Prof. Dr. Caroline Gutjahr, Technical University of Munich (TUM)
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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 (TUM)


Academic Discipline/Fields

  • Natural sciences, mathematics and statistics


Field

Biological and related sciences



Area of specialisation

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



Distinctions and Awards

  • 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

  • 1997 – 2003
    Studies in Biology, University of Freiburg im Breisgau (Germany) and University of Aberdeen (UK)

  • 2004 – 2005
    Marie Curie Fellow, University of Turin (Italy)

  • 2005 – 2009
    PhD in Life Sciences, University of Lausanne (Switzerland)

  • 2010 – 2011
    PostDoc, University of Lausanne (Switzerland)

  • 2012 – 2014
    Research group leader University of Munich (LMU, Germany)

  • 2015 – 2017
    Emmy Noether group leader University of Munich (LMU, Germany)

  • Since 2017
    Tenure Track Professor, Technical University of Munich (TUM), Germany

Selected publications

  • 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



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News

  1. Caroline Gutjahr wins SEB President’s Medal 2018 in Plant Biology

    Biology Society honours AcademiaNet member

  2. ERC Starting Grant for Caroline Gutjahr

    The AcademiaNet scientist secures a 1.5 Mio. € grant to support her research on mycorrhiza.

  3. 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.

 
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