Prof. Dr. Ralf Reski

Focus of research

• Plant Biotechnology
• Synthetic Biology
• Evo-devo

CV

• Since 1999 Distinguished Professor (C4, Ordinarius) Plant Biotechnology, Faculty of Biology, University of Freiburg, Germany
• Since 2004 Professor at Ecole supérieur de Biotechnologie Strasbourg (ESBS)
• 2006–2008 Dean of the Faculty of Biology
• 1996–1998 Heisenberg-Fellow of the DFG
• 1994 Habilitation in General Botany
• 1990–1996 Assistant Professor (C1), University of Hamburg
• 1986–1990 PhD studies in Genetics, University of Hamburg
• 1977–1984 Studies in Biology, Chemistry, Pedagogics at the Universities of Giessen and Hamburg

Selected publications

• Hu, R., X. Li, Y. Hu, R. Zhang, Q. Lv, M. Zhang, X. Sheng, F. Zhao, Z. Chen, Y. Ding, H. Yuan, X. Wu, S. Xing, X. Yan, F. Bao, P. Wan, L. Xiao, X. Wang, W. Xiao, E.L. Decker, N. van Gessel, H. Renault, G. Wiedemann, N.A. Horst, F.B. Haas, P.K.I. Wilhelmsson, K.K. Ullrich, E. Neumann, B. Lv, C. Liang, H. Du, H. Lu, Q. Gao, Z. Cheng, H. You, P. Xin, J. Chu, C.-H. Huang, Y. Liu, S. Dong, L. Zhang, F. Chen, L. Deng, F. Duan, W. Zhao, K. Li, Z. Li, X. Li, H. Cui, Y. Zhang, C. Ma, R. Zhu, Y. Jia, M. Wang, M. Hasebe, J. Fu, B. Goffinet, H. Ma, S.A. Rensing, R. Reski*, Y. He* (2023): Adaptive evolution of the enigmatic Takakia now facing climate change in Tibet. Cell 186, 3558-3576. *corresponding
• Hoernstein, S.N.W., B. Özdemir, N. van Gessel, A.A. Miniera, B. Rogalla von Bieberstein, L. Nilges, J. Schweikert Farinha, R. Komoll, S. Glauz, T. Weckerle, F. Scherzinger, M. Rodriguez-Franco, S.J. Müller-Schüssele, R. Reski (2023): A deeply conserved protease, acylamino acid-releasing enzyme (AARE), acts in ageing in Physcomitrella and Arabidopsis. Communications Biology 6, 61.
• Resemann, H.C., C. Herrfurth, K. Feussner, E. Hornung, A.K. Ostendorf, J. Gömann, J. Mittag, N. van Gessel, J. de Vries, J. Ludwig-Müller, J. Markham, R. Reski*, I. Feussner* (2021): Convergence of sphingolipid desaturation across over 500 million years of plant evolution. Nature Plants 7, 219-232. *corresponding
• Wiedemann, G., N. van Gessel, F. Köchl, L. Hunn, K. Schulze, L. Maloukh, F. Nogué, E.L. Decker, F. Hartung, R. Reski (2018): RecQ helicases function in development, DNA-repair and gene targeting in Physcomitrella patens. Plant Cell 30, 717-736.
• Khraiwesh, B., M.A. Arif, G.I. Seumel, S. Ossowski, D. Weigel, R. Reski*, W. Frank* (2010): Transcriptional control of gene expression by microRNAs. Cell 140, 111-122. *corresponding