J Integr Plant Biol board

Dr. Jörg Kudla

Professor
University of Münster
Institute of Plant Biology and Biotechnology
Molecular Genetics and Cell Biology of Plants
Schlossplatz 7, 48149 Muenster, Germany
E-mail: jkudla@uni-muenster.de
Website: https://www.uni-muenster.de/Biologie.IBBP/agkudla/
Area of expertise: Calcium signaling, abiotic stress, nutrient signaling, bioimaging, Arabidopsis

Speciality Area

Abiotic Stress Responses

Selected Publications:

Zhang, C., Song, Y., Kudla, J. (2026). Calcium signaling in crops. New Phytolo. 249: 1644–1658.

Ma, Y., Zheng, H., Schmitz-Thom, I., Wang, J., Zhou, F., L,i C., Zhang, Y., Cheng, Y., Miki, D., Kudla, J., and Huang, C.-F. (2025). CPK28-mediated Ca²⁺ signaling regulates STOP1 localization and accumulation to facilitate plant aluminum resistance. Nat. Commun. 16: 5224.

Köster, P., He, G., Liu, C., Dong, Q., Hake, K., Schmitz-Thom, I., Heinkow, P., Eirich, J., Wallrad, L., Hashimoto, K., Schültke, S., Finkemeier, I., Romeis, T., Kudla, J. (2025). A bi-kinase module sensitizes and potentiates plant immune signaling. Sci. Adv. 11: eadt9804.

Chen, C., He, G., Li, J., Perez-Hormaeche, J., Becker, T., Luo, M., Wallrad, L., Gao, J., Li, Jia, Pardo, J.M., Kudla, J., and Guo, Y. (2023). A salt stress-activated GSO1-SOS2-SOS1 module protects the Arabidopsis root stem cell niche by enhancing sodium ion extrusion. EMBO J. 42: e113004.

Steinhorst, L., He, G., Moore, L.K., Schültke, S., Schmitz-Thom, I., Cao, Y., Hashimoto, K., Andrés, Z., Piepenburg, K., Ragel, P., Behera, S., Almutairi, B.O., Batistič, O., Wyganowski, T., Köster, P., Edel, K.H., Zhang, C., Krebs, M., Jiang, C., Guo, Y., Quintero, F.J., Bock, R., and Kudla, J. (2022). A Ca²⁺-sensor switch for tolerance to elevated salt stress in Arabidopsis. Dev. Cell 57: 2081–2094.

Fu, D., Zhang, Z., Wallrad, L., Wang, Z., Höller, S., Ju, C., Schmitz-Thom, I., Huang, P., Wang, L., Peiter, E., Kudla, J., and Wang, C. (2022). Ca²⁺-dependent phosphorylation of NRAMP1 by CPK21 and CPK23 facilitates manganese uptake and homeostasis in Arabidopsis. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 119: e2204574119.

Wang, F.-L., Tan, Y.-L., Wallrad, L., Du, X.-Q., Eickelkamp, A., Wang, Z.-F., He, G.-F., Rehms, F., Li, Z., Han, J.-P., Schmitz-Thom, I., Wu, W.-H., Kudla, J., and Wang, Y. (2021). A potassium-sensing niche in Arabidopsis roots orchestrates signaling and adaptation responses to maintain nutrient homeostasis. Dev. Cell 56: 781-794.

Fujita, S., De Bellis, D., Edel, K.H., Köster, P., Andersen, T.G., Schmid-Siegert, E., Dénervaud Tendon, V., Pfister, A., Marhavý, P., Ursache, R., Doblas, V.G., Barberon, M., Daraspe, J., Creff, A., Ingram, G., Kudla, J., and Geldner, N. (2020). SCHENGEN receptor module drives localized ROS production and lignification in plant roots. EMBO J. 39: e103894.

Zsögön, A., Čermák, T., Naves, E.R., Notini, M.M., Edel, K.H., Weinl, S., Freschi, L., Voytas, D.F., Kudla, J., and Peres, L.E.P. (2018). De novo domestication of wild tomato using genome editing. Nat. Biotechnol. 36: 1211–1216.

Han, J.-P., Köster, P., Drerup, M.M., Scholz, M., Li, S., Edel, K.H., Hashimoto, K., Kuchitsu, K., Hippler, M., and Kudla, J. (2018). Fine-tuning of RBOHF activity is achieved by differential phosphorylation and Ca²⁺ binding. New Phytol. 221: 1935–1949.

Steinhorst, L., Mähs, A., Ischebeck, T., Zhang, C., Zhang, X., Arendt, S., Schültke, S., Heilmann, I., and Kudla, J. (2015). Vacuolar CBL-CIPK12 Ca²⁺-sensor-kinase complexes are required for polarized pollen tube growth. Curr. Biol. 25: 1475–1482.

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