Curriculum Vitae - Barbara Susanne Sixt
Personal information
Date of birth
Place of birth
Nationality
ORCID
May 6th 1984
Vienna, Austria
Austrian
0000-0002-5607-8902
Academic positions
2024 until now
Research Group Leader (Associate Professor, Docent in Infection Biology)
Department of Molecular Biology, Umeå University, Sweden
Laboratory for Molecular Infection Medicine Sweden (MIMS), Umeå University, Sweden
Umeå Centre for Microbial Research (UCMR), Umeå University, Sweden
2018 – 2024
Research Group Leader (Assistant Professor)
Department of Molecular Biology, Umeå University, Sweden
Laboratory for Molecular Infection Medicine Sweden (MIMS), Umeå University, Sweden
Umeå Centre for Microbial Research (UCMR), Umeå University, Sweden
Postdoctoral positions
2016 – 2018
2013 – 2016
Postdoctoral Researcher (in the group of Guido Kroemer)
INSERM U1138, Institut Gustave Roussy, France
Postdoctoral Researcher (in the group of Raphael Valdivia)
Department of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, Duke University, NC, USA
Higher Education
2008 – 2013
2002 – 2008
Doctoral studies in Molecular Biology (degree: Dr. rer. nat, equivalent to PhD)
Department of Microbial Ecology, University of Vienna, Austria (Advisor: Matthias Horn)
Diploma studies in Molecular Biology (degree: Mag. rer. nat, equivalent to MSc)
University of Vienna, Austria
Basic Education
1994 – 2002
1990 – 1994
Elementary School (Volksschule Cottagegasse)
Vienna, Austria
High School (Bundesgymnasium GWIKU 18 Haizingergasse)
Vienna, Austria
Pedagogic Training
2024
2019
2019
2019
2015
Education for Sustainable Development (2 weeks) – Umeå University, Sweden
Teaching in Higher Education (2.5 weeks) – Umeå University, Sweden
Learning in Higher Education (2.5 weeks) – Umeå University, Sweden
Postgraduate Supervision in Practice (2 weeks) – Umeå University, Sweden
PFF – Prepare Future Faculty Program (10 days) – Duke University, USA
Leadership Training
2023
2019
2019
ReaL – Research and Leadership Program Step 2 (10 days) – Umeå University, Sweden
ReaL – Research and Leadership Program Step 1 (8 days) – Umeå University, Sweden
Laboratory Leadership for Group Leaders (4 days) – EMBO, Germany
Additional Training
2015
2011
NextGen Sequencing Course (6 weeks) – Duke University, USA
Python Programming Course (2 weeks) – University of Vienna, Aus
Research Grants
2022
2022
2020
2019
2019
2018
2018
Grant for postdoctoral fellowship (Kempe Foundations, 624 kSEK)
VR Project Grant Medicine (Vetenskapsrådet, 1 Mio SEK/year, 3 years)
Grant for postdoctoral fellowship (Kempe Foundations, 330 kSEK)
Strategic Grant (Medical Faculty, Umeå University, 700 kSEK/year, 3 years)
Research Grant (Insamlingsstiftelsen för medicinsk forskning, 84 kSEK)
VR Starting Grant Medicine (Vetenskapsrådet, 1.5 Mio SEK/year, 4 years)
MIMS group leader start-up (MIMS, 2.5 Mio SEK/year, 5 years)
Research Fellowships
2014
2009
2009
Marie Curie International Outgoing Fellowship (IOF) (European Community, 36 months)
DOC-fFORTE Fellowship (Austrian Academy of Sciences, 30 months)
Stipend for research stay abroad (University of Vienna, 3 months)
Conference Awards & Travel Grants
2017
2015
2015
2012
2011
2010
San-pin Wang Award for best oral presentation by a postdoc at the 8th Biennial Meeting of the Chlamydia Basic Research Society (Charlotte, NC, USA)
Mitchell Research Meritorious Travel Award for participation at the Cold Spring Harbor Meeting on Microbial Pathogenesis & Host Response (Cold Spring Harbor, NY, USA)
MGM Distinguished Fellows Travel Award for participation at the 7th Biennial Meeting of the Chlamydia Basic Research Society (New Orleans, LA, USA)
Poster Award/Travel Grant for poster presentation at the 112th General Meeting of the American Society for Microbiology (San Francisco, CA, USA)
San-pin Wang Award for best oral presentation by a graduate student at the 5th Biennial Meeting of the Chlamydia Basic Research Society (Redondo Beach, CA, USA)
Student Travel Grant for participation at the 3rd Joint Meeting of the DGHM and VAAM (Hannover, Germany)
Activities in Academic Education
since 2024
since 2023
since 2021
since 2021
since 2021
since 2020
2019-2022
since 2019
since 2018
2018
2015
2008/09/12
Lecturer – in “Gene expression” (Umeå University, Sweden)
Course Leader – in “Advanced Project in Molecular Biology” (Umeå University, Sweden)
Lecturer – in “Writing Science” for doctoral students (Umeå University, Sweden)
Lecturer – in “Oral Infectious Diseases” (Umeå University, Sweden)
Lecturer – in “Attack and Defense” (Umeå University, Sweden)
Lecturer – in “Microbiology and Basic Molecular Biology” (Umeå University, Sweden)
Tutor in case studies – in “Cell Structure and Function” (Umeå University, Sweden)
Lecturer – in “Genetics and Gene Technology” (Umeå University, Sweden)
Lecturer – in “Advanced Biomedicine” (Umeå University, Sweden)
Lecturer – in “Live imaging of intracellular infections” (Linköping University, Sweden)
Course development – design and implementation of a new lab course project for undergraduate students (North Carolina Central University (NCCU), NC, USA)
Tutor – in lab course “Fluorescence in situ hybridization” (University of Vienna, Austria)