Prof. Dr. Lars Fieseler

Prof. Dr. Lars Fieseler
ZHAW
School of Life Sciences and Facility Management
Centre for Food Safety and Quality Management
Einsiedlerstrasse 35
8820 Wädenswil
Network
ORCID digital identifier
Projects
- Zebrafish larvae for drug screening / Project leader / ongoing
- Novel phage derived antimicrobials / Deputy project leader / ongoing
- SONEVA / Co-project leader / completed
- Contactless separation and concentration of Legionella species in drinking water installations / Project leader / completed
- An effective and environmentally friendly solution to control fire blight disease caused by Erwinia amylovora in pome fruit crops / Project leader / completed
- Molecular mechanism of bacteriophage tail spike proteins in bacterial infection / Co-project leader / completed
- Engineered bacteriophages for the control of E. coli O157 / Project leader / completed
- Persistence of STEC in grain, milling by-products, flour, and raw follow up products / Project leader / completed
- Platform Health / Co-project leader / completed
- Rapid Quantification of Pseudomonas aeruginosa by flow-cytometry / Project leader / completed
- BIOPAC (Biopolymer based bioactive food packaging) / Team member / completed
- Analysis and optimisation of a laundry process for cleaning textiles / Team member / completed
Publications
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Dams, Dorien; Pas, Célia; Latka, Agnieszka; Drulis-Kawa, Zuzanna; Fieseler, Lars; Briers, Yves,
2025.
Antibiotics.
14(1), pp. 104.
Available from: https://doi.org/10.3390/antibiotics14010104
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Pacher, Nicola; Burtscher, Johanna; Bender, Denisse; Fieseler, Lars; Schreiner, Matthias; Domig, Konrad J.,
2024.
Food Research International.
197(115193).
Available from: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foodres.2024.115193
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Pas, Célia; Fieseler, Lars; Pothier, Joël F.; Briers, Yves,
2024.
Scientific Reports.
14(26050).
Available from: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-77463-x
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Pacher, Nicola; Burtscher, Johanna; Bender, Denisse; Fieseler, Lars; Domig, Konrad J.,
2024.
International Journal of Food Microbiology.
418(110730).
Available from: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijfoodmicro.2024.110730
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Ullrich, Lisa; Gillich, Elodie; André, Amandine; Panarese, Sandra; Imhaus, Anne Flore; Fieseler, Lars; Chetschik, Irene,
2023.
Applied Sciences.
13(19), pp. 10885.
Available from: https://doi.org/10.3390/app131910885
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Gayder, Steven; Kammerecker, Sandrine; Fieseler, Lars,
2023.
Biological control of the fire blight pathogen Erwinia amylovora using bacteriophages.
Journal of Plant Pathology.
106(3), pp. 853-869.
Available from: https://doi.org/10.1007/s42161-023-01478-y
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Pas, Célia; Latka, Aknieszka; Fieseler, Lars; Briers, Yves,
2023.
Virology Journal.
20(174).
Available from: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12985-023-02138-4
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Desroche, Nicolas; De Oliveira, Déborah; Imhaus, Anne-Flore; Hupfeld, Mario; Fieseler, Lars,
2023.
Journal of AOAC INTERNATIONAL.
106(4), pp. 939-948.
Available from: https://doi.org/10.1093/jaoacint/qsad017
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Witte, Sander; Huijboom, Linda; Klamert, Silvia; van de Straat, Leoni; Hagens, Steven; Fieseler, Lars; de Vegt, Bert T.; van Mierlo, Joël T.,
2022.
Food Microbiology.
104(103978).
Available from: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fm.2022.103978
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Knecht, Leandra E.; Heinrich, Nadine; Born, Yannick; Felder, Katja; Pelludat, Cosima; Loessner, Martin J.; Fieseler, Lars; et al.,
2022.
Bacteriophage S6 requires bacterial cellulose for Erwinia amylovora infection.
Environmental Microbiology.
24(8), pp. 3436-3450.
Available from: https://doi.org/10.1111/1462-2920.15973
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Pacher, Nicola; Burtscher, Johanna; Johler, Sophia; Etter, Danai; Bender, Denisse; Fieseler, Lars; Domig, Konrad J.,
2022.
Ropiness in bread : a re-emerging spoilage phenomenon.
Foods.
11(19), pp. 3021.
Available from: https://doi.org/10.3390/foods11193021
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Knecht, Leandra E.; Born, Yannick; Pelludat, Cosima; Pothier, Joël F.; Smits, Theo H. M.; Loessner, Martin J.; Fieseler, Lars,
2022.
Frontiers in Microbiology.
13(908346).
Available from: https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2022.908346
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Larose, Delphine; Desroche, Nicolas; Reinau, Lukas; Hupfeld, Mario; Fieseler, Lars,
2021.
Journal of AOAC INTERNATIONAL.
Available from: https://doi.org/10.1093/jaoacint/qsab165
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Herren, Pascal; Fieseler, Lars; Ambuehl, Daniel; Grunder, Jürg,
2021.
Foodborne bacteria in raw drone brood of Apis mellifera – a preliminary survey.
Journal of Insects as Food and Feed.
7(3), pp. 281-285.
Available from: https://doi.org/10.3920/JIFF2020.0067
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Pertics, Botond Zsombor; Szénásy, Dalma; Dunai, Dániel; Born, Yannick; Fieseler, Lars; Kovács, Tamás; Schneider, György,
2020.
BioMed Research International.
2020(5463801), pp. 1-10.
Available from: https://doi.org/10.1155/2020/5463801
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Ganz, Giverny; Reinau, Lukas; Imhaus, Anne Flore; Hupfeld, Mario; Fieseler, Lars,
2020.
AquaSparkTM : rapid environmental monitoring of Listeria monocytogenes.
Chimia.
74(10), pp. 791-797.
Available from: https://doi.org/10.2533/chimia.2020.791
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Knecht, Leandra E.; Veljkovic, Marjan; Fieseler, Lars,
2020.
Diversity and function of phage encoded depolymerases.
Frontiers in Microbiology.
10(2949).
Available from: https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2019.02949
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van Mierlo, Joël; Hagens, Steven; Witte, Sander; Klamert, Silvia; van de Straat, Leoni; Fieseler, Lars,
2019.
Complete genome sequences of escherichia coli phages vB_EcoM-EP75 and vB_EcoP-EP335.
Microbiology Resource Announcements.
8(16).
Available from: https://doi.org/10.1128/MRA.00078-19
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Born, Yannick; Knecht, Leandra E.; Eigenmann, Mirjam; Bolliger, Michel; Klumpp, Jochen; Fieseler, Lars,
2019.
Archives of Virology.
164(3), pp. 819-830.
Available from: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00705-019-04148-6
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Roth-Konforti, Michal; Green, Ori; Hupfeld, Mario; Fieseler, Lars; Heinrich, Nadine; Ihssen, Julian; Vorberg, Raffael; Wick, Lukas; Spitz, Urs; Shabat, Doron,
2019.
Angewandte Chemie: International Edition.
58(30), pp. 10361-10367.
Available from: https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.201904719
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Knecht, Leandra E.; Born, Yannick; Pothier, Joël F.; Loessner, Martin J.; Fieseler, Lars,
2018.
Complete genome sequences of erwinia amylovora phages vB_EamP-S2 and vB_EamM-Bue1.
Microbiology Resource Announcements.
7(3).
Available from: https://doi.org/10.1128/MRA.00891-18
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Buttimer, Colin; Born, Yannick; Lucid, Alan; Loessner, Martin J.; Fieseler, Lars; Coffey, Aidan,
2018.
Erwinia amylovora phage vB_EamM_Y3 represents another lineage of hairy myoviridae.
Research in Microbiology.
169(9), pp. 505-514.
Available from: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.resmic.2018.04.006
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Born, Yannick; Fieseler, Lars; Thöny, Valentin; Leimer, Nadja; Duffy, Brion; Loessner, Martin J.,
2017.
Applied and Environmental Microbiology.
83(12), pp. e00341-17.
Available from: https://doi.org/10.1128/AEM.00341-17
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Shen, Yang; Boulos, Samy; Sumrall, Eric; Gerber, Benjamin; Julian-Rodero, Alicia; Eugster, Marcel R.; Fieseler, Lars; Nyström, Laura; Ebert, Marc-Olivier; Loessner, Martin J.,
2017.
Structural and functional diversity inListeriacell wall teichoic acids.
Journal of Biological Chemistry.
292(43), pp. 17832-17844.
Available from: https://doi.org/10.1074/jbc.M117.813964
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Schmitter, Sibylle; Fieseler, Lars; Klumpp, Jochen; Bertram, Ralph; Loessner, Martin J.,
2017.
Molecular Microbiology.
105(3), pp. 413-425.
Available from: https://doi.org/10.1111/mmi.13706
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Krapf, Tamara; Kuhn, Roger; Kauf, Peter; Gantenbein-Demarchi, Corinne; Fieseler, Lars,
2016.
Water Science and Technology.
16(6), pp. 1674-1682.
Available from: https://doi.org/10.2166/ws.2016.052
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Schwendimann, Livia Maya; Kauf, Peter; Fieseler, Lars; Gantenbein-Demarchi, Corinne; Miescher Schwenninger, Susanne,
2015.
Journal of Microbiological Methods.
115, pp. 94-99.
Available from: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mimet.2015.05.022
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Born, Yannick; Bosshard, Lars; Duffy, Brion; Loessner, Martin; Fieseler, Lars,
2015.
Protection of Erwinia amylovora bacteriophage Y2 from UV-induced damage by natural compounds.
Bacteriophage.
5(4), pp. e1074330.
Available from: https://doi.org/10.1080/21597081.2015.1074330
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Fieseler, Lars; Doyscher, Dominik; Loessner, Martin; Schuppler, Markus,
2014.
Acanthamoeba release compounds which promote growth of Listeria monocytogenes and other bacteria.
Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology.
98(7), pp. 3091-3097.
Available from: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00253-014-5534-9
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Born, Yannick; Fieseler, Lars; Klumpp, Jochen; Eugster, Marcel R.; Zurfluh, Katrin; Duffy, Brion; Loessner, Martin J.,
2014.
Environmental Microbiology.
16(7), pp. 2168-2180.
Available from: https://doi.org/10.1111/1462-2920.12212
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Doyscher, Dominik; Fieseler, Lars; Dons, Lone; Loessner, Martin J.; Schuppler, Markus,
2013.
Environmental Microbiology.
15(2), pp. 433-446.
Available from: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1462-2920.2012.02858.x
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Guenther, Susanne; Herzig, Oliver; Fieseler, Lars; Klumpp, Jochen; Loessner, Martin J.,
2012.
Biocontrol of Salmonella Typhimurium in RTE foods with the virulent bacteriophage FO1-E2.
International Journal of Food Microbiology.
154(1-2), pp. 66-72.
Available from: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijfoodmicro.2011.12.023
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Born, Yannick; Fieseler, Lars; Marazzi, Janine; Lurz, Rudi; Duffy, Brion; Loessner, Martin J.,
2011.
Applied and Environmental Microbiology.
77(17), pp. 5945-5954.
Available from: https://doi.org/10.1128/AEM.03022-10
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Fieseler, Lars; Loessner, Martin,
2013.
In:
Labbé, Ronald G.; García, Santos, eds.,
Guide to foodborne pathogens.
New York:
Wiley.
pp. 448-456.
Available from: https://doi.org/10.1002/9781118684856.ch28
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Gayder, Steven; Fieseler, Lars; Castle, Alan; Svircev, Antonet,
2022.
A novel genome-wide, qPCR-based approach to identify genetic determinants of phage host range[poster].
In:
Viruses of Microbes (VoM), Guimarães, Portugal, 18-22 July 2022.
ZHAW Zürcher Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften.
Available from: https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-27325
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Knecht, Leandra; Heinrich, Nadine; Felder, Katja; Born, Yannick; Pelludat, Cosima; Loessner, Martin; Fieseler, Lars,
2018.
Mutations in the bcs operon of Erwinia amylovora abolish infection by bacteriophages S6 and M7[poster].
In:
Viruses of Microbes (VoM), Wroclaw, Poland, 9-13 July 2018.
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Buttimer, Collin; Born, Yannick; Hendrix, Hanne; Oliveria, Hugo; McAuliffe, Olivia; Neve, Horst; Ross, R. Paul; Hill, Colin; Noben, Jean-Paul; O'Mahony, Jim; Fieseler, Lars; Lavigne, Rob; Coffey, Aidan; et al.,
2017.
Hairy jumbo phages of Enterobacteriaceae[poster].
In:
2017 Evergreen International Phage Meeting, Evergreen State College, USA, 6-11 August 2017.
ResearchGate.
Available from: https://doi.org/10.13140/RG.2.2.19768.42243
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Gerber, Nicole; Fieseler, Lars; Hirsch, Sven; Neutsch, Lukas; Papadopoulou, Athina; Smits, Theo,
2022.
Clinicum.
2022(6), pp. 80-81.
Available from: https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-26376
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Stöppelmann, Felix; Fieseler, Lars,
2020.
Massnahmen zur Beherrschung mikrobiologischer Risiken verursacht durch Vibrio spp..
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Wetzel, Silvan; Fieseler, Lars,
2020.
Risk evaluation of E. coli ST 131 as a foodborne pathogen in Switzerland.
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Wetzel, Silvan; Fieseler, Lars,
2020.
Shiga-toxin producing escherichia coli in flour, wheat grain and flour products.
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Knecht, Leandra; Born, Yannick; Loessner, Martin; Fieseler, Lars,
2016.
Identification of phage receptors in Erwinia amylovora after transposon mutagenesis[poster].
In:
Viruses of Microbes (VoM), Liverpool, United Kingdom, 18-22 July 2016.
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Freimüller Leischtfeld, Susette; Weber, Stefan; Kuhn, Roger; Schmid, Jürg; Fieseler, Lars,
2015.
Molekulare Schnellmethode für den Legionellen-Test.
Alimenta.
2015(8).
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Born, Yannick; Fieseler, Lars,
2015.
A bacteriophage cocktail to control Salmonella Typhimurium[poster].
In:
21st Biennial Evergreen International Phage Biology Meeting, Olympia, USA, 2-7 August 2015.
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Born, Yannick; Knecht, Leandra; Pelludat, Cosima; Duffy, Brion; Loessner, Martin; Fieseler, Lars,
2015.
Bakteriophagen zur Bekämpfung von Feuerbrand[poster].
In:
1. Nationale Tagung - Gemeinsam gegen Feuerbrand, Wädenswil, 2015.
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Adlhart, Christian; Born, Yannick; Fuchs, Michael; Fieseler, Lars; Pavlovic, Branislav,
2015.
In:
Proceedings of the NART conference 2015.
NART 2015, Nanofibers, Applications and Related Technologies, Liberec, Czech Republic, 31 August - 2 September 2015.
pp. 49-56.
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Gantenbein-Demarchi, Corinne; Kuhn, Roger; Kauf, Peter; Schmid, Jürg; Krapf, Tamara; Fieseler, Lars,
2015.
Fäkalindikatoren im Trinkwasser nachweisen.
Alimenta.
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Born, Yannick; Klumpp, Jochen; Zurfluh, Katrin; Duffy, Brion; Loessner, Martin; Fieseler, Lars,
2015.
Implications of the phage depolymerase DpoL1 on Erwinia amylovora[poster].
In:
21st Biennial Evergreen International Phage Biology Meeting, Olympia, USA, 2-7 August 2015.
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Leiblein, Thomas; Kroslakova, Ivana; Freimüller Leischtfeld, Susette; Fieseler, Lars; Hofer, Susanne,
2015.
In:
Alexander, Keith; Price, Ilfryn, eds.,
EuroFM Research Papers, Section 5, Development Papers.
EuroFM Conference 2015, Glasgow, Ireland, 1-3 June 2015.
European Facilities Management Network (EuroFM).
pp. 26-33.
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Fieseler, Lars,
2015.
Nachweis und Kontrolle der Keimbelastung im Lebensmittel.
Lebensmittel-Technologie.
2015(4), pp. 12-13.
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Fieseler, Lars; Gantenbein-Demarchi, Corinne; Miescher Schwenninger, Susanne; Kuhn, Roger; Kleinert, Michael,
2013.
Rope in bread : a critical challenge for the bakery industry[poster].
In:
4th MoniQA International Conference, Budapest, Hungary, 26 February - 1 March 2013.
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Gantenbein-Demarchi, Corinne; Kuhn, Roger; Krapf, Tamara; Fieseler, Lars,
2012.
Detection of faecal indicator organisms by RT-qPCR[poster].
In:
SGM Annual Congress 2012 - Swiss Society for Microbiology, St. Gallen, 21-22 June 2012.
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Fieseler, Lars; Loessner, Martin; Hagens, Steven,
2011.
Bacteriophages and food safety.
In:
Lacroix, Christophe, ed.,
Protective cultures, antimicrobial metabolites and bacteriophages for food and beverage biopreservation.
Oxford:
Woodhead Publishing.
pp. 161-178.
Woodhead Publishing Series in Food Science, Technology and Nutrition ; 201.
Available from: https://doi.org/10.1533/9780857090522.1.161
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Heller, Knut; Loessner, Martin; Fieseler, Lars,
2011.
1. Auflage.
Hamburg:
Behr.
ISBN 978-3-89947-594-4.
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Gayder, Steven; Kammerecker, Sandrine; Gervásio, Kellen; Henriques, André; Torres-Cortés, Gloria; Kőrösiné Papp, Szilvia; Kovács, Tamás; Raffai, Krisztina; Cabezón Largas, Sixto; de Santos Prieto, Borja; Fieseler, Lars,
2022.
A qPCR-based, population dynamics approach for the development of a bacteriophage-based biopesticide.
In:
Third International Symposium on Fire Blight of Rosaceous Plants, Dresden-Pillnitz, Germany, 6-9 September 2022.
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Kammerecker, Sandrine; Gayder, Steven; Gervásio, Kellen; Henriques, André; Torres-Cortés, Gloria; Kőrösiné Papp, Szilvia; Kovács, Tamás; Raffai, Krisztina; Cabezón Largas, Sixto; de Santos Prieto, Borja; Fieseler, Lars,
2022.
PhageFire : formulation of a bacteriophage-based biopesticide against Erwinia amylovora.
In:
Third International Symposium on Fire Blight of Rosaceous Plants, Dresden-Pillnitz, Germany, 6-9 September 2022.
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Fieseler, Lars,
2017.
Bacteriophages for the control of pathogenic bacteria.
In:
BioTech 2017 Conference, Prague, Czech Republic, 13-17 June 2017.
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Born, Yannick; Leimer, Nadja; Thöny, Valentin; Zurfluh, Katrin; Eugster, Marcel; Klumpp, Jochen; Duffy, Brion; Loessner, Martin; Fieseler, Lars,
2016.
Engineered phages for efficient control and rapid detection of viable Erwinia amylovora cells.
In:
Viruses of Microbes (VoM), Liverpool, United Kingdom, 18-22 July 2016.
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Born, Yannick; Fieseler, Lars,
2016.
The effectiveness of T5-like phages to control Salmonella enterica.
In:
3rd International Conference «Bacteriophages», Moscow, Russia, 13-15 October 2016.
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Fieseler, Lars; Klumpp, Jochen,
2014.
A cocktail of two bacteriophages is required to control Salmonella in vitro.
In:
Viruses of Microbes (VoM), Zurich, Switzerland, 14-18 July 2014.
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Fieseler, Lars,
2014.
Bakteriophagen zur Kontrolle von Salmonella Typhimurium in Lebensmitteln.
In:
7. Symposium: Schnellmethoden und Automatisierung in der Lebensmittel‐Mikrobiologie, Lemgo, Germany, 1-2 July 2014.
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Hinderling, Christian; Kroslakova, Ivana; Gantenbein-Demarchi, Corinne; Freimüller Leischtfeld, Susette; Delueg, Stephanie; Miescher Schwenninger, Susanne; Fieseler, Lars,
2012.
In:
1st Swiss International Congress on Industrial Microbiology (MICROSCON), Olten, Switzerland, 16-17 October 2012.
Affiliations
Current Affiliations
- Schweizerische Gesellschaft für Lebensmittelhygiene (SGLH): President
As president of SGLH (https://sglh.ch/) I am responsible for the organization of board meetings, general assemblies, the annual scientific meeting, and additinoal scientific or public activities. SGLH covers all aspects of food safety which fits well to the activities of the food microbiology research group at zhaw in terms of teaching, research, continued education, and services., Hirzel
01 / 2023 - today - phageSuisse: President elect
As new president of phageSuisse (https://phagesuisse.ch/) I am responsible for the organization of board meetings, the general assembly, and scientific or public activities of the society. My activities at phageSuisse fit well to the research interests of the food microbiology research group at zhaw., Fribourg
01 / 2024 - today - Werder Stiftung: Board Member
I am a member of the Board of Trustees of the Werder Foundation (https://www.werder-stiftung.ch/index.php). The Werder Foundation is committed to safeguarding food safety. The Board of Trustees awards the Werder Prize annually to honor personalities of Swiss nationality, and exceptionally also foreign researchers, who have made great contributions in the field of food quality and safety, in particular food chemistry, or in other ways to the control, legislation or technology of food., Bern
07 / 2024 - today