Education

Ph.D. in Biochemistry/Plant Molecular Biology, Department of Pharmaceutical Biology, University of Würzburg, Germany, 2004

Current position

Research Group Leader at the Chair of Phytopathology, Technische Universität München, Freising-Weihenstephan, Germany

Publications

1. Proels, R. and Hückelhoven, R. (2014). Basic protein-based methods for analysis of plant alcohol dehydrogenases. Protein Purification and Analysis - Methods and Applications. ISBN: 978-1-922227-61-4. iConcept Press. Retrieved from http://www.iconceptpress.com.
   
2. Schwarzkopf, M., Yoo, Y. C., Huckelhoven, R., Park, Y. M. and Proels, R. K. (2014). Cyanobacterial phytochrome2 regulates the heterotrophic metabolism and has a function in the heat and high-light stress response. Plant Physiol 164(4): 2157-2166.
   
3. Proels, R. K. and Huckelhoven, R. (2014). Cell-wall invertases, key enzymes in the modulation of plant metabolism during defence responses. Mol Plant Pathol 15(8): 858-864.
   
4. Engelsdorf, T., Horst, R. J., Pröls, R., Pröschel, M., Dietz, F., Hückelhoven, R. and Voll, L. M. (2013). Reduced carbohydrate availability enhances the susceptibility of Arabidopsis toward Colletotrichum higginsianum. Plant Physiol 162(1): 225-238.
   
5. Hückelhoven, R., Hoefle, C., Proels, R. and Eichmann, R. (2013). The Powdery Mildew Fungus Blumeria graminis Reprograms Barley for Triggering Susceptibility. Nova Acta Leopoldina NF 114, Nr. 391, 61- 68 .
   
6. Hückelhoven, R., Eichmann, R., Weis, C., Hoefle, C. and Proels, R. (2013). Genetic loss of susceptibility: a costly route to disease resistance? Plant Pathology 62(S1): 56-62.
   
7. Pathuri, I. P., Reitberger, I. E., Huckelhoven, R. and Proels, R. K. (2011). Alcohol dehydrogenase 1 of barley modulates susceptibility to the parasitic fungus Blumeria graminis f.sp. hordei. J Exp Bot 62(10): 3449-3457.
   
8. Proels, R. K., Westermeier, W. and Huckelhoven, R. (2011). Infection of barley with the parasitic fungus Blumeria graminis f.sp. hordei results in the induction of HvADH1 and HvADH2. Plant Signal Behav 6(10): 1584-1587.
   
9. Proels, R. K., Oberhollenzer, K., Pathuri, I. P., Hensel, G., Kumlehn, J. and Huckelhoven, R. (2010). RBOHF2 of barley is required for normal development of penetration resistance to the parasitic fungus Blumeria graminis f. sp. hordei. Mol Plant Microbe Interact 23(9): 1143-1150.
   
10. Proels, R. K. and Roitsch, T. (2009). Extracellular invertase LIN6 of tomato: a pivotal enzyme for integration of metabolic, hormonal, and stress signals is regulated by a diurnal rhythm. J Exp Bot 60(6): 1555-1567.
    
11. Hofmann, M. G., Sinha, A. K., Proels, R. K. and Roitsch, T. (2008). Cloning and characterization of a novel LpWRKY1 transcription factor in tomato. Plant Physiol Biochem 46(5-6): 533-540.
    
12. Stenzel, I., Hause, B., Proels, R., Miersch, O., Oka, M., Roitsch, T. and Wasternack, C. (2008). The AOC promoter of tomato is regulated by developmental and environmental stimuli. Phytochemistry 69(9): 1859-1869.
    
13. Proels, R. K. and Roitsch, T. (2006). Cloning of a CACTA transposon-like insertion in intron I of tomato invertase Lin5 gene and identification of transposase-like sequences of Solanaceae species. J Plant Physiol 163(5): 562-569.
    
14. Proels, R. K., González, M.-C. and Roitsch, T. (2006). Gibberellin-dependent induction of tomato extracellular invertase Lin7 is required for pollen development. Funct Plant Bio 33(6): 547-554.
    
15. Balibrea Lara, M. E., Gonzalez Garcia, M. C., Fatima, T., Ehness, R., Lee, T. K., Proels, R., Tanner, W. and Roitsch, T. (2004). Extracellular invertase is an essential component of cytokinin-mediated delay of senescence. Plant Cell 16(5): 1276-1287.
    
16. Proels, R. K., Hause, B., Berger, S. and Roitsch, T. (2003). Novel mode of hormone induction of tandem tomato invertase genes in floral tissues. Plant Mol Biol 52(1): 191-201.
    
17. Roitsch, T., Balibrea, M. E., Hofmann, M., Proels, R. and Sinha, A. K. (2003). Extracellular invertase: key metabolic enzyme and PR protein. J Exp Bot 54(382): 513-524.
    
18. Link, V., Sinha, A. K., Vashista, P., Hofmann, M. G., Proels, R. K., Ehness, R. and Roitsch, T. (2002). A heat-activated MAP kinase in tomato: a possible regulator of the heat stress response. FEBS Lett 531(2): 179-183.