Maarten Lubbers
- Name
- M. Lubbers MSc
- ORCID iD
- 0000-0001-5626-8880
Streptomyces is used extensively in industry for the production of bioactive metabolites and enzymes. These multicellular bacteria grow as filamentous, branching cells, via a process called polar growth. This process is driven by the DivIVA protein, making it crucial to gain a deeper understanding of its structure and function. Using a unique engineering platform, we want to enhance our understanding of the function of DivIVA and the role of its protein domains.
Short biography
Maarten Lubbers earned his Bachelors and Masters in Biology at Leiden University, where he has worked on, amongst others, bioactive molecules in snake venom. At the University of Ghent, he has worked on the ecology and genetics of Laboulbeniales, a group of parasitic fungi. Besides, he plays an active role in the iGEM Competition. Finally, Maarten is a junior honorary curator at the Natural History Museum of Rotterdam.
- Lubbers M. & Claessen D. (2025), Mimicking early life-forms in the lab, eLife 14: e108470.
- Lubbers M., Jaspers N. & Claessen D. (2025), Engineering bacterial cell morphology for the design of robust cell factories, Biochemistry and Biophysics Reports 43: 102076.
- Lubbers M., Bajramovic B., Ongenae V., Willemse J.J., Bruin D. de, Mulder N., Zhang L., Vriesendorp B., Barona-Gomez F., Briegel A., Wezel G.P. van, Flärdh K. & Claessen D. (2025), Essential and dispensable domains of DivIVA for walled growth in filamentous Actinomycetota, Open Biology 15(11): 250213.
- Caenegem W. van, Boeken M., Dees A.J., Lubbers M., Moereels L., Schilthuizen M., Wielink P.S. van, Zuijlen J.W. van, Vandeputte A., Verbeken A. & Haelewaters D. (2024), New and interesting Laboulbeniales (Fungi, Ascomycota) from the Netherlands, II, Nova Hedwigia 119(3-4): 387-418.
- Lubbers M., Wezel G.P. van & Claessen D. (2023), Reproducible switching between a walled and cell wall-deficient lifestyle of actinomycetes using gradient agar plates, Journal of Microbiological Methods 204: 106660.
- Lubbers M., Lamers G.E.M., Kesel A. de, Nedvěd O., Schilthuizen M. & Haelewaters D. (2022), Bacterial biofilms on thalli of Laboulbeniales: a community uncovered, Sydowia 74: 335-342.
- Haelewaters D., Lubbers M. & Kesel A. de (2022), The haustorium as a driving force for speciation in thallus-forming Laboulbeniomycetes, IMA Fungus 13: 1.
- Kaishian P., Lubbers M., de Groot M.D., Schilthuizen M. & Haelewaters D. (2022), Definitions of parasites and pathogens through time. Authorea. [working paper].
- Bhatt D.K., Crooijmans M.E., Coenradij J, Valero A.M., Lubbers M., Asin-Garcia E, Yewdall N.A, D'Adamo S., Claassens N.J. & Billerbeck S. (2022), A SynBio community comes of age: political, academical, industrial, and societal developments in the Netherlands, Biotechnology Notes 3: 62-69.
- Lubbers M., Hovius S.A., Chai R.R., Byng J.W. & Schilthuizen M. (2020), An observation on the ecology and behaviour of Metallyticus splendidus on a dead dipterocarp tree in Sabah, Malaysia (Mantodea, Metallyticidae), Journal of Tropical Biology and Conservation 17: 165-170.