Conferences, Exhibitions & Workshops
In this section you can find my most immediate attendances, online talks, workshops and everything about my involvement in science outreach.
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Pneumo Group
Recent publications & preprints
- Battista, M., Hoffman, B., (…), Vilhena, C.* & Zipfel, P.*: The role of pneumococcal extracellular vesicles on the pathophysiology of the kidney disease Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome. 2023, bioRxiv 2023.01.30.526387; doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2023.01.30.526387
- Vilhena, C., Du, S., Battista, M., Westermann, M., Hammerschmidt, S., Zipfel, PF., Choline-binding proteins of Streptococcus pneumoniae and their role on host cellular adhesion and damage. bioRxiv 2022.07.08.499412; doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2022.07.08.499412
- Langenhorst, D., Fürst, A., Alberter, K., Vilhena C., (…), Zipfel P. & Beyersdorf, N. Soluble Enolase 1 of Candida albicans and Aspergillus fumigatus stimulates B cells and monocytes of mice and humans. J. Immunol., 2022, accepted for publication
- Dasari P, Nordengrün M, Vilhena C, (…), Zipfel PF. The protease SplB of Staphylococcus aureus targets host complement components and inhibits complement-mediated bacterial opsonophagocytosis. J Bacteriol. 2022 Jan 18;204(1):e0018421. doi: 10.1128/JB.00184-21
- Du, S., Vilhena, C., Sahagun, A., King, S., Skerka, C., Hammerschmidt, S., Zipfel, P., Molecular Analyses of Streptococcus pneumoniae Immune Evasion Proteins Identifies new Domains and Reveals Structural Differences between PspC and HIC variants. Sci Rep. 2021 Jan 18;11(1):1701. doi: 10.1038/s41598-020-79362-3.
- Vilhena, C., Du, S., Battista, M., Westermann, M., Hammerschmidt, S., Zipfel, PF., Choline-binding proteins of Streptococcus pneumoniae and their role on host cellular adhesion and damage. bioRxiv 2022.07.08.499412; doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2022.07.08.499412
- Langenhorst, D., Fürst, A., Alberter, K., Vilhena C., (…), Zipfel P. & Beyersdorf, N. Soluble Enolase 1 of Candida albicans and Aspergillus fumigatus stimulates B cells and monocytes of mice and humans. J. Immunol., 2022, accepted for publication
- Dasari P, Nordengrün M, Vilhena C, (…), Zipfel PF. The protease SplB of Staphylococcus aureus targets host complement components and inhibits complement-mediated bacterial opsonophagocytosis. J Bacteriol. 2022 Jan 18;204(1):e0018421. doi: 10.1128/JB.00184-21
- Du, S., Vilhena, C., Sahagun, A., King, S., Skerka, C., Hammerschmidt, S., Zipfel, P., Molecular Analyses of Streptococcus pneumoniae Immune Evasion Proteins Identifies new Domains and Reveals Structural Differences between PspC and HIC variants. Sci Rep. 2021 Jan 18;11(1):1701. doi: 10.1038/s41598-020-79362-3.
Pneumococcus at a glance
Single-Cell Microbiology