Prof. Dr. Thomas Ott

Prof. Dr. Thomas Ott Institute of Biology II Group: Plant Cell Biology www.plantcellbiology.net Phone: +49 (0)761 203-2673 thomas.ott@biologie.uni-freiburg.de

Focus of research

• Plant-Microbe Interactions
• Protein organization on cell surfaces
• Membrane-associated signal transduction

CV

• Since 2016 W3 Professor for Cell Biology, Faculty of Biology, University of Freiburg, Germany
• 2015-2016 W2 Professor for Genetics, Faculty of Biology, University of Munich (LMU), Germany
• 2009-2015 Emmy-Noether junior group leader, Faculty of Biology, University of Munich (LMU), Germany
• 2008-2009 PostDoc, Faculty of Biology, University of Munich (LMU)
• 2006-2007 Postdoctoral Marie Curie Fellow, Laboratoire des Interactions Plantes-Microorganismes (LIPM, INRA), Toulouse, France
• 2005 PostDoc at the Max-Planck-Institute of Molecular Plant Physiology in Golm, Germany
• 2001-2005 Doctoral student at the Max-Planck-Institute of Molecular Plant Physiology in Golm, Germany
• 1995-2001 studied Biology at the University of Göttingen (Germany) and the University of Manchester (UK)

Selected publications

• Symbiotic root infections in Medicago truncatula require remorin-mediated receptor stabilization in membrane nanodomains. Liang P, Stratil TF, Popp C, Marin M, Folgmann J, Mysore KS, Wen J, Ott T* (2018). Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 115(20): 5289-5294; *corresponding author
• Plant immune and growth receptors share common signalling components but localise to distinct plasma membrane nanodomains. Bücherl CA, Jarsch IK, Schudoma C, Segonzac C, Mbengue M, Robatzek S, MacLean D, Ott T, Zipfel C (2017). eLife 6:e25114
• S-acylation anchors Remorin proteins to the plasma membrane but does not primarily determine their localization in membrane micro-domains. Konrad SSA, Popp C, Stratil TF, Jarsch, IK, Thallmair V, Folgmann, J, Marín M, Ott T* (2014). New Phytol. 203, 758-69; *corresponding author
• Plasma membranes are subcompartmentalized into a plethora of coexisting and diverse microdomains in Arabidopsis and Nicotiana benthamiana. Jarsch IK, Konrad SSA, Stratil TF, Urbanus SL, Szymanski W, Braun P, Braun KH and Ott T* (2014). Plant Cell 26, 1698-1711; *corresponding author
• A remorin protein interacts with symbiotic receptors and regulates bacterial infection. Lefebvre B, Timmers T, Mbengue M, Moreau S, Hervé C, Tóth K, Bittencourt-Silvestre J, Klaus D, Deslandes L, Godiard L, Murray JD, Udvardi MK, Raffaele S, Mongrand S, Cullimore J, Gamas P, Niebel A, Ott T* (2010). Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 107, 2343-8; *corresponding author

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