CAREER and EDUCATION
Regulatory Affairs Manager (2023 – present), KWS Group (Germany)
Postdoc in ADAPT (Accelerated Development of multiple-stress tolerant Potato) consortium (2021-2023), University of Durham (UK)
Postdoc in Plant Envirmental SIgnalling lab (2017-2020), University of Sheffield (UK)
PhD student in Plant Envirmental SIgnalling lab (2013-2017), University of Sheffield (UK)
Diploma (MSc) in Genetics. (2013), University of Vienna (Austria)
RESEARCH INTERESTS
– Mechanisms controlling BABA-induced defence priming
– Application of defence priming in tomato
PUBLICATIONS
Schwarzenbacher RE et al. & TonJ (2020). The IBI1 receptor of β-aminobutyric acid interacts with VOZ transcription factors to regulate abscisic acid signalling and callose-associated defence. Mol. Plant. 12: 1455-1469. DOI: 10.1016/j.molp.2020.07.010
Cotton TEA, …, Schwarzenbacher RE et al. “Metabolic regulation of the maize rhizobiome by benzoxazinoids” The ISME Journal (2019); doi: 10.1038/s41396-019-0375-2
Buswell W, Schwarzenbacher RE et al. “Chemical Priming of Immunity without Costs to Plant Growth.” New Phytologist (2018); doi: 10.1111/nph.15062
Williams A, Petriacq P, Schwarzenbacher RE, Beerling D, Ton J. “Mechanisms of glacial-to-future atmospheric CO2 effects on plant immunity.” New Phytologist (2018); doi: 10.1111/nph.15018
Schwarzenbacher RE, Luna E, and Ton J. “The Discovery of the BABA Receptor: Scientific Implications and Application Potential.” Frontiers in Plant Science (2014); doi:10.3389/fpls.2014.00304
Sharif
O, …, Schwarzenbacher RE, et al. “The Triggering Receptor Expressed
on Myeloid Cells 2 Inhibits Complement Component 1q Effector Mechanisms
and Exerts Detrimental Effects during Pneumococcal Pneumonia.” PLoS Pathogens (2014); doi:10.1371/journal.ppat.1004167
PREVIOUS RESEARCH EXPERIENCE
– TREM2 is a novel regulator of the NLRP3 inflammasome (Diploma thesis)
– The role of sprouty3 in Zebrafish development (Erasmus project at the University of Manchester, UK)
CONTACT
Roland Schwarzenbacher
Animal and Plant Science Department
University of Sheffield
Alfred Denny Building
Western Bank
S10 2TN
Sheffield, UK
email: r.schwarzenbacher@sheffield.ac.uk
plant environmental signalling 