Mareike Heilmann

Mareike Heilmann is a Researcher at the Institute of Biochemistry & Biotechnology (Martin-Luther-University Halle-Wittenberg), specializing in plant lipid signaling and phosphoinositide metabolism. She has led multiple research projects including AgriEXPLORE (since 2024), DFG Research Training Group 2498 (since 2019), and AgriPOLY (2018-2022), focusing on lipid biosynthesis and plant stress responses.

• Education: Biology studies (1999-2004) at Georg-August-University Göttingen
• Doctoral scholarship: Fonds of the Chemical Industry (FCI), 2005

Her research explores phosphoinositide networks in plant cell polarity and signaling, including roles in pollen tube growth, cytokinesis, and pathogen defense. She has contributed to methods for lipid analysis (e.g., solid-phase adsorption chromatography) and engineered lipid biosynthetic pathways in crops.

Recent publications examine FAD2 desaturase localization, MAPK-phosphoinositide crosstalk, and nuclear lipid signaling. Her work intersects plant physiology, membrane dynamics, and metabolic engineering for agricultural applications.

Scientific Recognition:

• Doctoral scholarship by the Fonds of the Chemical Industry (FCI) in 2005