Uwe Conrath

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Uwe Conrath (born December 28, 1961 in Neunkirchen ) is a German plant biologist and lecturer.

Life

Uwe Conrath grew up in Limbach (now a part of Kirkel ) near Homburg . From 1983 to 1989 he studied biology at the University of Kaiserslautern . He carried out the research work for his diploma thesis on the chitosan- induced biosynthesis of coumarin derivatives and of callose in suspension cells of parsley in Heinrich Kauss' group . In 1992 he was promoted to Dr. rer nat. PhD in the same laboratory . The title of his dissertation isDetection and implementation of signals in the induction of coumarin secretion from parsley suspension cells . His doctorate was followed by a postdoctoral stay with Daniel F. Klessig at Rutgers University in New Jersey (USA), from which he returned to Kaiserslautern in 1995 to take up a position as a research assistant . In 1999 he received his habilitation in the biology department of the University of Kaiserslautern with his thesis Investigations on the mechanisms of action of salicylic acid in the systemically acquired disease resistance of plants and received the venia legendi for botany. From 2002 to 2003 he was a substitute professor for molecular biology of plants at the Institute for Cellular & Molecular Botany at the University of Bonn .

In 2004 Conrath became university professor for biochemistry and molecular biology of plants at the Institute for Plant Physiology at RWTH Aachen University .

Conrath was involved in the detection and transmission of signaling molecules from pathogens in plant cells in the early stages of his career . Later he increasingly familiarized himself with the so-called "systemically acquired resistance" (systemic immunity) of plants against pathogens. In particular, the elucidation of the molecular mechanisms of so-called “defense priming” in the acquired disease resistance of plants has attracted international attention. This also includes recent research on the role of chromatin changes in “defense priming”. Conrath is also concerned with the so-called "non-host resistance" of plants (especially on the model system Arabidopsis thaliana ), the Asian soybean rust and natural sources of plant disease resistance. Another current focus of Conrath's research is agrobiotechnology and environmentally friendly crop protection.

Conrath has published numerous articles in scientific journals and holds numerous patents. He is a member of several scientific organizations including the American Association for the Advancement of Science. He headed the host-parasite relationships working group of the Deutsche Phytomedizinische Gesellschaft eV (2006–2014) and is a member of the German Research Foundation.

honors and awards

  • 2014 Science Award of the German Phytomedical Society eV for his research work in the field of "defense priming".
  • 2014 RWTH Aachen Innovation Prize

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ List of publications by U. Conrath on rwth-aachen.de
  2. ↑ Award for RWTH Professor Uwe Conrath , RWTH Aachen press release, March 21, 2014, accessed on March 31, 2014.
personal data
SURNAME Conrath, Uwe
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German plant biologist and lecturer
DATE OF BIRTH December 28, 1961
PLACE OF BIRTH Neunkirchen