PD Dr. Adam Schikora
Deputy Head of Institute / Institute for Epidemiology and Pathogen Diagnostics
Contact
- Telephone: +49 3946 47-6170
- E-mail: adam.schikora@julius-kuehn.de
Address
Julius Kühn-Institut
Institute for Epidemiology and Pathogen Diagnostics
Messeweg 11/12
38104 Braunschweig
Julius Kühn-Institut
Institute for Epidemiology and Pathogen Diagnostics
Messeweg 11/12
38104 Braunschweig
Tasks
- Interaction between plants and bacteria
- Molecular analyzes of the colonization mechanisms of human pathogenic bacteria on plants
- Function of bacterial effector proteins
- Molecular studies on resistance mechanisms inducible by bacterial quorum sensing molecules
- Priming for increased resistance
- Signal cascades induced in plant cells after pathogen attack
Projects:
- PrimedPlant (BMBF)
- Perception of long-chain AHL in plant cells (DFG)
Memberships
- Privatdozent/lecturer at the Technical University of Braunschweig
- MC of COST Action CA16110
- Member of the Working Group “Human Pathogens on Crop Plants”
- Member of the German Phytomedical Society (DPG)
Scientific publication and communication networks
- ResearchGate: Adam_Schikora
- OpenAgrar: View publications