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Birgit Piechulla

Birgit Piechulla

D-Index & Metrics

Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
50
Citations
9827
World Ranking
17575
National Ranking
1215

Overview

Birgit Piechulla is affiliated with the University of Rostock in Germany. Their research primarily spans several fields including Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, Agricultural and Biological Sciences, and Medicine. Within these broader areas, their work delves deeply into subfields such as Molecular Biology, Plant Science, Pharmacology, Biotechnology, and Biochemistry.

The scientist's research topics cover a range that includes Microbial Natural Products and Biosynthesis, Plant Biochemistry and Biosynthesis, Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms, Enzyme Production and Characterization, Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies, Advanced Chemical Sensor Technologies, and Lipid Metabolism and Biosynthesis.

Birgit Piechulla has published extensively in several academic journals and venues. Frequent publication outlets include:

  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Frontiers in Microbiology
  • Angewandte Chemie International Edition
  • Angewandte Chemie
  • Science

The scientist's recent papers encompass various topics related to microbial volatiles, polyketide synthases, and volatiles in bacterial infections. Notable recent publications include:

  • "Volatilomes of Bacterial Infections in Humans," 2020, Frontiers in Neuroscience
  • "Evolution-guided engineering of trans -acyltransferase polyketide synthases," 2024, Science
  • "mVOC 4.0: a database of microbial volatiles," 2024, Nucleic Acids Research
  • "Sixty-One Volatiles Have Phylogenetic Signals Across Bacterial Domain and Fungal Kingdom," 2020, Frontiers in Microbiology
  • "Modular Halogenation, α-Hydroxylation, and Acylation by a Remarkably Versatile Polyketide Synthase," 2022, Angewandte Chemie International Edition

Throughout their career, Birgit Piechulla has collaborated frequently with several coauthors. Among the most common collaborators are:

  • Hans-Walter Heldt
  • Nancy Magnus
  • Hannah A. Minas
  • Roy A. Meoded
  • Jörn Piel

Best Publications

  • Bacterial volatiles and their action potential

    Marco Kai;Maria Haustein;Francia Molina;Anja Petri

  • Volatile Mediated Interactions Between Bacteria and Fungi in the Soil

    Uta Effmert;Janine Kalderás;René Warnke;Birgit Piechulla

  • Volatiles of bacterial antagonists inhibit mycelial growth of the plant pathogen Rhizoctonia solani

    Marco Kai;Uta Effmert;Gabriele Berg;Birgit Piechulla

  • Biogenic volatile emissions from the soil

    J. Peñuelas;D. Asensio;D. Tholl;K. Wenke

  • mVOC: a database of microbial volatiles

    Marie Chantal Lemfack;Janette Nickel;Mathias Dunkel;Robert Preissner

  • Rhizobacterial Volatiles Affect the Growth of Fungi and Arabidopsis thaliana

    Anja Vespermann;Marco Kai;Birgit Piechulla

  • Belowground volatiles facilitate interactions between plant roots and soil organisms

    Katrin Wenke;Marco Kai;Birgit Piechulla

  • Trichoderma volatiles effecting Arabidopsis: from inhibition to protection against phytopathogenic fungi

    Metwally Kottb;Tamara Gigolashvili;Dominik K. Großkinsky;Dominik K. Großkinsky;Birgit Piechulla

  • Floral benzenoid carboxyl methyltransferases: From in vitro to in planta function

    Uta Effmert;Sandra Saschenbrecker;Jeannine Ross;Florence Negre

  • Identification of tomato Lhc promoter regions necessary for circadian expression.

    Birgit Piechulla;Nicole Merforth;Barbara Rudolph

  • Effects of discrete bioactive microbial volatiles on plants and fungi

    Birgit Piechulla;Marie Chantal Lemfack;Marco Kai

  • Serratia odorifera: analysis of volatile emission and biological impact of volatile compounds on Arabidopsis thaliana

    Marco Kai;Elena Crespo;Simona M. Cristescu;Frans J. M. Harren

  • Bacterial-Plant-Interactions: Approaches to Unravel the Biological Function of Bacterial Volatiles in the Rhizosphere

    Marco Kai;Uta Effmert;Birgit Piechulla

  • Diurnal mRNA fluctuations of nuclear and plastid genes in developing tomato fruits.

    B. Piechulla;W. Gruissem

  • Plant growth promotion due to rhizobacterial volatiles--an effect of CO2?

    Marco Kai;Birgit Piechulla

  • SuperScent—a database of flavors and scents

    Mathias Dunkel;Ulrike Schmidt;Swantje Struck;Lena Berger

  • Changes in Photosynthetic Capacity and Photosynthetic Protein Pattern during Tomato Fruit Ripening

    Birgit Piechulla;Richard E. Glick;Hubert Bahl;Anastasios Melis

  • Expression of nuclear and plastid genes for photosynthesis-specific proteins during tomato fruit development and ripening.

    Birgit Piechulla;Eran Pichersky;Anthony R. Cashmore;Wilhelm Gruissem

  • The emerging importance of microbial volatile organic compounds

    Birgit Piechulla;Jörg Degenhardt

  • Volatile composition, emission pattern, and localization of floral scent emission in Mirabilis jalapa (Nyctaginaceae)

    Uta Effmert;Jana Große;Ursula S. R. Röse;Fred Ehrig

Frequent Co-Authors

Eran Pichersky
Eran Pichersky University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Udo Kragl
Udo Kragl University of Rostock
Natalia Dudareva
Natalia Dudareva Purdue University West Lafayette
Wittko Francke
Wittko Francke Universität Hamburg
Joseph P. Noel
Joseph P. Noel Salk Institute for Biological Studies
Jörg-Peter Schnitzler
Jörg-Peter Schnitzler Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
Anastasios Melis
Anastasios Melis University of California, Berkeley
Rolf Daniel
Rolf Daniel University of Göttingen
Anthony R. Cashmore
Anthony R. Cashmore University of Pennsylvania

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