Freya Wencker, PhD
Lecturer in Molecular, Cellular and Developmental BiologyAbout
Research
Publications
2025
Evidence that ribosomal protein bS21 is a component of the OLE ribonucleoprotein complex
Wencker F, Lyon S, Breaker R. Evidence that ribosomal protein bS21 is a component of the OLE ribonucleoprotein complex. RNA Biology 2025, 22: 1-14. PMID: 40322971, PMCID: PMC12054373, DOI: 10.1080/15476286.2025.2491842.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2024
Improved methods for genetic manipulation of the alkaliphile Halalkalibacterium halodurans
Wencker F, Lyon S, Breaker R. Improved methods for genetic manipulation of the alkaliphile Halalkalibacterium halodurans. Frontiers In Microbiology 2024, 15: 1465811. PMID: 39360312, PMCID: PMC11445130, DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2024.1465811.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchDisruption of the bacterial OLE RNP complex impairs growth on alternative carbon sources
Lyon S, Wencker F, Fernando C, Harris K, Breaker R. Disruption of the bacterial OLE RNP complex impairs growth on alternative carbon sources. PNAS Nexus 2024, 3: pgae075. PMID: 38415217, PMCID: PMC10898510, DOI: 10.1093/pnasnexus/pgae075.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2023
Evidence that OLE RNA is a component of a major stress‐responsive ribonucleoprotein particle in extremophilic bacteria
Breaker R, Harris K, Lyon S, Wencker F, Fernando C. Evidence that OLE RNA is a component of a major stress‐responsive ribonucleoprotein particle in extremophilic bacteria. Molecular Microbiology 2023, 120: 324-340. PMID: 37469248, DOI: 10.1111/mmi.15129.Peer-Reviewed Reviews, Practice Guidelines, Standards, and Consensus Statements
2022
Farming Practice Influences Antimicrobial Resistance Burden of Non-Aureus Staphylococci in Pig Husbandries
Soundararajan M, Marincola G, Liong O, Marciniak T, Wencker F, Hofmann F, Schollenbruch H, Kobusch I, Linnemann S, Wolf S, Helal M, Semmler T, Walther B, Schoen C, Nyasinga J, Revathi G, Boelhauve M, Ziebuhr W. Farming Practice Influences Antimicrobial Resistance Burden of Non-Aureus Staphylococci in Pig Husbandries. Microorganisms 2022, 11: 31. PMID: 36677324, PMCID: PMC9865537, DOI: 10.3390/microorganisms11010031.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2021
Antimicrobial Resistance Profiles of Coagulase-Negative Staphylococci in Community-Based Healthy Individuals in Germany
Marincola G, Liong O, Schoen C, Abouelfetouh A, Hamdy A, Wencker F, Marciniak T, Becker K, Köck R, Ziebuhr W. Antimicrobial Resistance Profiles of Coagulase-Negative Staphylococci in Community-Based Healthy Individuals in Germany. Frontiers In Public Health 2021, 9: 684456. PMID: 34222184, PMCID: PMC8247762, DOI: 10.3389/fpubh.2021.684456.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchPlasmid-Chromosome Crosstalk in Staphylococcus aureus: A Horizontally Acquired Transcription Regulator Controls Polysaccharide Intercellular Adhesin-Mediated Biofilm Formation
Marincola G, Jaschkowitz G, Kieninger A, Wencker F, Feßler A, Schwarz S, Ziebuhr W. Plasmid-Chromosome Crosstalk in Staphylococcus aureus: A Horizontally Acquired Transcription Regulator Controls Polysaccharide Intercellular Adhesin-Mediated Biofilm Formation. Frontiers In Cellular And Infection Microbiology 2021, 11: 660702. PMID: 33829001, PMCID: PMC8019970, DOI: 10.3389/fcimb.2021.660702.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchAnother layer of complexity in Staphylococcus aureus methionine biosynthesis control: unusual RNase III-driven T-box riboswitch cleavage determines met operon mRNA stability and decay
Wencker F, Marincola G, Schoenfelder S, Maaß S, Becher D, Ziebuhr W. Another layer of complexity in Staphylococcus aureus methionine biosynthesis control: unusual RNase III-driven T-box riboswitch cleavage determines met operon mRNA stability and decay. Nucleic Acids Research 2021, 49: 2192-2212. PMID: 33450025, PMCID: PMC7913692, DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkaa1277.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2019
A non‐coding RNA from the intercellular adhesion (ica) locus of Staphylococcus epidermidis controls polysaccharide intercellular adhesion (PIA)‐mediated biofilm formation
Lerch M, Schoenfelder S, Marincola G, Wencker F, Eckart M, Förstner K, Sharma C, Thormann K, Kucklick M, Engelmann S, Ziebuhr W. A non‐coding RNA from the intercellular adhesion (ica) locus of Staphylococcus epidermidis controls polysaccharide intercellular adhesion (PIA)‐mediated biofilm formation. Molecular Microbiology 2019, 111: 1571-1591. PMID: 30873665, DOI: 10.1111/mmi.14238.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchThe Many Facets of the Small Non-coding RNA RsaE (RoxS) in Metabolic Niche Adaptation of Gram-Positive Bacteria
Marincola G, Wencker F, Ziebuhr W. The Many Facets of the Small Non-coding RNA RsaE (RoxS) in Metabolic Niche Adaptation of Gram-Positive Bacteria. Journal Of Molecular Biology 2019, 431: 4684-4698. PMID: 30914292, DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2019.03.016.Peer-Reviewed Reviews, Practice Guidelines, Standards, and Consensus Statements