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2026

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  • 2026 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in Germany Leader Award
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Overview

Ivo Feussner is affiliated with the University of Göttingen in Germany and works primarily in the fields of Agricultural and Biological Sciences as well as Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology. Their research focuses on plant science and molecular biology, with significant contributions to biochemistry and ecology-related areas. The scientist's publications span topics related to lipid metabolism and biosynthesis, photosynthetic processes, plant immunity, and stress responses.

Feussner's recent papers showcase a variety of subjects and publication venues, including:

  • Update on LIPID MAPS classification, nomenclature, and shorthand notation for MS-derived lipid structures, 2020, Journal of Lipid Research
  • Wax biosynthesis in response to danger: its regulation upon abiotic and biotic stress, 2020, New Phytologist
  • Insights Into Oxidized Lipid Modification in Barley Roots as an Adaptation Mechanism to Salinity Stress, 2020, Frontiers in Plant Science
  • Fatty Acids and their Derivatives as Renewable Platform Molecules for the Chemical Industry, 2021, Angewandte Chemie International Edition
  • The glycosyltransferase UGT76B1 modulates N-hydroxy-pipecolic acid homeostasis and plant immunity, 2020, The Plant Cell

Frequent co-authors include:

  • Cornelia Herrfurth
  • Kirstin Feussner
  • Krzysztof Zienkiewicz
  • Till Ischebeck
  • Jan de Vries

The scientist has published extensively in a range of venues, with notable numbers of publications in:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • New Phytologist
  • Frontiers in Plant Science
  • The Plant Journal
  • PLANT PHYSIOLOGY

Their work covers several subfields of biological and molecular research, including:

  • Plant Science
  • Molecular Biology
  • Biochemistry
  • Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
  • Insect Science

Key topics addressed by Feussner's research include:

  • Lipid metabolism and biosynthesis
  • Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms
  • Plant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity
  • Plant Parasitism and Resistance
  • Plant biochemistry and biosynthesis
  • Plant Molecular Biology Research
  • Plant Stress Responses and Tolerance

Best Publications

  • The lipoxygenase pathway.

    Ivo Feussner;Claus Wasternack

  • The genome of Laccaria bicolor provides insights into mycorrhizal symbiosis

    F. Martin;A. Aerts;D. Ahrén;A. Brun

  • MYB72-dependent coumarin exudation shapes root microbiome assembly to promote plant health

    Ioannis A. Stringlis;Ke Yu;Kirstin Feussner;Ronnie de Jonge;Ronnie de Jonge;Ronnie de Jonge

  • Update on LIPID MAPS classification, nomenclature, and shorthand notation for MS-derived lipid structures

    Gerhard Liebisch;Eoin Fahy;Junken Aoki;Edward A. Dennis

  • Rapid Induction of Distinct Stress Responses after the Release of Singlet Oxygen in Arabidopsis

    Roel G. L. op den Camp;Dominika Przybyla;Christian Ochsenbein;Christophe Laloi

  • Metabolic priming by a secreted fungal effector

    Armin Djamei;Kerstin Schipper;Kerstin Schipper;Kerstin Schipper;Franziska Rabe;Anupama Ghosh

  • Lipoxygenases: Occurrence, functions and catalysis

    Alena Liavonchanka;Ivo Feussner

  • Fatty acid profiles and their distribution patterns in microalgae: a comprehensive analysis of more than 2000 strains from the SAG culture collection

    Imke Lang;Ladislav Hodac;Thomas Friedl;Ivo Feussner

  • Oxylipins: structurally diverse metabolites from fatty acid oxidation.

    Alina Mosblech;Ivo Feussner;Ingo Heilmann

  • The Oxylipin Pathways: Biochemistry and Function

    Claus Wasternack;Ivo Feussner

  • Lipoxygenases - Structure and reaction mechanism.

    Alexandra Andreou;Ivo Feussner

  • Isochorismate-derived biosynthesis of the plant stress hormone salicylic acid

    Dmitrij Rekhter;Daniel Lüdke;Yuli Ding;Kirstin Feussner

  • The wound response in tomato – Role of jasmonic acid

    Claus Wasternack;Irene Stenzel;Bettina Hause;Gerd Hause

  • Jasmonate biosynthesis and the allene oxide cyclase family of Arabidopsis thaliana.

    Irene Stenzel;Bettina Hause;Otto Miersch;Tobias Kurz

  • Wax biosynthesis in response to danger: its regulation upon abiotic and biotic stress.

    Milena Lewandowska;Alisa Keyl;Ivo Feussner

  • Biosynthesis of oxylipins in non-mammals

    Alexandra Andreou;Florian Brodhun;Ivo Feussner

  • Precisely measured protein lifetimes in the mouse brain reveal differences across tissues and subcellular fractions

    Eugenio F. Fornasiero;Sunit Mandad;Sunit Mandad;Hanna Wildhagen;Mihai Alevra

  • Piriformospora indica affects plant growth by auxin production.

    Anke Sirrenberg;Cornelia Göbel;Stephanie Grond;Nadine Czempinski

  • Lipoxygenase-dependent degradation of storage lipids

    Ivo Feussner;Hartmut Kühn;Claus Wasternack

  • Exosome Secretion Ameliorates Lysosomal Storage of Cholesterol in Niemann-Pick Type C Disease

    Katrin Strauss;Cornelia Goebel;Heiko Runz;Wiebke Möbius

  • A secreted Ustilago maydis effector promotes virulence by targeting anthocyanin biosynthesis in maize

    Shigeyuki Tanaka;Thomas Brefort;Nina Neidig;Armin Djamei

Frequent Co-Authors

Cornelia Göbel
Cornelia Göbel University of Göttingen
Cornelia Herrfurth
Cornelia Herrfurth University of Göttingen
Claus Wasternack
Claus Wasternack Leibniz Association
Bettina Hause
Bettina Hause Leibniz Association
Till Ischebeck
Till Ischebeck University of Göttingen
Andrea Polle
Andrea Polle University of Göttingen
Mats Hamberg
Mats Hamberg Karolinska Institute
Hartmut Kühn
Hartmut Kühn Charité - University Medicine Berlin
Gerhard H. Braus
Gerhard H. Braus University of Göttingen
Katharina Pawlowski
Katharina Pawlowski Stockholm University

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