Dr. Beate Slaby

Direktorat
Nationale und internationale Angelegenheiten
Helmholtz Programm-orientierte Förderung (POF), LOM, Auszeichnungen
Büro:
Geb. 5 - Raum 5.106
Telefon: +49 431 600-2810
Email: bslaby(at)geomar.de
Anschrift:
Wischhofstr. 1-3, 24148 Kiel
Werdegang
- 2022 – heute: Koordinatorin in der Helmholtz Programmorientierten Förderung (POF) im Programm "Changing Earth - Sustaining our Future" des Forschungsbereichs Erde und Umwelt und speziell für Topic 6 "Marine and Polar Life", SynCom-Ankerperson
- 2019 – 2022: 50% Koordinatorin in der Helmholtz Programmorientierten Förderung (POF) im Programm "Changing Earth - Sustaining our Future" des Forschungsbereichs Erde und Umwelt und speziell für Topic 6 "Marine and Polar Life"; 50% wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiterin
- 2017 – 2019: Postdoc im Horizon 2020 EU-Projekt SponGES
- am GEOMAR seit Juli 2015
- 2013 – 2017: Promotion im Programm “Life Sciences” der Graduate School of Life Sciences, Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg
- 2010 – 2012: Masterstudium “Geological Sciences” von LMU und TU München
- 2007 – 2010: Bachelorstudium “Geosciences” von LMU und TU München
Forschungsinteressen
- Holobionten und deren evolutionäre Entwicklung
- Leben in extremen Umgebungen
- 'Omics' unkultivierter Microorganismen
- Bioinformatische Methoden
Publikationen
Number of items: 36.
2023
Steiner, L. X.
, Wiese, J.
, Rahn, T., Borchert, E.
, Slaby, B. M.
and Hentschel, U.
(Submitted)
Maribacter halichondris sp. nov., isolated from the marine sponge Halichondria panicea.
bioRxiv
.
DOI 10.1101/2023.02.14.528435.






2022
Busch, K.
, Slaby, B. M.
, Bach, W., Boetius, A., Clefsen, I., Colaço, A., Creemers, M., Cristobo, J., Federwisch, L., Franke, A., Gavriilidou, A., Hethke, A., Kenchington, E., Mienis, F., Mills, S., Riesgo, A., Ríos, P., Roberts, E. M., Sipkema, D., Pita, L.
, Schupp, P. J., Xavier, J., Rapp, H. T. and Hentschel, U.
(2022)
Biodiversity, environmental drivers, and sustainability of the global deep-sea sponge microbiome.
Nature Communications, 13
(1).
Art.Nr. 5160.
DOI 10.1038/s41467-022-32684-4.





Burgsdorf, I.
, Sizikov, S., Squatrito, V.
, Britstein, M., Slaby, B. M.
, Cerrano, C., Handley, K. M.
and Steindler, L.
(2022)
Lineage-specific energy and carbon metabolism of sponge symbionts and contributions to the host carbon pool.
The ISME Journal, 16
.
pp. 1163-1175.
DOI 10.1038/s41396-021-01165-9.






Morganti, T. M., Slaby, B.
, de Kluijver, A., Busch, K., Hentschel, U.
, Middelburg, J. J., Grotheer, H., Mollenhauer, G., Dannheim, J., Rapp, H. T., Purser, A. and Boetius, A.
(2022)
Giant sponge grounds of Central Arctic seamounts are associated with extinct seep life.
Nature Communications, 13
(1).
Art.Nr. 638.
DOI 10.1038/s41467-022-28129-7.











Slaby, B. M.
, Bayer, K.
, Busch, K.
, Morganti, T., Boetius, A., Franzenburg, S. and Hentschel, U.
(2022)
The underappreciated role of chemoautotrophy in the Geodia parva holobiont.
[Poster]
In: 11. International Sponge Symposium. , 10.-14.10.2022, Leiden, The Netherlands .





2021
Villalobos, A. S.
, Wiese, J.
, Borchert, E.
, Rahn, T., Slaby, B. M.
, Steiner, L. X.
, Künzel, S., Dorador, C.
and Imhoff, J. F.
(2021)
Micromonospora tarapacensis sp. nov., a bacterium isolated from a hypersaline lake.
International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology, 71
(11).
Art.Nr. 005109.
DOI 10.1099/ijsem.0.005109.







Robbins, S. J., Song, W., Engelberts, J. P., Glasl, B., Slaby, B. M.
, Boyd, J., Marangon, E., Botté, E. S., Laffy, P., Thomas, T. and Webster, N. S.
(2021)
A genomic view of the microbiome of coral reef demosponges.
The ISME Journal, 15
.
pp. 1641-1654.
DOI 10.1038/s41396-020-00876-9.


Morganti, T. M., Purser, A., Rapp, H. T., German, C. R., Jakuba, M. V., Hehemann, L., Blendl, J., Slaby, B. M.
and Boetius, A.
(2021)
In situ observation of sponge trails suggests common sponge locomotion in the deep central Arctic.
Current Biology, 31
(8).
R368-R370.
DOI 10.1016/j.cub.2021.03.014.


Maldonado, M., López-Acosta, M., Busch, K.
, Slaby, B. M.
, Bayer, K.
, Beazley, L., Hentschel, U.
, Kenchington, E. and Rapp, H. T.
(2021)
A Microbial Nitrogen Engine Modulated by Bacteriosyncytia in Hexactinellid Sponges: Ecological Implications for Deep-Sea Communities.
Frontiers in Marine Science, 8
.
Art.Nr. 638505.
DOI 10.3389/fmars.2021.638505.





Borchert, E.
, García-Moyano, A., Sanchez-Carrillo, S., Dahlgren, T. G., Slaby, B. M.
, Bjerga, G. E. K., Ferrer, M., Franzenburg, S. and Hentschel, U.
(2021)
Deciphering a Marine Bone-Degrading Microbiome Reveals a Complex Community Effort.
mSystems, 6
.
Art.Nr. e01218-20.
DOI 10.1128/mSystems.01218-20.




de Kluijver, A., Nierop, K. G. J., Morganti, T. M., Bart, M. C., Slaby, B. M.
, Hanz, U., de Goeij, J. M., Mienis, F. and Middelburg, J. J.
(2021)
Bacterial precursors and unsaturated long-chain fatty acids are biomarkers of North-Atlantic deep-sea demosponges.
PLoS ONE, 16
(1).
Art.Nr. e0241095.
DOI 10.1371/journal.pone.0241095.






2020
Busch, K.
, Beazley, L., Kenchington, E., Whoriskey, F., Slaby, B. M.
and Hentschel, U.
(2020)
Microbial diversity of the glass sponge Vazella pourtalesii in response to anthropogenic activities.
Conservation Genetics, 21
.
pp. 1001-1010.
DOI 10.1007/s10592-020-01305-2.




Bayer, K.
, Busch, K.
, Kenchington, E., Beazley, L., Franzenburg, S., Michels, J., Hentschel, U.
and Slaby, B. M.
(2020)
Microbial strategies for survival in the glass sponge Vazella pourtalesii .
mSystems, 5
(4).
Art.Nr. e00473-20.
DOI 10.1128/mSystems.00473-20.











2019
Slaby, B. M.
, Franke, A., Rix, L., Pita, L.
, Bayer, K.
, Jahn, M. T.
and Hentschel, U.
(2019)
Marine Sponge Holobionts in Health and Disease.
In: Symbiotic Microbiomes of Coral Reefs Sponges and Corals.
, ed. by
Li, Z..
Springer Netherlands, Dordrecht, Netherlands, pp. 81-104.
ISBN 978-94-024-1610-7
DOI 10.1007/978-94-024-1612-1_7.





Karimi, E.
, Keller-Costa, T.
, Slaby, B. M.
, Cox, C. J.
, da Rocha, U. N., Hentschel, U.
and Costa, R.
(2019)
Genomic blueprints of sponge-prokaryote symbiosis are shared by low abundant and cultivatable Alphaproteobacteria.
Scientific Reports, 9
(1).
Art.Nr. 1999.
DOI 10.1038/s41598-019-38737-x.







2018
Bayer, K.
, Jahn, M. T.
, Slaby, B. M.
, Moitinho-Silva, L. and Hentschel, U.
(2018)
Marine Sponges as Chloroflexi Hot Spots: Genomic Insights and High-Resolution Visualization of an Abundant and Diverse Symbiotic Clade.
mSystems, 3
(6).
e00150-18.
DOI 10.1128/mSystems.00150-18.





Karimi, E., Slaby, B. M.
, Soares, A. R., Blom, J., Hentschel, U.
and Costa, R.
(2018)
Metagenomic binning reveals versatile nutrient cycling and distinct adaptive features in alphaproteobacterial symbionts of marine sponges.
FEMS Microbiology Ecology, 94
(6).
fiy074.
DOI 10.1093/femsec/fiy074.


Pita, L.
, Rix, L., Slaby, B. M.
, Franke, A. and Hentschel, U.
(2018)
The sponge holobiont in a changing ocean: from microbes to ecosystems.
Microbiome, 6
(1).
Art.Nr. 46.
DOI 10.1186/s40168-018-0428-1.




Astudillo-García, C., Slaby, B. M.
, Waite, D. W., Bayer, K.
, Hentschel, U.
and Taylor, M. W.
(2018)
Phylogeny and genomics of SAUL, an enigmatic bacterial lineage frequently associated with marine sponges.
Environmental Microbiology, 20
.
pp. 561-576.
DOI 10.1111/1462-2920.13965.






2017
Slaby, B. M.
, Hackl, T., Horn, H., Bayer, K.
and Hentschel, U.
(2017)
Metagenomic binning of a marine sponge microbiome reveals unity in defense but metabolic specialization.
The ISME Journal, 11
(11).
pp. 2465-2478.
DOI 10.1038/ismej.2017.101.




Slaby, B. M.
and Hentschel, U.
(2017)
Draft Genome Sequences of "Candidatus Synechococcus spongiarum," Cyanobacterial Symbionts of the Mediterranean Sponge Aplysina aerophoba.
Genome Announcements, 5
(17).
e00268-17.
DOI 10.1128/genomeA.00268-17.



Slaby, B. M.
(2017)
Exploring the microbiome of the Mediterranean sponge Aplysina aerophoba by single-cell and metagenomics.
(PhD/ Doctoral thesis), Universität Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany, 131 pp.


Slaby, B.
, Hackl, T., Horn, H., Bayer, K.
and Hentschel, U.
(2017)
Metagenomic binning of a marine sponge microbiome reveals unity in defense but metabolic specialization.
[Talk]
In: 10. World Sponge Conference. , 26.-30.06.2017, Galway, Ireland .











2016
Horn, H., Slaby, B. M.
, Jahn, M. T., Bayer, K.
, Moitinho-Silva, L., Förster, F., Abdelmohsen, U. R. and Hentschel, U.
(2016)
An Enrichment of CRISPR and Other Defense-Related Features in Marine Sponge-Associated Microbial Metagenomes.
Frontiers in Microbiology, 7
(1751).
DOI 10.3389/fmicb.2016.01751.




2015
Burgsdorf, I., Slaby, B. M.
, Handley, K. M., Haber, M., Blom, J., Marshall, C. W., Gilbert, J. A., Hentschel, U.
and Steindler, L.
(2015)
Lifestyle Evolution in Cyanobacterial Symbionts of Sponges.
mBio, 6
(3).
e00391-15.
DOI 10.1128/mBio.00391-15.


Bayer, K.
, Slaby, B. M.
and Hentschel, U.
(2015)
Den Unkultivierbaren auf der Spur.
Biospektrum - das Magazin für Biowissenschaften, 21
(1).
pp. 17-19.
DOI 10.1007/s12268-015-0526-6.






Beiträge zu Konferenzen
- YOUMARES 9, Oldenburg, Germany (Vortrag)
- ISME17, Leipzig, Germany (Poster)
- Marine 'omics Workshop, Delmenhorst, Germany (Vortrag)
- YOUMARES 8, Kiel, Germany (Vortrag)
- 10th World Sponge Conference, Galway, Ireland (Vortrag)
- Gordon Research Conference Animal-Microbe Symbioses, West Dover, VT, USA (Poster)
- Young Investigator Research Day, Kiel, Germany (Vortrag)
- Essential Ocean Variables Workshop, Kiel, Germany (Poster)
- Eureka!, 10th International Symposium Organized by the Students of the GSLS, Wuerzburg, Germany (Poster)
- Gordon Research Conference Applied & Environmental Microbiology, South Hadley, MA, USA (Kurzvortrag und Poster)
- 2nd Global Invertebrate Genomics Alliance (GIGA) Workshop, Munich, Germany (Poster)
- 2nd International Symposium on Sponge Microbiology, Baltimore, MD, USA (Poster)
- Eureka!, 9th International Symposium Organized by the Students of the GSLS, Wuerzburg, Germany (Poster)
- 9th Annual DOE JGI User Meeting, Walnut Creek, CA, USA (Poster)
- SCIX Scientific Crosstalk, 8th International Symposium Organized by the Students of the Graduate School of Life Sciences, Wuerzburg, Germany (Poster)
Öffentliche Vorträge
- Naturerlebniszentrum Maasholm 2018: Slaby B. "Schwämme: die Methusaleme der Meere"
- Kieler Woche 2017: Slaby B. "Schwämme: Methusaleme der Meere"
- Kinder- und Schüleruni Kiel 2017: Hentschel U, Slaby B, Jung S. "Meeresschwämme und Mikroorganismen: Pioniere der Evolution"
Auszeichnungen
- 06/2017: Reisekostenbeihilfe der GlaxoSmithKline (gsk) Stiftung für die 10th World Sponge Conference, Galway, Irland
- 02/2013-01/2016: Promotionsstipendium der Graduate School of Life Sciences (GSLS) der Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg
Lehrerfahrung
- seit 2020: Betreuung von Online-Praktika und Vorlesungen zu Scientific Computing
- seit 2017: Betreuung von Praktika und Abschlussarbeiten (BSc, MSc)
- 2013: Betreuung einer Bachelorarbeit, Würzburg
- 2012-2014: Betreuung von Laborpraktika, München und Würzburg
Ausfahrten
- Aug/Sep 2019: MSM86 auf RV "Maria S. Merian" (Probennahme an arktischen Tiefseeschwämmen)
- 2016: PS101 auf RV "Polarstern" (Probennahme an arktischen Tiefseeschwämmen)
- 2012: SO224 auf RV “Sonne” (Betreuung des Parasound-Systems, Sedimentecholot)
- 2009: ANT XXV/5 auf RV “Polarstern” und MSM12/2 auf RV “Maria S. Merian” (Betreuung des Parasound-Systems, Sedimentecholot, Unterstützung bei der Sedimentkern-Beprobung)