Quint Lab 2022 (@MLU Halle)

Standing from left:
Heinrich Rennebaum, Jana Trenner, Zihao Zhu, Michaela Meyer, Steve Babben, Marcel Quint, Annette Pahlich, Haiyue Ai, Valentin Hennig, Alexander Sandmann, Matthias Reimers, Lennart Eschen-Lippold, Kathrin Denk
Sitting from left:
Carolin Delker (with Caja), Franziska Pohle, Raphaela Pilz, Wenke Ludwig

Quint Lab 2015 (@IPB Halle)

from left to right:
Marcel Quint, Julia Bellstädt, Carla Ibanez, Kathrin Denk, Carolin Delker, Usman Anwer, Philipp Janitza, Jana Trenner, Wenke Ludwig

Lab members

Email addresses all end with @landw.uni-halle.de

Marcel Quint, Professor

  • W3 Professor, Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, GER (since 2015)
  • Group Leader, Leibniz Institute of Plant Biochemistry, GER (2007-2015)
  • Postdoc, University of Minnesota-Twin Cities, USA (2004-2007)
  • Dr. sc. agr., University of Hohenheim, GER (2003)
  • Diplom in Horticulture, University of Hannover, GER (1998)

Marcel is supervising projects, writing grant proposals, teaching, …

Tel.: +49 (0)345 5522739

Email: marcel.quint@…; office: E.1.14

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Michaela Meyer, Secretary

Mon – Fri 7:00 – 15:30

Tel.: +49 (0)345 5522628

Email: michaela.meyer@…; office E.17.0

Carolin Delker, Group Leader

  • Postdoc, Leibniz Institute of Plant Biochemistry, GER (2007-2015)
  • Dr. rer. nat., Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, GER (2007)
  • Diplom in Biology, Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, GER (2000)

Carolin is running the thermomorphogenesis projects, organizing the group and teaching.

Tel.: +49 (0)345 5522629

Email: carolin.delker@…; office: E.1.14

Kathrin Denk, Lab Manager

Kathrin has been a lab member since we established the group in 2007. As an experienced research technician Kathrin organizes and coordinates everything that needs to be coordinated in a lab.

Tel.: +49 (0)345 5522596

Email: kathrin.denk@…: lab: 1.26

Steve Babben, Postdoc

  • PhD student, Julius Kühn Institute for Resistance Research and Stress Tolerance, GER (2012-2016)
  • M.Sc. in Crop Science, Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, GER (2012)
  • B.Sc. in Agriculture, Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, GER (2009)

With his Crop Science background, Steve wants to compare thermomorphogenic responses in Arabidopsis and crops.

Tel.: +49 (0)345 5522621

Email: steve.babben@…; office: E.1.18

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Lennart Eschen Lippold, Senior Postdoc

  • Postdoc, Leibniz Institute of Plant Biochemistry, Halle, GER (2008-2019)
  • Dr. rer. nat., Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, GER (2008)
  • Diplom in Biology, Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, GER (2004)

Lennart is interested in temperature effects on plant proteins.

Tel.: +49 (0)345 5522621

Email: lennart.eschen-lippold@…; office: E.1.18

Xin Li, Postdoc

  • Dr. rer. nat., Max Planck Institute for Terrestrial Microbiology, GER (2023)
  • Diplom in microbiology, Nanjing Normal University, CHN (2017)

Xin is studying the interaction of plant morphology, plant physiology, and the root microbiome in response to a warming climate in an iDiv project.

Tel.: +49 (0)345 5522621

Email: xin.li@…; office: E.1.18

Anja Holzhausen, Postdoc

  • Postdoc, Marburg University, GER (2021-2022)
  • Postdoc, Rostock University, GER (2016-2021)
  • Dr. rer. nat., Rostock University, GER (2016)

Anja is an aquatic ecologist by training and applies molecular biology approaches to understand developmental responses to various stresses in the green alga Chara braunii.

Tel.: +49 (0)345 5522621

Email: anja.holzhausen@…

Philipp Janitza, PhD student

  • M.Sc. in Biology, Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, GER (2014)
  • B.Sc. in Biology, Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, GER (2011)

Philipp has already done his B.Sc. and M.Sc. theses in the lab and stayed on for a Ph.D. in plant development dealing with phylotranscriptomic and proteomic patterns across the life cycle of Arabidopsis ssp.

Tel.: +49 (0)345 5522621

Email: philipp.janitza@…; office: E.1.18

Jana Trenner, Research associate

  • Research Assistant, Humboldt University Berlin, GER (2005-2009)
  • Diplom in Biology, Humboldt University Berlin, GER (2005)

Jana works together with Marcel on various projects, often involving a phylogenetic approach. Currently, she is exploring image-based phenotyping.

Tel.: +49 (0)345 5522621

Email: jana.trenner@…; office: E.1.18

Alexander Sandmann, PhD student

  • M.Sc. in Biotechnology, Technical University Braunschweig, GER (2019)
  • B.Sc. in Biology, Technical University Braunschweig, GER (2017)

Alex is hosted by us, but advised by Nico Dissmeyer @ Universität Osnabrück. Alex is interested in the conservation of the  N-end rule pathway across species and its application for molecular pharming purposes.

Tel.: +49 (0)345 5522738

Email: alexander.sandmann@…; lab: E.1.22

Tilman Jacob, PhD student

  • M.Sc. in Crop Science, Martin-Luther-University Halle-Wittenberg, GER (2023)
  • B.Sc. in Biochemistry, Leipzig University, GER (2020)

Tilman is studying the effect of warm temperature on cell cycle regulatory proteins in Arabidopsis roots.

Tel.: +49 (0)345 5522621

Email: tilman.jacob@…; lab: E.1.18

Orlando Macie Rodrigues Jr., PhD student

  • M.Sc. in Phytopathology, Federal University of Viçosa – UFV, Brazil (2019)
  • B.Sc. in Agronomy, Federal Rural University of the Amazon – UFRA, Brazil (2017)
  • B.Sc. in Horticulture and Arable Farming, CAH Dronten University of Applied Sciences, The Netherlands (2014)

Orlando is studying auxin flux and its components in Arabidopsis roots subjected to warm temperatures.

Tel.: +49 (0)345 5522621

Email: orlando.maciel@…; lab: E.1.18

Annette Pahlich, Technician

  • Diplom in Agriculture, Hohenheim University, GER (2000)

Annette manages the crop demonstration plots we maintain for teaching and public outreach.

Tel.: +49 (0)345 5522738

Email: annette.pahlich@…; lab: E.1.22

Wulf Diepenbrock, Emeritus Professor

  • Rektor at MLU Halle-Wittenberg, GER (2006-2010)
  • Dean of the Faculty of Agriculture at MLU Halle Wittenberg, GER (1996-2000)
  • Professor of Crop Science at MLU Halle Wittenberg, GER (Spezieller Pflanzenbau, 1994-2012)

Tel.: +49 (0)345 5522600

Email: wulf.diepenbrock@…; office: E.1.12

For publications of Prof. em. W. Diepenprock see here.

Lab Alumni

Haiyue Ai (PhD 2023) –> postdoc with Jiri Friml at IST Vienna, AUT

Zihao Zhu (PhD 2023) –> postdoc with Nils Stein at IPK Gatersleben, GER

Rebecca Lippmann (PhD student 2022) –> technician with Matilde Galli at Hubrecht Institute Utrecht, NED 

Usman Muhammad Anwer (postdoc 2015-2022) –> postdoc with Ute Kraemer at Bochum University, GER

Julia Bellstaedt (PhD 2022) –> Biology and Arts teacher at Latina highschool Halle, GER

Karin Förster (Group leader, retired 2018)

Carla Ibáñez (PhD 2017) –> postdoc at Parco Tecnologico Padano, ITA

Anja Raschke (PhD 2014)  –> postdoc with Lars Hennig at SLU Uppsala, SWE

Nadine Schumann (PhD 2013)  –> research scientist at KWS, GER

Kristian Ullrich (PhD 2013)  –> postdoc with Stefan Rensing at Marburg University, GER