Kirsten Jung

Prof. Dr. Kirsten Jung is a faculty member at the Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Biology, Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich. Her research focuses on bacterial signal transduction, stress response mechanisms, and systems biology approaches to understand microbial regulatory networks.

• Key research areas include stress-dependent gene expression in bacterial populations
• Structural and functional analysis of membrane-integrated receptors
• Metabolism-based chemical communication in bacteria
• Integration of experimental and computational systems biology

Recent publications highlight her lab's work on Escherichia coli epitranscriptomic modifications under heat stress, m⁵C rRNA dynamics, and the role of RNA methylation in host-pathogen interactions. Collaborative studies address bacterial acid stress responses and their implications for antibiotic tolerance.

Her interdisciplinary work bridges microbiology with ecological studies, as evidenced by research on biodiversity conservation in forest and urban ecosystems. Publications also demonstrate expertise in advanced imaging techniques (e.g., arterial spin labeling for glioma analysis) and bioinformatics approaches.

Current advisees include Gloria Gessinger and Tania P. Gonzalez-Terrazas. She can be contacted at jung@lmu.de.