Birth date March 6th 1966, Dudweiler/Saarbruecken Germany
Nationality German
Marital status Married
Department of Tree-Microbes Interactions
Ecogenomics of Interactions Lab
Route d’Amance
INRAE Centre Grand Est-Nancy;
Champenoux, 54280 France
Office phone:+33 383394072
Facsimile: +33 383394069
E-mail: annegret.kohler@inrae.fr
My research is focused on the biology of trees and the associated forest fungi and their role in forest ecosystems. I’m particularly interested in mycorrhizal symbiosis and in characterizing the molecular mechanisms established during development and functioning of this mutualistic interaction, as well as to understand the evolution of symbiotic fungi from saprotrophic ancestors.
I received a PhD in plant physiology and molecular biology at the University of Kaiserslautern/Germany in 1996. During my postdoctoral research I worked on Priming as a mechanism in induced systemic resistance in plants. In 2000 I joined the INRA group, first as a postdoctoral fellow, since 2006 as a permanent staff member. During the last 10 years I was involved in many genomic projects and in particular in charge of the transcriptomic analyses within these projects. I’ve published over 50 scientific papers related to transcriptomics, genomics and tree-microbe interactions
Education and Training:
University of Kaiserslautern (Germany) PhD. Plant Biology1996
University of Edinburgh (UK) DAAD exchange visit 1992
University of Kaiserslautern (Germany) M.S. Plant Biology, Biochemistry,
Genetics and Biotechnology 1991
University of Kaiserslautern (Germany) B.S. Biology1987
Research and Professional Experience:
2006-present Researcher (Ingénieur de recherche) at INRAE Centre Grand Est-Nancy, Tree-Microbes Interaction group (IAM)
Responsible for the IAM technical platform
2000-2006 Postdoctoral Research Associate at INRA Nancy, France
2000 Postdoctoral Research Associate at CNRS-IBMP, Strasbourg, France
1997 – 2000 Postdoctoral Research Associate in Molecular biology of plants, University of Kaiserslautern, Germany
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