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Dr. Markus GREBE, Associate Professor
Academic Education and Career
20072003-2007
2000-2003
1999
Associate Professor, UPSC, Dept. of Plant Physiology, Umeå University, Sweden.
Research group leader. UPSC, Dept. of Forest Genetics & Plant Physiology, SLU
Umeå, Sweden.
Postdoctoral Fellow, Utrecht University, The Netherlands. Advisor: Prof. Dr. Ben
Scheres.
PhD, University of Tübingen, Germany. Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Gerd Jürgens.
Commissions of Trust (2003-2010)
2006Academic Editor for the journal: Public Library of Science ONE (PLoS ONE)
2007Steering Board Member Integrated Electron Microscopy Platform, Umeå University
Reviewer Assignments (2003-2010)
Journals:
Cell, Science, Nature Cell Biology, Developmental Cell, Current
Biology, PNAS, Development, Journal of Cell Science, PLoS ONE, Plant
Cell, Plant Journal, Plant Physiology, Plant Molecular Biology, Plant &
Cell Physiology, The New Phytologist, Planta, Cell Research, Cell
Motility Cytoskeleton, BBA-Biomembranes, Protoplasma, Molecular
Genetics & Genomics, Trends in Cell Biology, Trends in Plant Sciences
Grant Proposals for
Research Councils:
BBSRC (U.K.), DFG (Germany), ESF (European Union), Human
Frontiers in Science Programme, NSERC (Canada), NSF (U.S.), NWO
(The Netherlands)
LIST OF PUBLICATIONS
Primary Research Articles in Peer-Reviewed Journals
1.
Boutté Y, Frescatada-Rosa M, Men S, Chow CM, Ebine K, Gustavsson A, Johansson L, Ueda
T, Moore I, Jürgens G, and Grebe M* (2010) Endocytosis restricts Arabidopsis KNOLLE
syntaxin to the cell division plane during late cytokinesis. EMBO Journal 29, 546-558.
2.
Petersson SV, Johansson AI, Kowalczyk M, Makoveychuk A, Wang JY, Moritz T, Grebe M,
Benfey PN, Sandberg G, and Ljung K (2009) An auxin gradient and maximum in the
Arabidopsis root apex shown by high-resolution cell-specific analysis of IAA distribution and
synthesis. Plant Cell 21, 1659-1668.
3.
Ikeda Y, Men S, Fischer U, Stepanova AN, Alonso JM, Ljung K, and Grebe M* (2009) Local
auxin biosynthesis modulates gradient-directed planar polarity in Arabidopsis. Nature Cell
Biology 11, 731-738.
4.
Singh S, Fischer U, Singh M, Grebe M, Marchant A (2008) Insight into the early steps of root
hair formation revealed by the procuste1 cellulose synthase mutant of Arabidopsis thaliana.
BMC Plant Biology 8, 57.
5.
Men S, Boutté Y, Ikeda Y, Li X, Palme K, Stierhof Y-D, Hartmann M-A, Moritz T, and Grebe
M* (2008) Sterol-dependent endocytosis mediates post-cytokinetic acquisition of PIN2 auxin
efflux carrier polarity. Nature Cell Biology 10, 237-244.
6.
Fischer U, Ikeda Y, Ljung K, Serralbo O, Singh M, Heidstra R, Palme K, Scheres B, and
Grebe M* (2006) Vectorial information for Arabidopsis planar polarity is mediated by
combined AUX1, EIN2 and GNOM activity. Current Biology 16, 2143-2149.
7.
Villarejo A, Burén S, Larsson S, Déjardin A, Monné M, Rudhe C, Karlsson J, Jansson S,
Lerouge P, Rolland N, von Heijne G, Grebe M, Bako L, and Samuelsson G (2005) Evidence
for a protein transported through the secretory pathway en route to the higher plant chloroplast.
Nature Cell Biology 7, 1124-1131.
8.
Grebe M*, Xu J, Möbius W, Ueda T, Nakano A, Geuze HJ, Rook MB, and Scheres B (2003)
Arabidopsis sterol endocytosis involves actin-mediated trafficking via ARA6-positive early
endosomes. Current Biology 13, 1378-1387.
9.
Willemsen V, Friml J, Grebe M, van den Toorn A, Palme K, Scheres B (2003) Cell polarity
and PIN protein positioning in Arabidopsis require STEROL METHYLTRANSFERASE1 function. Plant Cell 15, 612-625.
10. Grebe M, Friml J, Swarup R, Ljung K, Sandberg G, Terlou M, Palme K, Bennett MJ, Scheres
B (2002) Cell polarity signaling in Arabidopsis involves a BFA-sensitive auxin influx pathway.
Current Biology 12, 329-334.
11. Heese M, Gansel X, Sticher L, Wick P, Grebe M, Granier F, Jürgens G (2001) Functional
characterization of the KNOLLE-interacting t-SNARE AtSNAP33 and its role in plant
cytokinesis. Journal of Cell Biology 155, 239-250.
12. Grebe M, Gadea J, Steinmann T, Kientz M, Rahfeld J-U, Salchert K, Koncz C, Jürgens G
(2000) A conserved domain of the Arabidopsis GNOM protein mediates subunit interaction
and cyclophilin 5 binding. Plant Cell 12, 343-356.
13. Steinmann T, Geldner N, Grebe M, Mangold S, Jackson CL, Paris S, Gälweiler L, Palme K,
Jürgens G (1999) Coordinated polar localization of auxin efflux carrier PIN1 by GNOM ARF
GEF. Science 286, 316-318.
Review Articles in Peer-Reviewed Journals
14. Pietra S and Grebe M* (2010) Auxin paves the way for planar morphogenesis. Cell 143, 2931.
15. Grebe M* (2010) Cell polarity: Lateral perspectives. Current Biology 20, R446-R448.
16. Boutté Y and Grebe M* (2009) Cellular processes relying on sterol function in plants. Current
Opinion Plant Biology 12, 705-713.
17. Boutté Y, Ikeda Y, Grebe M* (2007) Mechanisms of auxin-dependent cell and tissue
polarity. Current Opinion Plant Biology 10, 616-623.
18. Fischer U, Ikeda Y, Grebe M* (2007) Planar polarity of root hair positioning in Arabidopsis.
Biochemical Society Transactions 35, 149-151.
19. Friml J, Benfey P, Benkova E, Bennett M, Berleth T, Geldner N, Grebe M, Heisler M,
Hejatko J, Jürgens G, Laux T, Lindsey K, Lukowitz W, Luschnig C, Offringa R, Scheres
B, Swarup R, Torres-Ruiz R, Weijers D, Zazimalova E (2006) Apical-basal polarity: why
plant cells don't stand on their heads. Trends Plant Science 11, 12-14.
20. Grebe M* (2005) Growth by auxin: When a weed needs acid. Science 310, 60-61.
21. Fischer U, Men S, Grebe M* (2004) Lipid function in plant cell polarity. Current Opinion
Plant Biology 7, 670-676.
22. Grebe M* (2004) Ups and downs of planar and tissue polarity in plants. Bioessays 26, 719729.
23. Grebe M, Xu J, Scheres B (2001) Cell axiality and polarity in plants – adding pieces to the
puzzle. Current Opinion Plant Biology 4, 520-526.
24. Jürgens G, Grebe M, Steinmann T (1997) Establishment of cell polarity during early plant
development. Current Opinion Cell Biology 9, 849-852.
*author for correspondence M.G.