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Academic Education
- Doctoral researcher, Friedrich-Schiller-University, Jena, PhD Thesis: “The role of cytokinins in plant-herbivore interactions: Response to herbivory and effects on plant defense”, MPI for Chemical Ecology, Department of Molecular Ecology, Jena
- Diploma-student (Biology), Friedrich-Schiller-University, Jena, Diploma thesis: “Early signaling events in the herbivore defense response of Arabidopsis thaliana“, MPI for Chemical Ecology, Department of Molecular Ecology, Jena
Positions
- Postdoctoral researcher, University of Münster, Institute for Evolution und Biodiversity, Münster
- Postdoctoral researcher, MPI for Chemical Ecology, Department of Molecular Ecology, Jena
- Postdoctoral researcher, MPI for Chemical Ecology, Department of Molecular Ecology, Jena
- Doctoral researcher (PhD), MPI for Chemical Ecology, Department of Molecular Ecology, Jena
Honors
- Reinhold-von-Sengbusch Prize for posters – 26. Conference Molecular Biology of Plants - - sponsored by the family von Sengbusch
External Function
- Member of the German Society for Plant Sciences (Deutsche Botanische Gesellschaft, DBG)
Publications
- Heiling, S, Llorca, LC, Li, J, Gase, K, Schmidt, A, Schäfer, M, Schneider, B, Halitschke, R, Gaquerel, E, and Baldwin, IT. . “Specific decorations of 17-hydroxygeranyllinalool diterpene glycosides solve the autotoxicity problem of chemical defense in Nicotiana attenuata.” The Plant cell 2021. doi: 10.1093/plcell/koab048.
- Ke, L, Wang, Y, Schäfer, M, Städler, T, Zeng, R, Fabian, J, Pulido, H, De, Moraes CM, Song, Y, and Xu, S. . “Transcriptomic profiling reveals shared signalling networks between flower development and herbivory-induced responses in tomato.” Frontiers in Plant Science 12: 722810.. doi: 10.3389/fpls.2021.722810.
- Hauslage, Jens, Görög, Mark, Krause, Lars, Schüler, Oliver, Schäfer, Martin, Witten, Anika, Kesseler, Leona, Böhmer, Maik, and Hemmersbach, Ruth. . “ARABIDOMICS—A new experimental platform for molecular analyses of plants in drop towers, on parabolic flights, and sounding rockets.” Review of Scientific Instruments 91 (3). doi: 10.1063/1.5120573.
- Cortés, Llorca L, Li, R, Yon, F, Schäfer, M, Halitschke, R, Robert, CA, Kim, S‐G, and Baldwin, IT. . “ZEITLUPE facilitates the rhythmic movements of Nicotiana attenuata flowers.” The Plant journal 2020. doi: 10.1111/tpj.14732.
- Mindt, E, Wang, M, Schäfer, M, Halitschke, R, and Baldwin, IT. . “Quantification of Blumenol Derivatives as Leaf Biomarkers for Plant-AMF Association.” Bio-protocol 9 (14): e3301.. doi: 10.21769/BioProtoc.3301.
- Brütting, C, Crava, CM, Schäfer, M, Schuman, MC, Meldau, S, Adam, N, and Baldwin, IT. . “Cytokinin transfer by a free-living mirid to Nicotiana attenuata recapitulates a strategy of endophytic insects.” eLife 7 (e36268). doi: 10.7554/eLife.36268.
- Wang, M, Schäfer, M, Li, D, Halitschke, R, Dong, C, McGale, E, Paetz, C, Song, Y, Li, S, Dong, J, Heiling, S, Groten, K, Franken, P, Bitterlich, M, Harrison, MJ, Paszkowski, U, and Baldwin, IT. . “Blumenols as shoot markers of root symbiosis with arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi.” eLife 7: e37093.. doi: 10.7554/eLife.37093.
- Brütting, C, Schäfer, M, Vanková, R, Gase, K, Baldwin, IT, and Meldau, S. . “Changes in cytokinins are sufficient to alter developmental patterns of defense metabolites in Nicotiana attenuata.” The Plant Journal 89 (1): 15–30. doi: 10.1111/tpj.13316.
- Schäfer, M, and Meldau, S. . “Real-Time Genetic Manipulations of the Cytokinin Pathway: A Tool for Laboratory and Field Studies.” in Auxins and Cytokinins in Plant Biology: Methods and Protocols, edited by T. Dandekar and M.(eds) Naseem. doi: 10.1007/978-1-4939-6831-2_10.
- Li, R, Wang, M, Wang, Y, Schuman, MC, Weinhold, A, Schäfer, M, Jiménez-Alemán, GH, Barthel, A, and Baldwin, IT. . “Flower-specific jasmonate signaling regulates constitutive floral defenses in wild tobacco.” Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 114 (34): E7205–E7214.. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1703463114.
- Schäfer, M, Brütting, C, Xu, S, Ling, Z, Steppuhn, A, Baldwin, IT, and Schuman, MC. . “NaMYB8 regulates distinct, optimally distributed herbivore defense traits.” Journal of Integrative Plant Biology 59 (12): 844–850. doi: 10.1111/jipb.12593.
- Schäfer, M, Brütting, C, Baldwin, IT, and Kallenbach, M. . “High-throughput quantification of more than 100 primary-and secondary-metabolites, and phytohormones by a single solid-phase extraction based sample preparation with analysis by UHPLC-HESI-MS/MS.” Plant Methods 12 (1): 30.. doi: 10.1186/s13007-016-0130-x.
- Schäfer, M. . “The role of cytokinins in plant-herbivore interactions: Response to herbivory and effects on plant defense.” Dissertation thesis, Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena.
- Schäfer, M, Brütting, C, Meza-Canales, ID, Großkinsky, DK, Vankova, R, Baldwin, IT, and Meldau, S. . “The role of cis-zeatin-type cytokinins in plant growth regulation and mediating responses to environmental interactions.” Journal of Experimental Botany 66 (16): 4873–4884. doi: 10.1093/jxb/erv214.
- Schäfer, M, Meza-Canales, ID, Brütting, C, Baldwin, IT, and Meldau, S. . “Cytokinin concentrations and CHASE-DOMAIN CONTAINING HIS KINASE 2 (NaCHK2)-and NaCHK3-mediated perception modulate herbivory-induced defense signaling and defenses in Nicotiana attenuata.” New Phytologist 207 (3): 645–658. doi: 10.1111/nph.13404.
- Schäfer, M, Meza-Canales, ID, Navarro-Quezada, A, Brütting, C, Vanková, R, Baldwin, IT, and Meldau, S. . “Cytokinin levels and signaling respond to wounding and the perception of herbivore elicitors in Nicotiana attenuata.” Journal of Integrative Plant Biology 57 (2): 198–212. doi: 10.1111/jipb.12227.
- Tzin, V, Fernandez-Pozo, N, Richter, A, Schmelz, EA, Schoettner, M, Schäfer, M, Ahern, KR, Meihls, LN, Kaur, H, Huffaker, A, and others. . “Dynamic maize responses to aphid feeding are revealed by a time series of transcriptomic and metabolomic assays.” Plant Physiology 169 (3): 1727–1743. doi: 10.1104/pp.15.01039.
- Schäfer, M, Reichelt, M, Baldwin, IT, and Meldau, S. . “Cytokinin analysis: sample preparation and quantification.” Bio-protocol 4 (13): 1–8. doi: 10.21769/BioProtoc.1167.
- Schäfer, M, Brütting, C, Gase, K, Reichelt, M, Baldwin, I, and Meldau, S. . “'Real time' genetic manipulation: a new tool for ecological field studies.” The Plant Journal 76 (3): 506–518. doi: 10.1111/tpj.12301.
- Schäfer, M, Fischer, C, Baldwin, IT, and Meldau, S. . “Grasshopper oral secretions increase salicylic acid and abscisic acid levels in wounded leaves of Arabidopsis thaliana.” Plant Signaling & Behavior 6 (9): 1256–1258. doi: 10.4161/psb.6.9.16552.
- Schäfer, M, Fischer, C, Meldau, S, Seebald, E, Oelmüller, R, and Baldwin, IT. . “Lipase activity in insect oral secretions mediates defense responses in Arabidopsis.” Plant Physiology 156 (3): 1520–1534. doi: 10.1104/pp.111.173567.