Prof. Dr. Andreas Hiltbrunner
Focus of research
- Molecular mechanisms of phytochromes
- Evolution of phytochromes
- Integration of light and environmental signalling
CV
- since 2012 Professor (W3) of Molecular Plant Physiology
- 2009–2012 Independent group leader, Centre for Plant Molecular Biology (ZMBP), University of Tübingen
- 2003–2009 Postdoc, Institute of Biology II, University of Freiburg
- 2003 Postdoc, Institut de Botanique, Université de Neuchâtel, Switzerland
- 1999–2003 Doctorate in Natural Sciences (Biology), ETH Zurich, Switzerland
- 1996–1999 Diploma in Natural Sciences (Biology), ETH Zurich, Switzerland
Selected publications
- Yuan, J., Xu, T., and Hiltbrunner, A. (2023) Phytochrome higher order mutants reveal a complex set of light responses in the moss Physcomitrium patens. New Phytol. 239, 1035-1050. [PubMed] [doi: 10.1111/nph.18977]
- Li, Z., Sheerin, D.J., von Roepenack-Lahaye, E., Stahl, M., and Hiltbrunner, A. (2022) The phytochrome interacting proteins ERF55 and ERF58 repress light-induced seed germination in Arabidopsis thaliana. Nat. Commun. 13, 1656. [PubMed] [doi: 10.1038/s41467-022-29315-3]
- Schwenk, P., Sheerin, D.J., Ponnu, J., Staudt, A.-M., Lesch, K.L., Lichtenberg, E., Medzihradszky, K.F., Hoecker, U., Klement, E., Viczián, A., and Hiltbrunner, A. (2021) Uncovering a novel function of the CCR4-NOT complex in phytochrome A-mediated light signalling in plants. eLife 10, e63697. [PubMed] [doi: 10.7554/eLife.63697]
- Enderle, B., Sheerin, D.J., Paik, I., Kathare, P.K., Schwenk, P., Klose, C., Ulbrich, M.H., Huq, E., and Hiltbrunner, A. (2017) PCH1 and PCHL promote photomorphogenesis in plants by controlling phytochrome B dark reversion. Nat. Commun. 8, 2221. [PubMed] [doi: 10.1038/s41467-017-02311-8]
- Legris, M., Klose, C., Burgie, E.S., Rojas, C.C.R., Neme, M., Hiltbrunner, A., Wigge, P.A., Schäfer, E., Vierstra, R.D., and Casal, J.J. (2016) Phytochrome B integrates light and temperature signals in Arabidopsis. Science 354, 897-900. [PubMed] [doi: 10.1126/science.aaf5656]