Dr. Martin Schäfer

Dr. Martin Schäfer

Hüfferstr. 1
48149 Münster

Academic Profile

External Profile

  • CV

    Academic Education

    Doctoral researcher, Friedrich-Schiller-University, Jena, PhD Thesis: “The role of cytokinins in plant-herbivore interactions: Response to herbivory and effects on plant defense”, MPI for Chemical Ecology, Department of Molecular Ecology, Jena
    Diploma-student (Biology), Friedrich-Schiller-University, Jena, Diploma thesis: “Early signaling events in the herbivore defense response of Arabidopsis thaliana“, MPI for Chemical Ecology, Department of Molecular Ecology, Jena

    Positions

    Postdoctoral researcher, University of Münster, Institute for Evolution und Biodiversity, Münster
    Postdoctoral researcher, MPI for Chemical Ecology, Department of Molecular Ecology, Jena
    Postdoctoral researcher, MPI for Chemical Ecology, Department of Molecular Ecology, Jena
    Doctoral researcher (PhD), MPI for Chemical Ecology, Department of Molecular Ecology, Jena

    Honors

    Reinhold-von-Sengbusch Prize for posters – 26. Conference Molecular Biology of Plants - - sponsored by the family von Sengbusch

    External Function

    Member of the German Society for Plant Sciences (Deutsche Botanische Gesellschaft, DBG)

  • Publications

    • Heiling S, Llorca LC, Li J, Gase K, Schmidt A, Schäfer M, Schneider B, Halitschke R, Gaquerel E, Baldwin IT. . ‘Specific decorations of 17-hydroxygeranyllinalool diterpene glycosides solve the autotoxicity problem of chemical defense in Nicotiana attenuata.’ The Plant cell 2021. doi: 10.1093/plcell/koab048.
    • Ke L, Wang Y, Schäfer M, Städler T, Zeng R, Fabian J, Pulido H, De Moraes CM, Song Y, Xu S. . ‘Transcriptomic profiling reveals shared signalling networks between flower development and herbivory-induced responses in tomato .’ Frontiers in Plant Science 12: 722810. doi: 10.3389/fpls.2021.722810.

    • Cortés Llorca L, Li R, Yon F, Schäfer M, Halitschke R, Robert CA, Kim S‐G, Baldwin IT. . ‘ZEITLUPE facilitates the rhythmic movements of Nicotiana attenuata flowers.’ The Plant journal 2020. doi: 10.1111/tpj.14732.
    • Hauslage Jens, Görög Mark, Krause Lars, Schüler Oliver, Schäfer Martin, Witten Anika, Kesseler Leona, Böhmer Maik, Hemmersbach Ruth. . ‘ARABIDOMICS—A new experimental platform for molecular analyses of plants in drop towers, on parabolic flights, and sounding rockets.’ Review of Scientific Instruments 91, № 3. doi: 10.1063/1.5120573.

    • Mindt E, Wang M, Schäfer M, Halitschke R, Baldwin IT. . ‘Quantification of Blumenol Derivatives as Leaf Biomarkers for Plant-AMF Association.’ Bio-protocol 9, № 14: e3301. doi: 10.21769/BioProtoc.3301.

    • Wang M, Schäfer M, Li D, Halitschke R, Dong C, McGale E, Paetz C, Song Y, Li S, Dong J, Heiling S, Groten K, Franken P, Bitterlich M, Harrison MJ, Paszkowski U, Baldwin IT. . ‘Blumenols as shoot markers of root symbiosis with arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi.’ eLife 7: e37093. doi: 10.7554/eLife.37093.
    • Brütting C, Crava CM, Schäfer M, Schuman MC, Meldau S, Adam N, Baldwin IT. . ‘Cytokinin transfer by a free-living mirid to Nicotiana attenuata recapitulates a strategy of endophytic insects.’ eLife 7, № e36268. doi: 10.7554/eLife.36268.

    • Brütting C, Schäfer M, Vanková R, Gase K, Baldwin IT, Meldau S. . ‘Changes in cytokinins are sufficient to alter developmental patterns of defense metabolites in Nicotiana attenuata.’ The Plant Journal 89, № 1: 15–30. doi: 10.1111/tpj.13316.
    • Schäfer M, Meldau S. . ‘Real-Time Genetic Manipulations of the Cytokinin Pathway: A Tool for Laboratory and Field Studies.’ In Auxins and Cytokinins in Plant Biology: Methods and Protocols, edited by Dandekar T., Naseem M. (eds), 127–139. doi: 10.1007/978-1-4939-6831-2_10.
    • Li R, Wang M, Wang Y, Schuman MC, Weinhold A, Schäfer M, Jiménez-Alemán GH, Barthel A, Baldwin IT. . ‘Flower-specific jasmonate signaling regulates constitutive floral defenses in wild tobacco.’ Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 114, № 34: E7205–E7214. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1703463114.
    • Schäfer M, Brütting C, Xu S, Ling Z, Steppuhn A, Baldwin IT, Schuman MC. . ‘NaMYB8 regulates distinct, optimally distributed herbivore defense traits.’ Journal of Integrative Plant Biology 59, № 12: 844–850. doi: 10.1111/jipb.12593.

    • Schäfer M, Brütting C, Baldwin IT, Kallenbach M. . ‘High-throughput quantification of more than 100 primary-and secondary-metabolites, and phytohormones by a single solid-phase extraction based sample preparation with analysis by UHPLC-HESI-MS/MS.’ Plant Methods 12, № 1: 30. doi: 10.1186/s13007-016-0130-x.

    • Schäfer M. . The role of cytokinins in plant-herbivore interactions: Response to herbivory and effects on plant defense Dissertation thesis, Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena.
    • Schäfer M, Brütting C, Meza-Canales ID, Großkinsky DK, Vankova R, Baldwin IT, Meldau S. . ‘The role of cis-zeatin-type cytokinins in plant growth regulation and mediating responses to environmental interactions.’ Journal of Experimental Botany 66, № 16: 4873–4884. doi: 10.1093/jxb/erv214.
    • Schäfer M, Meza-Canales ID, Brütting C, Baldwin IT, Meldau S. . ‘Cytokinin concentrations and CHASE-DOMAIN CONTAINING HIS KINASE 2 (NaCHK2)-and NaCHK3-mediated perception modulate herbivory-induced defense signaling and defenses in Nicotiana attenuata.’ New Phytologist 207, № 3: 645–658. doi: 10.1111/nph.13404.
    • Schäfer M, Meza-Canales ID, Navarro-Quezada A, Brütting C, Vanková R, Baldwin IT, Meldau S. . ‘Cytokinin levels and signaling respond to wounding and the perception of herbivore elicitors in Nicotiana attenuata.’ Journal of Integrative Plant Biology 57, № 2: 198–212. doi: 10.1111/jipb.12227.
    • Tzin V, Fernandez-Pozo N, Richter A, Schmelz EA, Schoettner M, Schäfer M, Ahern KR, Meihls LN, Kaur H, Huffaker A, others. . ‘Dynamic maize responses to aphid feeding are revealed by a time series of transcriptomic and metabolomic assays.’ Plant Physiology 169, № 3: 1727–1743. doi: 10.1104/pp.15.01039.

    • Schäfer M, Reichelt M, Baldwin IT, Meldau S. . ‘Cytokinin analysis: sample preparation and quantification.’ Bio-protocol 4, № 13: 1–8. doi: 10.21769/BioProtoc.1167.

    • Schäfer M, Brütting C, Gase K, Reichelt M, Baldwin I, Meldau S. . ‘'Real time' genetic manipulation: a new tool for ecological field studies.’ The Plant Journal 76, № 3: 506–518. doi: 10.1111/tpj.12301.

    • Schäfer M, Fischer C, Baldwin IT, Meldau S. . ‘Grasshopper oral secretions increase salicylic acid and abscisic acid levels in wounded leaves of Arabidopsis thaliana.’ Plant Signaling & Behavior 6, № 9: 1256–1258. doi: 10.4161/psb.6.9.16552.
    • Schäfer M, Fischer C, Meldau S, Seebald E, Oelmüller R, Baldwin IT. . ‘Lipase activity in insect oral secretions mediates defense responses in Arabidopsis.’ Plant Physiology 156, № 3: 1520–1534. doi: 10.1104/pp.111.173567.