and international academies including the Leopoldina, BBAW, EMBO and the American Academy of Microbiology.