Dr.habil. Maria Ntefidou
Chair of Cell Biology
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Staudtstraße 5 91058 Erlangen
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Education and Training
| 2001 – 2005 | PhD training, thesis topic: Molecular biological investigations of the photoreceptor from Euglena gracilis Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Donat-Peter Häder, Ecophysiology Division, Friedrich-Alexander University, Erlangen, Gemany |
| 1988 – 1995 | University education, diploma in Biology University Patras, Greece |
Professional Positions
| 2025 | Habilitation in Cell biology at the University of Erlangen/Nuremberg |
| seit/since 2012 | Senior Scientist at Cell Biology Division, Department of Biology, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Germany |
| 2005 – 2011 | Postdoc UTHSC Medical School, Houston, TX, USA, Dept. Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Prof. Dr. John L. Spudich |
| 1995 – 2001 | Scientific Assistant St. Vincentius Hospital, Karlsruhe, Germany, Dr. Nicodemo Weinstock |
Publications
Journal Articles
- le Bail, A., Kost, B., Nüssel, J., Lolis, T., Koch, D., Voll, H.,... Ntefidou, M. (2025). Essential developmental processes in Physcomitrium patens require distinct levels of total activity provided by functionally redundant PpROP GTPases. New Phytologist, 248, 2865-2890. https://doi.org/10.1111/nph.70603
BibTeX: Download - Kaier, A., & Ntefidou, M. (2025). The Extended Synaptotagmins of Physcomitrium patens. Plants, 14(7). https://doi.org/10.3390/plants14071027
BibTeX: Download - Ntefidou, M., Eklund, D.M., le Bail, A., Schulmeister, S., Scherbel, F., Brandl, L.,... Kost, B. (2023). Physcomitrium patens PpRIC, an ancestral CRIB-domain ROP effector, inhibits auxin-induced differentiation of apical initial cells. Cell Reports, 42(2). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.celrep.2023.112130
BibTeX: Download - Shiko, G., Paulmann, M.J., Feistel, F., Ntefidou, M., Hermann-Ene, V., Vetter, W.,... Klein, J. (2023). Occurrence and conversion of progestogens and androgens are conserved in land plants. New Phytologist. https://doi.org/10.1111/nph.19163
BibTeX: Download - Becker, I., Prasad, B., Ntefidou, M., Daiker, V., Richter, P., & Lebert, M. (2021). Agrobacterium tumefaciens‐mediated nuclear transformation of a biotechnologically important microalga—euglena gracilis. International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 22(12). https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms22126299
BibTeX: Download - le Bail, A., Schulmeister, S., Perroud, P.-F., Ntefidou, M., Rensing, S.A., & Kost, B. (2019). Analysis of the Localization of Fluorescent PpROP1 and PpROP-GEF4 Fusion Proteins in Moss Protonemata Based on Genomic “Knock-In” and Estradiol-Titratable Expression. Frontiers in Plant Science, 10. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2019.00456
BibTeX: Download - Grebnev, G., Ntefidou, M., & Kost, B. (2017). Secretion and Endocytosis in Pollen Tubes: Models of Tip Growth in the Spot Light. Frontiers in Plant Science, 8. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2017.00154
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