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Lea Atanasova

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classifications according to Statistics Austria Molecular biology Genetics Genomics Microbiology Mycology Enzyme technology

Research Focus

Biological Control Biocontrol Agents Carbohydrate Active Enzymes Clonostachys Comparative Genomics Ecology and Evolution Ecological Genomics Evolutionary Biology Fungi Gene Expression Genetics Genomics Metagenomics Microbiology Molecular Biology Molecular Evolution Phylogeny Recombinant Protein Expression Signal Transduction Transcriptomics Trichoderma

free keywords phylogeny and molecular evolution mycoparasitism and biocontrol functional proteomics, transcriptomics and genomics microbial interactions fungal auxiliary activity and carbohydrate-active enzymes in fungal ecological niches Applied molecular microbiology

 

Career

  • 2018 Senior researcher and Principal Investigator (PI), University of Natural Resources and Life Science Vienna · Institute of Food Technology, Vienna, Austria
  • 2018 - 2022 Maternity leaves from July 2018 - Nov 2019 and June 2021 - Nov 2022
  • 2017 - 2018 PostDoc, TU Wien · Institute of Applied Physics, Vienna, Austria
  • 2016 - 2018 PostDoc, University of Innsbruck · Institute of Microbiology, Innsbruck, Austria
  • 2015 - 2015 PostDoc, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU) · Department of Forest Mycology and Plant Pathology, Uppsala, Sweden
  • 2013 - 2016 PostDoc, TU Wien · Institute of Chemical Technology, Environmental Technology and Life Sciences, Vienna, Austria
  • 2013 PhD thesis (Dr. rer. nat.) - TU Wien · Institute of Chemical Technology, Environmental Technology and Life Sciences, Vienna, Austria
  • 2009 - 2009 Research Assistant, Graz University of Technology · Institute of Environmental Biotechnology, Graz, Austria
  • 2008 Diploma thesis (Mag. rer. nat.), University of Vienna · Faculty of Life Sciences, Department of Botany and Biodiversity Research, Vienna, Austria

Awards

  • Year: 2015 Awards: Carl Trygger scholarship for research at SLU (Uppsala, Sweden)
  • Year: 2013 Awards: GSA fungal meeting award, Genetics Society of America (Asilomar, CA, United States)
  • Year: 2011 Awards: FEMS Young Scientist Meeting Grant, Federation of European Microbiological Societies (Sant Feliu de Guíxols, Spain)
  • Year: 2009 Awards: Price Award for best Master-/Diploma research, Ecological Society of Germany, Austria and Switzerland (GFÖ) (Bayreuth, Germany)
  • Year: 2008 Awards: Austria National Park Research Award, Austrian Federal Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry, Environment and Water Management (Vienna, Austria)
  • Year: 2006 Awards: Ad Futura Special Achievements Fellowship for studies abroad, Slovene human resources development and scholarship fund (Ljubljana, Slovenia)

Projects

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Publications

54 Publications found.

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      Presentations

      • Year: 2025 -  Genomic Insights into the Opportunistic Genus Trichoderma (Talk)

        Autoren: Atanasova, L

        Event: Summer School on Plant Pathogenomics for a Sustainable Future of Food

        Period: 23.06.2025 - 27.06.2025  | Location: Bologna, Bologna, Italien  | Organizer: UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA

      • Year: 2023 -  Sensing and regulation of biotrophic processes in fungal mycoparasites (Talk)

        Autoren: Atanasova, L

        Event: Lecture Seminar at the Institute of Microbial Genetics (IMiG), BOKU

      • Year: 2023 -  Sensing and regulation of mycoparasitism-related processes in Trichoderma atroviride (Talk)

        Autoren: Lea Atanasova

        Event: 16th European Conference on Fungal Genetics 2023

        Period: 05.03.2023 - 08.03.2023  | Location: Innsbruck

      • Year: 2021 -  PENTADECAIBINS: UNPRECEDENTED 15-RESIDUE PEPTAIBOLS PRODUCED BY A MARINE-DERIVED TRICHODERMA OF THE HARZIANUM CLADE (Talk)

        Autoren: Nicolas RUIZ, Anne-Isaline VAN BOHEMEN, Aurore ZALOUK-VERGNOUX, Aurore MICHAUD, Thibaut ROBIOU DU PONT, Irina DRUZHININA, Lea ATANASOVA, Soizic PRADO, Bernard BODO, Laurence MESLET-CLADIERE, Bastien COCHEREAU, Franck BASTIDE, Corentin MASLARD7 Muriel MARCHI, Thomas GUILLEMETTE, Yves François POUCHUS

        Event: XII European Conference of Marine Natural Products

        Period: 30.08.2021 - 01.09.2021  | Location: Galway, Ireland

      • Year: 2021 -  Sensing and regulation of biotrophic interactions in fungal mycoparasites (Talk)

        Autoren: Atanasova L

        Event: Lecture Seminar at Department of Forest Mycology and Plant Pathology, and CBC Semnar; SLU

        Period: 15.04.2021  | Location: Uppsala, Sweden

      • Year: 2020 -  Functional diversification of cellobiose dehydrogenases (CDHs) uncovers their involvement in multiple nutritional strategies of the mycoparasite Clonostachys rosea (Poster)

        Autoren: Atanasova, L.; Csarman, F.; Dubey, M.; Karlsson, M.; Peterbauer, C.; Sützl, L.

        Event: 15th European Conference on Fungal Genetics ECFG15 2020

        Period: 17.02.2020 - 20.02.2020  | Location: Rome, Italy | Location: Rom, Italien

      • Year: 2020 -  Trichoderma atroviride mycoparasitism and its regulation by the TOR signaling pathway (Poster)

        Autoren: Segreto, R; Bazafkan, H; Millinger, J; Doppler, M; Blueschl, C; Schuhmacher, R; Atanasova, L; Zeilinger, S

        Event: 15th European Conference on Fungal Genetics ECFG15 2020

        Period: 17.02.2020 - 20.02.2020  | Location: Rome, Italy | Location: Rom, Italien

      • Year: 2018 -  Interplay between GPI-anchored α-1,6-mannanase Dfg5 and MAPK signaling in cell wall remodeling of the mycoparasite Trichoderma atroviride (Talk)

        Autoren: Atanasova, L; Zeilinger, S

        Event: 14th European Conference on Fungal Genetics ECFG14 2018

        Period: 25.02.2018 - 28.02.2018  | Location: Haifa, Israel

      • Year: 2017 -  A Gpr1-regulated Sur7 transmembrane protein Sfp2 is required for cell wall stability and stress response in the mycoparasite Trichoderma atroviride (Talk)

        Autoren: Atanasova L

        Event: LMT Institute Seminar

        Period: 27.03.2017  | Location: Vienna, Austria

      • Year: 2017 -  Visualizing Signaling Complexes in Filamentous Fungi (Talk)

        Autoren: Reismann, AWAF; Atanasova, L; Lichius, A; Gruber, SG; Zeilinger, S; Schuetz, GJ

        Event: 61st Annual Meeting of the Biophysical-Society 2017

        Period: 11.02.2017 - 15.02.2017  | Location: New Orleans, LA, USA

      • Year: 2017 -  A Gpr1 regulated protein from the Sur7-family is involved in cell wall stability and stress response in the mycoparasite Trichoderma atroviride (Poster)

        Autoren: Atanasova L; Gruber S; Radebner T; Lichius A; Schütz G; Kreil D; Zeilinger S.

        Event: 29th Fungal Genetic Conference 2017

        Period: 14.03.2017 - 19.03.2017  | Location: Asilomar, CA, USA

      • Year: 2016 -  A single mating event in Trichoderma reesei results in significant alterations of individual fitness of first generation progeny strains (Talk)

        Autoren: Atanasova, L

        Event: 1st Trichoderma Workshop: Satelite meeting of European Conference on fungal Genetics

        Period: 03.04.2016  | Location: Paris, France

      • Year: 2016 -  Functional characterization of Clonostachys rosea pectate lyase PEL1 in Trichoderma reesei (Poster)

        Autoren: Atanasova L, Dubey M, Grujic M, Gudmundsson M, Druzhinina I, Sandgren M, Kubicek CP, Funck Jensen D, Karlsson M.

        Event: 13th European Conference on Fungal Genetics ECFG13 2016

        Period: 03.04.2016 - 06.04.2016  | Location: Paris, France

      • Year: 2015 -  Evolution and diversification of Trichoderma CAZome based on the genome of eight species (Poster)

        Autoren: Atanasova L, Chenthamara-Kariyankode K, Grujic M, Aerts A, Kuo A, Grigoriev I, Kubicek CP, Druzhinina I

        Event: EMBO Conference 2015 - Exploring the genomic complexity and diversity of eukaryotes

        Period: 17.10.2015 - 22.10.2015  | Location: Sant Feliu de Guixols, Spain

      • Year: 2014 -  Sex modulates long distance dispersal and antagonistic potential of Trichoderma reesei (Poster)

        Autoren: L. Atanasova, M. Grandits, C.P. Kubicek, I. Druzhinina

        Event: ECFG 12 - 12th European Conference on Fungal Genetics

        Period: 23.03.2014 - 27.03.2014  | Location: Seville, Spain

      • Year: 2013 -  Diversity and physiology of Trichoderma associated with Burholderia spp. in the nests of Borneo's exploding ants (Talk)

        Autoren: L. Atanasova, D. Davidson, A. Kamariah, I. Druzhinina

        Event: BAGECO 12; 12th Symposium on Bacterial Genetics and Ecology

        Period: 09.06.2013 - 13.06.2013  | Location: Ljubljana, Slovenia

      • Year: 2013 -  A unique genomic architecture of Trichoderma species from Section Longibrachiatum (Talk)

        Autoren: L. Atanasova, K. Chenthamara-Kariyankode, A. Kopchinskiy, S.E. Baker, I. Grigoriev, K. Pomraning, M. Freitag, C.P. Kubicek, I. Druzhinina:

        Event: EMBO Conference 2013 - Comparative Genomics of Eukaryotic Microorganisms: Complexity Patterns in Eukaryotic Genomes

        Period: 19.10.2013 - 24.10.2013  | Location: Sant Feliu de Guixols, Spain

      • Year: 2013 -  The Trichoderma reesei polyketide synthase gene pks1 is necessary for yellow-green pigmentation of conidia an is involved in the establishment of environmental fitness (Talk)

        Autoren: L. Atanasova, B. Knox, C.P. Kubicek, S.E. Baker, I. Druzhinina

        Event: 27th Fungal Genetics Conference 2013

        Period: 12.03.2013 - 17.03.2013  | Location: Pacific Grove, CA, USA | Location: Asilomar, CA, USA

      • Year: 2012 -  LC-HRMS/MS based approach for the screening of microbial iron-containing metabolites (siderophores) (Talk)

        Autoren: Sylvia M. Lehner, Nora K.N. Neumann, Lea Atanasova, Rudolf Krska, Marc Lemmens, Irina S. Druzhinina, Rainer Schuhmacher

        Event: 8. ASAC JunganalytikerInnen Forum 2012

        Period: 01.06.2012 - 02.06.2012  | Location: Salzburg, Austria

      • Year: 2012 -  Targeted screening and structure characterization of iron-containing metabolites (siderophores) from Trichoderma spp., A. alternata and A. niger using LC-HR-MS/MS on an LTQ Orbitrap XL (Poster)

        Autoren: Sylvia M. Lehner, Nora K.N. Neumann, Lea Atanasova, Rudolf Krska, Marc Lemmens, Irina S. Druzhinina, Rainer Schuhmacher

        Event: IOBC Reims 2012

        Period: 24.06.2012 - 27.06.2012  | Location: Reims, France

      • Year: 2012 -  Functional diversity of Trichoderma mycoparasitism (Poster)

        Autoren: L. Atanasova, S. Le Crom, S. Gruber, F. Coulpier, V. Seidl-Seiboth, I. Druzhinina, C.P. Kubicek

        Event: 11th European Conference on Fungal ECFG 11 2012

        Period: 30.03.2012 - 02.04.2012  | Location: Marburg, Germany

      • Year: 2012 -  Targeted screening and structure characterization of fungal non-ribosomal peptides (siderophores) using LC-HR-MS/MS on an LTQ Orbitrap XL (Talk)

        Autoren: Sylvia M. Lehner, Nora K.N. Neumann, Lea Atanasova, Rudolf Krska, Marc Lemmens, Irina S. Druzhinina, Rainer Schuhmacher

        Event: 23rd Mass Spectrometric Discussion-Meeting MassSpec-Forum-Vienna 2012

        Period: 21.02.2012 - 22.02.2012  | Location: Vienna, Austria

      • Year: 2011 -  The transcriptional profile of Trichoderma mycoparasitism (Poster)

        Autoren: L. Atanasova, S. Le Crom, S. Gruber, F. Coulpier, V. Seidl, I. Druzhinina, C.P. Kubicek

        Event: EMBO Meeting Comparative Genomics of Eukaryotic Microorganisms 2011

        Period: 15.10.2011 - 20.10.2011  | Location: Sant Feliu de Guixols, Spain

      • Year: 2011 -  Metabolic profiling of iron-containing metabolites secreted by Trichoderma using LC-HR-MS/MS (Poster)

        Autoren: Lehner S.M., Neumann N.K.N., Atanasova L., Krska R., Lemmens M., Druzhinina I., Schuhmacher R.

        Event: Metabomeeting 2011

        Period: 25.09.2011 - 28.09.2011  | Location: Helsinki, Finland

      • Year: 2011 -  Molecular characterisation of the yeast interspecies hybrids (Talk)

        Autoren: Lopandic, K., Bond, U., Atanasova, L., Druzhinina, L., Sterflinger, K.

        Event: 15th International Biodeterioration and Biodegradation Symposium IBBS-15 2011

        Period: 19.09.2011 - 24.09.2011  | Location: Vienna, Austria

      • Year: 2010 -  Trichoderma in Its Environment : Ecophysiological Aspects, Aerial Transfer and in Situ DNA Barcoding of Infrageneric Communities (Talk)

        Autoren: L. Atanasova, I. Druzhinina

        Event: 9th International Mycological Congress IMC9 2010 - The Biology of Fungi

        Period: 01.08.2010 - 06.08.2010  | Location: Edinburgh, Scotland, UK

      • Year: 2010 -  Metagenomic study of an air borne diversity of a mycoparasiticfungus Trichoderma(teleomorph Hypocrea) (Poster)

        Autoren: Atanasova L, Friedl MA, Bauer H, Puxbaum H, Kubicek CP, Druzhinina IS

        Event: 3rd Joint Conference German Society for Hygiene and Microbiology and Association for General and Applied Microbiology

        Period: 28.03.2010 - 31.03.2010  | Location: Hanover, Germany

      • Year: 2010 -  Metagenomic study of air borne diversity of mycoparasitic fungus Trichoderma (anamorph Hypocrea) (Poster)

        Autoren: L. Atanasova, M. Friedl, H. Bauer, H. Puxbaum, C.P. Kubicek, I. Druzhinina

        Event: VAAM - Jahrestagung

        Period: 28.03.2010 - 31.03.2010  | Location: Hanover, Germany

      • Year: 2010 -  Diversity and physiology of Trichoderma associated with nests of Borneo's exploding ants (Talk)

        Autoren: L. Atanasova, D. Davidson, A. Kamariah, N. Anderson, I. Druzhinina:

        Event: 9th International Mycological Congress IMC9 2010 - The Biology of Fungi

        Period: 01.08.2010 - 06.08.2010  | Location: Edinburgh, Scotland, UK

      Supervised Theses

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      Community Services

      • Functions for scientific journals and panels / societies

        • Editor function in scientific journals

          • 2023 -

            Scientific Reports,

            Editorial Board Member

          • 2022 - 2023

            Frontiers in Fungal Biology,

            Reviews in Fungi-Plant Interactions: 2023, Guest Editor (special issue)

          • 2021 -

            Microbiology Spectrum,

            Associate Editor

          • 2020 -

            Frontiers in Fungal Biology,

            Associate Editor

          • 2020 - 2021

            Frontiers in Fungal Biology,

            Molecular intricacies of Trichoderma-plant-pathogen interactions, Guest Editor (special issue)

          • 2020 -

            Frontiers in Fungal Biology,

            Fungal Secondary Metabolites and Mycotoxins , Editorial Board Member

          • 2020 -

            BMC Microbiology,

            Editorial Board Member

          • 2019 -

            Frontiers in Microbiology,

            Food Microbiology , Editorial Board Member

          • 2019 -

            Frontiers in Microbiology,

            Microbe and Virus Interactions with Plants , Editorial Board Member

        • Reviewer in (peer-reviewed) scientific journals

          • 2024 -

            World Journal of Microbiology & Biotechnology,

            Reviewer

          • 2024 -

            Fungal Biology and Biotechnology,

            Reviewer

          • 2024 -

            Cell Communication and Signaling,

            Reviewer

          • 2023 -

            Microbial Cell Factories,

            Reviewer

          • 2022 -

            Journal of fungi,

            Reviewer

          • 2020 -

            Physiological and Molecular Plant Pathology,

            Reviewer

          • 2020 -

            Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology,

            Reviewer

          • 2019 -

            Scientific Reports,

            Reviewer

          • 2019 -

            Frontiers in Microbiology,

            Reviewer

          • 2018 -

            Applied and Environmental Microbiology,

            Reviewer

          • 2016 -

            Research in Microbiology,

            Reviewer

          • 2015 -

            Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek International Journal of General and Molecular Microbiology,

            Reviewer

          • 2015 -

            Journal of Plant Physiology,

            Reviewer

          • 2015 -

            Molecular Genetics and Genomics,

            Reviewer

          • 2014 -

            Molecular Biotechnology,

            Reviewer

          • 2014 -

            BMC Microbiology,

            Reviewer

          • 2014 -

            Journal of Zhejiang University-Science B,

            Reviewer

          • 2011 -

            Mycologia,

            Reviewer

        • Functions in (non)scientific committees, societies or corporate bodies

          • 2023 -

            BOKU Commission Continuing Education,

            extended member

      • Other Peer-Review Activities

        • Project reviews (for funding organizations)

          • 2024 -

            Hungarian Academy of Sciences (MTA),

            Lendület “Momentum” Programme, Gutachter

      • Events

        • 2023

          16th European Conference on Fungal Genetics (ECFG16), Innsbruck, Austria 2023

          (Conference, workshop), member of the organisation committee

        • 2023

          Chair of the concurrent session 'Biocontrol and natural antagonists' at ECFG16, Innsbruck, Austria 2023

          (Conference, workshop), Chair (session)

        • 2015

          Technik im Kindergarten: Mikrobiologie Workshop, Juli 2015

          (Conference, workshop), member of the organisation committee

        • 2014

          Projekt Sommerwoche Bezirk Wieden, Mikrobiologielabor "Was ist Schimmel"? 07.-10.07.2014

          (Summer School), member of the organisation committee

        • 2014

          Bring your Kids Day: Erforschung der Schimmelpilze, 10.06.2014

          (Conference, workshop), member of the organisation committee

        • 2013

          Bring your Kids Day: Erforschung der Schimmelpilze, 21.05.2013

          (Conference, workshop), member of the organisation committee

        • 2013

          TU-Sommerwoche Technik & Kinder: Was ist Schimmel? Workshop; vom 22. bis 26. Juli 2013

          (Conference, workshop), member of the organisation committee

        • 2012

          Technik im Kindergarten: Mikrobiologie Workshop, Oktober 2012

          (Conference, workshop), member of the organisation committee

        • 2012

          Technik im Kindergarten: Mikrobiologie Workshop, März 2012

          (Conference, workshop), member of the organisation committee

        • 2011

          jährlich bis 2013 Lehrgang Fachkraft für die Sanierung von Schimmelpilzschäden in Gebäuden

          (study-course, seminar), scientific advisor