Time:9:00-11:20AM,2014-3-11

Venue:Meeting Room 506 Institute of Hydrobiology (IHB)

Title:

1. Methods to study sensory perception in Euglena gracilis

Dr. Maria Ntefidou

Department of Cell Biology, Friedrich-Alexander-University, Erlangen，Germany

Brief Bio of Maria Ntefidou:

1988-1995  college degree of biology in Patras (Greece)

1995-2001  research assistant in Karlsruhe (Germany), topic: blood coagulation

2001-2005  PhD in Erlangen (Germany), topic: photobiology of Euglena

2005-2011 Postdoc in Houston (USA) topic: photoreceptors of algae (Anabaena, Chlamydomonas) and Archae (Halobacterium salinarum)

since 2012 Postdoc in Erlangen (Germany) topic: EuCropis and photo/gravitaxis of Euglena

2. Algae in space –Towards a bioregenerative life support system for space research

Dr. Peter Richter

Department of Cell Biology, Friedrich-Alexander-University, Erlangen，Germany

Brief Bio of Peter Richter：

1993 diploma in biology, Friedrich-Alexander-university, Erlangen and Institute of Fishery in Hoechstadt, Germany

2000 PhD in botany at the Department of Ecophysiology at the Friedrich-Alexander-University on physiology of the unicellular flagellate Euglena gracilis

Since 2000 - 2010 scientific coworker at the Department of Ecophysiology, Friedrich-Alexander-University, Erlangen

Since 2014 scientific coworker at the Department of Cell Biology, Friedrich-Alexander-University, Erlangen

Working fields: Signal transduction, plant physiology, parasitology

Recent relevant publications:

    Nasir, A., Strauch, S. M., Becker, I., Sperling, A., Schuster, M., Richter, P. R., M. Ntefidou, V. Daiker, M. Wei？kopf, A. An, X. Y. Li,Y. D. Liu, Lebert, M. (2014). The influence of microgravity on Euglena gracilis as studied on Shenzhou 8. Plant Biology, 16(s1), 113-119.

    Dachev, T., Horneck, G., H？der, D. P., Schuster, M., Richter, P., Lebert, M., & Demets, R. (2012). Time profile of cosmic radiation exposure during the EXPOSE-E mission: the R3DE instrument. Astrobiology, 12(5), 403-411.

    H？der, D. P., Richter, P., Schuster, M., Dachev, T., Tomov, B., Georgiev, P., & Matviichuk, Y. (2009). R3D-B2–Measurement of ionizing and solar radiation in open space in the BIOPAN 5 facility outside the FOTON M2 satellite. Advances in Space Research, 43(8), 1200-1211.

    Daiker, V., H？der, D. P., Richter, P. R., & Lebert, M. (2011). The involvement of a protein kinase in phototaxis and gravitaxis of Euglena gracilis. Planta, 233(5), 1055-1062.

    Daiker, V., Lebert, M., Richter, P., & H？der, D. P. (2010). Molecular characterization of a calmodulin involved in the signal transduction chain of gravitaxis in Euglena gracilis. Planta, 231(5), 1229-1236.

    Schuster, M., Dachev, T., Richter, P., & H？der, D. P. (2012). R3DE: Radiation Risk Radiometer-Dosimeter on the International Space Station—optical radiation data recorded during 18 months of EXPOSE-E exposure to open space. Astrobiology, 12(5), 393-402.

    H？der, D. P., Richter, P. R., Schuster, M., Daiker, V., & Lebert, M. (2009). Molecular analysis of the graviperception signal transduction in the flagellate Euglena gracilis: Involvement of a transient receptor potential-like channel and a calmodulin. Advances in Space Research, 43(8), 1179-1184.

    Richter, P. R., Schuster, M., Lebert, M., Streb, C., & H？der, D. P. (2007). Gravitaxis of Euglena gracilis depends only partially on passive buoyancy. Advances in Space Research, 39(7), 1218-1224.

    Azizullah, A., Richter, P., & H？der, D. P. (2012). Sensitivity of various parameters in Euglena gracilis to short-term exposure to industrial wastewaters. Journal of Applied Phycology, 24(2), 187-200.

    H？der, D. P., Richter, P. R., Strauch, S. M., & Schuster, M. (2006). Aquacells—Flagellates under long-term microgravity and potential usage for life support systems. Microgravity-Science and Technology, 18(3-4), 210-214.

    H？der, D., Daiker, V., Richter, P., & Lebert, M. (2008). Molecular Analysis of the Graviperception Signal Transduction in the Flagellate Euglena. In 37th COSPAR Scientific Assembly (Vol. 37, p. 1148).

    Lebert, M., Richter, P., & H？der, D. (2008). Photosynthetic flagellates as model systems for accessing the impact of space conditions on plants. In 37th COSPAR Scientific Assembly (Vol. 37, p. 1730).

    Ntefidou, M., Iseki, M., Watanabe, M., Lebert, M., & H？der, D. P. (2003). Photoactivated adenylyl cyclase controls phototaxis in the flagellate Euglena gracilis. Plant physiology, 133(4), 1517-1521.

    Ntefidou, M., Lüdtke, T., Ahmad, M., & H？der, D. P. (2006). Heterologous expression of photoactivated adenylyl cyclase (PAC) genes from the flagellate Euglena gracilis in insect cells. Photochemistry and photobiology, 82(6), 1601-1605.

    Ntefidou, M., & H？der, D. P. (2005). Photoactivated adenylyl cyclase (PAC) genes in the flagellate Euglena gracilis mutant strains. Photochemical & Photobiological Sciences, 4(9), 732-739.