Microbial Interactions and Processes
Leader
Prof Dr Dietmar Pieper
Only the minority of microorganisms can so far be cultured in the laboratory. If we want to understand, how microbial communities behave, we need to analyze them with novel culture independent methods.

Dietmar Pieper studied biology at the universities of Gießen and Göttingen. During his PhD at the universities of Göttingen and Wuppertal (1986) he analyzed the microbial degradation of pollutants. In the following years he proceeded to work on biodegradation by bacteria and fungi at the Institute of Microbiology of the University of Stuttgart (1986-1988) and the Institute of Biochemical Plant Pathology of the Helmholtz Centre Munich (formerly GSF 1988-1990).
In 1991 he moved to HZI (formerly GBF) where he headed the Research Group Microbial Interactions and Processes, which specialized on the analysis of the functioning and the optimization of microbial communities for the in-situ biodegradation. Currently, he is working on human associated microbial communities and their interactions with pathogens. Due to the change in focus, the Resaerch Group changed its name to „Microbial Interactions and Processes“.
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