Prof. Dr. Thomas Ott

Focus of research

• Plant-Microbe Interactions
• Protein organization on cell surfaces
• Membrane-associated signal transduction

CV

• Since 2016 W3 Professor for Cell Biology, Faculty of Biology, University of Freiburg, Germany
• 2015–2016 W2 Professor for Genetics, Faculty of Biology, University of Munich (LMU), Germany
• 2009–2015 Emmy-Noether junior group leader, Faculty of Biology, University of Munich (LMU), Germany
• 2008–2009 PostDoc, Faculty of Biology, University of Munich (LMU)
• 2006–2007 Postdoctoral Marie Curie Fellow, Laboratoire des Interactions Plantes-Microorganismes (LIPM, INRA), Toulouse, France
• 2005 PostDoc at the Max-Planck-Institute of Molecular Plant Physiology in Golm, Germany
• 2001–2005 Doctoral student at the Max-Planck-Institute of Molecular Plant Physiology in Golm, Germany
• 1995–2001 studied Biology at the University of Göttingen (Germany) and the University of Manchester (UK)

Selected publications

• Lace B*, Su C, Invernot-Perez D, Rodriguez-Franco M, Vernié T, Batzenschlager M, Egli S, Liu CW, Ott T* (2023) RPG acts as a central determinant for infectosome formation and cellular polarization during intracellular rhizobial infections. eLife; 12:e8074
• Su C, Rodriguez-Franco M, Lace B, Nebel N, Hernandez-Reyes C, Liang P, Schulze E, Mymrikov EV, Gross NM, Knerr J, Wang H, Siukstaite L, Keller J, Libourel C, Fischer AAM, Gabor KE, Mark E, Popp C, Hunte C, Weber W, Wendler P, Stanislas T, Delaux PM, Einsle O, Grosse R, Römer W, Ott T* (2023) Stabilization of membrane topologies by proteinaceous remorin scaffolds. Nature Communications; 14:323
• Su C*, Zhang G, Rodriguez-Franco M, Hinnenberg R, Wietschorke J, Liang P, Yang W, Uhler L, Li X, Ott T* (2023) Transcellular progression of infection threads in Medicago truncatula roots is associated with locally confined cell wall modifications. Current Biology; 33:533-542
• Liang P, Schmitz C, Lace B, Ditengou FA, Su C, Schulze E, Knerr J, Grosse R, Keller J, Libourel C, Delaux PM, Ott T* (2021) Formin-mediated bridging of cell wall, plasma membrane, and cytoskeleton in symbiotic infections of Medicago truncatula. Current Biology; 31(12): 2712-2719
• Ochoa-Fernandez R, Abel NB, Wieland FG, Schlegel J, Koch LA, Miller LB, Engesser R, Giuriani G, Brandl SM, Timmer J, Weber W, Ott T, Simon R, Zurbriggen MD (2020) Optogenetic control of gene expression in plants in the presence of ambient white light. Nature Methods; 17: 717–725
• *corresponding author