Education
Ph.D. in Biochemistry, University of Basel, Switzerland, 1995
Current position
Postdoctoral fellow, Leibniz-Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research, Department of Genebank, Corrensstr. 3, 06466 Gatersleben, Germany
Publications
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Yang, P., Lupken, T., Habekuss, A., Hensel, G., Steuernagel, B., Kilian, B., Ariyadasa, R., Himmelbach, A., Kumlehn, J., Scholz, U., Ordon, F. and Stein, N. (2014). PROTEIN DISULFIDE ISOMERASE LIKE 5-1 is a susceptibility factor to plant viruses. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 111(6): 2104-2109.
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Gawronski, P., Ariyadasa, R., Himmelbach, A., Poursarebani, N., Kilian, B., Stein, N., Steuernagel, B., Hensel, G., Kumlehn, J., Sehgal, S. K., Gill, B. S., Gould, P., Hall, A. and Schnurbusch, T. (2014). A distorted circadian clock causes early flowering and temperature-dependent variation in spike development in the Eps-3Am mutant of einkorn wheat. Genetics 196(4): 1253-1261.
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Pasquariello, M., Barabaschi, D., Himmelbach, A., Steuernagel, B., Ariyadasa, R., Stein, N., Gandolfi, F., Tenedini, E., Bernardis, I., Tagliafico, E., Pecchioni, N. and Francia, E. (2014). The barley Frost resistance-H2 locus. Funct Integr Genomics 14(1): 85-100.
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Ariyadasa, R., Mascher, M., Nussbaumer, T., Schulte, D., Frenkel, Z., Poursarebani, N., Zhou, R., Steuernagel, B., Gundlach, H., Taudien, S., Felder, M., Platzer, M., Himmelbach, A., Schmutzer, T., Hedley, P. E., Muehlbauer, G. J., Scholz, U., Korol, A., Mayer, K. F., Waugh, R., Langridge, P., Graner, A. and Stein, N. (2014). A sequence-ready physical map of barley anchored genetically by two million single-nucleotide polymorphisms. Plant Physiol 164(1): 412-423.
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Mascher, M., Muehlbauer, G. J., Rokhsar, D. S., Chapman, J., Schmutz, J., Barry, K., Munoz-Amatriain, M., Close, T. J., Wise, R. P., Schulman, A. H., Himmelbach, A., Mayer, K. F., Scholz, U., Poland, J. A., Stein, N. and Waugh, R. (2013). Anchoring and ordering NGS contig assemblies by population sequencing (POPSEQ). Plant J 76(4): 718-727.
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Mascher, M., Richmond, T. A., Gerhardt, D. J., Himmelbach, A., Clissold, L., Sampath, D., Ayling, S., Steuernagel, B., Pfeifer, M., D'Ascenzo, M., Akhunov, E. D., Hedley, P. E., Gonzales, A. M., Morrell, P. L., Kilian, B., Blattner, F. R., Scholz, U., Mayer, K. F., Flavell, A. J., Muehlbauer, G. J., Waugh, R., Jeddeloh, J. A. and Stein, N. (2013). Barley whole exome capture: a tool for genomic research in the genus Hordeum and beyond. Plant J 76(3): 494-505.
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Koppolu, R., Anwar, N., Sakuma, S., Tagiri, A., Lundqvist, U., Pourkheirandish, M., Rutten, T., Seiler, C., Himmelbach, A., Ariyadasa, R., Youssef, H. M., Stein, N., Sreenivasulu, N., Komatsuda, T. and Schnurbusch, T. (2013). Six-rowed spike4 (Vrs4) controls spikelet determinacy and row-type in barley. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 110(32): 13198-13203.
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Kapusi, E., Ma, L., Teo, C. H., Hensel, G., Himmelbach, A., Schubert, I., Mette, M. F., Kumlehn, J. and Houben, A. (2012). Telomere-mediated truncation of barley chromosomes. Chromosoma 121(2): 181-190.
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Mayer, K. F., Waugh, R., Brown, J. W., Schulman, A., Langridge, P., Platzer, M., Fincher, G. B., Muehlbauer, G. J., Sato, K., Close, T. J., Wise, R. P. and Stein, N. (2012). A physical, genetic and functional sequence assembly of the barley genome. Nature 491(7426): 711-716.
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Spies, A., Korzun, V., Bayles, R., Rajaraman, J., Himmelbach, A., Hedley, P. E. and Schweizer, P. (2011). Allele mining in barley genetic resources reveals genes of race-non-specific powdery mildew resistance. Front Plant Sci 2: 113.
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Douchkov, D., Johrde, A., Nowara, D., Himmelbach, A., Lueck, S., Niks, R. and Schweizer, P. (2011). Convergent evidence for a role of WIR1 proteins during the interaction of barley with the powdery mildew fungus Blumeria graminis. J Plant Physiol 168(1): 20-29.
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Hensel, G.*, Himmelbach, A.*, Chen, W., Douchkov, D. K. and Kumlehn, J. (2011). Transgene expression systems in the Triticeae cereals. J Plant Physiol 168(1): 30-44.
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Himmelbach, A., Liu, L., Zierold, U., Altschmied, L., Maucher, H., Beier, F., Muller, D., Hensel, G., Heise, A., Schutzendubel, A., Kumlehn, J. and Schweizer, P. (2010). Promoters of the barley germin-like GER4 gene cluster enable strong transgene expression in response to pathogen attack. Plant Cell 22(3): 937-952.
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Kocsy, G., Athmer, B., Perovic, D., Himmelbach, A., Szucs, A., Vashegyi, I., Schweizer, P., Galiba, G. and Stein, N. (2010). Regulation of gene expression by chromosome 5A during cold hardening in wheat. Mol Genet Genomics 283(4): 351-363.
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Zellerhoff, N.*, Himmelbach, A.*, Dong, W., Bieri, S., Schaffrath, U. and Schweizer, P. (2010). Nonhost resistance of barley to different fungal pathogens is associated with largely distinct, quantitative transcriptional responses. Plant Physiol 152(4): 2053-2066.
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Arend, M., Schnitzler, J. P., Ehlting, B., Hansch, R., Lange, T., Rennenberg, H., Himmelbach, A., Grill, E. and Fromm, J. (2009). Expression of the Arabidopsis mutant ABI1 gene alters abscisic acid sensitivity, stomatal development, and growth morphology in gray poplars. Plant Physiol 151(4): 2110-2119.
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Moes, D., Himmelbach, A., Korte, A., Haberer, G. and Grill, E. (2008). Nuclear localization of the mutant protein phosphatase abi1 is required for insensitivity towards ABA responses in Arabidopsis. Plant J 54(5): 806-819.
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Himmelbach, A.*, Zierold, U.*, Hensel, G., Riechen, J., Douchkov, D., Schweizer, P. and Kumlehn, J. (2007). A set of modular binary vectors for transformation of cereals. Plant Physiol 145(4): 1192-1200.
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Lange, M., Himmelbach, A., Schweizer, P. and Scholz, U. (2007). Data Linkage Graph: computation, querying and knowledge discovery of life science database networks. Journal of Integrative Bioinformatics 4(3): e68.
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Hensel, G., Marthe, C., Kusserow, A., Himmelbach, A., Borisjuk, N., Goedeke, S., Kapusi, E., Otto, I., Kaydamov, C. and Broeders, S. (2007). Transgenic barley in applied research and biotechnology. Journal für Verbraucherschutz und Lebensmittelsicherheit 2: 104-104.
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Christmann, A., Moes, D., Himmelbach, A., Yang, Y., Tang, Y. and Grill, E. (2006). Integration of abscisic acid signalling into plant responses. Plant Biol (Stuttg) 8(3): 314-325.
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Zimmermann, G., Baumlein, H., Mock, H. P., Himmelbach, A. and Schweizer, P. (2006). The multigene family encoding germin-like proteins of barley. Regulation and function in Basal host resistance. Plant Physiol 142(1): 181-192.
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Yang, Y., Sulpice, R., Himmelbach, A., Meinhard, M., Christmann, A. and Grill, E. (2006). Fibrillin expression is regulated by abscisic acid response regulators and is involved in abscisic acid-mediated photoprotection. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 103(15): 6061-6066.
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Wu, Y., Sanchez, J. P., Lopez-Molina, L., Himmelbach, A., Grill, E. and Chua, N. H. (2003). The abi1-1 mutation blocks ABA signaling downstream of cADPR action. Plant J 34(3): 307-315.
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Himmelbach, A., Yang, Y. and Grill, E. (2003). Relay and control of abscisic acid signaling. Curr Opin Plant Biol 6(5): 470-479.
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Himmelbach, A., Hoffmann, T., Leube, M., Hohener, B. and Grill, E. (2002). Homeodomain protein ATHB6 is a target of the protein phosphatase ABI1 and regulates hormone responses in Arabidopsis. EMBO J 21(12): 3029-3038.
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Park, H. S., Himmelbach, A., Browning, K. S., Hohn, T. and Ryabova, L. A. (2001). A plant viral "reinitiation" factor interacts with the host translational machinery. Cell 106(6): 723-733.
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Himmelbach, A., Benning, G., Hoffmann, T. and Grill, E. (2000). Targets of modifying plant growth and development by ABA-mediated signaling. In: Cherry et al. (eds). Plant Tolerance to Abiotic Stresses in Agriculture: Role of Genetic Engineering. NATO Science Series, 83, 223-232.
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Himmelbach, A., Iten, M. and Grill, E. (1998). Signalling of abscisic acid to regulate plant growth. Phil. Trans. R. Soc. Lond. B. Biol. Sci., 353, 1439-1444.
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Grill, E. and Himmelbach, A. (1998). ABA signal transduction. Curr Opin Plant Biol 1(5): 412-418.
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Himmelbach, A., Chapdelaine, Y. and Hohn, T. (1996). Interaction between cauliflower mosaic virus inclusion body protein and capsid protein: implications for viral assembly. Virology 217(1): 147-157.
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De Tapia, M., Himmelbach, A. and Hohn, T. (1993). Molecular dissection of the cauliflower mosaic virus translation transactivator. EMBO J 12(8): 3305-3314.
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Kondorosi, E., Györgypal, Z., Dusha, I., Baev, N., Pierre, M., Hoffmann, B., Himmelbach, A., Banfalvi, Z. and Kondorosi, A. (1990). Rhizobium meliloti nodulation genes and their regulation. In: Gresshoff, Roth, Stacey and Newton (eds). Nitrogen Fixation: Achievements and Objectives. Chapman and Hall, 207-213.