As a senior lecturer at the Max Perutz Labs, I am committed to delivering high-quality, hands-on training in biochemistry and microbiology for bachelor students in molecular biology. I strive to help my students grow and to send them off – well equipped for their future career path. Effective teaching goes beyond the transmission of knowledge: With a respectful and inclusive learning atmosphere and teaching methods adapted to diverse learning styles and backgrounds I aim to create an environment which encourages scientific curiosity, promotes intellectual development and active engagement, and inspires continued scientific exploration.
Current agricultural practices contribute to the destabilization of plant-beneficial microbial consortia in the soil. Rebuilding microbial consortia with the help of biocontrol agents (BCA) has the potential to restore agricultural resilience by outcompeting pathogens and promoting plant health. My aim is to gain detailed insights in the glycobiochemistry of ascomycete and oomycete cell walls as the first frontier in microbial interaction and to decipher the sugar code underlying cross-kingdom microbial communication. We use molecular and functional genetics as well as protein biochemistry to study mycoparasites and their interaction with plant-pathogens to improve crop production. A special focus lies on the genetic regulators and enzymes involved in the glycobiochemistry guiding microbial interactions.
Lisa is a senior Lecturer at the Max Perutz Labs since 2025. She received her PhD in 2011 from the University of Graz studying yeast ribosome biogenesis, and a master's degree in molecular microbiology in 2006. Her research focuses on the glycobiochemistry of filamentous microbial organisms and their interaction with crop plants with previous postdoctoral positions at the Royal Institute of Technology – KTH in Stockholm, the University of Innsbruck, the TU Wien, the FH-Campus Vienna and the Max Perutz Labs.