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Overview

Michael Hensel is affiliated with Osnabrück University in Germany and has a research focus spanning several areas within biochemistry, genetics, molecular biology, agricultural and biological sciences. Their scholarly output includes 93 publications in Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology and 34 in Agricultural and Biological Sciences.

The scientist's work addresses multiple subfields including Food Science, Ecology, Endocrinology, Molecular Biology, and Biotechnology. These areas intersect with research on bacterial interactions and molecular mechanisms influencing host-pathogen dynamics.

Key topics in their research portfolio are:

  • Bacteriophages and microbial interactions
  • Salmonella and Campylobacter epidemiology
  • Vibrio bacteria research studies
  • Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology
  • Escherichia coli research studies
  • Cancer Research and Treatments
  • Bacterial biofilms and quorum sensing

Michael Hensel has contributed to numerous scholarly journals, with frequent publications in venues such as:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) with 17 papers
  • Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology with 4 papers
  • PLoS Pathogens with 4 papers
  • Methods in Molecular Biology with 4 papers
  • Cellular Microbiology with 3 papers

Recent notable papers include:

  • "Ca2+-activated sphingomyelin scrambling and turnover mediate ESCRT-independent lysosomal repair," 2022, Nature Communications
  • "Manipulation of Host Cell Organelles by Intracellular Pathogens," 2021, International Journal of Molecular Sciences
  • "Comprehensive Single Cell Analyses of the Nutritional Environment of Intracellular Salmonella enterica," 2021, Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology
  • "Pathoadaptation of the passerine-associated Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium lineage to the avian host," 2021, PLoS Pathogens
  • "Factors Required for Adhesion of Salmonella enterica Serovar Typhimurium to Lactuca sativa (Lettuce)," 2022, Microbiology Spectrum

The scientist frequently collaborates with several researchers, including:

  • Marc Schulte
  • Felix Scharte
  • Rico Franzkoch
  • Viktoria Liss
  • Olympia E. Psathaki

Best Publications

  • Simultaneous identification of bacterial virulence genes by negative selection

    Michael Hensel;Jacqueline E. Shea;Colin Gleeson;Michael D. Jones

  • Identification of a virulence locus encoding a second type III secretion system in Salmonella typhimurium

    Jacqueline E. Shea;Michael Hensel;Colin Gleeson;David W. Holden

  • Pathogenicity Islands in Bacterial Pathogenesis

    Herbert Schmidt;Michael Hensel

  • The Salmonella Pathogenicity Island (SPI)-2 and SPI-1 Type III Secretion Systems Allow Salmonella Serovar typhimurium to Trigger Colitis via MyD88-Dependent and MyD88-Independent Mechanisms

    Siegfried Hapfelmeier;Bärbel Stecher;Manja Barthel;Marcus Kremer

  • Salmonella pathogenicity islands encoding type III secretion systems.

    Imke Hansen-Wester;Michael Hensel

  • Environmental regulation of Salmonella pathogenicity island 2 gene expression

    Jörg Deiwick;Thomas Nikolaus;Sezgin Erdogan;Michael Hensel

  • Hypoxia and hypoxia-inducible factor-1 alpha modulate lipopolysaccharide-induced dendritic cell activation and function.

    Jonathan Jantsch;Dipshikha Chakravortty;Nadine Turza;Alexander T. Prechtel

  • Salmonella Pathogenicity Island 2 Mediates Protection of Intracellular Salmonella from Reactive Nitrogen Intermediates

    Dipshikha Chakravortty;Imke Hansen-Wester;Michael Hensel

  • Salmonella pathogenicity island 2.

    Michael Hensel

  • Protein secretion systems and adhesins: The molecular armory of Gram-negative pathogens

    Roman G. Gerlach;Michael Hensel

  • Evolution of pathogenicity islands of Salmonella enterica.

    Michael Hensel

  • Inducible nitric oxide synthase and control of intracellular bacterial pathogens.

    Dipshikha Chakravortty;Michael Hensel

  • The genetic basis of tetrathionate respiration in Salmonella typhimurium.

    Michael Hensel;Andrew P. Hinsley;Thomas Nikolaus;Gary Sawers

  • PH-DEPENDENT SECRETION OF SSEB, A PRODUCT OF THE SPI-2 TYPE III SECRETION SYSTEM OF SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM

    Carmen R. Beuzón;Geoff Banks;Jörg Deiwick;Michael Hensel

  • Salmonella Pathogenicity Island 4 encodes a giant non-fimbrial adhesin and the cognate type 1 secretion system.

    Roman G. Gerlach;Daniela Jäckel;Bärbel Stecher;Carolin Wagner

  • Functional analysis of ssaJ and the ssaK/U operon, 13 genes encoding components of the type III secretion apparatus of Salmonella Pathogenicity Island 2

    Michael Hensel;Jacqueline E. Shea;Bärbel Raupach;Denise Monack

  • Salmonella type III effectors PipB and PipB2 are targeted to detergent-resistant microdomains on internal host cell membranes.

    Leigh A. Knodler;Bruce A. Vallance;Michael Hensel;Daniela Jäckel

  • Cellular microbiology of intracellular Salmonella enterica: functions of the type III secretion system encoded by Salmonella pathogenicity island 2

    V. Kuhle;M. Hensel

  • Intracellular Salmonella Inhibit Antigen Presentation by Dendritic Cells

    Cédric Cheminay;Annette Möhlenbrink;Michael Hensel

  • Manipulating cellular transport and immune responses: dynamic interactions between intracellular Salmonella enterica and its host cells.

    Garth L. Abrahams;Michael Hensel

Frequent Co-Authors

David W. Holden
David W. Holden Imperial College London
Herbert Schmidt
Herbert Schmidt University of Hohenheim
Evelina Gatti
Evelina Gatti Aix-Marseille University
Shazib Pervaiz
Shazib Pervaiz National University of Singapore
Maurizio Molinari
Maurizio Molinari Universita della Svizzera Italiana
Karlheinz Altendorf
Karlheinz Altendorf Osnabrück University
Yee-Joo Tan
Yee-Joo Tan National University of Singapore
Bärbel Stecher
Bärbel Stecher Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Mathias W. Hornef
Mathias W. Hornef RWTH Aachen University
Beth Levine
Beth Levine The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center

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