Our latest publications:

• Korek M, W Buchcik, B Chmielewska, A Daszkowska-Golec, I Fontana, M Melzer, G Hensel, J Kumlehn, PB Brewer, GR Uhrig, M Marzec: The cost of survival: mutation in a barley strigolactone repressor HvD53A impairs photosynthesis but increases drought tolerance. Plant and Cell Physiology, https://doi.org/10.1093/pcp/pcaf095

• Hänsel F, G Hensel: Evolutionary clues unlock CoQ10 biofortification. Trends in Plant Science, 10.1016/j.tplants.2025.08.010

• Weiß LS, M Bradai, C Bartram, M Heilmann, J Mergner, B Kuster, G Hensel, J Kumlehn, S Engelhardt, I Heilmann, and R Hückelhoven: Barley resistance and susceptibility to fungal cell entry involve the interplay of ROP signaling with phosphatidylinositol-monophosphates. Plant Journal, 123: e70356. https://doi.org/10.1111/tpj.70356

• Krupinska K, S Frank, L Boschian, M Saeid Nia, S Braun, A Schäfer, U Voigt, E Niewiadomska, B Hause, G Hensel, W Bilger: Iron allocation to chloroplast proteins depends on the DNA binding protein WHIRLY1. Planta, 262:32 https://doi.org/10.1007/s00425-025-04736-8 

• Vardanega I, J Maika, E Demesa-Arevalo, T Lan, G Kirschner, J Imani, S Hänsch, I Acosta, K Makowska, G Hensel, T Ranaweera, S-H Shiu, T Schnurbusch, M von Korff Schmising, Rüdiger Simon: CLAVATA signalling shapes barley inflorescence by controlling activity and determinacy of shoot meristem and rachilla. Nature Communications, 16, 3937 https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-025-59330-z
• Rezaeva B, I Otto, G Hensel, P Pouramini, A Peterson, and J Kumlehn: Genetic transformation of the oilseed crop camelina using immature zygotic embryos. Plant Methods, 21, 35, https://doi.org/10.1186/s13007-025-01351-2
• Saake P, M Brands, A Endeshaw, S Stolze, P Westhoff, G Balcke, G Hensel, N Holton, C Zipfel, A Tissier, H Nakagami, A Zuccaro: Ergosterol-induced immune response in barley involves phosphorylation of phosphatidylinositol phosphate metabolic enzymes and activation of diterpene biosynthesis. New Phytologist, doi: 10.1111/nph.70022
• Pesaresi P, P Bono, S Corn, C Crosatti, S Daniotti, JD Jensen, I Frébort, E Groli, C Halpin, M Hansson, G Hensel, DS Horner, K Houston, A Jahoor, M Klíma, H Kollist, C Lacoste, B Laidoudi, S Larocca, C Marè, NL Moigne, C Mizzotti, T Morosinotto, K Oldach, L Rossini, S Raubach, M Sanchez-Garcia, P Shaw, R Sonnier, A Tondelli, R Waugh, APM Weber, D Yarmolinsky, A Zeni and L Cattivelli: Boosting photosynthesis opens new opportunities for agriculture sustainability and circular economy: The BEST-CROP research and innovation action. Plant Journal, 121: e17264. https://doi.org/10.1111/tpj.17264