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