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Michaela Lackner

Innsbruck Medical UniversityORCID 0000-0001-9073-2886Unclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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Research Focus:cell signaling & trafficking· 2 Approach:experimental assay· 2 Research Focus:host-pathogen & immune response· 2 Organism:human· 2 Assay:proteomics· 2 Research Focus:development & morphogenesis· 1 Research Focus:drug response / drug discovery· 1 Assay:imaging· 1

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Irina TsymalaiD· 2 shared Karl KuchleriD· 2 shared Philipp PenningeriD· 2 shared Tamires A. BitencourtiD· 2 shared Trinh Phan-CanhiD· 2 shared Adelheid Elbe‐BürgeriD· 1 shared Andrej Knarr· 1 shared Anuradha ChowdharyiD· 1 shared

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2025-2026 · peak 1/yr

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Candida-Klebsiella interactions rewire fungal morphogenesis to create a host environment favoring pathogen survival with enhanced tissue pathology

Tamires A. Bitencourt, Irina Tsymala, Rafael De Freitas Silva, Nicholas Wedige, Celine Prakash, Trinh Phan-Canh, Sabrina Villar-Pazos, Filomena Nogueira, Sandra Högler, Theodora Ziu, Philipp Penninger, Débora Cristina Coraça-Huber, Michaela Lackner, Wilfried Ellmeier, Thomas Lion, Karl Kuchler

This study shows that Candida-Klebsiella interactions enhance fungal virulence and tissue pathology by rewiring fungal morphogenesis and host immune responses.

bioRxiv · May 7, 2026 · PreprintMicrobiology

Carbon Dioxide Controls Fungal Fitness and Skin Tropism of Candida auris

Trinh Phan-Canh, Cristina Coman, Michaela Lackner, Nina Troppmair, Christoph Müller, Diana Cerbu, Saskia Seiser, Philipp Penninger, Irina Tsymala, Narakorn Khunweeraphong, Tamires A. Bitencourt, Andrej Knarr, Sabrina Jenull, Hossein Arzani, Lisa-Maria Zenz, , Karl Kuchler

This study identifies a carbonic sensing pathway (CSP) in Candida auris that enhances drug resistance and skin colonization through mechanisms involving ROS response, cell wall remodeling, and energy metabolism.

Nature Microbiology · Dec 23, 2025Peer-reviewedMicrobiology