Thilo Rühle

PD Dr. Thilo Rühle is a researcher in the Department of Plant Sciences at the Faculty of Biology, Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich. His work focuses on chloroplast biogenesis, regulation of photosynthesis, and metabolite damage-repair systems in plants.

• Academic Rank: Researcher (Temporary Senior Academic Councillor)
• Research Areas: Photosynthesis optimization, protein import into chloroplasts, CRISPR/Cas technologies, proteomics, and transcriptomics

Research Interests:
Chloroplasts, the energy-producing organelles in plants, rely on nuclear-encoded proteins and have bacterial-like machinery. His work explores novel factors in thylakoid membrane complex biogenesis and photosynthetic regulation, aiming to enhance crop efficiency under climate stress.

Publications:
Recent studies address Rubisco inhibition, ATP synthase engineering, and ancient metabolite repair pathways in Arabidopsis. These span subfields like thylakoid assembly, stress response, and chloroplast development.

Labs & Teams:
He works in the AG Leister group, focusing on plant molecular biology. His lab is located at Großhaderner Str. 2-4, Planegg-Martinsried.