Philipp Popp

Cannibalism in Bacillus subtilis
Biosensors
Toolboxes
ECF classification

Since 2015 
Ph.D. student with Thorsten Mascher, Technical University Dresden (TUD), Germany

2013-2015
M. Sc. degree in Biology at the Ludwig-Maximilian University in Munich (LMU), Germany
Thesis: The Bacillus BioBrick Box 2.0: generation of standardized parts for the work with Bacillus subtilis 

Popp P F, Benjdia A, Strahl H, Berteau O, Mascher T. (2020) The Epipeptide YydF Intrinsically Triggers the Cell Envelope Stress Response of Bacillus subtilis and Causes Severe Membrane Perturbations. Front Microbiol. 11:151. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2020.00151. Pubmed

Sun Z, Popp P F, Loderer C, Revilla-Guarinos A. (2019) Genetically Engineered Bacterial Biohybrid Microswimmers for Sensing Applications. Sensors (Basel). 20(1):180. doi: 10.3390/s20010180. Pubmed

Popp P F, Mascher T (2019) Coordinated Cell Death in Isogenic Bacterial Populations: sacrificing Some for the Benefit of Many. J Mol Biol. 22:4656-4669. doi: 10.1016/j.Jmb.2019.04.024. Pubmed

Popp P F, Dotzler M, Radeck J, Bartels J, Mascher T (2017) The Bacillus BioBrick Box 2.0: expanding the genetic toolbox for the standardized work with Bacillus subtilis. SciRep. 7(1):15058. doi: 10.1038/s41598-017-15107-z. (Pubmed)

Wolf D, Popp P, Mascher T (2017) Kannibalismus und Brudermord: Warum Bakterien Artgenossen töten. BIOspektrum 23:260. doi:10.1007/s12268-017-0791-7. [Springer]

Beal J, Haddock-Angelli T, Gershater M, de Mora K, Lizarazo M, Hollenhorst J, Rettberg R, iGEM Interlab Study Contributors (Popp P) (2016) Reproducibility of Fluorescent Expression from Engineered Biological Constructs in E. coli. PLoS ONE 11:e0150182. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0150182 [Pubmed]

Höfler C, Heckmann J, Fritsch A, Popp P, Gebhard S, Fritz G, Mascher T (2016) Cannibalism stress response in Bacillus subtilis. Microbiology (Reading, Engl) 162:164–176. doi: 10.1099/mic.0.000176 [Pubmed]

Visiting scientist @ labs

01/2018-03/2018
Short term stay at the Forschungszentrum Jülich in Dietrich Kohlheyers lab to perform Bacillus subtilis microfluidic experiments

Talks & Posters @ Conferences

2017
19th International Conference on Bacilli & Gram-Positive Bacteria, Berlin
Talk: "Three's company – Cannibalism toxins and the corresponding envelope stress responses in Bacillus subtilis"
19th International Conference on Bacilli & Gram-Positive Bacteria, Berlin
Poster: "Expanding the genetic toolbox for Bacillus subtilis the Bacillus BioBrickBox 2.0 and a SEVA-based fully modular vector suite for integrative vectors"
2016
VAAM 2016, Jena
Talk: "The Bacillus BioBrick Box 2.0: generation of standardized parts for the work with Bacillus subtilis"  
2015
Synthetic Biology II, LMU-Munich, Munich
Poster: "The Bacillus BioBrick Box 2.0: generation of standardized parts for the work with Bacillus subtilis"  

Awards

2014 
Lehre@LMU award for student research project: “Investigation on FAX proteins and Bacillus subtilis thioesterase for biofuel production”
2014 
Best Wiki award togehter with the LMU-Munich iGEM Team 2014, Project: BaKillus, the pathogen-hunting microbe

Workshops

2015
BioBash Workshop: Python, London
Workshop to learn essential handling of BioPython
BioBash Workshop: Essentials, Frankfurt
Workshop to learn essential handling of Linux and programming skills