Quinoa domestication and phenotyping around the world
Salinity tolerance of wild tomatoes (grafting, crossing) and wild barley
Domestication of wild rice and Salicornia
Research approaches:
Field trials with Quinoa plants around the world in different environments (soil, temperature, day-length)
Greenhouse work (grafting and crossing, salt treatments with different equipment on different plant species)
Selected Publications
Johansen, K., Morton, M., Malbeteau, Y., Aragon, B., Al-Mashharawi, S., Ziliani, M., Angel, Y., Fiene, G., Negrão, S., Mousa, M., Tester, M., McCabe, M. (2019) Unmanned Aerial Vehicle-Based Phenotyping Using Morphometric and Spectral Analysis Can Quantify Responses of Wild Tomato Plants to Salinity Stress, Frontiers in Plant Science 10, DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2019.00370
Melino, V.J., Fiene, G., Enju, A., Cai, J., Buchner, P., Heuer, S. (2015) Genetic diversity for root plasticity and nitrogen uptake in wheat seedlings Functional Plant Biology 42(10) 942-956 http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/FP15041
Balcerowicz, M., Ranjan, A., Rupprecht, L., Fiene, G., Hoecker U. (2014) Auxin represses stomatal development in dark-grown seedlings via Aux/IAA proteins. Development 141(16): 3165-76. doi: 10.1242/dev.109181
Rolauffs S., Fackendahl P., Sahm J., Fiene G., Hoecker U. (2012) Arabidopsis COP1 and SPA genes are essential for plant elongation but not for acceleration of flowering time in response to a low red light to far-red light ratio. Plant Physiol. 160(4): 2015-27. doi: 10.1104/pp.112.207233
Ranjan, A., Fiene, G., Fackendahl, P., Hoecker, U. (2011) The Arabidopsis repressor of light signaling SPA1 acts in the phloem to regulate seedling de-etiolation, leaf expansion and flowering time.
Development 138(9): 1851-62
Education
State certification as a biological technical assistant, Cologne
Private College Rheinische Akademie, Cologne
Stress Management Training, Essen, Germany
Trade certification as a Horticulturist, Düsseldorf
Vocational school for diets and domestic economy with certificate, Cologne
Professional Profile
2015-2020: Research Specialist, Lab manager, KAUST, Thuwal, Saudi Arabia
2012-2015: Research Officer, Lab manager, ACPFG, Waite Campus, Adelaide, Australia
2006-2012: Biological technical assistant, Lab manager, Bio-center, University Cologne, Germany
2004-2006: Biological technical assistant, Lab manager, Stanford University, USA
1996-2004: Biological technical assistant, Lab manager, Botanical Institute, University Cologne,
