Congratulations to Marie-Kristin Nagel for the successful completion of a very productive Ph.D.. Good luck in the future.

Current Biology publishes an interview with Claus about his scientific career and his opinions about research careers and the current situation in science.

Claus Schwechheimer studied biology at the University of Heidelberg, Germany, and graduated in biotechnology from the École Supérieure de Biotechnologie de Strasbourg (ESBS), France. After a PhD with Mike W. Bevan at the John...[mehr]

Claus’ review on NEDD8 and neddylation in plants is published in Current Opinion in Plant Biology.

NEDD8 - its role in the regulation of Cullin-RING ligases. Curr. Opin. Plant Biol. 45:112-119 Claus Schwechheimer The ubiquitin-related protein NEDD8 is conjugated and deconjugated to and from proteins in processes related to...[mehr]

Methylated auxin is an inhibitor of IAA transport. Martina und Uli contribute to a new PNAS paper in collaboration with University of Valencia..

Auxin methylation is required for differential growth in Arabidopsis. PNAS Mohamad Abbas, Jorge Hernández-García, Stephan Pollmann, Sophia L. Samodelov, Martina Kolb, Jiri Friml, Ulrich Z. Hammes, Matias D. Zurbriggen, Miguel...[mehr]

Happy to announce the publication from the collaboration of the Hammes and the Schwechheimer laboratories with the Hardtke laboratory (Université de Lausanne).

A molecular rheostat adjusts auxin flux to promote root protophloem differentiation. Nature P. Marhava, A. E. L. Bassukas, M. Zourelidou, M. Kolb, B. Moret, A. Fastner, W. X. Schulze, P. Cattaneo, U. Z. Hammes, C....[mehr]

Thomas and Claus have just returned from a GIF collaborative visit at Tel Aviv University and the rest of the country.

Thomas and Claus have just returned from a GIF collaborative visit at Tel Aviv University and the rest of the country. It was great to see all of our nice and fantastic colleagues: Danny, Eilon, Roy, Idan, Sigal, Dudu,...[mehr]

New paper: Uli and Claus labs are happy to have contributed to the DiSUMO work of the Dresselhaus labs!

DiSUMO-LIKE Interacts with RNA-Binding Proteins and Affects Cell-Cycle Progression during Maize Embryogenesis.Junyi Chen, Kamila Kalinowska, Benedikt Müller, Julia Mergner, Rainer Deutzmann, Claus Schwechheimer, Ulrich Z. Hammes,...[mehr]