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Centre for Plant Genome Engineering, Institute of Plant Biochemistry
Heinrich Heine University, Düsseldorf 40225, Germany
E-mail: goetz.hensel@hhu.de
https://www.cpge.hhu.de/
Area of expertise: genetic transformation of crops, gene editing, molecular farming
Selected Publications:
Cardi, T., Murovec, J., Bakhsh, A., Boniecka, J., Bruegmann, T., Bull, S., Eeckhaut, T., Fladung, M., Galovic, V., Linkiewicz, A., Lukan, T., Mafra, I., Michalski, K., Musa, K., Nicolia, A., Nowakowska, J., Sagi, L., Sarmiento, C., Yıldırım, K., Zlatkovic, M., Hensel, G., and Van Laere, K. (2023). CRISPR/Cas-mediated plant genome editing: Outstanding challenges a decade after implementation. Trends Plant Sci. 28: 1144–1165.
Ganie, S.A., Wani, S., Henry, R., and Hensel, G. (2021). Improving rice salt tolerance by precision breeding in a new era. Curr. Opin. Plant Biol. 60: 101996.
Hensel, G. (2020). Genetic transformation of Triticeae cereals - summary of almost three-decade's development. Biotechnol. Adv. 40: 107484.
Li, M., Hensel, G., Mascher, M., Melzer, M., Rutten, T., Himmelbach, A., Beier, S., Korzun, V., Kumlehn, J., Börner, T., and Stein, N. (2019). Leaf variegation and impaired chloroplast development caused by a truncated CCT domain protein in albostrians barley. Plant Cell 31: 1430–1445.
Marzec, M., and Hensel, G. (2018). Targeted base editing systems are available for plants. Trends Plant Sci. 23: 955–957.
Boni, R., Chauhan, H., Hensel, G., Roulin, A., Sucher, J., Kumlehn, J., Brunner, S., Krattinger, S., and Keller, B. (2018). Pathogen-inducible Ta-Lr34res expression in heterologous barley confers disease resistance without negative pleiotropic effects. Plant Biotechnol. J. 16: 245–253.
Pourkheirandish, M., Hensel, G., Kilian, B., Senthil, N., Chen, G., Sameri, M., Azhaguvel, P., Sakuma, S., Dhanagond, S., Sharma, R., Mascher, M., Himmelbach, A., Gottwald, S., Nair, S., Tagiri, A., Yukuhiro, F., Nagamura, Y., Kanamori, H., Matsumoto, T., Willcox, G., Middleton, C., Wicker, T., Walther, A., Waugh, R., Fincher, G.B., Stein, N., Kumlehn, J., Sato, K., and Komatsuda, T. (2015). Evolution of the grain dispersal system in barley. Cell 162: 527–539.
Hensel, G., Floss, D., Arcalis, E., Sack, M., Melnik, S., Altmann, F., Rutten, T., Kumlehn, J., Stoeger, E., and Conrad, U. (2015). Transgenic production of an anti-HIV antibody in the barley endosperm. PLoS ONE 10: e0140476.
Gurushidze, M., Hensel, G., Hiekel, S., Schedel, S., Valkov, V., and Kumlehn, J. (2014). True-breeding targeted gene knock-out in barley using designer TALE-nuclease in haploid cells. PLoS ONE 9: e92046.
Hensel, G., Oleszczuk, S., Daghma, D.E., Zimny, J., Melzer, M., and Kumlehn, J. (2012). Analysis of T-DNA integration and generative segregation in transgenic winter triticale (x Triticosecale Wittmack). BMC Plant Biol. 12: 171.
Selected Registered Patents:
Schweizer, P., Hensel, G., Gay, A., Kumlehn, J. Method for creating broad-spectrum resistance to fungi in transgenic plants. Patent No. WO 2009/112270 (2009. 03. 12), USA
Schweizer, P., Hensel, G., Gay, A., Kumlehn, J. Method for creating broad-spectrum resistance to fungi in transgenic plants. Patent No. CA2718346C (2009. 03. 12), Canada
Schweizer, P., Hensel, G., Gay, A., Kumlehn, J. Method for creating broad-spectrum resistance to fungi in transgenic plants. Patent No. EP2268819B1 (2009. 03. 12), Europe
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