Further information

Field of research and / or teaching

Fachgebiete:

  • Molekularbiologie
  • Mikrobiologie 
  • Diagnostik von Mikroorganismen
  • Analyse mikrobieller Gemeinschaften
  • 16S rRNA Sequenzierung
  • Bioinformatik in der Anwendung
  • Genexpressionsanalysen

Field of work

  • Studiengangkoordination Molekulare und Technische Medizin (B.Sc.)
  • Technische Laborleitung Labor Molekulare Biomedizin

Publications

Fritz, Birgit

2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018

2025
Nazma Sultana Lupin, Birgit Fritz, Siegfried Wahl, Markus Egert Using ATP measurements to rapidly evaluate the cleanliness of spectacle surfaces BMC Research Notes, Vol.18.2025, 2025
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2024
Nazma Sultana Lupin, Birgit Fritz, Siegfried Wahl, Markus Egert Shine like a diamond : Rapid ATP measurements to evaluate the efficacy of different cleaning methods for worn spectacles. 76th Annual Meeting of the DGHM & Annual Meeting of the VAAM 2024, 7th Joint Microbiology & Infection Conference, 2-5 June 2024, Würzburg, Germany - Abstracts, p. 55, 2024
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2023
Marvin Nagel Mehr Keime als auf dem Toilettensitz: Biologin an der Hochschule Furtwangen untersucht Brillen Südkurier, 2023
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Birgit Fritz, Susanne Jacksch, Siegfried Wahl, Focke Ziemssen, Markus Egert More than just bacteria - Metagenomic analysis reveals a diverse, skin-like microbial community on worn spectacles FEMS2023: 10th FEMS Congress of European Microbiologists, 9 - 13 July 2023, Hamburg, Germany, 2023
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Birgit Fritz, Susanne Jacksch, Nazma Sultana Lupin, Siegfried Wahl, Focke Ziemssen, Markus Egert More than just bacteria – Metagenomic analysis reveals a diverse, skin-like microbial community on worn spectacles Jahrestagung VAAM, Annual Conference of the Association for General and Applied Microbiology 2023, 10-13 September 2023, Göttingen, Germany - Abstracts, 2023
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Birgit Fritz The spectacle microbiota and its hygienic relevance Doctoral thesis, 2023
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2022
Birgit Fritz, Matthias Baureithel, Edita Paschko, Wayne Young, Daniel Böhringer, Siegfried Wahl, Focke Ziemssen, Markus Egert Keep an eye on me! – compositional analysis of the slit lamp bacteriota Jahrestagung Annual Conference of Association for General and Applied Microbiology 2022, 21-23 February 2022, Düsseldorf, Germany, p. eP320, 2022
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Birgit Fritz, Focke Ziemssen, Siegfried Wahl, Markus Egert Life close to our eyes - Molecular anaylses and hygienic relevance of the microbiota on spectacles and similar surfaces 18th International Symposium on Microbial Ecology (ISME 18), 14-19 August 2022, Lausanne, Switzerland, 2022
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2021
Birgit Fritz, Edita Paschko, Wayne Young, Daniel Böhringer, Siegfried Wahl, Focke Ziemssen, Markus Egert Comprehensive Compositional Analysis of the Slit Lamp Bacteriota Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology, Vol.11.2021, 2021
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2020
Birgit Fritz, Karin Schäfer, Melanie März, Siegfried Wahl, Focke Ziemssen, Markus Egert Eye-Catching Microbes—Polyphasic Analysis of the Microbiota on Microscope Oculars Verifies Their Role as Fomites Journal of Clinical Medicine, 9.2020(5 Aufsatz 1542), 2020
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Birgit Fritz, Karin Schäfer, Focke Ziemssen, Siegfried Wahl, Markus Egert Eye-catching microbes – Quantification and NGS-based identification of the bacteriota on microscope oculars 6th Joint Conference of DGHM & VAAM : 72nd Annual Meeting DGHM, Annual Meeting 2020 VAAM, 8 - 11 March, 2020, Leipzig, Germany, 2020
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Birgit Fritz, Melanie März, Severin Weis, Siegfried Wahl, Focke Ziemssen, Markus Egert Site-specific molecular analysis of the bacteriota on worn spectacles Scientific Reports, Vol.10.2020, 2020
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Markus Egert, Birgit Fritz Wir sehen was, was Ihr nicht seht – Brillen als Keimträger Optometrie : Fachpublikation für Augenoptik, pp. 8-11, 2020
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2019
Birgit Fritz, Severin Weis, Focke Ziemssen, Siegfried Wahl, Markus Egert Comprehensive analysis of the spectacle bacteriota using 16S rRNA gene sequencing 8th Congress of European Microbiologists, FEMS 2019, 7-11 July 2019, Glasgow, Scotland, 2019
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Markus Egert, Birgit Fritz Die Brille als „Kulturgut“ : Bakterien auf Brillen und was der Augenoptiker dazu wissen sollte Deutsche Optikerzeitung : DOZ, pp. 76-79, 2019
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Birgit Fritz, Anne Jenner, Siegfried Wahl, Christian Lappe, Achim Zehender, Christian Horn, Frithjof Blessing, Matthias Kohl, Focke Ziemssen, Markus Egert The spectacle and the skin – Cultivation-based analysis of the bacteriota on spectacles in a university and a nursing home-setting 10th International Conference on Skin Ageing & Challenges, February 25 - 27, 2019, Porto, Portugal, 2019
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Birgit Fritz, Severin Weis, Siegfried Wahl, Focke Ziemssen, Markus Egert The spectacles microbiota -Cultivation-independent analyses using 16S rRNA gene sequencing VAAM Jahrestagung, Annual Conference of the Association for General and Applied Microbiology 2019, 17-20 March 2019, Mainz, 2019
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Birgit Fritz, Severin Weis, Focke Ziemssen, Siegfried Wahl, Markus Egert The spectacles microbiota – cultivation-independent analyses using 16s rRna gene sequencing Epidemiologie, Hygienemassnahmen, Antibiotikaprophylaxe: 13. Ulmer Symposium Krankenhausinfektionen, 27. - 29. März 2019, Ulm, p. 50, 2019
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2018
Birgit Fritz, Anne Jenner, Siegfried Wahl, Christian Lappe, Achim Zehender, Christian Horn, Frithjof Blessing, Matthias Kohl, Focke Ziemssen, Markus Egert A view to a kill? – Ambient bacterial load of frames and lenses of spectacles and evaluation of different cleaning methods PLOS ONE, 13.2018(11), 2018
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Birgit Fritz, Severin Weis, Christian Lappe, Siegfried Wahl, Markus Egert Preliminary analysis of the bacterial microbiota on worn spectacles using next generation sequencing of 16S rRNA genes VAAM Jahrestagung, Annual Conference of the Association for General and Applied Microbiology 2018, 15-18 April 2018, Wolfsburg, Germany, p. 44, 2018
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