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06.06.2019A happy Catalunian boy:
Jan, in front of his beautifully designed GATA poster at the International Symposium on Photobiology in Barcelona. "Say “Hi” to your mama, Jan!” [more]
06.06.2019We are happy to see Phil’s work published today in Current Biology.
Phil will start his group at our Chair in July 2019: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0960982219304889?dgcid=raven_sd_via_email[more]
24.05.2019It’s official. We are all happy that the reviewers and the DFG have recommended our SFB924 for a third funding period. We are looking forward to the next four years in this exciting research network.
It’s official. We are all happy that the reviewers and the DFG have recommended our SFB924 for a third funding period. We are looking forward to the next four years in this exciting research network. [more]
03.09.2018Melina and Claus are happy to have been able to contribute to the work of their former postdoc colleague at Yale (and former Drosophilist), Anna Dobritsa from Columbus, Ohio.
Arabidopsis protein kinase D6PKL3 is involved in formation of distinct plasma-membrane aperture domains on the pollen surface. Plant Cell Byung Ha Lee, Zachary T. Weber, Melina Zourelidou, Brigitte T. Hofmeister, Robert J....[more]
20.06.2018Current Biology publishes an interview with Claus about his scientific career and his opinions about research careers and the current situation in science.
Claus Schwechheimer studied biology at the University of Heidelberg, Germany, and graduated in biotechnology from the École Supérieure de Biotechnologie de Strasbourg (ESBS), France. After a PhD with Mike W. Bevan at the John...[more]
15.06.2018Claus’ review on NEDD8 and neddylation in plants is published in Current Opinion in Plant Biology.
NEDD8 - its role in the regulation of Cullin-RING ligases. Curr. Opin. Plant Biol. 45:112-119 Claus Schwechheimer The ubiquitin-related protein NEDD8 is conjugated and deconjugated to and from proteins in processes related to...[more]
14.06.2018Methylated auxin is an inhibitor of IAA transport. Martina und Uli contribute to a new PNAS paper in collaboration with University of Valencia..
Auxin methylation is required for differential growth in Arabidopsis. PNAS Mohamad Abbas, Jorge Hernández-García, Stephan Pollmann, Sophia L. Samodelov, Martina Kolb, Jiri Friml, Ulrich Z. Hammes, Matias D. Zurbriggen, Miguel...[more]
08.06.2018Happy to announce the publication from the collaboration of the Hammes and the Schwechheimer laboratories with the Hardtke laboratory (Université de Lausanne).
A molecular rheostat adjusts auxin flux to promote root protophloem differentiation. Nature P. Marhava, A. E. L. Bassukas, M. Zourelidou, M. Kolb, B. Moret, A. Fastner, W. X. Schulze, P. Cattaneo, U. Z. Hammes, C....[more]