Career History

2015 - present: Senior Lecturer Dept. of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, The University of Sheffield. 2002 - 2015: Assistant Professor, Dept. Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, Bloomberg School of Public Health, The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA. 1998 - 2002: Postdoctoral Fellow, The Rockefeller University, New York, NY, USA. 1997 - 1998: Postdoctoral Fellow, Max von Pettenkofer Institute, Munich, Germany.

Using light and electron microscopy to study the structure and function of bacterial ultra-structure. Particular interest in bacterial cytoskeletons, gliding motility complexes and nano-organelles.

Zuckerman DM, Boucher LE, Xie K, Engelhardt H, Bosch J & Hoiczyk E (2015) The Bactofilin Cytoskeleton Protein BacM of Myxococcus xanthus Forms an Extended β-Sheet Structure Likely Mediated by Hydrophobic Interactions. PLOS ONE, 10(3), e0121074-e0121074. View this article in WRRO Vassallo C, Pathak DT, Cao P, Zuckerman DM, Hoiczyk E & Wall D (2015) Cell rejuvenation and social behaviors promoted by LPS exchange in myxobacteria.. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. View this article in WRRO Reed P, Atilano ML, Alves R, Hoiczyk E, Sher X, Reichmann RT, Pereira PM, Roemer T, Filipe SR, Pereira-Leal JB, Ligoxygakis P & Pinho MG (2015) Staphylococcus aureus Survives with a Minimal Peptidoglycan Synthesis Machine but Sacrifices Virulence and Antibiotic Resistance. PLoS Pathogens. View this article in WRRO Zeth K, Hoiczyk E & Okuda M (2015) Ferroxidase-Mediated Iron Oxide Biomineralization: Novel Pathways to Multifunctional Nanoparticles.. Trends Biochem Sci.. View this article in WRRO McHugh CA, Fontana J, Nemecek D, Cheng N, Aksyuk AA, Heymann JB, Winkler DC, Lam AS, Wall JS, Steven AC & Hoiczyk E (2014) A virus capsid‐like nanocompartment that stores iron and protects bacteria from oxidative stress. The EMBO Journal, 33(17), 1896-1911. View this article in WRRO Holkenbrink C, Hoiczyk E, Kahnt J & Higgs PI (2014) Synthesis and Assembly of a Novel Glycan Layer in Myxococcus xanthus Spores. Journal of Biological Chemistry, 289(46), 32364-32378. View this article in WRRO Chen C, Zuckerman DM, Brantley S, Sharpe M, Childress K, Hoiczyk E & Pendleton AR (2014) Sambucus nigra extracts inhibit infectious bronchitis virus at an early point during replication. BMC Veterinary Research, 10(1), 24-24. Ren X, Hoiczyk E & Rasgon JL (2008) Viral Paratransgenesis in the Malaria Vector Anopheles gambiae. PLoS Pathogens, 4(8), e1000135-e1000135.