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Contact
Lab: | Prof. Dr. Andreas Hiltbrunner |
Department: | Department of Botany Faculty of Biology |
Address: | Schänzlestrasse 1 79104 Freiburg |
Phone: | +49 761 203 2709 |
E-mail: | This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it |
Lab homepage: | www.plantphotobiology.org |
BIOSS Excellence Cluster: | Associated member |
PhD positions available: | YES |
Research Area: | Molecular Plant Sciences |
Research Interests: | • Molecular mechanisms of light perception an downstream signalling in seed plants and cryptogams (e.g. Arabidopsis thaliana, Physcomitrella patens) • Evolution of light signalling in plants • Phytochrome signalling • Integration of light, hormone, and environmental signalling |
CV
Education & Training: | 2003: Doctorate in Natural Sciences, ETH Zurich, Switzerland 1999 - 2003: PhD Student with Prof. N. Amrhein and Prof. F. Kessler, Institute of Plant Sciences, ETH, Zurich, Switzerland 1999: Diploma in Natural Sciences (Plant Physiology, Biochemistry, Microbiology, Genetics and Mycology), ETH Zurich, Switzerland 1998 - 1999: Diploma work with Prof. F. Kessler and Prof. N. Amrhein, Institute of Plant Sciences, ETH, Zurich, Switzerland |
Employment & Experience: | 2012 - present: Professor of Molecular Plant Physiology (W3), University of Freiburg, Germany 2009 - 2012: Independent Group Leader (A13, Akad. Rat a. Z.), ZMBP, University of Tübingen, Germany 2003 - 2009: Postdoctoral Fellow/Group Leader with Prof. E. Schäfer, Institute of Biology II, University of Freiburg, Germany 2003: Postdoctoral Fellow with Prof. F. Kessler, Institut de Botanique, Université de Neuchâtel, Switzerland |
Scientific Activities: | 2014 - present: Member of the Spemann Graduate School of Biology and Medicine, University of Freiburg, Germany 2012 - present: Associated member of BIOSS (Centre for Biological Signalling Studies), University of Freiburg, Germany |
Honors
Honors and Awards: | 2004 - 2007: Human Frontier Science Program (HFSP), Long Term Fellowship |
Publications
Selected Publications: | Schwenk P, Sheerin DJ, Ponnu J, Staudt AM, Lesch KL, Lichtenberg E, Medzihradszky KF, Hoecker U, Klement E, Viczián A, Hiltbrunner A. Uncovering a novel function of the CCR4-NOT complex in phytochrome A-mediated light signalling in plants. Elife. 2021 Mar 30;10:e63697. Abstract |
SGBM PhD students
SGBM PhD students: | Dorothee Derwort (since January 2019) Klara Lesch (since September 2019)
Alumni Philipp Schwenk (May 2015 - October 2021) |