PD Dr. Adam Schikora
Acting Head of Institute

address
Julius Kühn-Institut
Messeweg 11/12
38104 Braunschweig
Julius Kühn-Institut
Messeweg 11/12
38104 Braunschweig
Assignments and research activities:
- Leader of the Plant – Bacteria Interactions Group
- Molecular analyses of the colonization mechanisms of human pathogenic bacteria on plants
- Function of bacterial effector proteins
- Molecular studies on resistance mechanisms inducible by bacterial quorum sensing molecules
- Priming for increased resistance
- Signal cascades induced in plant cells after pathogen attack
- PrimedPlant (BMBF)
- Perception of long-chain AHL in plant cells (DFG)
- COST Action „Control of Human Pathogenic Micro-organisms in Plant Production Systems”
Boards, memberships and other activities:
- Private lecturer at the Technical University of Braunschweig
- MC of COST Action CA16110
- Associated editor of:
- Frontiers in Microbiology
- Frontiers in Plant Science
- Reviewer for various trade journals and promotional programs:
- Nature, The Plant Cell, Plant Physiology, FEMS, New Phytologist, Environmental Microbiology
- Member of the Working Group on Human Pathogens
- Member of the German Phytomedical Society (DPG)
Professional career & education, academic education and qualifications:
- 2016 Habilitation at TU Braunschweig, Germany
- 2013 Habilitation at JLU Giessen, Germany Work entitled: Plant interactions with bacteria: complex play with multiple levels
- 1998 - 2001 Ph.D. study at the Department of Plant Ecology, University of Oldenburg, Germany
- 1993 - 1998 Study of biology at the University of Warsaw, Poland
Professional career:
- since 2015 Group leader at the JKI Braunschweig Private lecturer at the TU Braunschweig
- 2013 - 2016 Private lecturer at Justus Liebig University Giessen
- 2009 - 2015 Group leader, Plant-Bacteria Interactions Group at Institute for Phytopathology, JLU Giessen, Germany
- 2007 - 2009 CNRS postdoctoral position at the Plant Genomics Research Unit, URGV, Evry, France
- 2006 - 2007 GEN-Au postdoctoral position at the Max F. Perutz Lab., VBC, Wien, Austria
- 2003 - 2005 INRA postdoctoral position at the Institute for Plant Biochemistry and Molecular Physiology (BPMP), INRA/UM-2/CNRS/Agro-M, Montpellier, France
- 2002 - 2003 Postdoctoral fellowship from the French Ministry of Research at the BPMP Institute, INRA/UM-2/CNRS/Agro-M, Montpellier, France
- 1998 - 2001 Research Assistant in the DFG-Project “Rhizodermal transfer cells” at the University of Oldenburg, Germany