Prof.
Verena
KRIECHBAUMER
Professor of Plant Sciences and Biotechnology
School of Biological and Medical Sciences, Oxford Brookes University, United Kingdom
Endomembrane Structure and Function
My research explores how the organisation and dynamics of plant cell membranes control growth, development and stress responses. We focus on the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) as a central hub for protein folding, lipid metabolism and inter-organelle communication. By combining cell biology, molecular genetics and advanced live-cell imaging, my group investigates how ER structure is established, remodelled and connected to other organelles such as the nucleus and mitochondria. We apply these findings to biotechnological approaches including producing plants to detox methane and production of valuable products in plants systems.
Five Main Publications
Suborganellar resolution imaging for the localisation of human glycosylation enzymes in tobacco Golgi bodies.
McGinness AJ, Brooks SA, Strasser R, Schoberer J, Kriechbaumer V (2025) Journal of Microscopy. 297:258-273.
Recombinant expression and subcellular targeting of the particulate methane monooxygenase (pMMO) protein components in plants
Spatola Rossi T, Tolmie AF, Nichol T, Pain C, Harrison P, Smith TJ, Fricker M, Kriechbaumer V (2023) Scientific Reports 15;13:15337.
Reticulons 3 and 6 interact with viral movement proteins
Tilsner J, Kriechbaumer V (2022) Plant Mol Path. 23:1807-1814.
Arabidopsis Lunapark proteins are involved in ER cisternae formation
Kriechbaumer V, Breeze E, Pain C, Tolmie F, Frigerio L, Hawes C (2018). New Phytol. 219:990-1004.
Reticulomics: Protein-protein interaction studies with two plasmodesmata-localised reticulon family proteins identify binding partners enriched at plasmodesmata, ER and the plasma membrane
Kriechbaumer V, Botchway SW, Slade SES, Knox K, Frigerio L, Oparka K, Hawes C (2015) Plant Physiol. 169:1933-45.