Prof. Dr. Laura Ragni

Zellbiologie der Pflanzen

Seit 2023 Professorin für Zellbiologie der Pflanze an der Universität Freiburg, DE
2013–2023 Forschungsgruppenleiterin, Zentrum für Molekularbiologie der Pflanzen (ZMBP), Universität Tübingen, DE
2012–2013 Marie Heim-Vögtlin-Stipendiat (SNSF), Abteilung für Molekularbiologie der Pflanzen (DBMV), Universität Lausanne, CH
2010–2012 EMBO Stipendiat, DBMV, Universität Lausanne, CH
2009 Postdoc DBMV, Universität Lausanne, CH
2005–2008, Promotion in Zellbiologie, INRA Versailles, Universität Paris XI, FR
1999–2005 B.Sc. + M.Sc. in Pflanzenbiotechnologie, Universität Mailand, IT

Molina, D., Horvath, S., Zhang, X., Xiao, W., Ragab, N., Ripper, D., Kilian, J., Andersen, T.G., and Ragni, L. (2025). Members of the MYB68 subclade orchestrate cork differentiation by regulating stem cell proliferation and suberin deposition. Cell Reports 44, 116048. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.celrep.2025.116048
Xiao, W., Yang, L., Molina, D., Chen, H., Yu, S., Miao, Y., Ripper, D., Deng, S., Bayer, M., De Rybel, B., and Ragni, L. (2025). An AINTEGUMENTA phosphoswitch controls bilateral stem cell activity during secondary growth. PNAS, 122 (47) e2510538122. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2510538122
Andersen TG, Molina D, Kilian J, Franke R, Ragni L* and Geldner N. 2021. Tissueautonomous phenylpropanoid production is essential for establishment of root barriers. Current Biology. 31(5):965-977.e5. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2020.11.070 *corresponding authors.
Xiao W, Molina D, Wunderling A, Ripper D and Vermeer J and Ragni L. 2020. Pluripotent Pericycle Cells Trigger Different Growth Outputs by Integrating Developmental Cues into Distinct Regulatory Modules. Current Biology. 30(22):4384-4398.e4385. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2020.08.053
Ben-Targem M, Ripper D, Bayer M, Ragni L. 2021. Auxin and gibberellin signalling crosstalk promotes hypocotyl xylem expansion and cambium homeostasis. Journal of Exp. Botany. 72(10): 3647-3660. https://doi.org/10.1093/jxb/erab089