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Curriculum Vitae - Cristina Moraru, PhD in Natural Sciences
Present position
Education
Employment
Teaching experience
Publications
Oral Presentations at Conferences and Workshops
Organization of scientific Workshops/Courses
Participation at scientific Workshops/Courses
Soft Skills training
Field expeditions
Commissions of trust
Referees
Present position:
Starting with September 2012 I’m a Marie Curie postdoctoral researcher in the Department of Planetology and Habitability, Centre of Astrobiology, Madrid, Spain.The Principal
Investigator is Ricardo Amils.
Education:
| 2006 - 2010 |
PhD studies with Rudolf Amann and Bernhard Fuchs, Molecular Ecology
Department, Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology, Bremen,
Germany
Title and professional qualification obtained:
Doctor in Natural Sciences, March 2010, Grade: Summa Cum Laude
Thesis title:
Fluorescence in situ hybridization of genes in environmental
microbiology |
| 2004 - 2006 |
MSc studies at the International Max Planck Research School for Marine
Microbiology (IMPRES-MARMIC), Bremen, Germany
Title and professional qualification obtained:
Master of Science in Marine Microbiology, March 2006, Grade: Excellent
(A)
Thesis title:
Development of protocols for in situ detection of genes in
microorganisms |
| 1999 - 2003 |
Bachelor studies at the Faculty of Biology, University of Bucharest,
Romania
Title and professional qualification obtained:
Bachelor of Biology, Merit Degree Diploma and Head of 2003
Graduates, July 2003
Thesis title:
Microbial and genetic analysis of some bacterial strains capable of
quinoline biodegradation |
| 1995 - 1999 |
High School studies at the Zinca Golescu High School, Pitesti, Romania,
Specialization of chemistry-biology.
1st
Prize Diploma to Olympiad of Biology school contest, within the
National-1999 phase
Title and professional qualification obtained: School-Leave Diploma
July1999 |
Employment:
| Sept 2012 - present |
Marie Curie Postdoctoral researcher in the Department of Planetology and Habitability, Centre of Astrobiology, Madrid, Spain. Principal
Investigator - Ricardo Amils. |
| 2010 - 2012 |
Postdoctoral researcher in the Molecular Ecology Department, Max
Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology, Bremen, Germany. Principal
Investigator - Rudolf Amann. |
| 2003 - 2004 |
Research assistant at the University of Bucharest, Faculty of Biology,
Centre of Research, Education and Consulting in Microbiology, Genetics
and Biotechnology. |
| 2002 - 2004 |
Technical assistant at University of Bucharest, Faculty of Biology, Centre
of Research, Education and Consulting in Microbiology, Genetics and
Biotechnology |
Teaching experience:
| June-July 2011 |
Training in molecular ecology techniques of MARMIC labrotation
student Jimena Barrero Canosa, MPI-Bremen, 6
weeks. |
| March-April 2011 |
Training in molecular ecology techniques of MARMIC labrotation
student Fabian Ruhnau, MPI-Bremen, 6
weeks. |
| June - July 2010 |
Teaching assistant for the Microbial Diversity summer course at Marine
Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, MA, USA, 2 months. |
| June - July 2009 |
Teaching assistant for the Microbial Diversity summer course at Marine
Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, MA, USA, 2 moths. |
| June - August 2008 |
Training in molecular ecology techniques of internship student Viktor
Lazovic, MPI-Bremen, 2 months. |
| February – May 2007 |
Training in molecular ecology techniques of MARMIC labrotation
students Julia Rosa de Rezende and Zane Zaleska, MPI-Bremen, 6
weeks each labrotation. |
| January 2007 |
Assistance in the Molecular Ecology practical course within MARMIC, 2
weeks. |
Publications:
Moraru, C., and Amann, R. (2012) Crystal ball: Fluorescence in situ hybridization in the age of super-resolution microscopy. Syst Appl Microbiol 35: 549-552.
Amann, R., and Moraru, C. (2012) Two decades of fluorescence in situ hybridization in systematic and applied microbiology. Syst Appl Microbiol 35: 483-484.
Lenk, S., Moraru, C., Hahnke, S., Arnds, J., Richter, M., Kube, M., Reinhardt, R., Brinkhoff, T., Harder, J., Amann, R., and Musmann, M. (2012) Roseobacter clade bacteria are abundant in coastal sediments and encode a novel combination of sulfur oxidation genes. ISME J 6: 2178-2187.
Moraru, C., Moraru, G., Fuchs, B.M., and Amann, R. (2011) Concepts and software for a rational design of polynucleotide probes. Environ. Microbiol. Reports, 3: 69-78.
Petersen, J.M., Zielinski, F.U., Pape, T., Seifert, R., Moraru, C., Amann, R., Hourdez, S., Girguis, P.R., Wankel, S.D., Barbe, V., Pelletier, E., Fink, D., Borowski, C., Bach, W., and Dubilier, N. (2011) Hydrogen is an energy source for hydrothermal vent symbioses. Nature 476: 176-180.
Moraru, C., Lam, P., Fuchs, B.M., Kuypers, M.M.M. and Amann, R. (2010) GeneFISH – an in situ technique for linking gene presence and cell identity in environmental microorganisms. Environ. Microbiol. 12: 3057-3073.
Ploug, H., Musat, N., Adam, B., Moraru, C., Lavik, G., Bergman, B., and Kuypers, M.M.M.. (2010) Carbon and nitrogen fluxes associated with Aphanizomenon sp. in the Baltic Sea. ISME-J. 4: 1215-1223.
Oral Presentations at Conferences and Workshops:
Oral presentation: 1st Bremen FISH camp 2011, Bremen, Germany, “Fluorescence in situ hybridization of genes in environmental microbiology”.
Invited talk: ISME13 2010, Seattle, FISH round table, “geneFISH – from probe design to in situ detection”.
Oral presentation: ASLO 2009, Nice, France, “geneFISH – a new single cell technique for in situ detection of functional genes in environmental microorganisms”.
Organization of scientific Workshops/Courses:
Workshop “1st Bremen FISH camp”, Referent: Prof. Dr. R. Amann and Dr. C. Moraru. 14-24 June 2011, Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology, Bremen, Germany
Participation at scientific Workshops/Courses:
Workshop “Scientific writing”, Referent: Dr. Nicole Dubilier, 30-31 May 2007, Max-Planck Institute, Bremen, Germany.
Advanced Methods Course “T-RFLP”, Referent: Dr. Jens Harder, 21-23 of February, 2007, Max-Planck Institute, Bremen, Germany.
Advanced Methods Course “Metagenomics”, Referent: Dr. Anke Meyerdierks, 4-8 December 2006, Max-Planck Institute, Bremen, Germany.
Soft Skills training:
“Moderation and Presentation” (15-17 December, 2003), Max-Planck Institute, Bremen, Germany.
“Self and time management” (26-28 January, 2004), Max-Planck Institute, Bremen, Germany.
“Leadership skills” (24-25 February, 2005), Max-Planck Institute, Bremen, Germany.
Field expeditions:
Baltic Sea, Askö, Sweeden, August 2008 - Field work and stable isotopes incubations on seawater samples (project title: “Carbon and nitrogen fluxes associated with Aphanizomenon sp. in the Baltic Sea”).
Atlantic Meridional Transect 21 (AMT21) cruise, Oct-Nov 2011.
Commissions of trust:
Ad hoc reviewer for Plos One and Systematic and Applied Microbiology Journals.
Referees:
Prof. Dr. Rudolf Amann, Director of the Max-Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology, Bremen, Head of the Molecular Ecology Department, , e-mail: ramann(at)mpi-bremen.de Tel.: +49 (0) 421 2028 930
Dr. Marcel M.M. Kuypers, Director of the Max-Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology, Bremen, Head of the Biogeochemistry Department, e-mail: mkuypers(at)mpi-bremen.de Tel.: +49 (0) 421 2028 602
Prof. Dr. Stephen H. Zinder, Department of Microbiology, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, USA and Director of the Microbial Diversity summer course, Marine Biological laboratory, Woods Hole, MA, USA, e-mail: shz1(at)cornell.edu Tel.: +1 (607) 255-2415
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