Associate Prof. Liesche Johannes

　　

　　Contact Information:

　　Mailing Address:

　　College of Life Sciences

　　Northwest A&F University

　　Yangling, Shaanxi 712100

　　P. R. China

　　E-mail: liesche@nwafu.edu.cn

　　Office: North Campus, Former Insect Museum, Center for Biomass Energy, B309

　　

　　Research Interests:

　　1. Regulation of carbon allocation in crop plants and trees

　　3. Cell wall structure and synthesis

　　4. Development of new microscopy techniques for live-cell imaging of plant cells　

 

　　Education Experiences:

　　University of Copenhagen, Cell Biology, Ph.D. 2012

　　Humboldt University Berlin, Biology, German Diploma. 2008

　　

　　Professional Experiences:

　　Associate Professor in College of Life Science, Norwest A&F University (2015-present)

　　Founder and Director of Scientific Focus A/S (2014-2015)

　　Postdoctoral fellow at The University of Copenhagen (2012-2015)

　　Visiting Scholar at Chinese Academy of Sciences Institute for Plateau Biology (2014)

　　Postdoctoral fellow at Institute for Plant and Food Research New Zealand (2012)

　　

　　Honors and Awards:

　　Shaanxi 100 Talent Award, 2017

　　Chinese Academy of Sciences Fellowship for Young International Scientists, 2014

　　Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences Researcher of the Year Award, 2014

　　

　　Publications:

　　Jia H, Yang J, Liesche J, Liu X, Hu Y, Si W, Guo J, Li J* (2017) Ethylene promotes pollen tube growth by affecting actin filament organization via the cGMP-dependent pathway in Arabidopsis thaliana. Protoplasma Epub 2017 Sep 01.

　　Liesche J*. (2017) Sucrose transporters and plasmodesmal regulation in passive phloem loading . Journal of Integrative Plant Biology, 59:311-321.

　　Zhao C, Zou Z, Li J, Jia H, Liesche J, Fang H*, Chen S. (2017) A novel and efficient bioprocess from steam exploded corn stover to ethanol in the context of on-site cellulase production . Energy , 123:499-510.

　　Liesche J*, Pace MR, Xu QY, Li Y, Chen S. (2017) Height-related scaling of phloem anatomy and the evolution of sieve element end wall types in woody plants. New Phyotologist, 214:245-256.

　　Tang YJ, Liesche J*. (2016) The molecular mechanism of shade avoidance in crops - How data from Arabidopsis can help to identify targets for increasing yield and biomass production. Journal of Integrative. Agriculture , 15: 60345-7.

　　Jensen KH, Berg-Sørensen K, Bruus H, Liesche J, Zwieniecki M, Schulz A, Holbrook N, Bohr T*. (2016) Sap flow and sugar transport in plants . Rev. Mod. Phys . 88: 035007.

　　Olsen L, Hansen T, Larue C, Thulin J, Liesche J, et al. (2016) Mother-plant-mediated pumping of zinc into the developing seed. Nature Plants , 16036.

　　Liesche J*. (2016) How regulation of phloem transport could link potassium fertilization to increased growth. Tree Physiology, 36: 1-5.

　　Liesche J*, Windt C, Bohr T, Schulz A, Jensen KH. (2015) Slower phloem transport in gymnosperm trees can be attributed to higher sieve element resistance. Tree Physiology, 35.

　　Liesche J*, Marek M, Günther-Pomorski T. (2015) Cell wall staining with Trypan Blue enables quantitative analysis of morphological changes in yeast cells. Front. Microbiol . 6:107.

　　Ronellenfitsch H, Liesche J, Jensen KH, Holbrook N, Schulz A, Katifori E*. (2015) Scaling of phloem structure and optimality of photoassimilate transport in conifer needles. Proc. R. Soc. B . 282:20141863.

　　Dölger J, Rademaker H, Liesche J, Schulz A, Bohr T*. (2014) Diffusion and bulk flow in phloem loading - a theoretical analysis of the polymer trap mechanism. Physical Review E . 90: 042704.

　　Liesche J*, Ziomkiewicz I, Schulz A. (2013) Super-resolution imaging with Pontamine Fast Scarlet 4BS enables direct visualization of cellulose orientation and cell connection architecture in onion epidermis cells. BMC Plant Biology, 13:226.

　　Liesche J*, Schulz A. (2013) Modeling the parameters for plasmodesmal sugar filtering in active symplasmic phloem loaders. Front. Plant Sci . 4:204.

　　Liesche J*, Jensen K, Minchin PE, Bohr T, Schulz A. (2013) Theoretical and experimental determination of phloem translocation speeds in gymnosperm and angiosperm trees . Acta Horticulturae, 991:45-52.

　　Chincinska I, Gier K, Krügel U, Liesche J, He H, Grimm B, Harren FJ, Cristescu S, Kühn C*. (2013) Photoperiodic regulation of the sucrose transporter StSUT4 affects the expression of circadian-regulated genes and ethylene production . Front. Plant Sci . 4:26.

　　Linnik O, Liesche J, Tilsner J, Oparka K*. (2013) Unravelling the structure of viral replication complexes at super-resolution. Front. Plant Sci . 4:6.

　　Liesche J, Schulz A*. (2012) In vivo quantification of cell coupling in plants with different phloem loading strategies . Plant Physiology . 159(1):355-65.

　　Liesche J*, Schulz A. (2012) Quantification of plant cell coupling with three-dimensional photoactivation microscopy. Journal of Microscopy . 247(1):2-9.

　　Jensen KH^#, Liesche J^#, Bohr T, Schulz A*. (2012) Universality of phloem transport in seed plants. Plant Cell & Environment , 35(6):1065-76 (^# shared first author).

　　Liesche J, Krügel U, He H, Chincinska IA, Hackel A, Kühn C*. (2011) Sucrose transporter regulation at the transcriptional, post-transcriptional and post-translational level. Journal of Plant Physiology, 168(12):1426-33.

　　Liesche J, Martens HJ, Schulz A*. (2011) Symplasmic transport and phloem loading in gymnosperm leaves. Protoplasma 248(1):181-9130.

　　Bohr T*, Jensen KH, Friis S, Liesche J, Schulz A. (2011) Universality of osmotically driven sap-flow in plants. Bulletin of the American Physical Society , 56.

　　Liesche J, He H, Grimm B, Schulz A, Kühn C*. (2010) Recycling of Solanum sucrose transporters expressed in yeast, tobacco, and in mature phloem sieve elements. Molecular Plant, 3(6): 1064 1074.

　　Liesche J, Schulz A, Krügel U, Grimm B, Kühn C*. (2008) Dimerization and endocytosis of the sucrose transporter StSUT1 in mature sieve elements . Plant Signal Behav, 3(12):1136-7.

　　Krügel U, Veenhoff LM, Langbein J, Wiederhold E, Liesche J, Friedrich T, Grimm B, Martinoia E, Poolman B, Kühn C. (2008) Transport and sorting of the Solanum tuberosum sucrose transporter SUT1 is affected by posttranslational modification. Plant Cell 20, 1-17.

　　Chincinska IA, Liesche J, Krügel U, Michalska J, Geigenberger P, Grimm B, and Kühn C*. (2008) Sucrose Transporter StSUT4 from potato affects flowering, tuberization, and shade avoidance response. Plant Physiol ogy, 146,515-528.