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Barbara Pfister

ETH ZurichORCID 0000-0002-4183-9625Unclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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Research Focus:cell type annotation· 3 Approach:experimental assay· 3 Assay:proteomics· 3 Research Focus:protein folding & dynamics· 2 Organism:Arabidopsis· 1 Approach:biophysical modeling· 1 Research Focus:cell signaling & trafficking· 1 Research Focus:gene regulatory network inference· 1

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Adam P. GicgieriD· 1 shared Andrea FontanaiD· 1 shared Anke Trautwein‐SchultiD· 1 shared Axel Mithoefer· 1 shared Benedikt H. WimmeriD· 1 shared Bernhard WurzingeriD· 1 shared Chun LiuiD· 1 shared Dominic Kuang· 1 shared

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OEF18 is a membrane-anchored organellar Ca{superscript 2}⁺ sensor linking calcium signaling to jasmonate-mediated defense and stress acclimation

Simon Stael, Przemyslaw Kmiecik, Bernhard Wurzinger, Shuolin Qi, Dominic Kuang, Elena Sánchez Martín‐Fontecha, Roman G. Bayer, Barbara Pfister, Michael Reichelt, Ingo Ebersberger, Inge De Clercq, Axel Mithoefer, Markus Teige

This paper identifies OEF18 as a membrane-anchored Ca²⁺ sensor in chloroplasts and peroxisomes that links calcium signaling to jasmonate-mediated defense and stress responses in plants.

bioRxiv · Aug 18, 2026 · PreprintPlant Biology

Maturase K forms a plastidial splicing complex with a neofunctionalized branching enzyme

Yuanyuan Liang, Yang Gao, Andrea Fontana, Melanie R. Abt, Adam P. Gicgier, Muriel Gehring, Chun Liu, Mayank Sharma, Reimo Zoschke, Samuel C. Zeeman, Barbara Pfister

The paper identifies MKIP1 as a plastid-localized protein that interacts with MatK to facilitate chloroplast intron splicing, showing functional divergence from canonical branching enzymes.

Nature Communications · Mar 23, 2026Peer-reviewedPlant Biology

Spatial constraints drive amylosome-mediated resistant starch degradation by Ruminococcus bromii in the human colon

Benedikt H. Wimmer, Sarah Moraïs, Itai Amit, Omar Eduardo Tovar-Herrera, Meltem Tatlı, Anke Trautwein‐Schult, Barbara Pfister, Ran Zalk, Paloma Tödtli, Sebastian Simoni, Matteo Lisibach, Liron Levin, Dörte Becher, Edward A. Bayer, Ohad Medalia, Itzhak Mizrahi

The paper investigates how spatial constraints and enzyme composition regulate amylosome-mediated resistant starch degradation by Ruminococcus bromii in the human colon.

Nature Communications · Nov 26, 2025Peer-reviewedMicrobiology