I did my PhD in molecular plant physiology and since then have mainly been working on potential ion channels and calcium signalling. My investigation of the flg22-induced calcium signature drew my interest to plant immunity signalling and my current work will focus on elucidating novel components of the immunity network.
No Silver Bullet – Canonical Poly(ADP-Ribose) Polymerases (PARPs) Are No Universal Factors of Abiotic and Biotic Stress Resistance of Arabidopsis thaliana. Front Plant Sci. 2017 Feb 6;8:59. doi: 10.3389/fpls.2017.00059. eCollection 2017.
Cytosolic calcium signals elicited by the pathogen-associated molecular pattern flg22 in stomatal guard cells are of an oscillatory nature. New Phytologist, 204, 873–881.
AtPTR4 and AtPTR6 are differentially expressed, tonoplast-localized members of the peptide transporter/nitrate transporter 1 (PTR/NRT1) family. Planta 235, 311-323.
AtPTR1 and AtPTR5 transport dipeptides in planta. Plant Physiology 148, 856-869.
Response of the photosynthetic apparatus of cotton (Gossypium hirsutum) to the onset of drought stress under field conditions studied by gas-exchange analysis and chlorophyll fluorescence imaging. Plant Physiology and Biochemistry 46, 189-195.
Salicylic acid (SA)-dependent gene activation can be uncoupled from cell death-mediated gene activation: the SA-inducible NIMIN-1 and NIMIN-2 promoters, unlike the PR1a promoter, do not respond to cell death signals in tobacco. Molecular Plant Pathology 6, 299-314.
AtPTR1, a plasma membrane peptide transporter expressed during seed germination and in vascular tissue of Arabidopsis. Plant Journal 40, 488-499.
2015 – present Postdoctoral Scientist, The Sainsbury Laboratory, UK
2008 – 2015 Senior Postdoc, Plant Nutrition Group, University of Halle-Wittenberg
2006 – 2008 Postdoctoral Researcher, Group of Agronomy and Plant Breeding, ETH Zürich
2002 – 2005 PhD student, Group of Molecular Plant Physiology, University of Bern
1995 – 2001 Biology Studies, University of Hohenheim
