Dr. Elke Barbez

Focus of research
- Plant cell wall
- Apoplastic pH regulation
- Plant molecular biology
CV
- Since 2021 Member of the Cluster of Excellence CIBSS, Center for Integrative Biological Signaling Studies, University of Freiburg
- Since 2021 Group leader (Chair Kleine-Vehn), Institute of Biology II, University of Freiburg
- 2017–2021 Project Leader, Department of Applied Genetics and Cell Biology, BOKU University, Vienna, Austria.
- 2015–2016 Postdoctoral researcher, Laboratory Wolfgang Busch, Gregor Mendel Institute of molecular plant biology, Vienna, Austria
- 2014–2015 Postdoctoral researcher, Jürgen Kleine-Vehn laboratory, Department of Applied Genetics and Cell Biology, BOKU University, Vienna, Austria.
- 2009–2013 PhD in Biochemistry and Biotechnology, Institute of Plant Systems Biology, VIB, University of Ghent, Belgium
Selected publications
- Rößling Ann-Kathrin, Dünser Kai, Liu Chenlu, Lauw Susan, Rodriguez-Franco Marta, Kalmbach Lothar, Barbez Elke*, Kleine-Vehn Jürgen (2024) Pectin methylesterase activity is required for RALF1 peptide signalling output eLife 13:RP96943
- Führer M, Gaidora A, Venhuizen P, Dobrogojski J, Béziat C, Feraru MI, Kleine-Vehn J, Kalyna M, Barbez E* (2020) FRUITFULL Is a Repressor of Apical Hook Opening in Arabidopsis thaliana. International journal of molecular sciences 21: 6438
- Barbez E*, Dünser K, Gaidora A, Lendl T, Busch W (2017) Auxin steers root cell expansion via apoplastic pH regulation in Arabidopsis thaliana. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 114: E4884-E4893
- Klasen JR, Barbez E, Meier L, Meinshausen N, Bühlmann P, Koornneef M, Busch W, Schneeberger K (2016) A multi-marker association method for genome-wide association studies without the need for population structure correction. Nature communications 7: 1-8
- Barbez E, Kubeš M, Rolčík J, Béziat C, Pěnčík A, Wang B, Rosquete MR, Zhu J, Dobrev PI, Lee Y, Zažímalovà E, Petrášek J, Geisler M, Friml J, Kleine-Vehn J (2012) A novel putative auxin carrier family regulates intracellular auxin homeostasis in plants. Nature 485: 119-122