Stieber, Bettina

Dr. rer. nat. Bettina Stieber

Research Associate

Institute of General Practice and Family Medicine,

Jena University Hospital

Bachstraße 18
07743 Jena

Phone: 03641/9-395825
Email:

Dr. rer. nat. Bettina Stieber has been working as a research associate at the Institute of General Medicine, university hospital Jena, since November 2025. As a PhD biologist with many years of experience in the field of medical device development, she is currently working primarily on the TransDiag project. Her work focuses on supporting projects and partners in establishing new diagnostic tests, with regard to their development as well as the technology transfer into medical care.

Curriculum Vitae

Professional Experience

Since November 2025: Research associate at university hospital Jena, Institute of General Medicine, InfectoGnostics Research campus Jena
2019-2025: Research associate, oncgnostics GmbH
2014-2019: Head of Quality Control, Alere Technologie GmbH

Education

2005-2011: Study of biology (diploma) at the Friedrich-Schiller university Jena

Qualifications

2012-2016: PhD (Dr. rer. nat.) awarded by the Friedrich-Schiller university Jena; Alere Technologies GmbH in cooperation with the Institute of Medical Microbiology and Hygiene of the TU Dresden; Title:” Typing and expression of bacterial exotoxins using aureus as an example”

Current research

Projekt TransDiag – Diagnostik-Innovationen auf dem Weg zur Marktreife: Technologietransfer von der Entwicklung bis zur erfolgreichen Implementierung; InfectoGnostics Forschungscampus Jena; gefördert durch das Bundesministerium für Forschung, Technologie und Raumfahrt

Publications

Trade Journals

Stieber B, Sabat A, Monecke S, Slickers P, Akkerboom V, Müller E, Friedrich AW, Ehricht R. PVL overexpression due to genomic rearrangements and mutations in the S. aureus reference strain ATCC25923. BMC Res Notes. 2017 Nov 7;10(1):576. doi: 10.1186/s13104-017-2891-3.[Link]
Stieber B, Monecke S, Müller E, Büchler J, Ehricht R. Direct, Specific and Rapid Detection of Staphylococcal Proteins and Exotoxins Using a Multiplex Antibody Microarray. PLoS One. 2015 Dec 1;10(12):e0143246. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0143246. eCollection 2015.[Link]
Geue L, Stieber B, Monecke S, Engelmann I, Gunzer F, Slickers P, Braun SD, Ehricht R. Development of a rapid microarray-based DNA subtyping assay for the alleles of Shiga toxins 1 and 2 of Escherichia coli. J Clin Microbiol. 2014 Aug;52(8):2898-904. doi: 10.1128/JCM.01048-14. Epub 2014 Jun 4.[Link]
Stieber B, Monecke S, Müller E, Baier V, Coombs GW, Ehricht R. Development and usage of protein microarrays for the quantitative measurement of Panton-Valentine leukocidin. Mol Cell Probes. 2014 Aug;28(4):123-32. doi: 10.1016/j.mcp.2013.11.003. Epub 2013 Dec 3.[Link]
Monecke S, Aamot HV, Stieber B, Ruppelt A, Ehricht R. Characterization of PVL-positive MRSA from Norway. APMIS. 2014 Jul;122(7):580-4. doi: 10.1111/apm.12181. Epub 2013 Sep 30. [Link]
Monecke S, Müller E, Büchler J, Stieber B, Ehricht R. Staphylococcus aureus in vitro secretion of alpha toxin (hla) correlates with the affiliation to clonal complexes. PLoS One. 2014 Jun 18;9(6):e100427. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0100427. eCollection 2014.[Link]
Monecke S, Stieber B, Roberts R, Akpaka PE, Slickers P, Ehricht R. Population structure of Staphylococcus aureus from Trinidad & Tobago. PLoS One. 2014 Feb 19;9(2):e89120. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0089120. eCollection 2014.[Link]
Monecke S, Müller E, Buechler J, Rejman J, Stieber B, Akpaka PE, Bandt D, Burris R, Coombs G, Hidalgo-Arroyo GA, Hughes P, Kearns A, Abós SM, Pichon B, Skakni L, Söderquist B, Ehricht R. Rapid detection of Panton-Valentine leukocidin in Staphylococcus aureus cultures by use of a lateral flow assay based on monoclonal antibodies. J Clin Microbiol. 2013 Feb;51(2):487-95. doi: 10.1128/JCM.02285-12. Epub 2012 Nov 21.[Link]

Conference Contributions

Stieber B, Hoyer C, Coopersmith A, Schmitz M, Hansel A. Development of a Bisulfite-free DNA methylation marker-based diagnostic test for cervical cancer diagnostics (Vortrag). Eurogin 2025, Porto
Stieber B. Genotyping and Multiserology via Microarray technology (Vortrag). Bionection 2016, Halle/Saale
Stieber B, Monecke S, Müller E, Geue L, Büchler J, Ehricht R. Shigatoxin quantitative measurement using antibody microarrays (Poster). Jahrestagung der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Hygiene und Mikrobiologie 2014, Dresden
Stieber B, Monecke S, Müller E, Baier V, Coombs G. W, Ehricht R. Development and usage of protein microarrays for the quantitative measurement of Panton-Valentine leucocidin (Poster). Jahrestagung der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Hygiene und Mikrobiologie 2014, Dresden
Stieber B, Monecke S, Müller E, Ehricht R. Measuring of S. aureus Panton-Valentine leucocidin expression and regulation using protein microarrays (Poster). Jahrestagung der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Hygiene und Mikrobiologie 2012, Hamburg