Prof. Dr. Diter H. von Wettstein
geb. 20.09.1929, Göttingen

Washington State University
Pullmann (USA)
 
 

Mercator - Gastprofessur
gefördert durch die Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG)
01.10.2007 bis 30.09.2010

Current position:

R.A. Nilan Distinguished Professor at
Department of Crop and Soil Sciences, 
Washington State University, 
267 Johnson Hall, 
Pullman, WA 99164-6420; 
Tel.: 001 509 335 3635; 
Fax: 001 509 335 8674; 
e-mail: diterwsu.edu

Curriculum vitae:

Education
Degree
Year
Scientific field
University of Tübingen
Dr. rer. Nat
1953
biology, biochemistry
University of Stockholm
fil.lic. (Ph.D.)
1953
genetics
University of Stockholm
fil.dr. (D.Sc.)
1957
genetics

Professional experiences:

Since October 1996
R.A. Nilan Distinguished Professor at Dept. of Crop and Soil Sciences & School of Molecular Biosciences, Washington State University
1972 to Sept. 30, 1996
Professor and Head, Department of Physiology, Carlsberg Laboratory, Copenhagen
1975 to 1988
Director Carlsberg Plant Breeding
1962 to 1975
Professor and Head Institute of Genetics, University of Copenhagen
1966, 1972, 1974
Visiting Professor at the University of California, Davis, CA 
1969
Visiting Professor at Washington State University
1958
Rockefeller fellow, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena & Carnegie Institution of Washington, Cold Spring Harbor & Stanford 
1957
Assistant professor in Genetics at Stockholm University

Honors:

Foreign Associate of the National Academy of Sciences USA; Member: Royal Danish Academy of Sciences; Royal Physiographical Society, Lund; European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO); Deutsche Akademie der Naturforscher Leopoldina; Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences; Academy of Technical Sciences, Copenhagen; Academia Europaea; Académie Royale des Sciences de Belgique; Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften; Nordrhein-Westfälische Akad. d. Wissenschaften; Honorary Member Swedish Seed Association,Svalöf; Lillö-Stiftelsens Prize for Genetic Research; Gregor Mendel Medal & Kurt Mothes Gold Medal, Leopoldina; Dr. agro. h.c. Copenhagen.

Honorary Offices:

Member and Chair, Scientific Advisory Board Friedrich Miescher Institute, Basel,1980-91; Chair Scientific and Technical Advisory Committee UNDP/World Bank/WHO Programme for Research and Training in Tropical Diseases, 1985-89; Member of Sainsbury Laboratory Council, Norwich, 1987-95; Member Fachbeirat, Max-Planck-Institut für Züchtungsforschung, Köln 1992-1996; Chair Fachbeirat, Institut für Pflanzengenetik & Kulturpflanzenforschung, Gatersleben,1992-95; Chair International Advisory Board, Graduate School, Experimental Plant Sciences. Wageningen Agricultural University, 1993-95. 

Publications (Publikationen): 

Diter von Wettstein published about 335 papers in genetics, plant breeding, developmental physiology, cell biology, plant biochemistry and molecular biology, graduated 55 M.Sc. and 67 Ph.D. students.
Publications 1997-2007 [in reverse order] of the von Wettstein Laboratory

[R.A. Nilan Distinguished Professorship, School of Molecular Biosciences and Department of Crop and Soil Sciences, Washington State University] 

Pollmann, S., A. Springer, F. Buhr, A. Lahroussi, I. Samol, J-M. Bonneville, G. Tichtinsky, D. von Wettstein, C. Reinbothe & S. Reinbothe. (2007) A plant porphyria related to defects in plastid import of protochlorophyllide oxidoreductase A. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. 104(in press).

von Wettstein, D. 2007. From Analysis of Mutants to Genetic Engineering. Annu.Rev. Plant Biol. 58, 1-19.

Wu, Y-C., D. von Wettstein, C. G. Kannangara, J. Nirmala & R.J. Cook (2006) Growth inhibition of the cereal root pathogens Rhizoctonia solani AG8, R. oryzae and Gaeumannomyces graminis var.tritici by a recombinant endochitinase from Trichoderma harzianum. Biocontrol Sci. Technol.16 (6), 631-646.

Nirmala, J., R. Brueggeman, C. Maier, C. Clay, N. Rostoks, C. G. Kannangara, D. von Wettstein, B.J. Steffenson & A. Kleinhofs (2006) Subcellular localization and functions of the barley stem rust resistance receptor-like serine/threonine-specific protein kinase RPG1. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. 103, 7518-7523.

Wettstein, D. von (2006) Fascinations with Chloroplasts and Chromosome Pairing. Introductory Review; Progress in Botany Vol. 67, 2-28. 

Jansen, C., D. von Wettstein, W. Schäfer, K-H. Kogel, A. Felk & F.J. Maier (2005) Infection patterns in barley and wheat inoculated with wild-type and trichodiene synthase gene disrupted Fusarium graminearum. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. 102, 16892-16897.

Waller, F., B. Achatz, H. Baltruschat, J. Fodor, K. Becker, M. Fischer, T. Heier, R. Hückelhoven, C. Neumann, D. von Wettstein, P. Franken & K.-H. Kogel (2005) The endophytic fungus Piriformospora indica reprograms barley to salt-stress tolerance, disease resistance, and higher yield. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 102, 13386-13391.

Rzeznicka, K., C.J.Walker, T. Westergren, C.G. Kannangara, D.von Wettstein, S. Merchant, S.P. Gough & M. Hansson (2005) Xantha-l  encodes a membrane protein subunit of the aerobic  Mg-protoporphyrin IX monomethyl ester cyclase in the chlorophyll biosynthetic pathway. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 102: 5886-5891.

Wettstein, D. von (2004) Transgenic Barley. In: Proc. 9th Internat. Barley Genetics Symposium, Brno, Czech Republ. Czech J. Genet. Plant Breed. 40: 79.

Wettstein, D. von, J.S. Cochran, S.E. Ullrich, C.G. Kannangara, V.A. Jitkov, J.W. Burns, P.E. Reisenauer, X. Chen, and B.L. Jones. (2004) Registration of ‘Radiant’ Barley. Crop Science 44 1859-1860.

Wettstein, D. von, J. Warner & C.G. Kannangara (2003) Supplements of transgenic malt or grain containing (1,3-1,4)-?-glucanase to barley based broiler diets lift their nutritive value to that of corn. Brit. J. Poultry Sci. 44, 438-449. 

Druka A., D. Kudrna, N. Rostoks, R. Brueggeman, D. von Wettstein & A. Kleinhofs (2003) Chalcone isomerase gene from rice (Oryza sativa) and barley (Hordeum vulgare): physical, genetic and mutation mapping. Gene 302, 171-178.

Horvath H., N. Rostoks, R. Brueggeman, B. Steffenson, D.von Wettstein & A.Kleinhofs (2003) Genetically engineered stem rust resistance in barley using the Rpg1 gene. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 100, 364-369.

Zakhrabekova S., C.G. Kannangara, D.von Wettstein & M. Hansson (2002) A microarray approach for identifying mutated genes. Plant. Physiol. Biochem. 40, 189-197.

Ullrich, S., D. von Wettstein & J. Burns (2002) WSU releases and prereleases new barley varieties. Wheat Life 45, 26-28.

Druka A., D. Kudrna, C.G. Kannangara, D. von Wettstein & A. Kleinhofs (2002) Physical and genetic mapping of barley (Hordeum vulgare) germin-like cDNAs. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 99, 850-855.

Stahl R., H. Horvath, J. Van Fleet, M. Voetz, D. von Wettstein & N. Wolf (2002) T-DNA integration into the barley genome from single and double cassette vectors. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA99, 2146-2151. 

Horvath H., J. Huang, O.T. Wong & D. von Wettstein (2002) Experiences with genetic transformation of barley and characteristics of transgenic plants.  In: Barley Science. G.A. Slafer, J.L. Molina-Cano, R. Savin, J.L. Araus & J. Romagosa eds. The Harworth Press, New York 2002 pp. 143-176. 

Wettstein D. von (2001) Discovery of a protein required for photosynthetic membrane assembly. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 98, 3633-3635.

Horvath H., L.G. Jensen, O.T. Wong, E. Kohl, S.E. Ullrich, J. Cochran, C.G. Kannangara &  D. von Wettstein (2001) Stability of transgene expression, field performance and recombination breeding of transformed barley lines. Theor. Appl. Genet. 102, 1-11. 

Wettstein D. von, G. Mikhaylenko, J.A. Froseth & C.G. Kannangara (2000) Improved barley broiler feed with transgenic malt containing heat-stable (1,3-1,4)-?-glucanase. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 97, 13512-13517.

Wu S., A. Druka, H. Horvath, A. Kleinhofs, C. G. Kannangara & D. von Wettstein  (2000) Functional characterization of seed coat specific members of the barley germin gene family. Plant Physiol. Biochem.38, 685-698.

Horvath H., J. Huang, O.T. Wong, E. Kohl, T. Okita, C.G. Kannangara & D. von Wettstein (2000) The production of recombinant proteins in transgenic barley grains. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 97, 1914-1919.

Wettstein D. von (2000) Chlorophyll Biosynthesis II: Adventures with native and recombinant enzymes. In: Discoveries in Plant Biology. S-D. Kung & S-F Yang eds. (World Scientific, Singapore) Vol. 3, 95-139.

Wettstein D. von (2000) Chlorophyll Biosynthesis I: From analysis of mutants to genetic engineering of the pathway. In: Discoveries in Plant Biology. S-D. Kung & S-F Yang eds. (World Scientific, Singapore) Vol.3, 75- 93, 2000.

Gruber M.Y., H. Ray, P. Auser, B. Skadhauge, J. Falk, K.K. Thomsen, J. Stougaard, A. Muir, G. Lees, B.Coulman, B. McKersie, S. Bowley & D. von Wettstein (1999) Genetic systems for condensed tannin biotechnology. In: Plant Polyphenols 2: Chemistry, Biology, Pharmacology, Ecology. G.G. Gross et al. eds. Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publ., New York, pp. 315-341.

Hansson A., C.G. Kannangara, D.von Wettstein & M. Hansson (1999) Molecular basis for semi- dominance of missense mutations in the XANTHA-H (42kDa) subunit of magnesium chelatase. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 96,1744 -1749.

Jensen L.G., O. Politz, O. Olsen, K. K.Thomsen & D. von  Wettstein (1998) Inheritance of a codon optimized transgene expressing heat stable (1,3-1,4)-b-glucanase in scutellum and aleurone  of germinating barley. Hereditas 129, 215-225. 

Hansson M., S.P. Gough, C.G. Kannangara & D. von Wettstein (1998) Chromosomal locations of  six barley genes encoding enzymes of chlorophyll and heme biosynthesis and the sequence of the ferrochelatase gene identify two regulatory genes. Plant Physiol. Biochem. 36, 545-554.

Vothknecht U., C.G. Kannangara & D. von Wettstein (1998) Barley glutamyl tRNAGlu reductase: Mutations affecting haem inhibition and enzyme activity. Phytochemistry 47, 513-519.

Hansson M., S.P. Gough, C.G. Kannangara & D. von Wettstein (1997) Analysis of RNA and enzymes of potential  importance for regulation of 5-aminolevulinic  acid  synthesis in the protochlorophyllide accumulating barley mutant tigrina-d12. Plant Physiol. Biochem. 35, 827-836.

Skadhauge B., K.K. Thomsen & D. von Wettstein (1997) The role of the barley testa layer and its flavonoid content in resistance to Fusarium infections. Hereditas 126, 147-160. 

Skadhauge, B., M.Y. Gruber, K.K. Thomsen & D. von Wettstein (1997) Leucocyanidin reductase activity and accumulation of proanthocyanidins in developing legume tissues. Am. J. Botany 84, 494-503.

Kannangara, C.G., U.C. Vothknecht, M. Hansson & D. von Wettstein (1997) Magnesium chelatase: association with ribosomes and mutant complementation studies identify barley subunit Xantha-G as a functional counterpart of Rhodobacter subunit BchD. Mol. Gen. Genet. 254, 85-92.

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