Klaus Palme

Biography

Professor Klaus Palme holds the Chair of the Department of Molecular Plant Physiology at ALU Freiburg. He has been the director of the Center for Biological Signaling Studies (BIOSS), a member of the Board of Directors of the Center for Systems Biology (ZBSA) ) and the Freiburg Initiative for Systems Biology (FRISYS). Since 2008, Klaus Palme is affiliated with the Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences in Bejing. Klaus Palme has studied Biology and Chemistry at the Universities of Freiburg and Tübingen. He received his Ph.D. 1981 from the University of Ulm. "The Salk Institute of Biological Studies" in San Diego (USA) and the Institute of Genetics at the University of Cologne. He joined the Department of Genetic Principles of Plant Breeding at the Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding in Cologne and was appointed professor at the Max Delbrück Laboratory (Cologne), the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (Umea) and the University of Freiburg.

Research Interest

His most important scientific contributions are the molecular characterization of the first receptors for the plant hormone auxin and the elucidation of the basic principles of auxin transport. In Freiburg, his team focuses on the development of innovative technologies for mapping protein-protein interactions and development with different partners from academia and private enterprises. Recent research has shown that the biochemical system of the biochemical system is a biochemical process.