Prof. Dr. Mirjam Perner
Geomikrobiologie
FE Marine Geosysteme
Forschungsbereich 2: Marine Biogeochemie
Geb.12/ Raum: 334
Telefon: +49 431 600-2837
Fax: +49 431 600-2941
E-Mail: mperner@geomar.de
Anschrift:
GEOMAR | Helmholtz-Zentrum für Ozeanforschung Kiel
Gebäude 12, Ostufer
Wischhofstrasse 1-3
24148 Kiel
Wissenschaftlicher Werdegang
seit 01/2018
W2 Professorin für Geomikrobiologie am GEOMAR Helmholtz-Zentrum für Ozeanforschung Kiel
2011 - 12/2017
Juniorprofessorin (Assistant Professor) “Molecular Biology of Microbial Consortia” an der Universität Hamburg (positive Evaluation in 2014)
2009 - 2012
Koordinatorin der International Graduate School C1-Chemistry in "Resource and Energy Management" an der Universität Hamburg
2008 - 2011
Postdoc an der Universität Hamburg (Mikrobiologie & Biotechnologie)
2007
Postdoc am IFM-GEOMAR in Kiel (Marine Mikrobiologie)
12/2003 – 1/2007
Ph.D. in Biologie am IFM-GEOMAR in Kiel (Marine Mikrobiologie): "Comparison of Microbial Communities of Ultramafic- and Basalt-Hosted Hydrothermal Systems: Genetic Characterization of 16S rRNA Genes, H2 Oxidation and CO2 Fixation Pathways" (Supervisor: Prof. Dr. J.F. Imhoff)
2003
Labor Assistentin (Hiwi-Vertrag) am Institut für Hydrobiologie und Fischereiforschung, Universität Hamburg
2003
Diplom (M. Sc. Equivalent) in Zoologie, Mikrobiologie, Paläontologie, Hydrobiologie/ Fischereiwissenschaft, Universität Hamburg
2002 - 2003
Diplomarbeit am Max-Planck-Institut, Bremen: "Biogeochemical and Microbiological Characterization of Marine Sediments at Elba – A Contribution to Ecosystematic Analysis of Symbiotic Bacteria from Oligochaetes" (Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Nicole Dubilier)
2001 - 2002
Labor Assistentin (Hiwi-Vertrag) am Institut für Fischereiwissenschaften und am Institut für Bodenkunde, Universität Hamburg
1996 - 2002
Studium der Biologie an der
• Universität Hamburg
• University of California, Santa Barbara, USA
• Universität Göttingen
1997
Labor Assistentin, Zoology, Univ. of Capetown, South Africa
1995
Labor Assistentin, The Swire Institute of Marine Science, Univ. of Hong Kong
Elternzeit 2012, 2016 und 2019
Stipendien und Auszeichnungen
2014
Zonta Award for Excellence
1999/2000
Education Abroad Program and Fulbright Scholarship
Ausgewählte Vorträge
Sass, K., Böhnke, S. and Perner, M. (2018)
Iron, sulfide and hydrogen cycling in Kermadec Arc hydrothermal fluids: microbial turnover rates coupled to transcriptomics give insight into biogeochemical processes Goldschmidt, Boston, USA
Böhnke, S. and Perner, M. (2018)
An activity-based metagenomic screen reveals: RubisCO is not the only enzyme that converts ribulose-1,5-bisposphate. 17thInternational Symposium on Microbial Ecology ISME Leipzig, Germany
Perner, M., Böhnke, S., Sass, K. (2018)
Turnover rates coupled to transcriptomics reveal dominant microorganisms responsible for cycling iron, sulfide and hydrogen in Kermadec Arc hydrothermal fluids. VAAM Wolfsburg
Perner, M. (2018)
Habitat-specific microbial communities in hydrothermal chimneys: analogues for studying the possible impact of mining seafloor massive sulfide deposits Symposium on Massive Sulfide and Manganese Nodule Exploration and Environmental Studies, BGR Hannover, Germany
Perner, M., Adam, N. & Han, Y. (2017)
The role of hydrothermal venting and deposits for microbial community compositions in the Kairei and Pelagia fields. Symposium on Massive Sulfide and Manganese Nodule Exploration and Environmental Studies, BGR, Hannover, Germany
Böhnke, S. & Perner, M. (2015)
A novel function-based screen suited to seek RubisCOs from metagenomic libraries: improving our understanding of RubisCO regulation and activation mechanisms. Vereinigung für Allgemeine und Angewandte Mikrobiologie (VAAM), Marburg, Germany
Perner, M. (2015)
Hydrothermal Deep Sea Environments Hold a Huge Potential for Seeking Industrially Relevant Enzymes. Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften (HAW), Hamburg, Germany
Perner, M. (2014)
"Gestresste" Mikroben in extremen Habitaten, Meeting on: Stress auf allen Ebenen, Biozentrum Klein Flottbek, Hamburg, Germany
Perner, M. (2013).
Seeking hydrogen uptake active enzymes from the environment. Centre national recherché scientifique, Montpellier, France
Perner, M. (2013)
Novel hydrogen uptake active enzymes from a 464°C hydrothermal vent. Federation of European Microbiological Societies (5th FEMS Congress), Leipzig, Germany
Böhnke, S. & Perner, M. (2011)
Autotrophic carbon fixation: Advances in biogeochemical interactions, with function based approaches on a metagenomic level as prospect,CAREX Conference on Life in Extreme Environments, Dublin, Ireland
Perner, M & LaRoche, J. (2011)
Controls on microbes in an actively venting chimney and in low-temperature hydrothermal fluids, Goldschmidt, Prague, Czech Republic
Koschinsky, A, Sander, S. Klevenz, V & Perner, M. (2011)
Geo-bio interactions in hydrothermal fluids and their potential role for hydrothermal metal fluxes, Goldschmidt, Prague, Czech Republic
Perner, M., Seifert, R., Strauss, H. & Petersen, S. (2010).
Microbial communities and metabolisms from basalt- and ultramafic-hosted vents. AGU Chapman Conference, Agros, Cyprus
Perner, M. (2008).
From Deep-sea Hydrothermal Vent Habitats: Primary Productivity Based on H2 Oxidation and Diversity of Uptake H2ases. MPI Mülheim, Germany
Perner, M. (2008).
Mikroorganismen an hydrothermalen Tiefseequellen. Universität Münster, Germany
und Poster Präsentationen (auf nationalen and internationalen Meetings, e.g., GRC, AGU, EGU, VAAM)
Reviewer Aktivitäten
Scientific journals
Reviewer:
Nature Communications, ISME Journal, Environmental Microbiology, Applied and Environmental Microbiology, Frontiers in Microbiology, FEMS Microbiology Ecology, PLOS ONE, Microbial Ecology, BMC Microbiology, International Journal of Molecular Sciences, Aquatic Microbial
Funding agencies
German Science Foundation (DFG), Germany
National Science Foundation (NSF), USA
Schmidt Ocean Institute (Research cruises), USA
International Ocean Drilling Project (IODP)
Expeditionen
- 2016 RV Sonne, Kermadec, Pacific (student participates)
- 2016 RV Meteor, North MAR (student participated)
- 2016 RV Pourquoi Pas?, Indian Ocean (student participated)
- 2009 RV Meteor (M 78/2) (SPP 1144) South-MAR (participated)
- 2009 RV Maria S. Merian (MSM 10/3) (SPP 1144) North-MAR (participated)
- 2008 RV L’Atalante (replacement for MSM 06/3) (SPP 1144) South-MAR (participated)
- 2008 RV L’Atalante (replacement for MSM 06/2)(SPP 1144) North-MAR (participated)
- 2007 RV Maria S. Merian (MSM 04/3) (SPP 1144) North-MAR (participated)
- 2006 RV Maria S. Merian (MSM 03/2) (SPP 1144) North-MAR (participated)
- 2006 RV Meteor (M 64/2) (SPP 1144) North-MAR(participated)
- 2005 RV Meteor (M 64/1)(SPP 1144) South-MAR (participated)
Publikationen/ Patente
Artikel in Fachzeitschriften und Büchern - begutachtet/ Patente
Sass, K, Güllert, S., Streit, W.R.& Perner, M. (2020)
A hydrogen-oxidizing bacterium enriched from the open ocean resembling a symbiont. Environmental Microbiology Reports. DOI: 10.1111/1758-2229.12847
Adam, N., Schlicht, S., Han, Y., Bechelany, M., Bachmann, J. & Perner, M. (2020)
Metagenomics meets Electrochemistry: utilizing the huge catalytic potential from the uncultured microbial majority for energy-storage. Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology, section Industrial Biotechnology. DOI: 10.3389/fbioe.2020.00567
Sass, K. & Perner, M.* (2020)
Characterization of two hydrogen-oxidizing Hydrogenovibrio strains from the Kermadec volcanic island arc hydrothermal vents. Frontiers in Marine Science.
DOI: 10.3389/fmars.2020.00295
Adam, N., Kriete, C., Garbe-Schönberg, D., Gonnella, G., Krause, S., Schippers, A., Kurtz, S., Schwarz-Schampera, U., Han, Y., Indenbirken, D. & Perner, M.* (2020)
Microbial community compositions and geochemistry of sediments with increasing distance to the hydrothermal vent outlet in the Kairei field, Geomicrobiology Journal.
DOI: 10.1080/01490451.2019.1694107
Salmon, S., Borchert, MS., Blicher, TH., Streit, W. & Perner, M. (2019)
Heat-Stable Metagenomic Carbonic Anhydrases And Their Use. US Patent App. 16/318,672
Böhnke, S., Sass, K., Gonnella, G., Diehl, A., Kleint, C., Bach, W., Zitoun, R., Koschinsky, A., Indenbirken, D., Sander, S.G., Kurtz, S., & Perner, M.* (2019)
Parameters governing the community structure and element turnover in Kermadec volcanic ash and hydrothermal fluids as monitored by inorganic electron donor consumption, autotrophic CO2 fixation and 16S tags of the transcriptome in incubation experiments. Frontiers in Microbiology.
DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2019.02296
Böhnke, S. & Perner, M.* (2019)
Seeking active RubisCOs from the currently uncultured microbial majority colonizing deep-sea hydrothermal vent environments. ISME Journal
DOI: 10.1038/s41396-019-0439-3
Gonnella, G., Adam, N. & Perner, M.* (2019)
Horizontal acquisition of hydrogen conversion ability and other habitat adaptations in the Hydrogenovibrio strains SP-41 and XCL-2.
DOI: BMC Genomics 20: 339
Adam, N. & Perner, M.* (2018)
Microbially mediated hydrogen cycling in deep-sea hydrothermal vents. Frontiers in Microbiology. 9 (2873). DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2018.02873.
Han, Y., Adam, N., Gonnella, G., Schippers, A., Burkhards, L., Kurtz, S., Schwarz-Schampera, U., Franke, U., & Perner, M.* (2018)
Hydrothermal chimneys host habitat-specific microbial communities: analogues for studying the possible impact of mining seafloor massive sulfide deposits. Scientific Reports DOI: 10.1038/s41598-018-28613-5
Fredslund, F., Borchert, M.S., Poulsen, J.-C., N, Perner, M., Streit, W. & Leggio, L.L.* (2018)
Structure of a hyperthermostable carbonic anhydrase identified from an active hydrothermal vent chimney. Enzyme and Microbial Technology: DOI:10.1016/j.enzmictec.2018.03.009
Adam, N. & Perner, M.* (2018)
Novel hydrogenases from deep-sea hydrothermal vent metagenomes identified by a recently developed activity-based screen. ISME Journal. DOI:10.1038/s41396-017-0040-6
Adam, N. & Perner, M.* (2017)
Activity-based screening of metagenomic libraries for hydrogenase enzymes. Metagenomics – Methods and Protocols. W.R. Streit & R. Daniel (eds.), Springer. DOI:10.1007/978-1-4939-6691-2_17
Böhnke, S. & Perner, M.* (2017)
Unraveling RubisCO Form I and Form II Regulation in an Uncultured Organism from a Deep-Sea Hydrothermal Vent via Metagenomic and Mutagenesis studies. Frontiers in Microbiology DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2017.01303.
Gonnella, G., Böhnke, S., Indenbirken, D., Garbe-Schönberg, D., Seifert, R., Mertens, C. Kurtz, S. & Perner, M.* (2016)
Endemic hydrothermal vent species identified in the open ocean seed bank. Nature Microbiology. DOI:10.1038/nmicrobiol.2016.86
Perner, M.* (2016)
Hydrothermale Tiefseequellen: ökologisches Modellsystem und biologische Ressource. BIOspektrum 05/16 (invited)
Schlicht, S., Assaud, L., Hansen, M., Licklederer, M., Bechelany, M., Perner, M. and Bachmann, J.* (2016)
An electrochemically functional layer of hydrogenase extract on an electrode of large and turnable specific surface area. Journal of Materials Chemistry A 4, 6487-6494. DOI:10.1039/C6TA00392C
Han, Y. & Perner, M.* (2016)
Sulfide consumption in Sulfurimonas denitrificans and heterologous expression of its three SQR homologs. Journal of Bacteriology DOI:10.1128/JB.01021-15
Hansen, M. & Perner, M.* (2016)
Hydrogenase gene distribution and H2 consumption ability within the Thiomicrospira lineage. Frontiers in Microbiology. DOI:10.3389/fmicb.2016.00099
Hansen, M. & Perner, M.* (2016)
Reasons for Thiomicrospira’s recalcitrance towards previous attempts to detect its hydrogen consumption ability. Environmental Microbiology Reports DOI:10.1111/1758-2229.12350
Han, Y. & Perner, M.* (2015)
The globally widespread genus Sulfurimonas: versatile energy metabolisms and adaptations to redox clines. Frontiers in Microbiology. DOI:10.3389/fmicb.2015.00989
Böhnke, S. & Perner, M.* (2015)
A function-based screen for seeking RubisCO active clones from metagenomes: novel enzymes influencing RubisCO activity. ISME Journal 9 (3) 735-745. DOI:10.1038/ismej.2014.163
Hansen, M. & Perner, M.* (2015)
A novel hydrogen oxidizer amidst the sulfur oxidizing Thiomicrospira lineage. ISME Journal 9 (3) 696-707. DOI: 10.1038/ismej.2014.173
Gebert, J.* & Perner, M. (2015)
Impact of preferential methane flow through soil on microbial community composition. European Journal of Soil Biology 69, 8-16. DOI: 10.1016/j.ejsobi.2015.03.006
Han, Y. & Perner, M.* (2014)
The role of hydrogen for Sulfurimonas denitrificans’ metabolism. PLOS ONE 9 (8) e106218.
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0106218
Perner, M.*, Gonnella, G.*, Kurtz, S. & LaRoche, J. (2014)
Handling temperature bursts reaching 464°C: different microbial strategies in the Sisters Peak hydrothermal chimney. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 80 (15) 4585-4598 (Spotlight article in the July issue). DOI: 10.1128/aem.01460-14
Perner, M.*, Gonnella, G., Hourdez, S., Böhnke, S., Kurtz, S. & Girguis, P. (2013)
In-situ chemistry and microbial community compositions in five deep-sea hydrothermal fluid samples from Irina II in the Logatchev field, Environmental Microbiology 15 (4) 1551-1561. DOI: 10.1111/1462-2920.12038
Perner, M.*, Hansen, M., Seifert, R., Strauss, H., Koschinsky, A., & Petersen, S. (2013)
Linking geology, fluid chemistry and microbial activity of basalt- and ultramafic-hosted deep-sea hydrothermal vent environments, Geobiology 11 (4) 340-355. DOI: 10.1111/gbi.12039
Klevenz, V., Sander, S.*, Perner, M. & Koschinsky, A. (2012).
Amelioration of free copper by hydrothermal vent microbes as a response to high copper concentrations, Chemistry and Ecology. 28 (5) 405-420 (Cover story and photo; key research article) DOI: 10.1080/02757540.2012.666531
Perner, M.*, Hentscher, M., Rychlik, N., Seifert, R., Strauss, H. & Bach, W. (2011).
Driving forces behind the biotope structures in two low-temperature hydrothermal venting sites on the southern Mid-Atlantic Ridge. Environmental Microbiology Reports 3 (6) 727-737. DOI: 10.1111/j.1758-2229.2011.00291.x
Perner, M.*, Ilmberger, N., Köhler, H.U., Chow, J., and Streit, W.R.* (2011)
Emerging fields in functional metagenomics and its industrial relevance - overcoming limitations and redirecting the search for novel biocatalysts, p. 483-498. In Handbook of Molecular Microbial Ecology II: Metagenomics in Different Habitats de Bruijn, F.J. (ed). John Wiley & Sons, Inc., Hoboken, NJ. DOI: 10.1002/9781118010549.ch47
Dekov, V. M.*, Petersen, S., Garbe-Schönberg, C. D., Kamenov, G. D., Perner, M., Kuzmann, E. & Schmidt, M. (2010).
Fe-Si-oxyhydroxide deposits at a slow-spreading centre with thickened oceanic crust: the Lilliput hydrothermal field (9°33´S, Mid-Atlantic Ridge). Chemical Geology 278 (3-4) 186-200. DOI: 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2010.09.012
Perner, M.*, Petersen, J. M., Zielinski, F., Gennerich, H. H. & Seifert, R. (2010).
Geochemical constraints on the diversity and activity of H2-oxidizing bacteria and archaea in diffuse hydrothermal fluids from a basalt- and an ultramafic-hosted vent. FEMS Microbiology Ecology 74 (1) 55-71. DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6941.2010.00940.x
Perner, M.*, Bach, W., Koschinsky, A., Garbe-Schönberg, D., Streit, W. R. & Strauss, H. (2009).
Short-term temporal microbial and physico-chemical variability in low-temperature hydrothermal fluids near 5°S on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge. Environmental Microbiology 11 (10) 2526-2541. DOI: 10.1111/j.1462-2920.2009.01978.x
Perner, M., Kuever, J., Seifert, R., Pape, T., Koschinsky, A., Schmidt, K., Strauss, H. & Imhoff, J.F.* (2007).
The influence of ultramafic rocks on microbial communities at the Logatchev hydrothermal field, located 15°N on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge. FEMS Microbiology Ecology 61 (1), 97-109. DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6941.2007.00325.x
Perner, M., Seifert, R., Weber, S., Koschinsky, A., Schmidt, K., Strauss, H., Peters, M., Haase, K. & Imhoff, J.F.* (2007).
Microbial CO2 fixation and sulfur cycling associated with low-temperature emissions at the Lilliput hydrothermal field, southern Mid-Atlantic Ridge (9°S). Environmental Microbiology, 9 (5), 1186-1201. DOI: 10.1111/j.1462-2920.2007.01241.x
Haase, K. M.*, Petersen, S., Koschinsky, A., Seifert, R., Devey, C. W., Dubilier, N., Fretzdorff, S., Garbe-Schönberg, D., German, C. R., Giere, O., Keir, R., Kuever, J., Lackschewitz, K. S., Mawick, J., Marbler, H., Melchert, B., Mertens, C., Ostertag-Henning, C., Paulick, H., Perner, M., Peters, M., Sander, S., Schmale, O., Shank, T.M., Stecher, J., Stöber, U., Strauss, H., Süling, J., Walter, M., Warmuth, M., Weber, S., Westernströer, U., Yoerger, D., Zielinski, F. (2007).
Young volcanism and related hydrothermal activity at 5°S on the slow-spreading southern Mid-Atlantic Ridge. Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, 8, Q11002, DOI: 10.1029/2006GC001509
*corresponding author
Weitere Publikationen
Burger, P. & Perner, M. (2010).
Potential of solar-driven hydrogen-production (Potenziale der solaren Wasserstofferzeugung). Survey by order of the hydrogen association Hamburg. e. V. (Studie im Auftrag der Wasserstoff-Gesellschaft Hamburg e.V).