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Regina Feil is affiliated with the Max Planck Society in Germany and specializes in research within Agricultural and Biological Sciences as well as Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. Their work focuses largely on Plant Science and Molecular Biology, with additional involvement in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, Biochemistry, and Infectious Diseases.

Their primary research topics cover a broad spectrum related to plant biology, including:

  • Plant nutrient uptake and metabolism
  • Plant Molecular Biology Research
  • Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms
  • Plant Stress Responses and Tolerance
  • Plant Gene Expression Analysis
  • Plant Reproductive Biology
  • Mitochondrial Function and Pathology

Feil's recent publications include studies on trehalose-6-phosphate and its roles in plants as well as advances in photosynthetic pathways. Notable papers are:

  • Regulation of shoot branching in arabidopsis by trehalose 6-phosphate, 2020, New Phytologist
  • Installation of C4 photosynthetic pathway enzymes in rice using a single construct, 2020, Plant Biotechnology Journal
  • Functional Features of TREHALOSE-6-PHOSPHATE SYNTHASE1, an Essential Enzyme in Arabidopsis, 2020, The Plant Cell
  • Trehalose 6-phosphate promotes seed filling by activating auxin biosynthesis, 2020, New Phytologist
  • Perturbations in plant energy homeostasis prime lateral root initiation via SnRK1-bZIP63-ARF19 signaling, 2021, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Feil has collaborated frequently with a number of scientists in their field, including John E. Lunn, Mark Stitt, Franziska Fichtner, Stéphanie Arrivault, and François Barbier. These collaborations reflect a network of partnerships that span research on plant molecular mechanisms and metabolism.

Their research outputs have been published extensively in several scientific venues. The most frequent publication venues include:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • PLANT PHYSIOLOGY
  • Journal of Experimental Botany
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • New Phytologist

Best Publications

  • Regulation of Flowering by Trehalose-6-Phosphate Signaling in Arabidopsis thaliana

    Vanessa Wahl;Jathish Ponnu;Armin Schlereth;Stéphanie Arrivault

  • Sugar-induced increases in trehalose 6-phosphate are correlated with redox activation of ADPglucose pyrophosphorylase and higher rates of starch synthesis in Arabidopsis thaliana

    John E. Lunn;Regina Feil;Janneke H.M. Hendriks;Yves Gibon

  • Normal growth of Arabidopsis requires cytosolic invertase but not sucrose synthase

    D. H. Paul Barratt;Paul Derbyshire;Kim Findlay;Marilyn Pike

  • Regulation of secondary metabolism by the carbon–nitrogen status in tobacco: nitrate inhibits large sectors of phenylpropanoid metabolism

    Christina Fritz;Natalia Palacios-Rojas;Regina Feil;Mark Stitt

  • Coarse control of sucrose-phosphate synthase in leaves: Alterations of the kinetic properties in response to the rate of photosynthesis and the accumulation of sucrose

    Mark Stitt;Ingo Wilke;Regina Feil;Hans W. Heldt

  • The sucrose–trehalose 6-phosphate (Tre6P) nexus: specificity and mechanisms of sucrose signalling by Tre6P

    Umesh Prasad Yadav;Alexander Ivakov;Regina Feil;Guang You Duan

  • Metabolic Fluxes in an Illuminated Arabidopsis Rosette

    Marek Szecowka;Robert Heise;Takayuki Tohge;Adriano Nunes-Nesi

  • Use of reverse-phase liquid chromatography, linked to tandem mass spectrometry, to profile the Calvin cycle and other metabolic intermediates in Arabidopsis rosettes at different carbon dioxide concentrations.

    Stéphanie Arrivault;Manuela Guenther;Alexander Ivakov;Regina Feil

  • Arabidopsis Coordinates the Diurnal Regulation of Carbon Allocation and Growth across a Wide Range of Photoperiods

    Ronan Sulpice;Anna Flis;Alexander A. Ivakov;Federico Apelt

  • Burkholderia phytofirmans PsJN Acclimates Grapevine to Cold by Modulating Carbohydrate Metabolism

    Olivier Fernandez;Andreas Theocharis;Sophie Bordiec;Regina Feil

  • Trehalose 6–phosphate coordinates organic and amino acid metabolism with carbon availability

    Carlos Maria Figueroa;Regina Feil;Hirofumi Ishihara;Mutsumi Watanabe

  • Short-term water stress leads to a stimulation of sucrose synthesis by activating sucrose-phosphate synthase

    Paul Quick;Gabi Siegl;Ekkehard Neuhaus;Regina Feil

  • AtTPS1-mediated trehalose 6-phosphate synthesis is essential for embryogenic and vegetative growth and responsiveness to ABA in germinating seeds and stomatal guard cells

    Leonardo D. Gómez;Alison Gilday;Regina Feil;John E. Lunn

  • Feedback Inhibition of Starch Degradation in Arabidopsis Leaves Mediated by Trehalose 6-Phosphate

    Marina Camara Mattos Martins;Mahdi Hejazi;Joerg Fettke;Martin Steup

  • Decreased-Activity Mutants of Phosphoglucose Isomerase in the Cytosol and Chloroplast of Clarkia-Xantiana - Impact on Mass-Action Ratios and Fluxes to Sucrose and Starch, and Estimation of Flux Control Coefficients and Elasticity Coefficients

    A L Kruckeberg;H E Neuhaus;R Feil;L D Gottlieb

  • Trehalose 6-phosphate is involved in triggering axillary bud outgrowth in garden pea (Pisum sativum L.).

    Franziska Fichtner;Francois F. Barbier;Regina Feil;Mutsumi Watanabe

  • Trehalose 6-Phosphate Positively Regulates Fatty Acid Synthesis by Stabilizing WRINKLED1.

    Zhiyang Zhai;Jantana Keereetaweep;Hui Liu;Regina Feil

  • Reduced-activity mutants of phosphoglucose isomerase in the cytosol and chloroplast of Clarkia xantiana : II. Study of the mechanisms which regulate photosynthate partitioning.

    H. E. Neuhaus;A. L. Kruckeberg;R. Feil;M. Stitt

  • Metabolic profiling reveals coordinated switches in primary carbohydrate metabolism in grape berry (Vitis vinifera L.), a non-climacteric fleshy fruit

    Zhan Wu Dai;Céline Léon;Céline Léon;Céline Léon;Regina Feil;John E. Lunn

  • Overexpression of the trehalase gene AtTRE1 leads to increased drought stress tolerance in Arabidopsis and is involved in abscisic acid-induced stomatal closure

    Hilde Van Houtte;Lies Vandesteene;Lorena López-Galvis;Liesbeth Lemmens

Frequent Co-Authors

John E. Lunn
John E. Lunn Max Planck Institute of Molecular Plant Physiology
Mark Stitt
Mark Stitt Max Planck Institute of Molecular Plant Physiology
Alisdair R. Fernie
Alisdair R. Fernie Max Planck Institute of Molecular Plant Physiology
Alison M. Smith
Alison M. Smith John Innes Centre
Bernd Mueller-Roeber
Bernd Mueller-Roeber University of Potsdam
Ronan Sulpice
Ronan Sulpice University of Galway
Eric Gomès
Eric Gomès University of Bordeaux
Serge Delrot
Serge Delrot University of Bordeaux

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