Paul Schulze-Lefert
PaulSchulze-LefertwastrainedinbiochemistryandgeneticsatMarburg,Freiburg,andCologneUniversities,Germany.AfteraPh.D.thesisoncis-andtrans-activefactorsregulatingplantgeneexpressioninresponsetolight,hebecameinterestedinfundamentalprocessescontrollingplantmicrobeinteractions.Majorresearchareasaretheinnateimmunesystemofplants,mechanismsoffungalpathogenesis,defensesuppression,andthemolecularbasisofbiotrophiclifestyle.Theresearchprogramincludesthedevelopmentofnovelquantitativenon-invasiveimagingtechnologiesandplantchemicalgeneticsastoolsforthedissectionofdynamicbiologicalprocesses.Heworkedfrom1989to1990aspostdoctoralfellowinFrancescoSalamini’sdepartmentattheMPIZCologneonthedevelopmentofDNAmarkertechnologiesinplantgenomes.In1991hestartedhisownresearchgroupattheRWTHAaachenwithafocusonplantdiseaseresistancemechanismstofungalpathogens.From1995to2000,heheldaseniorresearchpositionandsupervisedaresearchteamintheSainsburyLaboratoryattheJohnInnesCentre,England.Since2000heisheadoftheDepartmentofPlantMic