Markus Schmid

The plant sciences have been the focus of my interest since early on in my academic career. Over the years, I have become particularly fascinated by the phenotypic plasticity that allows plants to adapt to a wide range of sometimes harsh and adverse environmental conditions. This fascinating topic, with all its ecological and economic implications, has been the focus of my research since the veery beginning.

A fundamental difference between the development of plants and most animals is that the former maintains the potential to form new organs throughout their life. This capacity not only endows plants with the ability for continued growth, but also provides them with the means to rapidly and flexibly adjust to changes in their environment, resulting in a high degree of phenotypic plasticity. The aim of our research is to understand the molecular mechanisms that controls plant development in response to environmental stimuli.

• Since 2023: Professor, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Uppsala, Sweden
• Since 2015: Professor, Umeå University, Sweden
• 2018-2021: visiting PI, BAICTBMD, Beijing Forestry University, PR China
• 2002-2015: Group Leader, MPI for Developmental Biology, Tübingen, Germany
• 2000-2002: Research Fellow, Salk Institute for Biological Studies, La Jolla, CA, USA
• 1999-2000: Research Associate, Dept. of Botany, TU Munich, Germany
• 1999: Dr. rer. nat., Plant Biology, TU Munich, Germany
• 1996: Diploma, Botany, TU Munich, Germany

1. El Arbi, N., Nardeli, S. N., Simura, J., Ljung. K., Schmid, M. (2024) The Arabidopsis splicing factor PORCUPINE/SmE1 orchestrates temperature-dependent root development via auxin homeostasis maintenance. New Phytologist, 244, 1408-1421. doi: 10.1111/nph.20153
2. Capovilla, G., Delhomme, N., Collani, S., Shutava, I., Bezrukov, I., Symeonidi, E., de Francisco Amorim, M., Laubinger, S., Schmid, M. (2018) PORCUPINE regulates development in response to temperature through alternative splicing. Nature Plants, 4, 534-539. doi: 10.1038/s41477-018-0176-z.
3. Posé, D., Verhage, L., Ott, F., Yant, L., Mathieu, J., Angenent, G. C., Immink, R. G. H., Schmid, M. (2013) Temperature-dependent regulation of flowering by antagonistic FLM variants. Nature, 503, 414-417.
4. Wahl, V., Ponnu, P., Schlereth, A., Arrivault, S., Langenecker, T., Franke, A., Feil, R., Lunn, J. E., Stitt, M., Schmid, M. (2013) Regulation of flowering by trehalose-6-phosphate signaling in Arabidopsis thaliana. Science, 339, 704-707.
5. Mathieu, J., Warthmann, N., Küttner, F., Schmid, M. (2007) Export of FT protein from phloem companion cells is sufficient for floral induction in Arabidopsis. Current Biology, 17, 1055-1060.

Publication list, Markus Schmid

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