Michael Gaspar michael.gaspar@uni‐jena.de

Friedrich Schiller University Jena Faculty of Biology & Pharmacy Institute of Ecology, Chair of Aquatic Geomicrobiology Dornburger Straße 159 07743 Jena Tel: +49 (0)3641 9‐49464

Friedrich Schiller University Jena Faculty of Mathematics & Computer Science Institute of Informatics, RNA Bioinformatics and High Throughput Analysis Leutragraben 1 07743 Jena Tel: +49 (0)3641 9‐46481

Research Interests

 Metagenome and‐ transcriptome analysis  Carbon fixation pathways  Flow cytometry

Current Project

Insights into microbial nutrient cycling in pristine aquifers are sparse to date. As a part of the CRC AquaDiva, this PhD project aims at shedding light on key players, genes and pathways in groundwater using metatranscriptomics and ‐genomics. Following the observation transect in the Hainich National Park, special focus is given to different carbon fixation pathways and coupled energy metabolisms. In contrast, organic carbon utilization subject to the input carbon signature from the surface will be investigated.

Curriculum Vitae

since 10/2014 PhD student at the Friedrich Schiller University, Chair of Aquatic Geomicrobiology under supervision of Prof. Kirsten Küsel

09/2010 – 03/2014 Master of Science in Microbiology Friederich Schiller University of Jena Thesis: "Analysis of the microbial community in the intestinal tract of the desert locust Schistocerca gregaria in the gregarious phase"

06/2009‐09/2009 Student assistant at the Thuringian State Institute of Agriculture, Jena Joint research project “BioLog”: pot experiments, biofuel research 09/2007 – 08/2010 Bachelor of Engineering in Biotechnology Ernst Abbe University of Applied Sciences, Jena Thesis: "Charakterisierung des Citratzyklus des ε‐Proteobakterium Sulfurospirillum multivorans"

Publications

Robert Starke, Martina Müller, Michael Gaspar, Manja Marz, Kirsten Küsel, Kai Uwe Totsche, Martin von Bergen, and Nico Jehmlich. Candidate brocadiales dominates C, N and S cycling in anoxic groundwater of a pristine limestone‐fracture aquifer. Journal of Proteomics, 152:153–160, 2017.

Shipeng Lu, Michael Gaspar, Sixing Huang, Thomas R. Neu, Manja Marz, Boyke Bunk, Jörg Overman and Kirsten Küsel. Unveiling microbial activities in iron‐rich pelagic aggregates. Manuscript in preparation.

Conference contributions

Talks

Michael Gaspar: Accessing key players, functional genes and pathways in aqueous habitats using metagenomics and ‐transcriptomics. 30th TBI Winterseminar, 15‐22 February 2015, Bled, Slovenia.

Posters

Anna Rusznyák, Isabel Schulze, Denise M. Akob, Michael Gaspar, Falk Warnecke, Martina Herrmann, Patricia Geesink, Kai U. Totsche and Kirsten Küsel: Active groundwater bacterial communities in karstic aquifers in the Hainich (Thuringia, Germany). Annual Conference of the Association for General and Applied Microbiology (VAAM), 18‐21 March 2012, Tübingen, Germany.

Michael Gaspar, Dörte Schulz‐Altmann, Sarahi L. Garcia, Sandra Barchmann, Falk Warnecke: Microbial diversity along the gut system of the Desert Locust as revealed by 16S rRNA pyrotag sequencing. Annual Conference of the Association for General and Applied Microbiology (VAAM), 18‐ 21 March 2012, Tübingen, Germany.