IEB - Martin Schäfer

01.2011 – 02.2015: 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
10.2005 – 12.2010: 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

since 05.2018: Postdoctoral researcher, University of Münster, Institute for Evolution und Biodiversity, Münster
06.2017 – 03.2018: Postdoctoral researcher, MPI for Chemical Ecology, Department of Molecular Ecology, Jena
02.2015 – 03.2017: Postdoctoral researcher, MPI for Chemical Ecology, Department of Molecular Ecology, Jena
01.2011 – 01.2015: Doctoral researcher (PhD), MPI for Chemical Ecology, Department of Molecular Ecology, Jena

2013: Reinhold-von-Sengbusch Prize for posters – 26. Conference Molecular Biology of Plants - - sponsored by the family von Sengbusch

since 2013: 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. 2021. “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. 2021. “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. 2020. “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. 2020. “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. 2019. “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. 2018. “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. 2018. “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. 2017. “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. 2017. “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. 2017. “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. 2017. “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. 2016. “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. 2015. “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. 2015. “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. 2015. “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. 2015. “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. 2015. “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. 2014. “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. 2013. “'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. 2011. “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. 2011. “Lipase activity in insect oral secretions mediates defense responses in Arabidopsis.” Plant Physiology 156 (3): 1520–1534. doi: 10.1104/pp.111.173567.