Center for Molecular Agriculture

Julian I. Schroeder

Professor
Division of Biological Sciences
University of California San Diego,
 La Jolla CA 92093-0116
PH (858)-534-7759
FAX (858)-534-7108
Julian@biomail.ucsd.edu
http://www-biology.ucsd.edu/labs/schroeder/index.html

 
Julian Schroeder received his Ph.D. at the Max-Planck-Institute for Biophysical Chemistry Göttingen with Erwin Neher. He was a postdoctoral fellow at the UCLA School of Medicine and joined the faculty of the Department of Biology at UCSD in 1990. He received a Maier-Leibnitz Prize from DFG, a Presidential Young Investigator Award (1991) and the Charles Albert Shull Award from the American Society of Plant Physiologists (1997) and was a Humboldt fellow (1996). He is on the editorial boards of: Current Opinion in Plant Biology, The Plant Journal, and Planta and has served on advisory panels for the DOE and NIH.

Research foci: Signal Transduction and Ion Channels, Stomatal Regulation, Plant Cation Nutrition and Toxic Metals.

The work in the Schroeder laboratory focuses on molecular and cell biological identification of signal transduction cascades in higher plant cells with a special focus on guard cells and on identifying mechanisms that mediate uptake of nutrient and toxic metals in roots. The broader impact of the work includes drought resistance, plant health and bioremediation of toxic metals.

Technologies developed in the Schroeder Laboratory include:
 

  • Plant drought resistance
  • Genes that encode Potassium and Sodium uptake transporters
  • Heavy metal detoxification and metal transporter genes


For recent publications go to: http://www-biology.ucsd.edu/labs/schroeder/index.html
 
More details on current work in the Schroeder Laboratory.