Dr. Sonja-Verena Albers
Biological and related sciences Molecular biology, molecular microbiology, biochemistry, membrane protein biochemistry
Biological and related sciences
structure and function of biological materials with emphasis on plant cell walls- vibrational spectroscopy (microspectroscopy)
plant surfaces and interfaces
plant cell wall formation (cambium, growth)
plant cell wall polymers (cellulose, lignin, pectin, hemicellulose)
natural durability of wood (extractives)
plant and environment (drought stress, pathogen resistance)
Chemical and mechanical imaging techniques
Special award in the contest "Intelligent Applications for Renewable Raw Materials"; program "Factory of Tomorrow", Austrian Federal Ministry of Transport, Innovation, and Technology (BMVIT)(2003)
Klaus Fischer – Innovationspreis für Technik und Umwelt; Austria (2003)
APART fellowship (Austrian program for advanced research and technology, Austrian Academy of Sciences)(2006)
START- Prize (FWF, Austria)(2013)
English, German
2012 Gierlinger N, Keplinger T, Harrington M: Imaging of plant cell walls by Confocal Raman microscopy. Nature Protocols 7(9): 1694-1708. DOI:10.1038/nprot.2012.092
2011 Richter S, Müssig J, Gierlinger N: Functional plant cell wall design revealed by the Raman imaging approach. Planta 233(4): 763-772. DOI: 10.1007/s00425- 010-1338-z
2010 Gierlinger N, Luss S, König C, Konnerth J, Eder M, Fratzl P: Cellulose microfibril orientation of Picea abies and its variability at the micron-level determined by Raman imaging. Journal of Experimental Botany 61(2): 587- 595. DOI: 10.1093/jxb/erp325
2010 Schreiber N, Gierlinger N, Pütz N, Fratzl P, Neinhuis C, Burgert I (2010) Gfibres in storage roots of Trifolium pratense (Fabaceae): Tensile stress generators for contraction. Plant Journal 61(5): 854-861. DOI: 10.1111/j.1365- 313X.2009.04115.x
2008 Gierlinger N, Goswami L, Schmidt M, Burgert I, Coutand C, Rogge T, Schwanninger M: In-situ FT-IR microscopic study on enzymatic treatment of poplar wood cross-sections. Biomacromolecules 9: 2194-2201. DOI: 10.1021/bm800300b
2007 Gierlinger N, Schwanninger M: The potential of Raman microscopy and Raman imaging in plant research – Review. Spectroscopy 21(2): 69-89.
2006 Gierlinger N, Schwanninger M, Reinecke A, Burgert I: Molecular changes during tensile deformation of single wood fibers followed by Raman microscopy. Biomacromolecules, 7 (7): 2077-2081. DOI: 10.1021/bm060236g
2006 Gierlinger N, Schwanninger M: Chemical imaging of secondary plant cell walls by Confocal Raman microscopy. Plant physiology 140: 1246-54. DOI: 10.1104/pp.105.066993
2004 Gierlinger N, Jacques D, Schwanninger M, Wimmer R, Pâques LE: Extractives and lignin content of different species and origins of larch heartwood (Larix sp.) and relationships to brown-rot decay-resistance, Trees, 18: 230-36. DOI: 10.1007/s00468-003-0300-0
2002 Gierlinger N, Schwanninger M, Hinterstoisser B, Wimmer R: Rapid determination of heartwood extractives in Larix sp. by means of Fourier transform near infrared spectroscopy. Journal of Near Infrared spectroscopy 10: 203-214.
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