Personal profile
Biography
1992-2003: Studying Botany and Genetics at the University of Vienna, Austria and at the University of Cologne, Germany
2000: Mag. rer. nat. (MRes in Botany, with distinction; University of Vienna, Austria)
2003: Dr. rer. nat. (PhD in Genetics, with distinction; University of Vienna, Austria)
2003-2005: Postdoctoral Research Associate at the Department of Chromosome Biology, University of Vienna, Austria
2005-2007: Erwin Schrödinger-Fellow of the Austrian Science Fund (FWF) researching at the Department of Biochemistry, University of Oxford, UK
2007-2013: Postdoctoral Research Associate at the Department of Biochemistry, University of Oxford, UK
Since 2013: Lecturer in Molecular Cell Biology; School of Medicine, Medical Sciences & Nutrition; University of Aberdeen, UK
Education/Academic qualification
Life Sciences & Medicine, PhD, Nuclear Architecture in Budding Yeast (Saccharomyces cerevisiae), University of Vienna
1 Oct 1999 → 31 May 2003
Award Date: 28 Apr 2003
Life Sciences & Medicine, Masters Degree, Cytological and Cytogenetical Aspects of Facultative Heterochromatin in Plants, University of Vienna
1 Aug 1998 → 30 Sept 1999
Award Date: 12 May 2000
Area of Expertise
- Biological Sciences
- Genetics
- Meiosis
- Homologous Recombination
- Genome Stability
- Schizosaccharomyces pombe
- Candida auris
- Yeast
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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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In vitro evolution of caspofungin resistance in Candidozyma auris via FKS1 hotspot I mutations results in moderate fitness trade-offs but no reduction in virulence
Ross, Z. K., Alsayegh, S., Zhao, Y., McPherson, S., Munro, C. A. & Lorenz, A. (Corresponding Author), Dec 2025, In: Microbiological Research. 301, 11 p., 128322.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Measuring Meiotic Recombination Frequency in Schizosaccharomyces pombe Using an Engineered Genetic Interval
Lorenz, A., 12 Nov 2024, Schizosaccharomyces pombe: Methods and Protocols. Petreaca, R. C. (ed.). New York, NY: Humana Press, Vol. 2862. p. 277-295 19 p. (Methods in Molecular Biology; vol. 2862).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (peer-reviewed) › peer-review
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Candida auris undergoes adhesin-dependent and -independent cellular aggregation
Pelletier, C., Shaw, S., Alsayegh, S. M. A. E. H. M. A., Brown, A. J. P. & Lorenz, A. (Corresponding Author), 11 Mar 2024, In: PLoS Pathogens. 20, 3, 36 p., e1012076.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Mendel's laws of heredity on his 200th birthday: What have we learned by considering exceptions?
Wolf, J. B. (Corresponding Author), Ferguson-Smith, A. C. & Lorenz, A., 1 Jul 2022, In: Heredity. 129, 1, p. 1-3 3 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Editorial › peer-review
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Gene conversion: a non-Mendelian process integral to meiotic recombination
Lorenz, A. (Corresponding Author) & Mpaulo, S. J., Jul 2022, In: Heredity. 129, p. 56-63 8 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Datasets
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Rad51/Dmc1 paralogs and mediators oppose DNA helicases to limit hybrid DNA formation and promote crossovers during meiotic recombination
Lorenz, A. (Creator), Figshare, 15 Oct 2014
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.1197171
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Plasmid sequences - New cassettes for single-step drug-resistance and prototrophic marker switching in fission yeast
Lorenz, A. (Creator), Figshare, 12 Aug 2015
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.1468419.v1
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