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
Recent publications
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Rößling, A.-K., Mayle, N., & Barbez, E. (2026). A workflow for absolute apoplastic pH assessment during live cell imaging in plant roots. BMC Methods, 3, 18. https://doi.org/10.1186/s44330-026-00063-w
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Rößling, A.-K., Mayle, N., Guerard, L., & Barbez, E. (2026). Quantitative imaging of apoplastic pH in plant roots via confocal microscopy. Nature Protocols. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41596-026-01337-x
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Rößling, A.-K., Mayle, N., & Barbez, E. (2025). A workflow for absolute apoplastic pH assessment during live cell imaging in plant roots. bioRxiv. https://doi.org/10.1101/2025.06.06.658240
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Rößling, A.-K., Dünser, K. A., Liu, C., Lauw, S., Rodriguez-Franco, M., Kalmbach, L., Barbez, E., & Kleine-Vehn, J. (2024). Pectin methylesterase activity is required for RALF1 peptide signalling output. eLife, 13, RP96943. https://doi.org/10.7554/elife.96943
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Rößling, A.-K., Dünser, K. A., Liu, C., Lauw, S., Rodriguez-Franco, M., Kalmbach, L., Barbez, E., & Kleine-Vehn, J. (2024). Pectin methylesterase activity is required for RALF1 peptide signalling output. eLife, 13, RP96943. https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.96943.3