PD Dr. Franck Anicet Ditengou

Focus of research

• Plant microbe interactions (plant symbiosis with fungi and bacteria)
• Plant hormone auxin as patterning agent
• Space Plant Biology (effects of altered gravity on plant growth)

CV

• Since December 2017 Researcher at the Faculty of Biology/Plant Cell Biology, University of Freiburg, group of Thomas Ott.
• 2015–2017 Researcher at the Faculty of Biology/Molecular Plant Physiology, University of Freiburg, group of Klaus Palme.
• 2007–2015 Lecturer at the Faculty of Biology/Molecular Plant Physiology, University of Freiburg, Group of Klaus Palme.
• 2002–2007 Post doc at the Faculty of Biology, University of Freiburg, Group of Klaus Palme.
• 2000–2002. Post doc at the Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA), Nancy (France)
• 1996–2000 Promotion in Plant biology and Forestry at the University of Nancy (France)
• 1990–1996 Studies of Biology and Chemistry at the University of Masuku (Gabon), University of St Etienne (France) and the University of Nancy (France).

Selected publications

• Root Gravitropism Is Regulated by a Crosstalk between para-Aminobenzoic Acid, Ethylene, and Auxin Nziengui, H., Lasok, H., Kochersperger, P., Ruperti, B., Rebeillé, F., Palme, K and Ditengou, FA¥ (2018). Plant Physiology 178, 1370-1389. DOI: 10.1104/pp.18.00126.
• Characterization of auxin transporter PIN6 plasma membrane targeting reveals a function for PIN6 in plant bo´lting. Ditengou F.A., Gomes, D., Nziengui, H., Kochersperger, P., Lasok, H., Medeiros, V., Paponov, I., Rapp, K., Qi. L., Becker, C., Li, C., Palme, K. (2017). New Phytologist. DOI:10.1111/nph.14923
• Characterization of auxin transporter PIN6 plasmamembrane targeting reveals a function for PIN6 in plant bolting. New Phytologist. Ditengou F.A., Gomes, D., Nziengui, H., Kochersperger, P., Lasok, H., Medeiros, V., Paponov, I., Rapp, K., Qi. L., Becker, C., Li, C., Palme, K. (2017).. DOI:10.1111/nph.14923
• Ditengou F.A., Muller A., Rosenkranz M., Felten J., Lasok H., van Doorn M.M., Legue V., Palme K., Schnitzler J.P., Polle A. (2015). Volatile ignaling by sesquiterpenes from ectomycorrhizal fungi reprogrammes root architecture. Nature Communications 6: 6279. DOI: 10.1038/ncomms7279.
• Mechanical induction of lateral root initiation in Arabidopsis thaliana. Ditengou, F.A. , Teale, W.D., Kochersperger, P., Flittner, K.A., Kneuper, I., van der Graaff, E., Nziengui, H., Pinosa, F., Li, X., Nitschke, R., Laux, T., Palme, K. (2008).. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 105: 18818-23. DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0807814105.