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Overview

Goetz Hensel is affiliated with the Cluster of Excellence on Plant Sciences in Germany, contributing to research primarily in the fields of Agricultural and Biological Sciences as well as Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. Their work focuses extensively on Plant Science and Molecular Biology, with additional publications in Genetics, Biotechnology, and Agronomy and Crop Science.

Their research covers diverse topics including:

  • Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms
  • CRISPR and Genetic Engineering
  • Plant Molecular Biology Research
  • Plant nutrient uptake and metabolism
  • Wheat and Barley Genetics and Pathology
  • Plant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity
  • Plant tissue culture and regeneration

Goetz Hensel's recent papers demonstrate a focus on genome editing technologies and plant breeding innovations. Notable publications include:

  • "CRISPR/Cas-mediated plant genome editing: outstanding challenges a decade after implementation," 2023, Trends in Plant Science
  • "Improving rice salt tolerance by precision breeding in a new era," 2021, Current Opinion in Plant Biology
  • "Prime Editing: A New Way for Genome Editing," 2020, Trends in Cell Biology
  • "Genome editing and beyond: what does it mean for the future of plant breeding?", 2022, Planta
  • "SWEET11b transports both sugar and cytokinin in developing barley grains," 2023, The Plant Cell

Their publications frequently appear in journals such as bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Frontiers in Plant Science, Trends in Plant Science, The Plant Journal, and PLANT PHYSIOLOGY.

Collaboration is a significant aspect of their research, with frequent co-authors including Jochen Kumlehn, Twan Rutten, Michael Melzer, Thorsten Schnurbusch, and Karin Krupinska.

Best Publications

  • HIGS: Host-Induced Gene Silencing in the Obligate Biotrophic Fungal Pathogen Blumeria graminis

    Daniela Nowara;Christophe Lacomme;Jane Shaw

  • Evolution of the Grain Dispersal System in Barley

    Mohammad Pourkheirandish;Goetz Hensel;Benjamin Kilian;Natesan Senthil

  • Genetic transformation of barley (Hordeum vulgare L.) via infection of androgenetic pollen cultures with Agrobacterium tumefaciens

    Jochen Kumlehn;Liliya Serazetdinova;Goetz Hensel;Dirk Becker

  • A set of modular binary vectors for transformation of cereals.

    Axel Himmelbach;Uwe Zierold;Götz Hensel;Jan Riechen

  • Unleashing floret fertility in wheat through the mutation of a homeobox gene

    Shun Sakuma;Guy Golan;Zifeng Guo;Taiichi Ogawa

  • Agrobacterium-Mediated Gene Transfer to Cereal Crop Plants: Current Protocols for Barley, Wheat, Triticale, and Maize

    Goetz Hensel;Christine Kastner;Sylwia Oleszczuk;Jan Riechen

  • Efficient generation of transgenic barley: The way forward to modulate plant–microbe interactions

    Goetz Hensel;Vladimir Valkov;Jill Middlefell-Williams;Jochen Kumlehn

  • The wheat Lr34 gene provides resistance against multiple fungal pathogens in barley.

    Joanna M. Risk;Liselotte L. Selter;Harsh Chauhan;Simon G. Krattinger;Simon G. Krattinger

  • Mitogen-activated protein kinase kinase 3 regulates seed dormancy in barley

    Shingo Nakamura;Mohammad Pourkheirandish;Hiromi Morishige;Yuta Kubo

  • A Barley ROP GTPase ACTIVATING PROTEIN Associates with Microtubules and Regulates Entry of the Barley Powdery Mildew Fungus into Leaf Epidermal Cells

    Caroline Hoefle;Christina Huesmann;Holger Schultheiss;Frederik Börnke

  • True-breeding targeted gene knock-out in barley using designer TALE-nuclease in haploid cells.

    Maia Gurushidze;Goetz Hensel;Stefan Hiekel;Sindy Schedel

  • Abscisic acid is a substrate of the ABC transporter encoded by the durable wheat disease resistance gene Lr34

    Simon G. Krattinger;Simon G. Krattinger;Joohyun Kang;Stephanie Bräunlich;Rainer Boni

  • The CRISPR/Cas revolution continues: From efficient gene editing for crop breeding to plant synthetic biology.

    Jochen Kumlehn;Janine Pietralla;Goetz Hensel;Michael Pacher

  • The fungal core effector Pep1 is conserved across smuts of dicots and monocots.

    Christoph Hemetsberger;Christoph Hemetsberger;André N. Mueller;Alexandra Matei;Christian Herrberger

  • PROTEIN DISULFIDE ISOMERASE LIKE 5-1 is a susceptibility factor to plant viruses

    Ping Yang;Thomas Lüpken;Antje Habekuss;Goetz Hensel

  • BAX INHIBITOR-1 is required for full susceptibility of barley to powdery mildew.

    Ruth Eichmann;Melanie Bischof;Corina Weis;Jane Shaw

  • A Distorted Circadian Clock Causes Early Flowering and Temperature-Dependent Variation in Spike Development in the Eps-3Am Mutant of Einkorn Wheat

    Piotr Gawroński;Ruvini Ariyadasa;Axel Himmelbach;Naser Poursarebani

  • Promoters of the Barley Germin-Like GER4 Gene Cluster Enable Strong Transgene Expression in Response to Pathogen Attack

    Axel Himmelbach;Luo Liu;Uwe Zierold;Lothar Altschmied

  • Abscisic Acid Flux Alterations Result in Differential Abscisic Acid Signaling Responses and Impact Assimilation Efficiency in Barley under Terminal Drought Stress

    Christiane Seiler;Vokkaliga T. Harshavardhan;Palakolanu S. Reddy;Götz Hensel

  • Whirly1 in chloroplasts associates with intron containing RNAs and rarely co-localizes with nucleoids.

    Joanna Melonek;Maria Mulisch;Christian Schmitz-Linneweber;Evelyn Grabowski

Frequent Co-Authors

Jochen Kumlehn
Jochen Kumlehn Leibniz Association
Nils Stein
Nils Stein University of Western Australia
Simon G. Krattinger
Simon G. Krattinger King Abdullah University of Science and Technology
Twan Rutten
Twan Rutten Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research
Axel Himmelbach
Axel Himmelbach Leibniz Association
Beat Keller
Beat Keller University of Zurich
Patrick Schweizer
Patrick Schweizer Leibniz Association
Ralph Hückelhoven
Ralph Hückelhoven Technical University of Munich
Thomas Wicker
Thomas Wicker University of Zurich
Gaétan Glauser
Gaétan Glauser University of Neuchâtel

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