Nawrath Christiane
Teaching and Research Masters
Faculty of Biology and Medicine
University of Lausanne
Switzerland
Biography
Born in Berlin in 1962 Diploma in Biochemistry, Freie Universität Berlin Dr. rer. nat. from the Department of Biochemistry, Freie Universität Berlin Group leader at the DBMV
Research Interest
During my doctoral research I got experienced with Plant Molecular Biology in the in the group of Csaba Koncz in the Department of Jeff Schell at the Max-Planck-Institute for Breeding Research in Cologne. For my post-doctoral studies, I joined the laboratory of Chris Somerville for engineering polyesters in plants at Michigan State University and the Carnegie Institution of Plant Biology in Stanford. Afterwards I moved to the University of Fribourg, Switzerland, to use molecular genetics for the characterization of the biosynthesis of salicylic acid after pathogen infection in Arabidopsis in the laboratory of Jean-Pierre Métraux. Furthermore, I established a project on the elucidation of the functions of cutin and the cuticle. I joined the DBMV at the University of Lausanne as a group leader in 2004 to continue my research on the cuticle.
Publications
-
Barberon M, Vermeer JE, De Bellis D, Wang P, Naseer S, et al., (2016). Adaptation of root function by nutrient-induced plasticity of endodermal differentiation. Cell. 2016 Jan 28;164(3):447-59.
-
Garroum I, Bidzinski P, Daraspe J, Mucciolo A, Humbel BM, et al., (2016). Cuticular defects in Oryza sativa ATP-binding cassette transporter G31 mutant plants cause dwarfism, elevated defense responses and pathogen resistance. Plant and Cell Physiology. 2016 Apr 27;57(6):1179-88.
-
Mazurek S, Garroum I, Daraspe J, De Bellis D, Olsson V, et al., (2017). Connecting the molecular structure of cutin to ultrastructure and physical properties of the cuticle in petals of Arabidopsis. Plant Physiology. 2017 Feb 1;173(2):1146-63.
