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Prof. Dr. Klaus Harter is a Professor at the University of Tübingen, affiliated with the Center for Molecular Biology of Plants (ZMBP) within the Faculty of Science. His research focuses on plant signal perception, integration, and transduction mechanisms, particularly plant two-component systems (TCS) and bZIP transcription factor regulation. He leads a research group investigating how plants adapt to environmental and developmental signals through molecular networks involving histidine kinases, response regulators, and transcription factors. His work combines cutting-edge methods like bimolecular fluorescence complementation (BiFC), proteomics, and bioinformatics to study processes such as calcium signaling, hormonal regulation, and gene expression networks.
Education and affiliations include roles at the ZMBP Plant Physiology department. Key research areas include understanding TCS-mediated signal integration in plant growth and stress responses, post-translational regulation of transcription factors, and systems biology approaches to model gene regulatory networks. Collaborations with institutions like the University of Münster (Prof. Kudla) highlight expertise in signal transduction. Students advised include Amelie Spazierer (PhD candidate).
Publications span over two decades, with recent works on AHK5 phosphorelay mechanisms, cytokinin-ethylene interactions, and brassinosteroid signaling. His lab develops novel imaging and molecular tools (e.g., BiFC, qDPI-ELISA) to study protein interactions and gene regulation. Research also addresses bioinformatic integration of genomic data to model plant response networks, emphasizing chromatin dynamics and epigenetic regulation.
