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Professor Johannes Wagener

Professor of Clinical Microbiology (Clinical Microbiology)
CENTRAL PATHOLOGY LAB, SJH
      
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Professor Johannes Wagener

Professor of Clinical Microbiology (Clinical Microbiology)
CENTRAL PATHOLOGY LAB, SJH

 wagenerj@tcd.ie

 3531896 2138


  ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITY   ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS   antifungal drug resistance   ANTIFUNGAL INTERACTION   ANTIFUNGAL RESISTANCE   ANTIFUNGAL THERAPY   ANTIGEN   AZOLE ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS   COINFECTION   diagnostic tool   DIAGNOSTICS   Fungal Infections   fungal morphogenesis   FUNGAL-INFECTIONS   INFECTIOUS DISEASES   Infectious Diseases/Agents   INVASIVE FUNGAL   Microbiology   Mycology and fungal pathogenesis   PULMONARY INFECTION   Serology   Translational microbiology
Project Title
 Investigation of the role of trace elements in standardized antifungal susceptibility testing
From
09/2022
To
02/2024
Summary
Funding Agency
Pfizer Healthcare Ireland
Programme
General Research Grant
Project Type
Research Grant
Project Title
 Resist or die: Identification and functional characterization of cell wall integrity determinants important for the survival of Aspergillus fumigatus challenged by neutrophil granulocytes
From
06/2020
To
12/2023
Summary
Project identifier Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Project number 430055013, https://gepris.dfg.de/gepris/projekt/430055013
Funding Agency
DFG, German Research Foundation
Programme
Research Grants
Project Type
Research Grant
Project Title
 Molecular characterization of mitochondrial fission and fusion mechanisms in Aspergillus fumigatus and their roles in pathogenicity, viability and stress tolerance
From
05/2014
To
10/2017
Summary
Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Project number 249764016, https://gepris.dfg.de/gepris/projekt/249764016
Funding Agency
DFG, German Research Foundation
Programme
Research Grants
Project Type
Research Grant
Project Title
 Cell wall stress response in Aspergillus fumigatus: molecular characterization of the signal transduction pathways
From
05/2011
To
04/2014
Summary
Project identifier Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Project number 194178034, https://gepris.dfg.de/gepris/projekt/194178034
Funding Agency
DFG, German Research Foundation
Programme
Research Grants
Project Type
Research Grant

Details Date
President of the Irish Fungal Society (IFS) Since 2024
Irish Representative on the Antifungal Susceptibility Testing (AFST) Subcommittee of the European Committee on Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing (EUCAST) Since 2022
Secretary of the specialized group "Eukaryotic Pathogens" of the German Society of Hygiene and Microbiology (DGHM) 2022-2024
Co-chairman of the specialized group "Eukaryotic Pathogens" of the German Society of Hygiene and Microbiology (DGHM) 2019 - 2022
Details Date From Date To
Fellow of European Confederation of Medical Mycology 2022 - Present
Fellow of the Faculty of Pathology (FFPath) of the Royal College of Physicians of Ireland (RCPI) 2022 - Present
Irish Fungal Society (IFS) 2021 - Present
Irish Society of Clinical Microbiologists (ISCM) 2020 - Present
Medical Council of Ireland 2020 - Present
Deutschsprachige Mykologische Gesellschaft (German-speaking Mycological Society; DMykG) 2017 - Present
German Society of Hygiene and Microbiology (DGHM) 2007 - Present
Bavarian Medical Association (BLÄK) 2006 2020
Dolan A.-M., Hoban T., Brennan G., Flanagan P.R., O'Rourke S., Teoh T.K., Boyle B., Mellerick L., Toolan S., Flynn C., Wagener J., O'Connell B., Magnusiomyces capitatus, an Unusual Cause of Invasive Fungal Infections in Neutropenic Patients: Case Reports and Outbreak Investigation, Mycopathologia, 190, (1), 2025, Journal Article, PUBLISHED  DOI
Elsaman H, Golubtsov E, Brazil S, Ng N, Klugherz I, Martin R, Dichtl K, Müller C, Wagener J., Toxic eburicol accumulation drives the antifungal activity of azoles against Aspergillus fumigatus., Nature communications, 15, (1), 2024, p6312 , Journal Article, PUBLISHED  DOI
Schub T, Klugherz I, Wagener J, Prattes J, Hoenigl M, Suerbaum S, Held J, Dichtl K., Serum antigen tests for the diagnosis of invasive aspergillosis: a retrospective comparison of five <i>Aspergillus</i> antigen assays and one beta-D-glucan assay., Journal of clinical microbiology, 62, (12), 2024, pe0095024 , Journal Article, PUBLISHED  DOI
Dichtl K, Osterman A, Barry R, Wagener J., A novel microarray-based PCR assay for the detection of HSV-1, HSV-2, and VZV skin infections: A retrospective analysis., Journal of virological methods, 312, 2023, p114650 , Journal Article, PUBLISHED  DOI
Dichtl K, Barry R, Angstwurm MWA, Suerbaum S, Wagener J., Performance of galactomannan testing from endotracheal aspirate to guide bronchoalveolar lavage in the diagnosis of invasive aspergillosis., Infection, 2023, Journal Article, PUBLISHED  DOI
Liebl M, Huber L, Elsaman H, Merschak P, Wagener J, Gsaller F, Müller C., Quantifying Isoprenoids in the Ergosterol Biosynthesis by Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry., Journal of fungi (Basel, Switzerland), 9, (7), 2023, p768 , Journal Article, PUBLISHED  DOI
Mok S, Roycroft E, Flanagan PR, Wagener J, Fitzgibbon MM., Investigation of genomic mutations and their association with phenotypic resistance to new and repurposed drugs in Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex clinical isolates., The Journal of antimicrobial chemotherapy, 2023, pdkad252 , Journal Article, PUBLISHED  DOI
Dichtl K, Osterman A, Forster J, Jakob L, Suerbaum S, Flaig MJ, Schubert S, Wagener J., A retrospective evaluation of the Euroarray STI-11 multiplex system for the detection of eight STI causing agents., Scientific reports, 13, (1), 2023, p11382 , Journal Article, PUBLISHED  DOI
Klugherz I, Basch M, Ng N, Zhu Z, Wagener N, Wagener J., Only One of Three Bcs1 Homologs in Aspergillus fumigatus Confers Respiratory Growth., Journal of fungi (Basel, Switzerland), 9, (11), 2023, p1074 , Journal Article, PUBLISHED  DOI
Forster J, Dichtl K, Wagener J., Lower beta-1,3-D-glucan testing cut-offs increase sensitivity for non-albicans Candida species blood stream infections., Mycoses, 2022, Journal Article, PUBLISHED  DOI
  

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Award Date
Young talent award of the specialized group "Eukaryotic Pathogens" of the German Society of Hygiene and Microbiology (DGHM) 2009
Becton Dickinson Research Award "Clinical Microbiology" of the German Society of Hygiene and Microbiology (DGHM; https://www.dghm.org/startseite/dghm-stiftung/voraussetzungen-und-ehemalige-preistraeger-innen/bd-forschungspreis/ ) 2012
Clausthal-Zellerfeld Award on proposal of the Robert Koch Foundation ( https://www.robert-koch-stiftung.de/index.php?article_id=19&clang=0 ) 2016
Forschungsförderpreis of the German-speaking Mycological Society (Deutschsprachige Mykologische Gesellschaft, DMykG; https://www.dmykg.de/forschungsfoerderpreis/ ) 2018