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Dr. Elke Barbez

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Dr. Elke Barbez

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Dr. Elke Barbez
(she/her)

Institute of Biology II (Faculty of Biology)
University of Freiburg

T +49 761 203 2659
elke.barbez(at)biologie.uni-freiburg.de

Further Information

10 selected publications:

Quantitative imaging of apoplastic pH in plant roots via confocal microscopy.
Rößling AK, Mayle N, Guerard L, Barbez E. Accepted / in press. Nature Protocols.
A workflow for absolute apoplastic pH assessment during live cell imaging in plant roots.
Rößling AK, Mayle N, Barbez E (2025). Accepted / in press. BMC Methods. bioRxiv: doi.org/10.1101/2025.06.06.658240v1
Pectin methylesterase activity is required for RALF1 peptide signalling output. Rößling AK, Dünser K, Liu C, Lauw S, Rodriguez-Franco M, Kalmbach L, Barbez E, Kleine-Vehn J (2024). eLife 13, RP96943. doi.org/10.7554/eLife.96943 (OA)
Auxin steers root cell expansion via apoplastic pH regulation in Arabidopsis thaliana. Barbez E, Dünser K, Gaidora A, Lendl T, Busch W (2017). Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA 114, E4884–E4893. doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1613979114 (OA)
Light triggers PILS-dependent reduction in nuclear auxin signalling for growth transition.
Béziat C, Barbez E, Feraru MI, Lucyshyn D, Kleine-Vehn J (2017). Nature Plants 3, 1–9. doi.org/10.1038/nplants.2017.103
A multi-marker association method for genome-wide association studies without the need for population structure correction.
Klasen JR, Barbez E, Meier L, Meinshausen N, Bühlmann P, Koornneef M, Busch W, Schneeberger K (2016). Nature Communications 7, 13299. doi.org/10.1038/ncomms13299
A novel putative auxin carrier family regulates intracellular auxin homeostasis in plants.
Barbez E, Kubeš M, Rolčík J, Béziat C, Pěnčík A, Wang B, Rosquete MR, Zhu J, Dobrev PI, Lee Y, Zažímalová E, Petrášek J, Geisler M, Friml J, Kleine-Vehn J (2012). Nature 485, 119–122. doi.org/10.1038/nature11001
Single-cell-based system to monitor carrier-driven cellular auxin homeostasis.
Barbez E, Laňková M, Pařezová M, Maizel A, Zažímalová E, Petrášek J, Friml J, Kleine-Vehn J (2013). BMC Plant Biology 13, 20. doi.org/10.1186/1471-2229-13-20 (OA)
Divide et impera—cellular auxin compartmentalization.
Barbez E, Kleine-Vehn J (2013). Current Opinion in Plant Biology 16, 78–84. doi.org/10.1016/j.pbi.2012.11.006