I completed my MSc in Plant Molecular Biology in the laboratory of Marcelo Desimone (National University of Cordoba, Argentina) in cooperation with the Center for Plant Molecular Biology (ZMBP) in Tuebingen. In Cordoba I studied the subcellular localisation of two putative hormone transporters in Arabidopsis thaliana and Soybean. Afterwards, I re-joined the ZMBP as a PhD student in the group of Gerd Juergens. The group focuses their research on molecular mechanisms underlying the directed transport of proteins in plant cells. As part of my PhD project I analysed how small ARF-GTPases and their respective ARF-GEFs contribute to the specificity of vesicle formation in Arabidopsis thaliana. After several years of Arabidopsis research, I wanted to broaden my field of expertise, so in July 2019 I joined the Schornack group where I have the opportunity to work on various plant and microbial organisms.
Research Interests
Since July 2019 I have been working as a Postdoctoral Research Associate in the group of Sebastian Schornack. My scientific goal is to contribute to a better understanding of the regulatory mechanism underlying plant-microbe interactions by combining scientific approaches from the vesicle trafficking and plant-microbe interaction research fields. Already during my bachelor studies I was fascinated by the various abilities of plants as sessile organisms to adapt and interact with their environment. The Schornack group is interested in the identification of conserved molecular mechanism underlying plant-microbial interactions and to understand the developmental processes enabling beneficial and detrimental organisms to enter plant cells. Directed protein transport in form of vesicle trafficking is an essential process in multicellular organisms and enables interactions in form of communication and responses between plants and their partners.
Key Publications
Brumm S*, Singh MK*, Kriechbaum C, Richter S, Huhn K, Kucera T, Baumann S, Wolters H, Takada S, Jürgens G. N-terminal domain of ARF-GEF GNOM prevents heterodimerization with functionally divergent GNL1 in Arabidopsis. Plant J. 2022 Nov;112(3):772-785. doi: 10.1111/tpj.15979. Epub 2022 Oct 11. PMID: 36106415.
Tessi TM, Brumm S, Winklbauer E, Schumacher B, Pettinari G, Lescano I, González CA, Wanke D, Maurino VG, Harter K, Desimone M. Arabidopsis AZG2 transports cytokinins in vivo and regulates lateral root emergence. New Phytol. 2021 Jan;229(2):979-993. doi: 10.1111/nph.16943. Epub 2020 Oct 18. PMID: 33070379.
Brumm S, Singh MK, Nielsen ME, Richter S, Beckmann H, Stierhof YD, Fischer AM, Kumaran M, Sundaresan V, Jürgens G. Coordinated Activation of ARF1 GTPases by ARF-GEF GNOM Dimers Is Essential for Vesicle Trafficking in Arabidopsis. Plant Cell. 2020 Aug;32(8):2491-2507. doi: 10.1105/tpc.20.00240. Epub 2020 Jun 2. PMID: 32487565; PMCID: PMC7401013.
Richter, S., Kientz, M., Brumm, S., Nielsen, M.E., Park, M., Gavidia, R., Krause, C., Voss, U., Beckmann, H., Mayer, U., et al. (2014). Delivery of endocytosed proteins to the cell-division plane requires change of pathway from recycling to secretion. doi: 10.7554/eLife.02131 Elife 3, e02131.
Singh, M.K., Krüger, F., Beckmann, H., Brumm, S., Vermeer, J.E.M., Munnik, T., Mayer, U., Stierhof, Y.D., Grefen, C., Schumacher, K., et al. (2014). Protein Delivery to Vacuole Requires SAND Protein- Dependent Rab GTPase Conversion for MVB-Vacuole Fusion. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2014.05.005 Current Biology 24, 1383-1389.
