Anne Harzen

The paper investigates the evolution of osmotic stress response pathways in plants by studying zygnematophytes and their homologous ABA-independent kinase systems.

This study shows that increasing phenylalanine biosynthesis boosts light-stress-driven phenylpropanoid production in Arabidopsis by enhancing PAL activity and specific metabolite accumulation under high-light conditions.

The paper uses multi-omics analysis on M. polymorpha mutants to show that FER and MRI negatively regulate ABA-related growth responses and defense networks.

This study shows CRK2 phosphorylates and sequesters QSK1 at the plasma membrane, preventing callose deposition at plasmodesmata under normal conditions, and its dephosphorylation allows QSK1 relocalization during osmotic stress.

This study shows that the SERK-BIR module regulates development and immunity in liverworts, suggesting its conservation from the last common ancestor of land plants.