Keel Christoph
Teaching and Research Master
Faculty of Biology and Medicine
University of Lausanne
Switzerland
Biography
Keel Christoph of the Master of Science in Medical Biology hosted by the University of Lausanne.Faculty of Biology and Medicine. Ludwig Lausanne Branch Function (s): Teaching and Research Master.
Research Interest
The Keel lab investigates plant-beneficial pseudomonads that live in close association with roots. The bacteria protect crop plants from pathogenic fungi and some are virulent towards pest insects. We try to identify molecular traits required for plant-beneficial and insect-pathogenic activities and mechanisms controlling their expression in response to the respective host.
Publications
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Kupferschmied P, Chai T, Flury P, Blom J, Smits TH, et al., (2016). Specific surface glycan decorations enable antimicrobial peptide resistance in plantâ€beneficial pseudomonads with insectâ€pathogenic properties. Environmental microbiology. 2016 Nov 1;18(11):4265-81.
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Imperiali N, Dennert F, Schneider J, Laessle T, Velatta C, et al., (2017). Relationships between root pathogen resistance, abundance and expression of Pseudomonas antimicrobial genes, and soil properties in representative Swiss agricultural soils. Frontiers in plant science. 2017;8.
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Flury P, Vesga P, Péchy-Tarr M, Aellen N, Dennert F, et al., (2017). Antimicrobial and Insecticidal: Cyclic Lipopeptides and Hydrogen Cyanide Produced by Plant-Beneficial Pseudomonas Strains CHA0, CMR12a, and PCL1391 Contribute to Insect Killing. Frontiers in microbiology. 2017;8.
