Michael Schroda

Deleting 27 CDIP-candidate genes (26 confirmed CDIPs) and two phytotoxin biosynthesis genes in Botrytis cinerea nearly abolishes apple infection but leaves slow leaf lesions, pointing to redundant, unidentified host-killing factors.

Depletion of chloroplast HSP70B causes cell division arrest, proteostasis collapse, impaired VIPP1 oligomer dynamics with aberrant thylakoid structures, and increased light sensitivity.

The paper describes a simple, fast, and efficient electroporation protocol for Chlamydomonas reinhardtii strains with an intact cell wall, achieving high transformation efficiency without cell wall digestion or commercial kits.

This study investigates the function of CDJ5 in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii by comparing its proxiomes with and without a functional 4Fe-4S cluster, revealing its role in chloroplast microcompartment localization and photosynthetic processes.

The Chlamydomonas psb28 mutant shows severe PSII assembly defects, and complexome profiling identifies TEF5 as a novel PSII assembly factor involved in CP47 assembly.

This study introduces a method to produce phycoerythrobilin in Synechocystis, demonstrating its biosynthesis and attachment to phycocyanin subunits, with minimal impact on physiological functions.

The paper identifies new substrates of the chloroplast CPN60 chaperonin machinery using competition co-immunoprecipitation and mass spectrometry in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii.

This study produces functional, full-length SARS-CoV-2 spike protein in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii, a cost-effective alga, and demonstrates its interaction with ACE2.

The paper investigates the virulence of Botrytis cinerea by generating multiple knockout mutants, revealing high redundancy in phytotoxic compounds that drive necrotrophic infection.

The paper identifies early gut biomarkers for Parkinson's disease in mice and humans using a transgenic model and molecular profiling.