Education

Ph.D. in Botany, Institute of Botany, University of Kiel, Kiel, Germany, 1986

Current position

Assoc. Prof. at the Division of Plant Protection of the BOKU – University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna, Austria

Publications (since 2009)

1. Plattner, S., Gruber, C., Stadlmann, J., Widmann, S., Gruber, C. W., Altmann, F. and Bohlmann, H. (2015). Isolation and characterization of a thionin proprotein-processing enzyme from barley. J Biol Chem 290(29): 18056-18067.
   
2. Bohlmann, H. (2015). Introductory chapter on the basic biology of cyst nematodes. Adv Bot Res 73: 33-59.
   
3. El-Zahry, M. R., Mahmoud, A., Refaat, I. H., Mohamed, H. A., Bohlmann, H. and Lendl, B. (2015). Antibacterial effect of various shapes of silver nanoparticles monitored by SERS. Talanta 138: 183-189.
   
4. Wieczorek, K., Elashry, A., Quentin, M., Grundler, F. M., Favery, B., Seifert, G. J. and Bohlmann, H. (2014). A distinct role of pectate lyases in the formation of feeding structures induced by cyst and root-knot nematodes. Mol Plant Microbe Interact 27(9): 901-912.
   
5. Bohlmann, H. and Sobczak, M. (2014). The plant cell wall in the feeding sites of cyst nematodes. Front Plant Sci 5: 89.
   
6. Ali, M. A., Wieczorek, K., Kreil, D. P. and Bohlmann, H. (2014). The beet cyst nematode Heterodera schachtii modulates the expression of WRKY transcription factors in syncytia to favour its development in Arabidopsis roots. PLoS One 9(7): e102360.
   
7. Siddique, S., Endres, S., Sobczak, M., Radakovic, Z. S., Fragner, L., Grundler, F. M., Weckwerth, W., Tenhaken, R. and Bohlmann, H. (2014). Myo-inositol oxygenase is important for the removal of excess myo-inositol from syncytia induced by Heterodera schachtii in Arabidopsis roots. New Phytol 201(2): 476-485.
8. Shah, K. H., Almaghrabi, B. and Bohlmann, H. (2013). Comparison of expression vectors for transient expression of recombinant proteins in plants. Plant Mol Biol Report 31: 1529-1538.
   
9. Elashry, A., Okumoto, S., Siddique, S., Koch, W., Kreil, D. P. and Bohlmann, H. (2013). The AAP gene family for amino acid permeases contributes to development of the cyst nematode Heterodera schachtii in roots of Arabidopsis. Plant Physiol Biochem 70: 379-386.
   
10. Abbas, A., Plattner, S., Shah, K. H. and Bohlmann, H. (2013). Comparison of periplasmic and intracellular expression of Arabidopsis thionin proproteins in E. coli. Biotechnol Lett 35(7): 1085-1091.
    
11. Ali, M. A., Plattner, S., Radakovic, Z., Wieczorek, K., Elashry, A., Grundler, F. M., Ammelburg, M., Siddique, S. and Bohlmann, H. (2013). An Arabidopsis ATPase gene involved in nematode-induced syncytium development and abiotic stress responses. Plant J 74(5): 852-866.
    
12. Ali, M. A., Abbas, A., Kreil, D. P. and Bohlmann, H. (2013). Overexpression of the transcription factor RAP2.6 leads to enhanced callose deposition in syncytia and enhanced resistance against the beet cyst nematode Heterodera schachtii in Arabidopsis roots. BMC Plant Biol 13: 47.
13. Ali, M. A., Shah, K. H. and Bohlmann, H. (2012). pMAA-Red: a new pPZP-derived vector for fast visual screening of transgenic Arabidopsis plants at the seed stage. BMC Biotechnol 12: 37.
    
14. Siddique, S., Sobczak, M., Tenhaken, R., Grundler, F. M. and Bohlmann, H. (2012). Cell wall ingrowths in nematode induced syncytia require UGD2 and UGD3. PLoS One 7(7): e41515.
15. Siddique, S., Wieczorek, K., Szakasits, D., Kreil, D. P. and Bohlmann, H. (2011). The promoter of a plant defensin gene directs specific expression in nematode-induced syncytia in Arabidopsis roots. Plant Physiol Biochem 49(10): 1100-1107.
    
16. Siddique, S., Endres, S., Atkins, J. M., Szakasits, D., Wieczorek, K., Hofmann, J., Blaukopf, C., Urwin, P. E., Tenhaken, R., Grundler, F. M., Kreil, D. P. and Bohlmann, H. (2009). Myo-inositol oxygenase genes are involved in the development of syncytia induced by Heterodera schachtii in Arabidopsis roots. New Phytol 184(2): 457-472.
17. Szakasits, D., Heinen, P., Wieczorek, K., Hofmann, J., Wagner, F., Kreil, D. P., Sykacek, P., Grundler, F. M. and Bohlmann, H. (2009). The transcriptome of syncytia induced by the cyst nematode Heterodera schachtii in Arabidopsis roots. Plant J 57(5): 771-784.
    
18. Hofmann, J., Hess, P. H., Szakasits, D., Blochl, A., Wieczorek, K., Daxbock-Horvath, S., Bohlmann, H., van Bel, A. J. and Grundler, F. M. (2009). Diversity and activity of sugar transporters in nematode-induced root syncytia. J Exp Bot 60(11): 3085-3095.