Dr. Jessica Abbott
Biological and related sciences, Evolutionary biology, Evolutionary genetics
Prof. Dr. Caroline Gutjahr
Nominated by
- German Research Foundation (DFG)
- AcademiaNet member since 10.02.2016
- AcademiaNet- Selection Criteria
Employed by
- Technical University of Munich
Academic Discipline/Fields
- Natural sciences, mathematics and statistics
Field
Biological and related sciences
Area of specialisation
Arbuscular mycorrhiza symbiosis, Root development, Genetics, Molecular biology and cell biology of plants
Research interests
Development and function of a symbiosis between plants and fungi of the glomeromycota (arbuscular mycorrhiza) with special focus on: role of plant hormones, role of lipids, transcriptional networks; Root development
Distinctions and Awards
Adam Kondorosi Award (early career) of the Academia Europaea, 2021
President's Medal, Society of Experimental Biology, 2018
ERC starting grant, 2017
Valent BioSciences Young Investigator Award, presented by PGRSA, 2017
Emmy Noether grant, 2014
Young Researcher Excellence Prize, FMB University of Lausanne, CH, 2010
Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes (PhD student), 2004 – 2008
Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes (student), 1999 – 2003
Interested in
- Lectures, Management position, Membership in scientific bodies, Professorship
Languages
English, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish
Doctorate
- 2009: Molecular players shaping the arbuscular mycorrhiza symbiosis of rice
Short CV/Education and training
- Since 2021Associate Professor (W3), Technical University of Munich (TUM), Germany
- 2017 – 2021Tenure Track Assistant Professor (W2), Technical University of Munich (TUM), Germany
- 2015 – 2017Emmy Noether group leader University of Munich (LMU, Germany)
- 2012 – 2014Research group leader University of Munich (LMU, Germany)
- 2010 – 2011PostDoc, University of Lausanne (Switzerland)
- 2005 – 2009PhD in Life Sciences, University of Lausanne (Switzerland)
- 2004 – 2005Marie Curie Fellow, University of Turin (Italy)
- 1997 – 2003Studies in Biology, University of Freiburg im Breisgau (Germany) and University of Aberdeen (UK)
Selected publications
Carbonnel S, Das D, Varshney K, Kolodziej M, Villaécija-Aguilar JA, Gutjahr C (2020) The karrikin signaling regulator SMAX1 controls Lotus japonicus root and root hair development by suppressing ethylene biosynthesis. PNAS 117: 21757-21765.
Keymer A, Pimprikar P, Wewer V, Huber C, Brands M, Bucerius SL, Delaux PM, Klingl V, von Roepenack-Lahaye E, Wang TL, Eisenreich W, Dörmann P, Parniske M, Gutjahr C (2017) Lipid transfer from plants to arbuscular mycorrhiza fungi. eLife 6. pii: e29107.
Pimprikar P, Carbonnel S, Paries M, Katzer K, Klingl V, Bohmer MJ, Karl L, Floss DS, Harrison MJ, Parniske M, Gutjahr C (2016) A CCaMK-CYCLOPS-DELLA complex activates transcription of RAM1 to regulate arbuscule branching. Current Biology 26: 987-998.
Gutjahr C, Gobbato E, Choi J, Riemann M, Johnston MG, Summers W, Carbonnnel S, Mansfield C, Yang SY, Nadal M, Acosta IF, Takano M, Jiao WB, Schneeberger K, Kelly KA, Paszkowski U (2015) Rice perception of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi requires the karrikin receptor complex. Science 350: 1521-1524.
Gutjahr C, Sawers RJH, Marti G, Andres-Hernandez L, Yang SY, Casieri L, Angliker H, Oakeley E, Wolfender JL, Abreu-Goodger C, Paszkowski U (2015) Transcriptome diversity among rice root-types during asymbiosis and interaction with arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi. Proceedings of the National Academy of Science, USA 112: 6754-6759.
Gutjahr C (2014) Phytohormone signaling in arbuscular mycorhiza development. Current Opinion in Plant Biology 20: 26-34.
Gutjahr C, Parniske M (2013) Cell and developmental biology of arbuscular mycorrhiza symbiosis. Annual Reviews of Cell and Developmental Biology 29: 593-617.
Complete list of publications
Media coverage
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News
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Caroline Gutjahr wins SEB President’s Medal 2018 in Plant Biology
Biology Society honours AcademiaNet member
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ERC Starting Grant for Caroline Gutjahr
The AcademiaNet scientist secures a 1.5 Mio. € grant to support her research on mycorrhiza.
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How Plants Control Symbiotic Fungi
Symbioses with mycorrhizal fungi provide plants with enhanced access to resources. Caroline Gutjahr's team at LMU Munich now discovered a mechanism that may allow host plants to control the extent of symbiosis formation.