Susanne Berger

Susanne Berger is an Associate Professor at the Chair of Pharmaceutical Biology within the Julius von Sachs Institute of Biosciences at the University of Würzburg. Her research focuses on oxylipin signaling, lipid metabolism, and stress responses in plants.

• Institution: University of Würzburg
• Department: Pharmaceutical Biology
• Academic Rank: Associate Professor
• Email: susanne.berger@uni-wuerzburg.de

Her work explores the role of oxylipins like jasmonic acid in regulating plant growth, development, and stress responses. Using Arabidopsis thaliana and Marchantia polymorpha as model organisms, she investigates lipid oxidation, signal transduction pathways, and stress tolerance mechanisms.

Key research themes include:

• Elucidating oxylipin signal transduction via mutant screens
• Identifying conserved signaling factors across plant species
• Studying lipid accumulation under biotic/abiotic stress

Recent publications highlight advances in understanding:

• Pathogen-induced triacylglycerol metabolism
• Role of zinc finger proteins in oxylipin signaling
• Evolutionary conservation of stress response pathways

Her experimental approaches integrate transcriptomics, metabolomics, and CRISPR/Cas technology.