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Light sensing in organisms is conferred by a small number of light-absorbing, organic molecules. The primary light reaction is transmitted to the protein moiety, which in turn triggers cellular reactions. In filamentous fungi a large number of different morphogenetic and physiological processes is controlled by light; flavine- and tetrapyrrol-containing photoreceptors are main players.
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Reinhard Fischer Jahrgang 1962. Biologiestudium an der Universität Marburg. 1987–1990 Promotion bei Prof. Dr. Thauer, Max-Planck-Institut für terrestrische Mikrobiologie, Marburg. 1992–1993 DFG-Postdoc bei Prof. Dr. Timberlake in Athens, GA, USA. 1994–2004 Gruppenleiter an der Universität Marburg und am MPI für terrestrische Mikrobiologie. 1998 Habilitation für Mikrobiologie und Zellbiologie. 2004–2007 C3-rofessur für Mikrobiologie an der Universität Karlsruhe. Seit 2007 W3-Professur Mikrobiologie am Karls ruher Institut für Technologie (KIT).
Julio Rodriguez-Romero Jahrgang 1977. 1996–2001 Biologie-studium an der Universität Sevilla, Spanien. 2007 EMBO-Fellowship an der Universität Glasgow, Schottland. 2008 Promotion (European Doctorate) an der Universität Sevilla. Seit 2009 Postdoc am Karls ruher Institut für Technologie (KIT).
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Fischer, R., Rodriguez-Romero, J. Flavin und lineare Tetrapyrrole als Lichtsensoren in Pilzen. Biospektrum 18, 19–21 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12268-012-0136-5
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