Dr. Katja Richert-Pöggeler
Senior scientist

address
Julius Kühn-Institut
Messeweg 11/12
38104 Braunschweig
Julius Kühn-Institut
Messeweg 11/12
38104 Braunschweig
Assignments and research activities:
- Head of electron microscopy
- Ultra-structural analyses of host-pathogen interactions
- Virus diagnostics in crop plants and quality control of reference material • Research on viruses in ornamental plants
- Studies on pararetroviruses and lateral DNA transfer
- Focus on virus diversity as determined by abiotic and biotic agents
- Current projects: o Tools for quality improvement in breeding and propagating garlic comprising cultivation as well as virus diagnostics. (BMEL/BLE)
- Boards, memberships and other activities:
- Caulimoviridae Study Group of the International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses (ICTV)
- Gesellschaft für Genetik
- Verband Biologie, Biowissenschaften und Biomedizin e. V., VBIO
- American Society for Virology
- American Phytopathological Society
- Reviewer for:
Annals of Botany, Archives Virology, European Journal of Plant Pathology, Journal of Phytopathology, Journal of Plant Diseases and Protection, Scientific reports, Virus Disease, Virus Genes, Virus Research and Viruses - Teaching:
- Plant virology at University of Kassel Since WS
- 2013: Teaching “Introduction of Plant Virology” with lectures, seminars in Kassel and a practical course in Braunschweig
- 2005: “Methods in molecular biology to analyse transgenic plants”, in frame of Swiss-Indo Collaboration for Biotechnology (ISCB) at the University of Madurai, India
- Meetings:
Professional career & education:
- Since 2007: Head of electron microscopy at Institute for Epidemiology and Pathogen Diagnostics of the JKI, Braunschweig, Germany
- 2006 - 2007: Research associate, IPK Gatersleben, Gatersleben, Germany
- 2003 - 2006: Research associate, Plant Health Unit, Botanical Institute, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland
- 2000 - 2003: Research associate, Plant Molecular Virology Group, Friedrich Miescher Institute, Basel, Switzerland
- 1998 - 1999: Research associate, Department of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, University of South Alabama, Mobile, Alabama, USA
- 1993 - 1997: Postdoctoral fellow, Department of Plant Pathology, University of Kentucky, Lexington, USA
- 1993: Doctoral degree (Dr. sc. agr.) in Plant Pathology at the University of Georg August University of Göttingen, Germany
- 1990 - 1993: Research assistant in the team of Prof. Dr. R. Casper at the Institute of Biochemistry and Plant Virology, Federal Biological Research Center for Agriculture and Forestry, Braunschweig, Germany
- 1987: Diploma of Agriculture, Georg August University of Göttingen, Germany