Christian Jung (geneticist)

For the politician, see Christian Jung.
Christian Jung
Born (1956-09-17) 17 September 1956 (age 68)
Northeim, Lower Saxony, Germany
EducationGöttingen University (Ph.D. 1984)
Known forCloning a resistance gene against nematodes in beets
AwardsLeibniz Prize of the German Research Foundation
Scientific career
FieldsPlant genetics, molecular biology
InstitutionsUniversity of Hannover; University of Munich; Plant Breeding Institute, Christian-Albrecht University of Kiel
Thesis Intrinsic performance and interactions of rye and wheat genomes in triticale  (1984)
Doctoral advisorGerhard Röbbelen

Christian Jung (born 17 September 1956, Northeim, Lower Saxony, is a plant geneticist and molecular biologist in the Plant Breeding Institute[1] of Christian-Albrecht University of Kiel.[2]

Career

After internships in agricultural companies in Germany and Canada Jung studied at Göttingen University with Hans Günter Schlegel, and in 1981 obtained a diploma on the basis of the "Detection of nitrogen fixation in two strains of the hydrogen bacterium Alcaligenes latus".[2] He studied at the Institute for Plant Production and Plant Breeding of the same university, where he received his doctorate in 1984 with a thesis on the "Intrinsic performance and interactions of rye and wheat genomes in triticale" supervised by Gerhard Röbbelen.[2]

Later Jung had positions at the University of Hannover[2] and the University of Munich[2] before becoming Professor and Director at the Plant Breeding Institute of Kiel University.[2]

Research

Jung's principal interest is in molecular breeding and the development of pest-resistant crops. In that respect he is known for cloning a resistance gene against nematodes in beets.[3] Other notable work includes cloning the genome of quinoa,[4] and the importance of controlling the time of flowering time in plant breeding.[5][6]

Awards

In 2005 Jung received the Leibniz Prize[7] awarded by the German Research Foundation.

References

  1. ^ "Plant Breeding Institute".
  2. ^ a b c d e f "Prof. Dr. Christian Jung".
  3. ^ Cai, Daguang; Kleine, Michael; Kifle, Sirak; Harloff, Hans-Joachim; Sandal, Niels N.; Marcker, Kjeld A.; Klein-Lankhorst, René M.; Salentijn, Elma M. J.; Lange, Wouter; Stiekema, Willem J.; Wyss, Urs; Grundler, Florian M. W.; Jung, Christian (1997). "Positional cloning of a gene for nematode resistance in sugar beet". Science. 275 (5301): 832–834. doi:10.1126/science.275.5301.832. PMID 9012350.
  4. ^ Jarvis, David E.; Ho, Yung Shwen; Lightfoot, Damien J.; Schmöckel, Sandra M.; Li, Bo; Borm, Theo J.A.; Ohyanagi, Hajime; Mineta, Katsuhiko; Michell, Craig T.; Saber, Noha; Kharbatia, Najeh M.; Rupper, Ryan R.; Sharp, Aaron R.; Dally, Nadine; Boughton, Berin A.; Woo, Yong H.; Gao, Ge; Schijlen, Elio G. W. M.; Guo, Xiujie; Momin, Afaque A.; Negrão, Sónia; Al-Babili, Salim; Gehring, Christoph; Roessner, Ute; Jung, Christian; Murphy, Kevin; Arold, Stefan T.; Gojobori, Takashi; van der Linden, C. Gerard; Van Loo, Eibertus N.; Jellen, Eric N.; Maughan, Peter J; Tester, Mark (2017). "The genome of Chenopodium quinoa". Nature. 542 (7641): 307–312. Bibcode:2017Natur.542..307J. doi:10.1038/nature21370. hdl:10754/622874. PMID 28178233.
  5. ^ Jung, Christian; Müller, Andreas E. (2009). "Flowering time control and applications in plant breeding". Trends Plant Sci. 14 (10): 563–573. Bibcode:2009TPS....14..563J. doi:10.1016/j.tplants.2009.07.005. PMID 19716745.
  6. ^ Blümel; Dally, Nadine; Jung, Christian (2015). "Flowering time regulation in crops—what did we learn from Arabidopsis?". Current Opinion in Biotechnology. 32: 121–129. doi:10.1016/j.copbio.2014.11.023. PMID 25553537.
  7. ^ "Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Prize".


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