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  • 2019 - Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada Academy of the Arts and Humanities

Overview

Peter Beyer is affiliated with the University of Freiburg in Germany. Their research spans multiple disciplines primarily within the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, Medicine, and Agricultural and Biological Sciences.

The scientist's work includes focus areas such as Molecular Biology, Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology, Molecular Medicine, Pollution, and Biochemistry. The research topics covered involve Antibiotic Use and Resistance, Antibiotic Resistance in Bacteria, Pharmaceutical and Antibiotic Environmental Impacts, Antioxidant Activity and Oxidative Stress, Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms, Plant biochemistry and biosynthesis, and Genetically Modified Organisms Research.

Recent publications by Peter Beyer include:

  • Advancing global antibiotic research, development and access, 2024, Nature Medicine
  • Plant apocarotenoid metabolism utilizes defense mechanisms against reactive carbonyl species and xenobiotics, 2020, PLANT PHYSIOLOGY
  • Molecular characterization and safety assessment of biofortified provitamin A rice, 2020, Scientific Reports

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Peter Beyer are:

  • Patrick Schaub (2 publications)
  • Ralf Welsch (2 publications)
  • Laura J. V. Piddock (1 publication)
  • Yewande Alimi (1 publication)
  • James L. Anderson (1 publication)

The scientist commonly publishes in the following venues:

  • Nature Medicine
  • PLANT PHYSIOLOGY
  • Scientific Reports

Among distinctions received, Peter Beyer was named a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada in 2019, recognized within the Academy of the Arts and Humanities.

Best Publications

  • Engineering the Provitamin A (β-Carotene) Biosynthetic Pathway into (Carotenoid-Free) Rice Endosperm

    Xudong Ye;Salim Al-Babili;Andreas Klöti;Jing Zhang

  • The Path from β-Carotene to Carlactone, a Strigolactone-Like Plant Hormone

    Adrian Alder;Muhammad Jamil;Mattia Marzorati;Mark Bruno

  • Golden Rice: Introducing the β-Carotene Biosynthesis Pathway into Rice Endosperm by Genetic Engineering to Defeat Vitamin A Deficiency

    Peter Beyer;Salim Al-Babili;Xudong Ye;Xudong Ye;Paola Lucca

  • Biofortified crops to alleviate micronutrient malnutrition

    Jorge Edgard Mayer;Wolfgang H. Pfeiffer;Peter Beyer

  • Transgenic rice (Oryza sativa) endosperm expressing daffodil (Narcissus pseudonarcissus) phytoene synthase accumulates phytoene, a key intermediate of provitamin A biosynthesis

    Peter K. Burkhardt;Peter Beyer;Joachim Wünn;Andreas Klöti

  • Metabolic Engineering of Potato Carotenoid Content through Tuber-Specific Overexpression of a Bacterial Mini-Pathway

    Gianfranco Diretto;Salim Al-Babili;Raffaela Tavazza;Velia Papacchioli

  • Provitamin A Accumulation in Cassava (Manihot esculenta) Roots Driven by a Single Nucleotide Polymorphism in a Phytoene Synthase Gene

    Ralf Welsch;Jacobo Arango;Cornelia Bär;Bertha Salazar

  • Metabolic engineering of potato tuber carotenoids through tuber-specific silencing of lycopene epsilon cyclase

    Gianfranco Diretto;Raffaela Tavazza;Ralf Welsch;Daniele Pizzichini

  • Metabolic engineering of carotenoid biosynthesis in plants

    Giovanni Giuliano;Raffaela Tavazza;Gianfranco Diretto;Peter Beyer

  • A Third Phytoene Synthase Is Devoted to Abiotic Stress-Induced Abscisic Acid Formation in Rice and Defines Functional Diversification of Phytoene Synthase Genes

    Ralf Welsch;Florian Wüst;Cornelia Bär;Salim Al-Babili

  • Induced β-Carotene Synthesis Driven by Triacylglycerol Deposition in the Unicellular Alga Dunaliella bardawil

    Said Rabbani;Peter Beyer;Johannes v. Lintig;Philippe Hugueney

  • Novel carotenoid cleavage dioxygenase catalyzes the first dedicated step in saffron crocin biosynthesis

    Sarah Frusciante;Gianfranco Diretto;Mark Bruno;Paola Ferrante

  • Spectrum and Prevalence of Atherogenic Risk Factors in 27,358 Children, Adolescents, and Young Adults With Type 1 Diabetes: Cross-sectional data from the German diabetes documentation and quality management system (DPV)

    K Otfried Schwab;Jürgen Doerfer;Wolfgang Hecker;Jürgen Grulich-Henn

  • The Structure of a Retinal-Forming Carotenoid Oxygenase

    Daniel P. Kloer;Sandra Ruch;Salim Al-Babili;Peter Beyer

  • Transcription Factor RAP2.2 and Its Interacting Partner SINAT2: Stable Elements in the Carotenogenesis of Arabidopsis Leaves

    Ralf Welsch;Dirk Maass;Tanja Voegel;Dean DellaPenna

  • Carotenoid crystal formation in Arabidopsis and carrot roots caused by increased phytoene synthase protein levels.

    Dirk Maass;Jacobo Arango;Florian Wüst;Peter Beyer

  • SC-0051, a 2-benzoyl-cyclohexane-1,3-dione bleaching herbicide, is a potent inhibitor of the enzyme p-hydroxyphenylpyruvate dioxygenase

    Arno Schulz;Oswald Ort;Peter Beyer;Hans Kleinig

  • Golden Rice – five years on the road – five years to go?

    Salim Al-Babili;Peter Beyer

  • Bioengineered ‘golden’ indica rice cultivars with β‐carotene metabolism in the endosperm with hygromycin and mannose selection systems

    Karabi Datta;Niranjan Baisakh;Norman Oliva;Lina Torrizo

  • Provitamin A accumulation in Cassava (Manihot esculenta) roots driven by a single nucleotide polymorphism in a phytoene synthase gene[W] [Approved article]

    Ralf Welsch;Jacobo Arango;Cornelia Bar;Bertha Salazar

Frequent Co-Authors

Salim Al-Babili
Salim Al-Babili King Abdullah University of Science and Technology
Ingo Potrykus
Ingo Potrykus ETH Zurich
Jacobo Arango
Jacobo Arango Centro Internacional de Agricultura Tropical
Giovanni Giuliano
Giovanni Giuliano National Agency For New Technologies, Energy and Sustainable Economic Development
Sandro Ghisla
Sandro Ghisla University of Konstanz
Johannes von Lintig
Johannes von Lintig Case Western Reserve University
Anja Krieger-Liszkay
Anja Krieger-Liszkay University of Paris-Saclay
Reinhard W. Holl
Reinhard W. Holl University of Ulm
Gianfranco Diretto
Gianfranco Diretto National Agency For New Technologies, Energy and Sustainable Economic Development
Joe Tohme
Joe Tohme Centro Internacional de Agricultura Tropical

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