Georg Seifert
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full name Georg Johannes Seifert
born 8. June 1964, Vienna, Austria
Basketball player for UBSC Vienna, BK Klosterneuburg and SPC Vienna from 1981 to 1992, 10 times winner of the Austrian title
PhD at the University of Agriculture and Biological Resources, Vienna, 1997
1998 to 2006 Research at the John Innes Centre in Norwich, UK.
Return to University of Agriculture and Biological Resources, Vienna.
His scientific interest is the biosynthesis and function of the plant cell wall.
[edit] Key publications
Seifert G.J., Barber C., Wells B., Dolan L. and Roberts K. 2002 Galactose biosynthesis in Arabidopsis: genetic evidence for metabolite channeling. Current Biology 12:1840-1845
Seifert G.J., Barber C., Wells B. and Roberts K. 2004 Growth regulators and the control of nucleotide sugar flux. Plant Cell 16: 723-730
Seifert G.J. 2004 Nucleotide sugar interconversions and cell wall biosynthesis: How to bring the inside to the outside. Current Opinion in Plant Biology 7:277-284
Barber C., Rösti J., Rawat A., Findlay K., Roberts K. and Seifert G.J. (2006) Distinct properties of the five UDP-D-Glucose/UDP-D-Galactose 4-epimerase isoforms of Arabidopsis thaliana. Journal of Biological Chemistry 281:17276-17285
Boscá S., Barton C.J., Taylor N.G., Ryden P., Pauly M., Roberts K. and Seifert G.J. (2006) Interactions between MUR10/CesA7 dependent secondary cellulose biosynthesis and primary cell wall structure. Plant Physiology 142: 1353-1363