Jens Stougaard

Jens Stougaard received his Ph.D. degree in 1983 from University of Sussex, Brighton, and U.K and did postdoctoral research in Department of Molecular Biology at University of Aarhus, Denmark and at Max-Planck Institut für Züchtungsforschung, Cologne, Germany. He has been visiting scientist in The Sainsbury Laboratory at the John Innes Centre for Plant Science Research, Norwich, and U.K and is currently professor in the Department of Molecular Biology, University of Aarhus. His primary research activity is on genes regulating development of nitrogen fixing root nodules and mycorrhiza in legumes. Currently the mechanisms of Nod-factor perception, the function of receptors involved and the downstream signal transduction cascade are in focus. The plant model system used for this research is Lotus japonicus that is also used for investigating the long range signalling integrating root nodule development into the general developmental program of the plant. Genetics, genomics and biochemical methods are used to identify and characterise components of regulatory circuits. State -of-the-art microscopy and bioimaging is used for phenotypic description and studies at the cellular level.

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