Publications:

• Heinl S., Spath K., Egger E., Grabherr R., 2011. Sequence analysis and characterization of two cryptic plasmids derived from Lactobacillus buchneri CD034. Plasmid. 66(3):159-68.

• Spath K., Heinl S., Egger E.,  Grabherr R., 2011. Lactobacillus plantarum and Lactobacillus buchneri as Expression Systems: Evaluation of Different Origins of Replication for the Design of Suitable Shuttle Vectors. Molecular Biotechnology. DOI: 10.1007/s12033-011-9471-x

Posters:

• Egger, E., Spath, K., Heinl, S., Gross, S., Grabherr, R. Identification of functional promoter sequences functional in different Lactobacillus strains. ÖGMBT Jahrestagung 2010, Wien.

• Spath, K., Adamovich, N., Heinl, S., Grabherr, R. Transformation of industrial silage strains Lactobacillus buchneri and Lactobacillus reuteri. ÖGMBT Jahrestagung 2010, Wien.

• Köfinger, P., Nussbaumer, S., Poschenel, A., Schwab, H. Heterologous expression of bacterial cellulases in Lactobacillus plantarum. ÖGMBT Jahrestagung 2010, Wien.

• Heinl, S., Spath, E., Egger, E., Gross, S., Schwab, H., Nussbaumer, S.,Grabherr, R., The Christian Doppler Laboratory for Genetically Engineered Lactic Acid Bacteria. ÖGMBT Jahrestagung 2010, Wien.

• Köfinger, P., Nussbaumer, S., Poschenel, A., Schwab, H. Heterologous expression of bacterial cellulases in Lactobacillus plantarum. International Congress on Biocatalysis 2010, Hamburg.

• Heinl, S., Spath, K., Egger, E., Gross, S. and Grabherr, R. Sequencing and characterization of two small cryptic plasmids derived from a Lactobacillus buchneri strain isolated from silage. ESF-BU-CeBiTec Conference on Microbes and Industrial Biotechnology, Bielefeld, Germany, 21 – 24 November 2010

• Egger, E., Heinl, S., Spath, K., Gross, S., Grabherr, R. Identification of strong promoters functional in different Lactobacillus strain. ESF-BU-CeBiTec Conference on Microbes and Industrial Biotechnology, Bielefeld, Germany, 21 – 24 November 2010

• Spath, K., Heinl, S., Egger, E., Grabherr, R. Break on through to the other side – electroporation of heavily transformable industrial lactic acid bacteria. ESF-BU-CeBiTec Conference on Microbes and Industrial Biotechnology, Bielefeld, Germany, 21 – 24 November 2010

Oral presentations:

• Heinl, S., Spath, K., Egger, E., Gross, S. and Grabherr, R. Sequencing and characterization of two small cryptic plasmids derived from a Lactobacillus buchneri strain isolated from silage. 11th International Symposium on the Genetics of Industrial Microorganisms (GIM 2010), Melbourne, Australia, June 2010

• Spath, K., Egger, E., Heinl, S., Grabherr, R. Benchmarking of different origins of replication in industrial lactic acid bacteria. 32. Jahrestagung der österr. Gesellschaft für Hygiene, Mikrobiologie und Präventivmedizin (ÖGHMP), May 17th-20th, 2010, Vienna, Austria.

• Egger, E., Spath, K., Heinl, S., Gross, S., Grabherr, R. Identification of strong, inducible promoters in Lactobacillus buchneri. 32. Jahrestagung der österr. Gesellschaft für Hygiene, Mikrobiologie und Präventivmedizin (ÖGHMP), May 17th-20th, 2010, Vienna, Austria.

Invited Lectures:

• Grabherr, R., Schwab, H. CD-Laboratory for Genetically Engineered Lactic Acid Bacteria-Tools for Genetic Engineering of Industrial Lactic Acid Bacteria. August 2010, CeBiTec, Bielefeld.