Unit of Plant Molecular Cell Biology

Head of Unit
Prof. Dr. Ralph Panstruga
Institute for Biology I
Unit of Plant Molecular Cell Biology
Worringerweg 1
52056 Aachen
Germany
Tel. +49 (0)241 80 26655
Fax +49 (0)241 80 22637
e-mail: panstruga@bio1.rwth-aachen.de

Building (5)42A, room 211 (map) (directions)

Office hours (student issues):
Upon request

Office hours secretariat (Ms. Katrin Wysgol):
Monday and Tuesday 11:00 h-15:00 h
Wednesday 08:00-11:00 h
Friday 11:00-13:30 h
Tel. + 49 (0)241 80 26633

      

Latest Publications   Latest Publications   Latest Publications

Munch, D., Rubiato, H., Kwaaitaal, M., Reinstädler, R., Panstruga, R., and Nielsen, M. 2026.
Distinct membrane trafficking pathways defined by the requirement for GNOM or BIG1 to BIG4 mediate pre-invasive
immunity towards filamentous fungal pathogens.
New Phytologist 250: 472-486.

Loos, A., Doykova, E., Qian, J., Kümmel, F., Ibrahim, H., Kiss, L., Panstruga, R., and Kusch, S. 2025.
Saprotrophic Arachnopeziza species as new resources to study the obligate biotrophic lifestyle of powdery mildew fungi.
Molecular Ecology Resources 25: e70045

Qian, J., Xue, H., Ou, S., Mann, L., Storer, J., Fürtauer, L., Heitkam, T., Wildermuth, M., Kusch, S.,
and Panstruga, R. 2025.
TEtrimmer: A tool to automate the manual curation of transposable elements.
Nature Communications 16: 8429.

Panstruga, R., Fürst-Jansen, J., and de Vries, J. 2025.
Plant terrestrialization: Piecing together streptophyte trait evolution. An introduction to a Virtual Issue.
New Phytologist 247: 1963-1970

Sabelleck, B., Freh, M., Lammertz, M., Browatzki, J., Vllaho, A.-M., Pislewska-Bednarek, M., Bednarek, P.,
and Panstruga, R. 2025.
Thiamine is a vitamin for plant-pathogenic powdery mildew fungi.
iScience 28: 113123.

Spiller, L., Zhang, L., Gerra, S., Stoppe, C., Scheiermann, P., Calandra, T., Lolis, E., Panstruga, R., Bernhagen, J.,
and Hoffmann, A. 2025.
Synergistic enhancement of MIF-mediated acute lung injury by its plant ortholog MDL1 in vivo.
FASEB Journal 39: e70489.

Sabelleck, B., Deb, S., Levecque, S. C. J., Freh, M., Reinstädler, A., Spanu, P. D., Thordal-Christensen, H.,
and Panstruga, R. 2025.
A powdery mildew core effector protein targets the host endosome tethering complexes HOPS and CORVET in barley.
Plant Physiology 197: kiaf067.