International Journal of Modern Botany

International Journal of Modern Botany is an international journal of plant systematics covering related aspects of biodiversity, conservation science and phytogeography for plants and fungi. All papers are peer reviewed and an international editorial board provides a body of expertise to reflect the wide range of work published and the geographical spread of the journal’s authors and readers.

Karolina Pajerowska-Mukhtar

Editorial Board Member of International Journal of Modern Botany

Assistant Professor, University of Alabama at Birmingham, USA

Research Areas

Plant-Microbe Interactions, Molecular Biology, Cellular Stress, Genomics and Genetics

Education

2002-2005Ph.DMax-Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research/University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany
1996-2001M.ScUniversity of Szczecin, Szczecin, Poland

Experience

2010-present Assistant Professor, Dept. of Biology, Duke University, Durham, NC, USA
2006-2010 Postdoctoral Researcher, Dept. of Biology, Laboratory of Prof. Xinnian Dong, Max-Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research, Cologne, Germany
2006Postdoctoral Fellow, Dept. of Plant Breeding and Genetics, Laboratory of PD Dr. C. Gebhardt, University of Szczecin, Szczecin, Poland
2001-2002 Teaching Assistant, Dept. of Cell Biology, Faculty of Natural Sciences, University of Szczecin, Szczecin, Poland

Academic Achievement

UAB Faculty Development Grant Award 2011
The Hargitt postdoctoral fellowship, Duke University 2006-2007
Nomination for the Otto-Hahn-Medaille (Max Planck Society, Germany) January 2006
International Max-Planck Research (IMPRS) PhD fellowship 2002-2005
The Nencki Foundation of Molecular and Cell Biology UNESCO/Polish Academy of Sciences scholarship

Membership

International Society of Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions

Publications: Journals

[1]  Pajerowska-Mukhtar KM, Dong X (2009) A Kiss of Death-Proteasome-Mediated Membrane Fusion and Programmed Cell Death in Plant Defense Against Bacterial Infection. Genes & Development, 23: 2449-2454.
[2]  Saijo Y, Lu X*, Tintor N* , Rauf P*, Pajerowska-Mukhtar KM*, Häweker H, Dong X, Robatzek S, Schulze-Lefert P (2009) Receptor quality control in the endoplasmic reticulum for plant innate immunity. EMBO J. doi:10.1038/emboj.2009.263 *-co-second author.
[3]  Pajerowska-Mukhtar KM*, Stich B*, Achenbach U*, Ballvora A, Lübeck J, Strahwald J, Tacke E, Hofferbert H-R, Ilarionova E, Bellin D, Walkemeier B, Basekow R, Kersten B, Gebhardt C (2009) Single nucleotide polymorphisms in the allene oxide synthase 2 gene of potato (Solanum tuberosum) are associated with maturity-corrected resistance to late blight in tetraploid breeding populations. Genetics, 181:1115-1127. Tada Y, Spoel SH, Pajerowska-Mukhtar KM, Mou Z, Song J, Dong X (2008) S-nitrosylation and thioredoxins regulate conformational changes of NPR1 in establishing plant immunity. Science, 321:952-956.
[4]  Pajerowska-Mukhtar KM, Mukhtar MS, Guex N, Halim VA, Rosahl S, Somssich IE, Gebhardt C (2008) Natural variation of potato allene oxide synthase 2 causes differential levels of jasmonates and pathogen resistance in Arabidopsis. Planta, 228:293-306.
[5]  Wang D*, Pajerowska-Mukhtar KM*, Culler AH, Dong X (2007) Salicylic acid inhibits pathogen growth in plants through repression of the auxin signaling pathway. Current Biology 17:1784-1790. *-co-first author.
[6]  Gebhardt C, Li L, Pajerowska-Mukhtar KM, Achenbach U, Sattarzadeh A, Bormann C, Ilarionova E, Ballvora A (2007) Candidate Gene Approach to Identify Genes Underlying Quantitative Traits and Develop Diagnostic Markers in Potato. Crop Science 47:S-106-S-111.
[7]  Pajerowska KM, Parker JE, Gebhardt C (2005) Potato homologues of Arabidopsis thaliana genes functional in defence signalling-identification, genetic mapping and molecular cloning. Molecular Plant Microbe Interactions 18, 1107-19.