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Prof. Dr. Jürgen Kleine-Vehn

Research Interest

Unraveling plant growth at a subcellular to organ scale.

Our society has an existential interest in securing food, feed, and fibre production, but we still lack a basic understanding of how plants define their grow rates in response to the ever-changing environment. MoPP is a group of scientists covering cell biological, genetic, and biochemical expertise and thrive to understand the molecular triggers that determine the plant architecture and thereby adaptation.

https://plantscience.de/

Publications

  1. Barbez, E., Kubeš, M., Rolčík, J., Béziat, C., Pěnčík, A., Wang, B., … & Kleine-Vehn, J. (2012). A novel putative auxin carrier family regulates intracellular auxin homeostasis in plants. Nature, 485(7396), 119-122.
  2. Béziat, C., Barbez, E., Feraru, M. I., Lucyshyn, D., & Kleine-Vehn, J. (2017). Light triggers PILS-dependent reduction in nuclear auxin signalling for growth transition. Nature plants, 3(8), 1-9.
  3. Dünser, K., Schöller, M., Rößling, A. K., Löfke, C., Xiao, N., Pařízková, B., … & Kleine-Vehn, J. (2022). Endocytic trafficking promotes vacuolar enlargements for fast cell expansion rates in plants. Elife, 11, e75945.

More publications: https://www.cibss.uni-freiburg.de/about/cibss-investigators/person/prof-dr-juergen-kleine-vehn

What I am looking for in a prospective Rising Star

Through the program I aim at supporting and helping develop the careers of early-career researchers, including Doctoral Researchers.