Gesa Hoffmann
Max-Planck-Forschungsgruppe
PostDoc
Forschungsinteressen
I investigate the vertical transmission (or the lack
thereof) of plant viruses through plant sexual reproduction. Specifically, I
aim to understand the composition of molecular barriers that plants set up to
protect their progeny from infection.
Vita
2023-current: Postdoctoral fellow at the Max-Planck
Institute of Molecular Plant Physiology, Golm, Germany
2016-2018 Research assistant at the Gregor Mendel
Institute, Vienna, Austria
Degree:
2023 PhD in Biology at the Swedish University of
Agricultural Sciences, Uppsala, Sweden
2018 Master of Science, University of Vienna, Vienna,
Austria
2015 Bachelor of Science, Univerisity of Cologne, Cologne, Germany
Publications:
Hoffmann, G., & Incarbone, M. (2023). A resilient bunch: stem cell antiviral immunity in plants. New Phytologist.
Hoffmann, G., Shukla, A., López-González, S., & Hafrén, A. (2023). Cauliflower mosaic virus disease spectrum uncovers novel susceptibility factor NCED9 in Arabidopsis thaliana. Journal of experimental botany
Hoffmann, G., López-González, S., Mahboubi, A., Hanson, J., & Hafrén, A. (2023). Cauliflower mosaic virus protein P6 is a multivalent node for RNA granule proteins and interferes with stress granule responses during plant infection. The Plant Cell
Hoffmann, G., Mahboubi, A., Bente, H., Garcia, D., Hanson, J., & Hafrén, A. (2022). Arabidopsis RNA processing body components LSM1 and DCP5 aid in the evasion of translational repression during Cauliflower mosaic virus infection. The Plant Cell
Shukla, A.*, Hoffmann, G.*, Kushwaha, N. K., López-González, S., Hofius, D., & Hafrén, A. (2022). Salicylic acid and the viral virulence factor 2b regulate the divergent roles of autophagy during cucumber mosaic virus infection. Autophagy
Bruessow, F., Bautor, J., Hoffmann, G., Yildiz, I., Zeier, J., & Parker, J. E. (2021). Natural variation in temperature-modulated immunity uncovers transcription factor bHLH059 as a thermoresponsive regulator in Arabidopsis thaliana. PLoS genetics
Shukla, A., López-González, S., Hoffmann, G., & Hafrén, A. (2019). Diverse plant viruses: a toolbox for dissection of cellular pathways. Journal of experimental botany
Alcântara, A., Bosch, J., Nazari, F., Hoffmann, G.,
Gallei, M., Uhse, S., Darino, M., Olukayode, T., Reumann, D., Baggaley, L.,
Djamei, A. (2019). Systematic Y2H Screening Reveals Extensive Effector-Complex
Formation. Frontiers in Plant Science
Awards & fellowships:
2025-2027 Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions Postdoctoral
Fellowship
2023-2025 EMBO Postdoctoral Fellowship
2023 Outstanding PhD thesis award of the Scandinavian
Plant Physiology Society
2023 Lars-Henning Award for best PhD thesis in Plant
Biology in Uppsala
2019 Nilsson-Ehle Endowment of the Royal Physiographic
Society of Lund
Links:
Twitter/X: @gesahoffmann