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Christian Fankhauser

Christian Fankhauser

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Biology and Biochemistry
Switzerland
2023

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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
79
Citations
29631
World Ranking
4228
National Ranking
83

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2023 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in Switzerland Leader Award

Overview

Christian Fankhauser is a researcher affiliated with the University of Lausanne in Switzerland. Their primary fields of study are Agricultural and Biological Sciences, along with Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. Within these areas, their work focuses extensively on Plant Science and Molecular Biology, with additional interest in Artificial Intelligence, Insect Science, and Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics.

The main topics covered in Fankhauser's research include Plant Molecular Biology Research, Light effects on plants, Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms, Plant Reproductive Biology, Plant Parasitism and Resistance, Greenhouse Technology and Climate Control, and Plant and Biological Electrophysiology Studies.

Their frequent co-authors are Martine Trévisan, Johanna Krahmer, Martina Legris, Laure Allenbach Petrolati, and Alessandra Boccaccini.

Fankhauser's recent publications include several papers of significance in plant biology and physiology:

  • A light-dependent molecular link between competition cues and defence responses in plants, 2020, Nature Plants
  • Shade avoidance in the context of climate change, 2023, PLANT PHYSIOLOGY
  • Low Blue Light Enhances Phototropism by Releasing Cryptochrome1-Mediated Inhibition of PIF4 Expression, 2020, PLANT PHYSIOLOGY
  • UVR8-mediated inhibition of shade avoidance involves HFR1 stabilization in Arabidopsis, 2020, PLoS Genetics
  • Environmental Control of Hypocotyl Elongation, 2023, Annual Review of Plant Biology

Fankhauser's research has been published frequently in venues such as Faculty Opinions - Post-Publication Peer Review of the Biomedical Literature, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), PLANT PHYSIOLOGY, The Journal of Urology, and PLoS Genetics.

Best Publications

  • Light Signal Transduction in Higher Plants

    Meng Chen;Joanne Chory;Christian Fankhauser

  • LIGHT CONTROL OF PLANT DEVELOPMENT

    Christian Fankhauser;Joanne Chory

  • A Role for Flavin Monooxygenase-Like Enzymes in Auxin Biosynthesis

    Yunde Zhao;Sioux K. Christensen;Christian Fankhauser;John R. Cashman

  • A molecular framework for light and gibberellin control of cell elongation

    Miguel de Lucas;Jean-Michel Davière;Mariana Rodríguez-Falcón;Mariela Pontin

  • Activation tagging in Arabidopsis.

    Detlef Weigel;Ji Hoon Ahn;Miguel A. Blázquez;Justin O. Borevitz

  • Light-regulated plant growth and development.

    Chitose Kami;Séverine Lorrain;Patricia Hornitschek;Christian Fankhauser

  • Phytochrome-mediated inhibition of shade avoidance involves degradation of growth-promoting bHLH transcription factors

    Séverine Lorrain;Trudie Allen;Paula D. Duek;Garry C. Whitelam

  • Rhythmic growth explained by coincidence between internal and external cues

    Kazunari Nozue;Michael F. Covington;Paula D. Duek;Paula D. Duek;Séverine Lorrain

  • Phytochrome-mediated inhibition of shade avoidance involves degradation of growth-promoting bHLH transcription factors

    P. D. Duek;S. Lorrain;C. Fankhauser;T. Allen

  • Light: an indicator of time and place

    Michael M. Neff;Christian Fankhauser;Joanne Chory

  • Phytochrome interacting factors 4 and 5 control seedling growth in changing light conditions by directly controlling auxin signaling.

    Patricia Hornitschek;Markus V. Kohnen;Séverine Lorrain;Jacques Rougemont

  • PKS1, a Substrate Phosphorylated by Phytochrome That Modulates Light Signaling in Arabidopsis

    Christian Fankhauser;Kuo-Chen Yeh;J. Clark;Lagarias

  • Sensing the light environment in plants: photoreceptors and early signaling steps.

    Vinicius Costa Galvão;Christian Fankhauser

  • Light-Mediated Hormonal Regulation of Plant Growth and Development

    Mieke de Wit;Vinicius Costa Galvão;Christian Fankhauser

  • An Arabidopsis Mutant Defective in the Plastid General Protein Import Apparatus

    Paul Jarvis;Lih Jen Chen;Hsou Min Li;Charles A. Peto

  • Inhibition of the shade avoidance response by formation of non-DNA binding bHLH heterodimers

    Patricia Hornitschek;Séverine Lorrain;Vincent Zoete;Olivier Michielin

  • ELF3 Encodes a Circadian Clock–Regulated Nuclear Protein That Functions in an Arabidopsis PHYB Signal Transduction Pathway

    Xing Liang Liu;Michael F. Covington;Christian Fankhauser;Joanne Chory;Joanne Chory

  • Light-mediated polarization of the PIN3 auxin transporter for the phototropic response in Arabidopsis

    Zhaojun Ding;Carlos S Galván-Ampudia;Carlos S Galván-Ampudia;Emilie Demarsy;Łukasz Łangowski

  • The S. pombe cdc15 gene is a key element in the reorganization of F-actin at mitosis

    Christian Fankhauser;Alexandre Reymond;Lorenzo Cerutti;Suzan Utzig

  • Defective in the Plastid General Protein Import Apparatus

    Paul Jarvis;Lih-Jen Chen;Hsou-min Li;Charles A. Peto

Frequent Co-Authors

Joanne Chory
Joanne Chory Salk Institute for Biological Studies
Jorge J. Casal
Jorge J. Casal University of Buenos Aires
Viesturs Simanis
Viesturs Simanis École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
Ioannis Xenarios
Ioannis Xenarios University of Lausanne
Sven Bergmann
Sven Bergmann Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics
Karin Ljung
Karin Ljung Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
Miguel A. Blázquez
Miguel A. Blázquez Universitat Politècnica de València
Alexandre Reymond
Alexandre Reymond University of Lausanne
Roman Ulm
Roman Ulm University of Geneva
Detlef Weigel
Detlef Weigel Max Planck Institute for Developmental Biology

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