Education
Doc. rer. nat., FSU, Jena, DE, 2007
Current position
Junior professor of Molecular Ecology, Institute of Biology, Freie Universität Berlin, DE (01/2009-present)
Publications (since 2004)
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Lortzing, T., Calf, O. W., Bohlke, M., Schwachtje, J., Kopka, J., Geuss, D., Kosanke, S., van Dam, N. M. and Steppuhn, A. (2016). Extrafloral nectar secretion from wounds of Solanum dulcamara. Nat Plants 2(5): 16056.
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Lortzing, T. and Steppuhn, A. (2016). Jasmonate signalling in plants shapes plant-insect interaction ecology. Current Opinion in Insect Science. 14: 32–39
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Pappas, M. L., Steppuhn, A. and Broufas, G. D. (2016). The role of phytophagy by predators in shaping plant interactions with their pests. Commun Integr Biol 9(2): e1145320.
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Nguyen, D., D'Agostino, N., Tytgat, T. O., Sun, P., Lortzing, T., Visser, E. J., Cristescu, S. M., Steppuhn, A., Mariani, C., van Dam, N. M. and Rieu, I. (2016). Drought and flooding have distinct effects on herbivore-induced responses and resistance in Solanum dulcamara. Plant Cell Environ. (Epub ahead of print)
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Bandoly, M., Grichnik, R., Hilker, M. and Steppuhn, A. (2016). Priming of anti-herbivore defence in Nicotiana attenuata by insect oviposition: herbivore-specific effects. Plant Cell Environ 39(4): 848-859.
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Bandoly, M. and Steppuhn, A. (2016). A push-button: Spodoptera exigua oviposition on Nicotiana attenuata dose-independently primes the feeding-induced plant defense. Plant Signal Behav 11(1): e1114198.
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Hilker, M., Schwachtje, J., Baier, M., Balazadeh, S., Baurle, I., Geiselhardt, S., Hincha, D. K., Kunze, R., Mueller-Roeber, B., Rillig, M. C., Rolff, J., Romeis, T., Schmulling, T., Steppuhn, A., van Dongen, J., Whitcomb, S. J., Wurst, S., Zuther, E. and Kopka, J. (2015). Priming and memory of stress responses in organisms lacking a nervous system. Biol Rev Camb Philos Soc. (Epub ahead of print)
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andoly, M., Hilker, M. and Steppuhn, A. (2015). Oviposition by Spodoptera exigua on Nicotiana attenuata primes induced plant defence against larval herbivory. Plant J 83(4): 661-672.
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Pappas, M. L., Steppuhn, A., Geuss, D., Topalidou, N., Zografou, A., Sabelis, M. W. and Broufas, G. D. (2015). Beyond Predation: The Zoophytophagous Predator Macrolophus pygmaeus Induces Tomato Resistance against Spider Mites. PLoS One 10(5): e0127251.
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Kumar, P., Pandit, S. S., Steppuhn, A. and Baldwin, I. T. (2014). Natural history-driven, plant-mediated RNAi-based study reveals CYP6B46's role in a nicotine-mediated antipredator herbivore defense. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 111(4): 1245-1252.
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Gaquerel, E., Steppuhn, A. and Baldwin, I. T. (2012). Nicotiana attenuata alpha-DIOXYGENASE1 through its production of 2-hydroxylinolenic acid is required for intact plant defense expression against attack from Manduca sexta larvae. New Phytol 196(2): 574-585.
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Steppuhn, A., Gaquerel, E. and Baldwin, I. T. (2010). The two alpha-dox genes of Nicotiana attenuata: overlapping but distinct functions in development and stress responses. BMC Plant Biol 10: 171.
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Steppuhn A. & Baldwin I.T. (2008) Induced Defenses and the Cost-Benefit Paradigm. In: Schaller, A. (ed). Induced plant resistance to herbivory. Springer, 61-83.
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Steppuhn, A., Schuman, M. C. and Baldwin, I. T. (2008). Silencing jasmonate signalling and jasmonate-mediated defences reveals different survival strategies between two Nicotiana attenuata accessions. Mol Ecol 17(16): 3717-3732.
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Steppuhn, A. and Baldwin, I. T. (2007). Resistance management in a native plant: nicotine prevents herbivores from compensating for plant protease inhibitors. Ecol Lett 10(6): 499-511.
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Roda, A., Halitschke, R., Steppuhn, A. and Baldwin, I. T. (2004). Individual variability in herbivore-specific elicitors from the plant's perspective. Mol Ecol 13(8): 2421-2433.
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Steppuhn, A., Gase, K., Krock, B., Halitschke, R. and Baldwin, I. T. (2004). Nicotine's defensive function in nature. PLoS Biol 2(8): E217.