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Michael Schroda is affiliated with the Technical University of Kaiserslautern in Germany. Their research primarily spans the field of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with a specialization in Molecular Biology. Their work also encompasses areas such as Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, Plant Science, Cell Biology, and Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience.

Schroda's scientific contributions cover multiple specific topics, including:

  • Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms
  • Algal biology and biofuel production
  • Photoreceptor and optogenetics research
  • Heat shock proteins research
  • Mitochondrial Function and Pathology
  • Protist diversity and phylogeny
  • Plant Stress Responses and Tolerance

Their recent publications reflect a focus on plant cell biology, molecular mechanisms, and the physiological processes underlying photosynthesis and cellular stress responses. Notable papers include:

  • Structural basis for VIPP1 oligomerization and maintenance of thylakoid membrane integrity, 2021, Cell
  • An epigenetic gene silencing pathway selectively acting on transgenic DNA in the green alga Chlamydomonas, 2020, Nature Communications
  • Multiple knockout mutants reveal a high redundancy of phytotoxic compounds contributing to necrotrophic pathogenesis of Botrytis cinerea, 2022, PLoS Pathogens
  • Real-time monitoring of subcellular H2O2 distribution in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii, 2021, The Plant Cell
  • Retrograde signaling in plants: A critical review focusing on the GUN pathway and beyond, 2022, Plant Communications

Schroda frequently collaborates with colleagues across various related fields. Common co-authors include Frederik Sommer, Timo Mühlhaus, Justus Niemeyer, David Scheuring, and David Zimmer.

The venues where Schroda has published most frequently demonstrate a consistent engagement with plant biology and molecular research. These venues include:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • The Plant Cell
  • PLANT PHYSIOLOGY
  • Nature Communications
  • Frontiers in Plant Science

Best Publications

  • The Chlamydomonas Genome Reveals the Evolution of Key Animal and Plant Functions

    Sabeeha S. Merchant;Simon E. Prochnik;Olivier Vallon;Elizabeth H. Harris

  • Mercator: a fast and simple web server for genome scale functional annotation of plant sequence data

    Marc Lohse;Axel Nagel;Thomas Herter;Patrick May

  • The HSP70A promoter as a tool for the improved expression of transgenes in Chlamydomonas

    Michael Schroda;Dagmar Blöcker;Christoph F. Beck

  • Nitrogen-Sparing Mechanisms in Chlamydomonas Affect the Transcriptome, the Proteome, and Photosynthetic Metabolism

    Stefan Schmollinger;Timo Mühlhaus;Nanette R. Boyle;Ian K. Blaby

  • A chloroplast-targeted heat shock protein 70 (HSP70) contributes to the photoprotection and repair of photosystem II during and after photoinhibition

    Michael Schroda;Olivier Vallon;Francis-André Wollman;Christoph F. Beck

  • A repeat protein links Rubisco to form the eukaryotic carbon-concentrating organelle

    Luke C. M. Mackinder;Moritz T. Meyer;Tabea Mettler-Altmann;Vivian K. Chen

  • Birth of a Photosynthetic Chassis: A MoClo Toolkit Enabling Synthetic Biology in the Microalga Chlamydomonas reinhardtii

    Pierre Crozet;Francisco J Navarro;Felix Willmund;Payam Mehrshahi

  • RNA silencing in Chlamydomonas: mechanisms and tools

    Michael Schroda

  • Revisiting the photosystem II repair cycle

    Jasmine Theis;Michael Schroda

  • Systems Analysis of the Response of Photosynthesis, Metabolism, and Growth to an Increase in Irradiance in the Photosynthetic Model Organism Chlamydomonas reinhardtii

    Tabea Mettler;Timo Mühlhaus;Dorothea Hemme;Mark-Aurel Schöttler

  • The Chlamydomonas genome reveals its secrets: chaperone genes and the potential roles of their gene products in the chloroplast

    Michael Schroda

  • Evidence for a Role of VIPP1 in the Structural Organization of the Photosynthetic Apparatus in Chlamydomonas

    André Nordhues;Mark Aurel Schöttler;Ann-Katrin Unger;Stefan Geimer

  • Sequence elements within an HSP70 promoter counteract transcriptional transgene silencing in Chlamydomonas

    Michael Schroda;Christoph F. Beck;Olivier Vallon

  • The chloroplast HSP70B-CDJ2-CGE1 chaperones catalyse assembly and disassembly of VIPP1 oligomers in Chlamydomonas.

    Cuimin Liu;Felix Willmund;Jochen R Golecki;Sabrina Cacace

  • J-Domain Protein CDJ2 and HSP70B Are a Plastidic Chaperone Pair That Interacts with Vesicle-Inducing Protein in Plastids 1

    Cuimin Liu;Felix Willmund;Julian P. Whitelegge;Susan Hawat

  • GUN1 Controls Accumulation of the Plastid Ribosomal Protein S1 at the Protein Level and Interacts with Proteins Involved in Plastid Protein Homeostasis

    Luca Tadini;Paolo Pesaresi;Tatjana Kleine;Fabio Rossi

  • Quantitative shotgun proteomics using a uniform 15N-labeled standard to monitor proteome dynamics in time course experiments reveals new insights into the heat stress response of Chlamydomonas reinhardtii

    Timo Mühlhaus;Julia Weiss;Dorothea Hemme;Frederik Sommer

  • Conditional Depletion of the Chlamydomonas Chloroplast ClpP Protease Activates Nuclear Genes Involved in Autophagy and Plastid Protein Quality Control

    Silvia Ramundo;David Casero;Timo Mühlhaus;Dorothea Hemme

  • In vivo targets of S-thiolation in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii.

    Laure Michelet;Mirko Zaffagnini;Hélène Vanacker;Pierre Le Maréchal

  • Dissecting the contributions of GC content and codon usage to gene expression in the model alga Chlamydomonas reinhardtii

    Rouhollah Barahimipour;Daniela Strenkert;Juliane Neupert;Michael Schroda

Frequent Co-Authors

Francis-André Wollman
Francis-André Wollman Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Mark Stitt
Mark Stitt Max Planck Institute of Molecular Plant Physiology
Sabeeha S. Merchant
Sabeeha S. Merchant University of California, Berkeley
Zoran Nikoloski
Zoran Nikoloski Max Planck Institute of Molecular Plant Physiology
Stéphane D. Lemaire
Stéphane D. Lemaire Sorbonne University
Johannes M. Herrmann
Johannes M. Herrmann Technical University of Kaiserslautern
Arthur R. Grossman
Arthur R. Grossman Carnegie Institution for Science
Ralph Bock
Ralph Bock Max Planck Institute of Molecular Plant Physiology
Joachim Kopka
Joachim Kopka Max Planck Society
Krishna K. Niyogi
Krishna K. Niyogi University of California, Berkeley

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