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Gertraud Burger
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Research
Latest papers
The mitochondrial proteome of diplonemids: from conventional pathways to eccentric RNA editing and transcript processing.
BMC genomics · 2025 · senior author
The draft genome sequence of Diaporthe vaccinii, isolated from diseased cranberries.
Microbiology resource announcements · 2025 · senior author
A biofertilizing fungal endophyte of cranberry plants suppresses the plant pathogen Diaporthe.
Frontiers in microbiology · 2024 · senior author
Latest funding
- $25,000
3D-structure of an unconventional mitochondrial ribosome
NSERC · 2023 · Principal investigator
- $348,000
Unorthodox information processing systems in mitochondria
NSERC · 2019 · Principal investigator
- $695,327
Mycatok Project: Innovating cranberry farming with beneficial symbiotic microbes
NSERC · 2017 · Co-investigator
42 publications.
The mitochondrial proteome of diplonemids: from conventional pathways to eccentric RNA editing and transcript processing.
Gray MW, Valach M, Sarrasin M, Le Sieur FA, Lukeš J, Burger G
The draft genome sequence of Diaporthe vaccinii, isolated from diseased cranberries.
Thimmappa BC, Sarrasin M, Lang BF, Burger G
A biofertilizing fungal endophyte of cranberry plants suppresses the plant pathogen Diaporthe.
Thimmappa BC, Salhi LN, Forget L, Sarrasin M, Bustamante Villalobos P, Henrissat B, Lang BF, Burger G
Subunit composition of mitochondrial dehydrogenase complexes in diplonemid flagellates.
Záhonová K, Valach M, Tripathi P, Benz C, Opperdoes FR, Barath P, Lukáčová V, Danchenko M, Faktorová D, Horváth A, Burger G, Lukeš J, Škodová-Sveráková I
Recent expansion of metabolic versatility in Diplonema papillatum, the model species of a highly speciose group of marine eukaryotes.
Valach M, Moreira S, Petitjean C, Benz C, Butenko A, Flegontova O, Nenarokova A, Prokopchuk G, Batstone T, Lapébie P, Lemogo L, Sarrasin M, Stretenowich P, Tripathi P, Yazaki E, Nara T, Henrissat B, Lang BF, Gray MW, Williams TA, Lukeš J, Burger G
An Unexpectedly Complex Mitoribosome in Andalucia godoyi, a Protist with the Most Bacteria-like Mitochondrial Genome.
Valach M, Gonzalez Alcazar JA, Sarrasin M, Lang BF, Gray MW, Burger G
Targeted integration by homologous recombination enables in situ tagging and replacement of genes in the marine microeukaryote Diplonema papillatum.
Faktorová D, Kaur B, Valach M, Graf L, Benz C, Burger G, Lukeš J
Publisher Correction: Genetic tool development in marine protists: emerging model organisms for experimental cell biology.
Faktorová D, Nisbet RER, Fernández Robledo JA, Casacuberta E, Sudek L, Allen AE, Ares M, Aresté C, Balestreri C, Barbrook AC, Beardslee P, Bender S, Booth DS, Bouget FY, Bowler C, Breglia SA, Brownlee C, Burger G, Cerutti H, Cesaroni R, Chiurillo MA, Clemente T, Coles DB, Collier JL, Cooney EC, Coyne K, Docampo R, Dupont CL, Edgcomb V, Einarsson E, Elustondo PA, Federici F, Freire-Beneitez V, Freyria NJ, Fukuda K, García PA, Girguis PR, Gomaa F, Gornik SG, Guo J, Hampl V, Hanawa Y, Haro-Contreras ER, Hehenberger E, Highfield A, Hirakawa Y, Hopes A, Howe CJ, Hu I, Ibañez J, Irwin NAT, Ishii Y, Janowicz NE, Jones AC, Kachale A, Fujimura-Kamada K, Kaur B, Kaye JZ, Kazana E, Keeling PJ, King N, Klobutcher LA, Lander N, Lassadi I, Li Z, Lin S, Lozano JC, Luan F, Maruyama S, Matute T, Miceli C, Minagawa J, Moosburner M, Najle SR, Nanjappa D, Nimmo IC, Noble L, Novák Vanclová AMG, Nowacki M, Nuñez I, Pain A, Piersanti A, Pucciarelli S, Pyrih J, Rest JS, Rius M, Robertson D, Ruaud A, Ruiz-Trillo I, Sigg MA, Silver PA, Slamovits CH, Jason Smith G, Sprecher BN, Stern R, Swart EC, Tsaousis AD, Tsypin L, Turkewitz A, Turnšek J, Valach M, Vergé V, von Dassow P, von der Haar T, Waller RF, Wang L, Wen X, Wheeler G, Woods A, Zhang H, Mock T, Worden AZ, Lukeš J
Genetic tool development in marine protists: emerging model organisms for experimental cell biology.
Faktorová D, Nisbet RER, Fernández Robledo JA, Casacuberta E, Sudek L, Allen AE, Ares M, Aresté C, Balestreri C, Barbrook AC, Beardslee P, Bender S, Booth DS, Bouget FY, Bowler C, Breglia SA, Brownlee C, Burger G, Cerutti H, Cesaroni R, Chiurillo MA, Clemente T, Coles DB, Collier JL, Cooney EC, Coyne K, Docampo R, Dupont CL, Edgcomb V, Einarsson E, Elustondo PA, Federici F, Freire-Beneitez V, Freyria NJ, Fukuda K, García PA, Girguis PR, Gomaa F, Gornik SG, Guo J, Hampl V, Hanawa Y, Haro-Contreras ER, Hehenberger E, Highfield A, Hirakawa Y, Hopes A, Howe CJ, Hu I, Ibañez J, Irwin NAT, Ishii Y, Janowicz NE, Jones AC, Kachale A, Fujimura-Kamada K, Kaur B, Kaye JZ, Kazana E, Keeling PJ, King N, Klobutcher LA, Lander N, Lassadi I, Li Z, Lin S, Lozano JC, Luan F, Maruyama S, Matute T, Miceli C, Minagawa J, Moosburner M, Najle SR, Nanjappa D, Nimmo IC, Noble L, Novák Vanclová AMG, Nowacki M, Nuñez I, Pain A, Piersanti A, Pucciarelli S, Pyrih J, Rest JS, Rius M, Robertson D, Ruaud A, Ruiz-Trillo I, Sigg MA, Silver PA, Slamovits CH, Jason Smith G, Sprecher BN, Stern R, Swart EC, Tsaousis AD, Tsypin L, Turkewitz A, Turnšek J, Valach M, Vergé V, von Dassow P, von der Haar T, Waller RF, Wang L, Wen X, Wheeler G, Woods A, Zhang H, Mock T, Worden AZ, Lukeš J
Gene fragmentation and RNA editing without borders: eccentric mitochondrial genomes of diplonemids.
Kaur B, Záhonová K, Valach M, Faktorová D, Prokopchuk G, Burger G, Lukeš J
3D-structure of an unconventional mitochondrial ribosome
Principal investigators: Burger, Gertraud G
Keywords: bioinfo. software development; comparative 'Omics; early eukaryotic evolution; endosymbiosis; genome annotation; genome & transcriptome sequencing; post-transcriptional regulation; protistology; RNA editing & splicing
Unorthodox information processing systems in mitochondria
Principal investigators: Burger, Gertraud
Keywords: mitochondrial information systems; fragmented genes; novel trans-splicing mechanism; trans-splicing machinery; in silico prediction of rna-binding proteins; classification and biological roles of rna ligases; phylogeny and lateral gene transfer; immuno-affinity ribonucleoprotein-complex purification; proteomics; catalytic assays
Mycatok Project: Innovating cranberry farming with beneficial symbiotic microbes
Principal investigators: Lang, Bernd Franz BF
Bacteria-like information processing in ancestral mitochondria
Principal investigators: Burger, Gertraud
The molecular machinery of a novel RNA trans-splicing process
Principal investigators: Breton, Sophie
Keywords: Biomedical Engineering At The Rna Level; Evolution Of Mitochondrial Genomes; Evolution Of Trans-Spliceosome And Editosome; Molecular Mechanism Of Trans-Splicing And Rna Editing; Protein Complexes Catalysing Trans-Splicing And Rna Editing
Robert Cedergren Bioinformatics Colloquium (2010)
Principal investigators: Burger, Gertraud
Keywords: Bioinformatics; Genomics; Human Health; Population Genetics; Proteins Design
Mechanisms of microbial RNA trans-splicing and editing - an integrated genomics and bioinformatics approach
Principal investigators: Burger, Gertraud
Keywords: Biology And Evolution Of Microbial Pathogens; Evolution Of Trans-Spliceosome And Editosome; Genome And Transcriptome Sequencing; In Silico Prediction Of Trans-Splicing And Editing Signals; Molecular Mechanism Of Trans-Splicing And Rna Editing; Protein Complexes Catalysing Trans-Splicing And Rna Editing
BioneQ: A bioinformatics resource for life science research
Principal investigators: Burger, Gertraud
From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.
Frequent collaborators
- Gertraud Burger and Sophie Breton: 1 shared paper
- Gertraud Burger and Edward Susko: 1 shared paper
- Biochimie et médecine moléculaire
- Mathematics and Statistics
- Head Office
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