Prof. Dr. Laura Ragni

Plant Cell Biology

Since 2023, Professor of Plant Cell Biology, Faculty of Biology, University of Freiburg, DE
2013–2023 Research group leader, Center for Plant Molecular Biology (ZMBP), University of Tübingen, DE
2012–2013 Marie Heim-Vögtlin fellow (SNSF), Department of Plant Molecular Biology (DBMV), University of Lausanne, CH
2010–2012 EMBO long-term fellow, DBMV, University of Lausanne, CH
2009 Postdoc, Department of Plant Molecular Biology (DBMV), University of Lausanne, CH
2005–2008, PhD student in cell biology, INRA Versailles, University of Paris XI, FR
1999–2005 B.Sc. + M.Sc. in Plant Biotechnology, University of Milano, IT

Andersen, T.G*., Molina, D., Kilian, J., Franke, R.B., Ragni, L.*, and Geldner, N.* (2021). Tissue-Autonomous Phenylpropanoid Production Is Essential for Establishment of Root Barriers. Curr. Biol. 31, 965-977.e965.
Xiao, W., Molina, D., Wunderling, A., Ripper, D., Vermeer, J.E.M., and Ragni, L. (2020). Pluripotent Pericycle Cells Trigger Different Growth Outputs by Integrating Developmental Cues into Distinct Regulatory Modules. Curr. Biol. 30, 4384-4398.e4385.
Ben-Targem, M., Ripper, D., Bayer, M., and Ragni, L. (2021). Auxin and gibberellin signaling cross-talk promotes hypocotyl xylem expansion and cambium homeostasis. J Exp Bot 72, 3647-3660.
Wunderling, A., Ripper, D., Barra-Jimenez, A., Mahn, S., Sajak, K., Targem, M.B., and Ragni, L. (2018). A molecular framework to study periderm formation in Arabidopsis. The New phytologist 219, 216-229.
Serra, O., Mähönen, A.P., Hetherington, A.J., and Ragni, L. (2022). The making of plant armor: The periderm. Annual review of plant biology 73, 405-432.
*Shared corresponding authors.