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Profile
| Academic position | Lecturer, Assistant Professor, Researcher |
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| Research fields | Plant and Cell Developmental Biology,Plant Physiology |
| Keywords | Plant Development, Molecular Biology, Plant-Microbe Interactions, Plant Physiology |
| Honours and awards | 2019: Max Planck Society Group Leader award 2019: Sofja Kovalevskaja Award Winner 2014: Marie Curie Intra-European Fellowship (FP7) 2013: University of Copenhagen Innovation Price 2010: Novo Nordisk Symposium award 2009: University of Copenhagen PhD scholarship award 2008: Novo Nordisk Elite M.Sc. Student Scholarship award |
Current contact address
| Country | Germany |
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| City | Köln |
| Institution | Max-Planck-Institut für Pflanzenzüchtungsforschung |
| Institute | Abteilung Pflanze-Mikroben Interaktionen |
Host during sponsorship
| Prof. Dr. Paul Schulze-Lefert | Abteilung Pflanze-Mikroben Interaktionen, Max-Planck-Institut für Pflanzenzüchtungsforschung, Köln |
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| Start of initial sponsorship | 01/12/2019 |
Programme(s)
| 2019 | Sofja Kovalevskaja Award Programme |
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Nominator's project description
| Plant nutrient uptake through roots relies on a network of transport tissues encased within a protective barrier called the endodermis. The roots of flowering plants have long been known to also harbor openings in this barrier, so called “passage cells”, but they remained poorly characterized. During his postdoctoral research, Dr. Andersen discovered how passage cells arise during development and found that they respond to nutrient status by increasing transport capacity. Dr. Andersen now aims to identify cell-specific genetic factors that define the endodermis and regulate passage cell formation and to define the links between plant transport processes and nutrient status. He also aims to test the hypothesis that passage cells are involved in communication with surrounding microbes and to extrapolate this knowledge to model plants that engage in interactions with symbiotic bacteria. His work will provide important new insights into how plants incorporate physical and biological cues into root development. |