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Microbiology
Austria
2026

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Microbiology

D-Index
73
Citations
18230
World Ranking
1672
National Ranking
5

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Microbiology in Austria Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Microbiology in Austria Leader Award

Overview

Hubertus Haas is affiliated with Innsbruck Medical University in Austria and has contributed extensively to the fields of Medicine and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. Their research spans multiple subfields, including Molecular Biology, Infectious Diseases, Pharmacology, Plant Science, and Epidemiology.

The primary focus of their work involves topics such as Antifungal resistance and susceptibility, Fungal and yeast genetics research, Peptidase Inhibition and Analysis, Fungal Biology and Applications, Fungal Infections and Studies, Microbial Natural Products and Biosynthesis, and Chromium effects and bioremediation.

Some notable recent publications include:

  • Fungal iron homeostasis with a focus on Aspergillus fumigatus, 2020, Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Molecular Cell Research
  • Siderophore-Based Molecular Imaging of Fungal and Bacterial Infections-Current Status and Future Perspectives, 2020, Journal of Fungi
  • The Siderophore Transporters Sit1 and Sit2 Are Essential for Utilization of Ferrichrome-, Ferrioxamine- and Coprogen-Type Siderophores in Aspergillus fumigatus, 2021, Journal of Fungi
  • The fungal CCAAT-binding complex and HapX display highly variable but evolutionary conserved synergetic promoter-specific DNA recognition, 2020, Nucleic Acids Research
  • Hybrid Imaging of Aspergillus fumigatus Pulmonary Infection with Fluorescent, 68Ga-Labelled Siderophores, 2020, Biomolecules

Prominent frequent co-authors in their collaborations include Clemens Decristoforo, Fabio Gsaller, Matthias Misslinger, Annie Yap, and Axel A. Brakhage.

Hubertus Haas has published frequently in several scientific journals. Leading venues include the Journal of Fungi, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), mBio, Nucleic Acids Research, and Nature Communications.

Best Publications

  • Genomic sequence of the pathogenic and allergenic filamentous fungus Aspergillus fumigatus

    William C. Nierman;William C. Nierman;Arnab Pain;Michael J. Anderson;Jennifer R. Wortman;Jennifer R. Wortman

  • Siderophore Biosynthesis But Not Reductive Iron Assimilation Is Essential for Aspergillus fumigatus Virulence

    Markus Schrettl;Elaine M. Bignell;Claudia Kragl;Chistoph Joechl

  • Siderophores in fungal physiology and virulence.

    Hubertus Haas;Martin Eisendle;B Gillian Turgeon

  • Distinct roles for intra- and extracellular siderophores during Aspergillus fumigatus infection.

    Markus Schrettl;Elaine Bignell;Claudia Kragl;Yasmin Sabiha

  • NPS6 , Encoding a Nonribosomal Peptide Synthetase Involved in Siderophore-Mediated Iron Metabolism, Is a Conserved Virulence Determinant of Plant Pathogenic Ascomycetes

    Shinichi Oide;Wolfgang Moeder;Stuart Krasnoff;Donna Gibson

  • Molecular genetics of fungal siderophore biosynthesis and uptake: the role of siderophores in iron uptake and storage

    H. Haas

  • Functional and physical interaction of blue- and red-light sensors in Aspergillus nidulans.

    Janina Purschwitz;Sylvia Müller;Christian Kastner;Michelle Schöser

  • Fungal siderophore metabolism with a focus on Aspergillus fumigatus

    Hubertus Haas

  • The siderophore system is essential for viability of Aspergillus nidulans: functional analysis of two genes encoding l‐ornithine N 5‐monooxygenase (sidA) and a non‐ribosomal peptide synthetase (sidC)

    Martin Eisendle;T. Harald Oberegger;Ivo Zadra;Hubertus Haas

  • HapX-mediated adaption to iron starvation is crucial for virulence of Aspergillus fumigatus.

    Markus Schrettl;Nicola Beckmann;John Varga;Thorsten Heinekamp

  • SreA‐mediated iron regulation in Aspergillus fumigatus

    Markus Schrettl;H. Stanley Kim;Martin Eisendle;Claudia Kragl

  • Identification of Maize Histone Deacetylase HD2 as an Acidic Nucleolar Phosphoprotein

    Alexandra Lusser;Gerald Brosch;Adele Loidl;Hubertus Haas

  • Sub-telomere directed gene expression during initiation of invasive aspergillosis.

    Andrew McDonagh;Natalie D. Fedorova;Jonathan Crabtree;Yan Yu

  • Interaction of HapX with the CCAAT-binding complex—a novel mechanism of gene regulation by iron

    Peter Hortschansky;Martin Eisendle;Qusai Al-Abdallah;André D Schmidt

  • SREA is involved in regulation of siderophore biosynthesis, utilization and uptake in Aspergillus nidulans.

    Harald Oberegger;Michelle Schoeser;Ivo Zadra;Beate Abt

  • Iron – A Key Nexus in the Virulence of Aspergillus fumigatus

    Hubertus Haas

  • Human Tear Lipocalin Exhibits Antimicrobial Activity by Scavenging Microbial Siderophores

    Maria Fluckinger;Hubertus Haas;Petra Merschak;Ben J. Glasgow

  • Small ncRNA transcriptome analysis from Aspergillus fumigatus suggests a novel mechanism for regulation of protein synthesis

    Christoph Jöchl;Mathieu Rederstorff;Jana Hertel;Peter F. Stadler

  • Self-protection against gliotoxin--a component of the gliotoxin biosynthetic cluster, GliT, completely protects Aspergillus fumigatus against exogenous gliotoxin.

    Markus Schrettl;Stephen Carberry;Kevin Kavanagh;Hubertus Haas

  • ChIP-seq and in vivo transcriptome analyses of the Aspergillus fumigatus SREBP SrbA reveals a new regulator of the fungal hypoxia response and virulence.

    Dawoon Chung;Bridget M. Barker;Charles C. Carey;Brittney Merriman

  • Distinct Roles for Intra- and Extracellular Siderophores during Aspergillus fumigatus

    Infection Schrettl;Elaine Bignell;Claudia Kragl;Yasmin Sabiha

Frequent Co-Authors

Axel A. Brakhage
Axel A. Brakhage Leibniz Association
Herbert Lindner
Herbert Lindner Innsbruck Medical University
William C. Nierman
William C. Nierman J. Craig Venter Institute
Ernst R. Werner
Ernst R. Werner Innsbruck Medical University
Michael Groll
Michael Groll Technical University of Munich
Georg Stöffler
Georg Stöffler Innsbruck Medical University
Olaf Kniemeyer
Olaf Kniemeyer Leibniz Association
Gerald Brosch
Gerald Brosch Innsbruck Medical University
Peter Loidl
Peter Loidl Innsbruck Medical University
Thorsten Heinekamp
Thorsten Heinekamp Hans Knöll Institute

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