Lecturer: Prof. Dr. Jörg Kudla

Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster

Department of Biology and Biotechnology

Schlossplatz 4

D-48149 Münster

Education & Career

- Studies of Biology, major in Genetics, Martin-Luther-University Halle

- Promotion to Dr. rer, Martin Luther Univestität hall.

- Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Freiburg

- Postdoctoral Fellow, UC Berkeley, USA

- Head of an independent research group, Department of Molecular Botany, University of Ulm

- Habilitation, Univesity of Ulm

- Molekulkare Professor of Plant Developmental Biology, Institute of Botany and Botanical Garden, University of Münster

Selected publications since 2002

Kudla J., R. Hayes, W. Gruissem (1996): Polyadenylation accelerates degradation of chloroplast mRNA. EMBO J., 15, 7137-7146.

Kudla, J., Q. Xu, K. Harter, W. Gruissem, S. Luan (1999): Genes for calcineurin B-like proteins in Arabidopsis are differentially regulated by stress signals. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA, 96, 4718-4723.

Shi, J., K. Kim, O. Ritz, V. Albrecht, R. Gupta, K. Harter, S. Luan, J. Kudla (1999): Novel protein kinases associated with calcineurin B-like calcium sensors in Arabidopsis. Plant Cell, 11, 2393-2406.

Albrecht, V., O. Ritz, S. Linder, K. Harter, J. Kudla (2001): The NAF domain defines a novel protein-protein interaction module conserved in Ca²⁺regulated kinases. EMBO J., 20, 1051-1063.

Sweere, U., K. Eichenberg, J. Lohrmann, V. Mira-Rodado, I. Bäurle, J. Kudla, F. Nagy, E. Schäfer, K. Harter (2001): Interaction of the response regulator ARR4 with the photoreceptor phytochrome B in modulating red light signaling. Science, 294, 1108-1111.

Walter, M, J. Kilian, J. Kudla (2002): PNPase activity determines efficiency of mRNA 3' end processing, the degradation of tRNA and the extent of polyadenylation in chloroplasts. EMBO J., 21, 6905-6914.

Albrecht, V., S. Weinl, D. Blazevic, C. D'Angelo, O. Batistic, Ü. Kolukisaoglu, R. Bock, B. Schulz, K. Harter, J. Kudla (2003): The calcium sensor CBL1 integrates plant responses to abiotic stresses. Plant J., 36, 457-470.

Hass, C., J. Lohrmann, V. Albrecht, U. Sweere, F. Hummel, S. Dong Yoo, I. Hwang, T. Zhu, E. Schäfer, J. Kudla, K. Harter (2004): The response regulator 2 mediates ethylene signalling and hormone signal integration in Arabidopsis. EMBO J., 23, 3290-3302.

Pandey, G.K., Y.W. Cheong, K. Kim, J.J. Grant, L. Li, W. Hung, C. D'Angelo, S .Weinl, J. Kudla, S. Luan (2004): The Calcium Sensor CBL9 Modulates ABA Sensitivity and Biosynthesis in Arabidopsis, Plant Cell, 16, 1912-1924. 

Walter, M., C. Chaban, K. Schütze, O. Batistic, K. Weckermann, C. Näke, D. Blazevic, C. Greven, K. Schumacher, C. Oecking, K. Harter, J. Kudla (2004): Visualization of protein interactions in living plant cells using bimolecular fluorescence complementation, Plant J., 40, 428-438.