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Overview

Peer M. Schenk is a researcher affiliated with the University of Queensland in Australia, with extensive contributions to agricultural and biological sciences. Their work spans several key fields and subfields, focusing predominantly on plant science, renewable energy, sustainability, molecular biology, cell biology, and oceanography.

The scientist's main research topics include:

  • Algal biology and biofuel production
  • Plant-microbe interactions and immunity
  • Nematode management and characterization studies
  • Legume nitrogen fixing symbiosis
  • Plant pathogens and fungal diseases
  • Mycorrhizal fungi and plant interactions
  • Marine and coastal ecosystems

Peer M. Schenk has authored several recent papers covering diverse themes related to these topics. Notable publications include:

  • Plant Microbiome Engineering: Expected Benefits for Improved Crop Growth and Resilience (2020), Trends in Biotechnology
  • Evidence for the plant recruitment of beneficial microbes to suppress soil-borne pathogens (2020), New Phytologist
  • Evaluation of microalgae and cyanobacteria as potential sources of antimicrobial compounds (2020), Saudi Pharmaceutical Journal
  • Growth-promoting bacteria double eicosapentaenoic acid yield in microalgae (2020), Bioresource Technology
  • Arbuscular mycorrhizae and rhizobacteria improve growth, nutritional status and essential oil production in Ocimum basilicum and Satureja hortensis (2020), Industrial Crops and Products

Their research has appeared repeatedly in several publication venues, including:

  • Bioresource Technology
  • Industrial Crops and Products
  • Frontiers in Plant Science
  • Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology
  • Algal Research

Peer M. Schenk collaborates frequently with other researchers in their field. Common coauthors include Lília C. Carvalhais, Elvis T. Chua, Skye R. Thomas-Hall, Hooman Mirzaee, and Maria Batool.

Best Publications

  • SECOND GENERATION BIOFUELS: HIGH-EFFICIENCY MICROALGAE FOR BIODIESEL PRODUCTION

    Peer M. Schenk;Skye R. Thomas-Hall;Evan Stephens;Ute C. Marx

  • Coordinated plant defense responses in Arabidopsis revealed by microarray analysis

    Peer M. Schenk;Kemal Kazan;Kemal Kazan;Iain Wilson;Jonathan P. Anderson

  • Antagonistic Interaction between Abscisic Acid and Jasmonate-Ethylene Signaling Pathways Modulates Defense Gene Expression and Disease Resistance in Arabidopsis

    Jonathan P. Anderson;Jonathan P. Anderson;Ellet Badruzsaufari;Ellet Badruzsaufari;Peer M. Schenk;John M. Manners;John M. Manners

  • MYC2 differentially modulates diverse jasmonate-dependent functions in Arabidopsis.

    Bruno Dombrecht;Gang Ping Xue;Susan J. Sprague;John A. Kirkegaard

  • High Lipid Induction in Microalgae for Biodiesel Production

    Kalpesh K. Sharma;Holger Schuhmann;Peer M. Schenk

  • Repressor- and activator-type ethylene response factors functioning in jasmonate signaling and disease resistance identified via a genome-wide screen of Arabidopsis transcription factor gene expression.

    Ken C. McGrath;Bruno Dombrecht;John M. Manners;Peer M. Schenk

  • Global Plant Stress Signaling: Reactive Oxygen Species at the Cross-Road.

    Nasser Sewelam;Kemal Kazan;Peer M. Schenk

  • Inner Plant Values: Diversity, Colonization and Benefits from Endophytic Bacteria.

    Hongwei Liu;Hongwei Liu;Lilia C. Carvalhais;Mark Crawford;Eugenie Singh

  • Microalgal biofactories: a promising approach towards sustainable omega-3 fatty acid production

    T Catalina Adarme-Vega;David K Y Lim;Matthew Timmins;Felicitas Vernen

  • Emerging microbial biocontrol strategies for plant pathogens.

    Sharifah Farhana Syed Ab Rahman;Eugenie Singh;Corné M.J. Pieterse;Peer M. Schenk

  • Plants can use protein as a nitrogen source without assistance from other organisms

    Chanyarat Paungfoo-Lonhienne;Thierry G. A. Lonhienne;Doris Rentsch;Nicole Robinson

  • Improved photobiological H2 production in engineered green algal cells.

    Olaf Kruse;Jens Rupprecht;Klaus-Peter Bader;Skye Thomas-Hall

  • Engineering photosynthetic light capture: impacts on improved solar energy to biomass conversion

    Jan H. Mussgnug;Skye Thomas-Hall;Jens Rupprecht;Alexander Foo

  • The Mediator Complex Subunit PFT1 Is a Key Regulator of Jasmonate-Dependent Defense in Arabidopsis

    Brendan N. Kidd;Brendan N. Kidd;Cameron I. Edgar;Cameron I. Edgar;Krish K. Kumar;Elizabeth A. Aitken

  • The Fusarium mycotoxin deoxynivalenol elicits hydrogen peroxide production, programmed cell death and defence responses in wheat

    Olivia J Desmond;John M Manners;Amber E Stephens;Donald J MacLean

  • Comparison of Microalgae Cultivation in Photobioreactor, Open Raceway Pond, and a Two-Stage Hybrid System

    Rakesh R. Narala;Sourabh Garg;Kalpesh K. Sharma;Skye R. Thomas-Hall

  • Plant Microbiome Engineering: Expected Benefits for Improved Crop Growth and Resilience.

    Inessa Arif;Maria Batool;Peer M. Schenk

  • Improved high-level expression system for eukaryotic genes in Escherichia coli using T7 RNA polymerase and rare ArgtRNAs.

    Schenk Pm;Baumann S;Mattes R;Steinbiss Hh

  • A comparative study: the impact of different lipid extraction methods on current microalgal lipid research.

    Yan Li;Yan Li;Forough Ghasemi Naghdi;Sourabh Garg;Tania Catalina Adarme-Vega

  • Pathogen-Responsive Expression of a Putative ATP-Binding Cassette Transporter Gene Conferring Resistance to the Diterpenoid Sclareol Is Regulated by Multiple Defense Signaling Pathways in Arabidopsis

    Emma J. Campbell;Peer M. P. Schenk;Kemal Kazan;Iris A. M. A. Penninckx

Frequent Co-Authors

Lilia C. Carvalhais
Lilia C. Carvalhais University of Queensland
John M. Manners
John M. Manners Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
Kemal Kazan
Kemal Kazan Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
Yash Dang
Yash Dang University of Queensland
Rony Swennen
Rony Swennen KU Leuven
Hugh P. Possingham
Hugh P. Possingham University of Queensland
Olaf Kruse
Olaf Kruse Bielefeld University
Susanne Schmidt
Susanne Schmidt University of Bonn
Ralf G. Dietzgen
Ralf G. Dietzgen University of Queensland
Hawthorne L. Beyer
Hawthorne L. Beyer University of Queensland

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