Göttinger Graduiertenzentrum für Neurowissenschaften, Biophysik und Molekulare Biowissenschaften

Liesegang, Heiko, Dr.

Head of bioinformatics within the Department of Genomic and Applied Microbiology


  • 2012 - today permanent Staff member, resposible for Bacillus genomics, industrial genomics and genomic bioinformatics, Georg-August-University, Göttingen (Germany)
  • 2011-today resposible for Security issues for GMOs (GenTSV)
  • 2008- today heading an workgroup withing the Department of Genomics and Applied Microbiology
  • 2001-2008 PostDoc at the Göttingen genomics Laboratory
  • 1994-2001 Running "Liesegang Bioinformatics focused on IT-development and adult education
  • 07/1994 foundation of "Liesegang Bioinformatics"
  • 1004 Dr. rer. nat. in Microbiology at the Georg-August University Göttingen (Germany)



Major Research Interests





Homepage Department/Research Group:

http://appmibio.uni-goettingen.de/


Selected Recent Publications


  • Masri L, Branca A, Sheppard AE, Papkou A, Laehnemann D, Guenther PS, Prahl S, Saebelfeld M, Hollensteiner J, Liesegang H, Brzuszkiewicz E, Daniel R, Michiels NK, Schulte RD, Kurtz J, Rosenstiel P, Telschow A, Bornberg-Bauer E, Schulenburg H. “Host-Pathogen Coevolution: The Selective Advantage of Bacillus thuringiensis Virulence and Its Cry Toxin Genes.” PLoS Biol. 2015 Jun 4;13(6):e1002169. doi: 10.1371/journal.pbio.1002169. eCollection 2015 Jun.

  • Hertel R, Rodríguez DP, Hollensteiner J, Dietrich S, Leimbach A, Hoppert M, Liesegang H, Volland S. “Genome-based identification of active prophage regions by next generation sequencing in Bacillus licheniformis DSM13.” PLoS One. 2015 Mar 26;10(3):e0120759. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0120759. eCollection 2015.

  • Eidam C, Poehlein A, Leimbach A, Michael GB, Kadlec K, Liesegang H, Daniel R, Sweeney MT, Murray RW, Watts JL, Schwarz S. “Analysis and comparative genomics of ICEMh1, a novel integrative and conjugative element (ICE) of Mannheimia haemolytica.” J Antimicrob Chemother. 2015 Jan;70(1):93-7. doi: 10.1093/jac/dku361. Epub 2014 Sep 18.

  • Wiegand S, Voigt B, Albrecht D, Bongaerts J, Evers S, Hecker M, Daniel R, Liesegang H. “Fermentation stage-dependent adaptations of Bacillus licheniformis during enzyme production.” Microb Cell Fact. 2013 Dec 6;12:120. doi: 10.1186/1475-2859-12-120.

  • Wiegand S, Dietrich S, Hertel R, Bongaerts J, Evers S, Volland S, Daniel R, Liesegang H. “RNA-Seq of Bacillus licheniformis: active regulatory RNA features expressed within a productive fermentation.” BMC Genomics. 2013 Oct 1;14:667. doi: 10.1186/1471-2164-14-667.