Univ.-Prof. Dr. Gabriele Berg
Department: Microbiome Biotechnology
Research program
Research areas
Microbiome research and management
Affiliations
Department of Microbiome Biotechnology (Head)
Leibniz Institute for Agricultural Engineering and Bioeconomy (ATB),
& University of Potsdam, Potsdam, GERMANY
Institute of Environmental Biotechnology (Head)
Graz University of Technology, Graz, AUSTRIA
Committees and boards
International Verticillium Steering Committee (2001 -)
Head of the Working Group “Biological control of diseases”, DPG (2004 - 2012)
ÖGMBT Management Board (2009 - 2014)
Senat of TU Graz (2009 -)
Steering committee BioTechMed Graz (2017 -)
Steering committee FoE Human & Biotechnology - TU Graz
Marrone Bio Innovations, Inc. (2014 – 2015)
Austrian Center of Industrial Biotechnology GmbH (2015 – 2019)
Scientific Advisory Board EU Projects: BIOFECTOR EU (2013 - 2017); LIVESEED (2017 – 2020)
Scientific Advisory Board: Leibniz Institute of Vegetable and Ornamental Crops (IGZ)
- ERC-Evaluatorin (2022 -)
- Wissenschaftlicher Beirat Forschungsstelle für gartenbauliche Kulturpflanzen, Fachhochschule Erfurt (2023)
- International Society for Microbial Ecology - Vize President (2024 -)
- Stiftung Kunst und Natur (2024)
Awards
- Ehrenzeichen des Landes Steiermark für Wissenschaft, Forschung und Kunst (2022)
- Forschungspreis des Landes Steiermark (2021)
- Highly Cited Researcher (Web of Science Group) - in den Jahren 2018-20 unter den 1% der Top Wissenschaftler*innen weltweit (nach Clarivate Analytics)
- BioTechMed Best Paper Award (2020)
- Frontiers Spotlight Award 2nd (2017)
- Fast Forward Award Styria (2016)
- ÖGUT Umweltpreis (2011)
- Science2Business Award Austria (2011)
- Business award „Rostocker Kreis“ (2005)
- Heisenberg Fellowship of the DFG (2003)
Publications
- Schweitzer, M.; Kögl, I.; Wassermann, B.; Abdelfattah, A.; Wicaksono, W.; Berg, G. (2024): Urban air quality affects the apple microbiome assembly. Environmental Research. : p. 1-10. Online: http://dori.org/10.1016/envres.2024.119858
- Höfle, D.; Sommer, M.; Wassermann, B.; Faticov, M.; Serra, D.; Berg, G.; Tack, A.; Abdelfattah, A. (2024): Oak seedling microbiome assembly under climate warming and drought. Environmental Microbiome. : p. 1-12. Online: https://doi.org/10.1186/s40793-024-00602-4
- Berg, G.; Dorador, C.; Egamberdieva, D.; Kostka, J.; Ryu, C.; Wassermann, B. (2024): Shared governance in the plant holobiont and implications for one health. FEMS Microbiology Ecology. (3): p. 1-14. Online: https://doi.org/10.1093/femsec/fiae004
- Michl, K.; David, C.; Dumont, B.; Dimitrova Mårtensson, L.; Rasche, F.; Berg, G.; Cernava, T. (2024): Determining the footprint of breeding in the seed microbiome of a perennial cereal. Environmental Microbiome. : p. 1-12. Online: https://doi.org/10.1186/s40793-024-00584-3
- Wicaksono, W.; Mora, M.; Bickel, S.; Berg, C.; Kühn, I.; Cernava, T.; Berg, G. (2024): Rhizosphere assembly alters along a chronosequence in the Hallstätter glacier forefield (Dachstein, Austria). FEMS Microbiology Ecology. : p. 0. Online: https://doi.org/10.1093/femsec/fiae005
- Su, P.; Kang, H.; Peng, Q.; Wicaksono, W.; Berg, G.; Liu, Z.; Ma, J.; Zhang, D.; Cernava, T.; Liu, Y. (2024): Microbiome homeostasis on rice leaves is regulated by a precursor molecule of lignin biosynthesis. nature communications. : p. 1-23. Online: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-44335-3
- Wolfgang, A.; Tack, A.; Berg, G.; Abdelfattah, A. (2023): Ecological and evolutionary inferences from aphid microbiome analyses depend on methods and experimental design. Journal of sustainable agriculture and environment. : p. 1-10. Online: https://doi.org//10.1002/sae2.12087
- Wicaksono, W.; Cernava, T.; Wassermann, B.; Abdelfattah, A.; Soto-Giron, M.; Toledo, G.; Virtanen, S.; Knip, M.; Hyöty, H.; Berg, G. (2023): The edible plant microbiome: evidence for the occurrence of fruit and vegetable bacteria in the human gut. Gut Microbes. (2): p. 2258565. Online: https://doi.org/10.1080/19490976.2023.2258565
- Wassermann, B.; Cernava, T.; Goertz, S.; Zur, J.; Rietz, S.; Kögl, I.; Abbadi, A.; Berg, G. (2023): Low nitrogen fertilization enriches nitrogen-fixing bacteria intheBrassicaseed microbiome of subsequent generations. Journal of sustainable agriculture and environment. (2): p. 87-98. Online: https://doi.org/10.1002/sae2.12046
- Wicaksono, W.; Egamberdieva, D.; Cernava, T.; Berg, G. (2023): Viral Community Structure and Potential Functions in the Dried-Out Aral Sea Basin Change along a Desiccation Gradient. Msystems. (1): p. 1-10. Online: https://doi.org/10.1128/msystems.00994-22
Weitere Veröffentlichungen
Berg, G., Rybakova, D., Fischer, D. et al. Microbiome definition re-visited: old concepts and new challenges. Microbiome 8, 103 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1186/s40168-020-00875-0
Zum Nachhören & -lesen:
What is a microbiome? (TU Graz, 2019):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3K7FavVORLoTalking about ... the microbiome and pandemics (TU Graz, 2020):
https://www.tugraz.at/tu-graz/services/news-stories/talking-about/einzelansicht/article/den-ursprung-von-pandemien-im-mikrobiom/
"Mikrobiomforschung ist mein Leben" (APA-Science, 2020):
https://science.apa.at/power-search/6142539166532501377Mikrobiomforschung – ein neuer Schlüssel zur Gesundheit? (2020):
https://montagsakademie.uni-graz.at/de/neuigkeiten/detail/article/vortrag-mikrobiomforschung-ein-neuer-schluessel-zur-gesundheit/
Curriculum Vitae
Education
2001 Habilitation and Venia legendi (Microbiology), University of Rostock
1995 Dissertation, Dr. rer. nat. (Microbiology, Phytomedicine), University of Rostock
1986 - 1987 Research grant Microbiology/Biotechnology at University of Greifswald
1981 - 1986 Study of biology at the University of Rostock
1969 - 1981 Elementary school and Helmholtz-Gymnasium Potsdam in Potsdam
Career
2021 - Joint appointment Head of the Department Bioengineering at ATB and
Professor for Plant Microbiome Management at University of Potsdam
2005 - University Professor for Environmental Biotechnology at the TU Graz
2003 - 2005 Heisenberg Fellow of the German Research Foundation
1996 - 2003 Assistant and senior assistant in microbiology at the University of Rostock
1991 - 1995 Biotechnology, Plant Sciences, University of Rostock
1989 - 1991 Plant-associated microorganisms, Plant Physiology, University of Rostock
1986 - 1989 Biotechnologically relevant fungi, Microbiology, University of Greifswald