Man

Ingo Dreyer

Professor Titular

Universidad de Talca

Talca, Chile

Líneas de Investigación


Plant Nutrition, Computational Cell Biology, Plant Biophysics, Electrophysiology of ion channels and transporters

Educación

  •  Biophysics and Molecular Plant Physiology, University of Würzburg, Germany. Alemania, 1998
  •  Physics, UNIVERSITAT HANNOVER. Alemania, 1995
  •  Habilitation in Biophysics and Molecular Plant Physiology, UNIV.OF POTSDAM. Alemania, 2006

Experiencia Académica

  •   Research associate Part Time

    UNIVERSITAT HANNOVER

    Institute for Biophysics

    Hannover, Alemania

    1995 - 1996

  •   Research associate Part Time

    UNIVERSITY OF WURZBURG

    Würzburg, Alemania

    1997 - 1998

  •   Postdoctoral research fellow Full Time

    UNIVERSITY OF WURZBURG

    Würzburg, Alemania

    1998 - 1998

  •   Postdoctoral researcher Full Time

    MONTPELLIER SUPAGRO

    Montpellier, Francia

    1998 - 2001

  •   Lecturer / Assistant Professor Full Time

    UNIV.OF POTSDAM

    Potsdam, Alemania

    2001 - 2007

  •   Heisenberg-Fellow of the DFG, leader of the independent research group „BioPhysics and Plant Molecular Biology“ Full Time

    UNIV.OF POTSDAM

    Potsdam, Alemania

    2007 - 2011

  •   Guest Professor Full Time

    UNIVERSIDAD DE TALCA

    Talca, Chile

    2010 - 2011

  •   Professor Contratado Doctor I3- Biochemistry and Cell Biology Full Time

    UNIVERSIDAD POLITECNICA DE MADRID

    Madrid, España

    2011 - 2014

  •   Professor Titular Full Time

    UNIVERSIDAD DE TALCA

    Talca, Chile

    2015 - At present

Experiencia Profesional

  •   Marie-Curie Postdoctoral Research Fellow Full Time

    SupAgro Montpellier

    Montpellier, Francia

    1998 - 2001

  •   Lecturer / Assistant Professor Full Time

    Universität Potsdam

    Potsdam, Alemania

    2001 - 2007

  •   Heisenberg-Fellow of the DFG, leader of the independent research group „BioPhysics and Plant Molecular Biology“ Full Time

    Universität Potsdam

    Potsdam, Alemania

    2007 - 2011

  •   Guest-professor in the frame of the Abate Juan Ignacio Molina prize of excellence Full Time

    Universidad de Talca

    Talca, Chile

    2010 - 2011

  •   Professor Contratado Doctor I3- Biochemistry and Cell Biology Full Time

    Universidad Politecnica de Madrid

    Madrid, España

    2011 - 2014

  •   Professor Titular Full Time

    Universidad de Talca

    Talca, Chile

    2015 - At present

Formación de Capital Humano


Postdoctoral Researchers
• Dr. Wendy Gonzalez Diaz, University of Potsdam, Germany, 2011-2012
• Dr. Carlos Navarro Retamal, Universidad de Talca, Chile, Fondecyt N° 3170434; 2017-2020
• Dr. Maria Eugenia Rubio Melendez, Universidad de Talca, Fondecyt N° 329967; 2019-2022

Postgraduate (PhD students)
• Pawel Gajdanowicz. 2010. PhD in Natural Sciences, Universität Potsdam, Germany
• Tripti Sharma. 2011. PhD in Natural Sciences, Universität Potsdam, Germany
• Janin Riedelsberger. 2013. PhD in Natural Sciences, Universität Potsdam, Germany
• Kamil Sklodowski. 2015. PhD in Natural Sciences, Universität Potsdam, Germany
• Stephan Schott-Verdugo. 2021. binational PhD in Natural Sciences y en Ciencias Aplicadas, Heinrich-Heine Universität Düsseldorf, Germany y Universidad de Talca, Chile.

Postgraduate (Master and Diploma Students)
• Klaas Wulfetange. 2003. Universität Potsdam. Germany.
• Jessica Mittelstädt. 2003. Universität Potsdam. Germany.
• Björn Linke. 2005. Universität Potsdam. Germany.
• Charles-Merlin Tientcheu. 2006. Universität Potsdam. Germany.
• Michael Sandmann. 2008. Universität Potsdam. Germany.
• Janin Riedelsberger. 2009. Universität Potsdam. Germany.
• Julian Stüven. 2009. Universität Potsdam. Germany.
• Tatjana Peter. 2009. Universität Potsdam. Germany.

Undergraduate (Pregrado and Bachelor students)
• Judith Koliwer, 2008. Universität Potsdam, Germany.
• Stefanie Schöne, 2009. Universität Potsdam, Germany.
• Markus Biedermann, 2009. Universität Potsdam, Germany.
• Hana Tlapák, 2010. Universität Potsdam, Germany.
• Gordon Handt, 2010. Universität Potsdam, Germany.
• Naomi Gernandez Rojas, 2021. Universidad de Talca, Chile.


Premios y Distinciones

  •   Marie-Curie Individual Fellowship

    MONTPELLIER SUPAGRO

    Francia, 1998

    2-year individual Marie-Curie postdoctoral fellowship of the European Community

  •   Heisenberg Fellowship

    UNIV.OF POTSDAM

    Alemania, 2007

    5-year Heisenberg Fellowship of the German Science Foundation to establish an independent research group.

  •   Abate Juan Ignacio Molina prize of excellence

    UNIVERSIDAD DE TALCA

    Chile, 2010

    Abate Juan Ignacio Molina prize of excellence awarded by the Alexander von Humboldt foundation and CONICYT-Chile

  •   Mercator Fellowship of the DFG

    HEINRICH-HEINE UNIVERSITAT DUSSELDORF

    Alemania, 2017

    Nomination to “Mercator Fellow” awarded by the DFG (German Research Foundation) and affiliated with the SFB 1208 at the Heinrich Heine Universität Düsseldorf, Germany, due to important contributions in bioinformatics and computational cell biology.


 

Article (88)

Structural Insights into the Substrate Transport Mechanisms in GTR Transporters through Ensemble Docking
Transporter networks can serve plant cells as nutrient sensors and mimic transceptor-like behavior
A voltage-dependent Ca2+ homeostat operates in the plant vacuolar membrane
Acidosis-induced activation of anion channel SLAH3 in the flooding-related stress response of Arabidopsis
Computational Analyses of the AtTPC1 (Arabidopsis Two-Pore Channel 1) Permeation Pathway
How to Grow a Tree: Plant Voltage-Dependent Cation Channels in the Spotlight of Evolution
Nutrient cycling is an important mechanism for homeostasis in plant cells
Optogenetic control of the guard cell membrane potential and stomatal movement by the light-gated anion channel GtACR1
Plant HKT Channels: An Updated View on Structure, Function and Gene Regulation
Potassium in plants-Still a hot topic
PSC-db: A Structured and Searchable 3D-Database for Plant Secondary Compounds
Antarctic root endophytes improve physiological performance and yield in crops under salt stress by enhanced energy production and Na+ sequestration
Channelrhodopsin-mediated optogenetics highlights a central role of depolarization-dependent plant proton pumps
High- and Low-Affinity Transport in Plants From a Thermodynamic Point of View
The Venus flytrap trigger hair-specific potassium channel KDM1 can reestablish the K+ gradient required for hapto-electric signaling
An extracellular cation coordination site influences ion conduction of OsHKT2;2
Nutrient exchange in arbuscular mycorrhizal symbiosis from a thermodynamic point of view
Serendipita indica E5 ' NT modulates extracellular nucleotide levels in the plant apoplast and affects fungal colonization
Voltage-dependent gating of SV channel TPC1 confers vacuole excitability
Identification of Two Auxin-Regulated Potassium Transporters Involved in Seed Maturation
The Role of Potassium Channels in Arabidopsis thaliana Long Distance Electrical Signalling: AKT2 Modulates Tissue Excitability While GORK Shapes Action Potentials
A synthetic multi-cellular network of coupled self-sustained oscillators
Cloning and functional characterization of HKT1 and AKT1 genes of Fragaria spp.-Relationship to plant response to salt stress
Identification of regions responsible for the function of the plant K+ channels KAT1 and AKT2 in Saccharomyces cerevisiae and Xenopus laevis oocytes
Plant potassium channels are in general dual affinity uptake systems
The fungal UmSrt1 and maize ZmSUT1 sucrose transporters battle for plant sugar resources
The potassium battery: a mobile energy source for transport processes in plant vascular tissues
The receptor-like pseudokinase MRH1 interacts with the voltage-gated potassium channel AKT2
Cooperation through Competition - Dynamics and Microeconomics of a Minimal Nutrient Trade System in Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Symbiosis
Electrical Wiring and Long-Distance Plant Communication
Gating of the two-pore cation channel AtTPC1 in the plant vacuole is based on a single voltage-sensing domain
Outward Rectification of Voltage-Gated K+ Channels Evolved at Least Twice in Life History
Stomatal Guard Cells Co-opted an Ancient ABA-Dependent Desiccation Survival System to Regulate Stomatal Closure
Potassium (K+) in plants
The twins K+ and Na+ in plants
Voltage-Sensor Transitions of the Inward-Rectifying K+ Channel KAT1 Indicate a Latching Mechanism Biased by Hydration within the Voltage Sensor
Conformational Changes Represent the Rate-Limiting Step in the Transport Cycle of Maize SUCROSE TRANSPORTER1
Functional, structural and phylogenetic analysis of domains underlying the Al sensitivity of the aluminum-activated malate/anion transporter, TaALMT1
The role of K+ channels in uptake and redistribution of potassium in the model plant Arabidopsis thaliana
Luminal and Cytosolic pH Feedback on Proton Pump Activity and ATP Affinity of V-type ATPase from Arabidopsis
Molecular evolution of slow and quick anion channels (SLACs and QUACs/ALMTs)
NRT/PTR transporters are essential for translocation of glucosinolate defence compounds to seeds
Phylogenetic analysis of K+ transporters in bryophytes, lycophytes, and flowering plants indicates a specialization of vascular plants
The pH sensor of the plant K+-uptake channel KAT1 is built from a sensory cloud rather than from single key amino acids
The putative K+ channel subunit AtKCO3 forms stable dimers in Arabidopsis
Calcium-dependent modulation and plasma membrane targeting of the AKT2 potassium channel by the CBL4/CIPK6 calcium sensor/protein kinase complex
Potassium (K plus ) gradients serve as a mobile energy source in plant vascular tissues
Potassium channels in plant cells
Structure-Function Correlates in Plant Ion Channels
The K + battery-regulating Arabidopsis K + channel AKT2 is under the control of multiple post-translational steps
The Selaginella Genome Identifies Genetic Changes Associated with the Evolution of Vascular Plants
A Minimal Cysteine Motif Required to Activate the SKOR K+ Channel of Arabidopsis by the Reactive Oxygen Species H2O2
Distributed Structures Underlie Gating Differences between the K-in Channel KAT1 and the K-out Channel SKOR
Modulation of the Arabidopsis KAT1 channel by an activator of protein kinase C in Xenopus laevis oocytes
Preferential KAT1-KAT2 Heteromerization Determines Inward K+ Current Properties in Arabidopsis Guard Cells
Roles of tandem-pore K plus channels in plants - a puzzle still to be solved
Distinct roles of the last transmembrane domain in controlling Arabidopsis K+ channel activity
Heteromeric AtKC1.AKT1 Channels in Arabidopsis Roots Facilitate Growth under K+-limiting Conditions
The Role of the C-Terminus for Functional Heteromerization of the Plant Channel KDC1
What makes a gate? The ins and outs of Kv-like K+ channels in plants
Heteromeric K+ channels in plants
Heteromerization of Arabidopsis Kv channel α-subunits
Plant adaptation to fluctuating environment and biomass production are strongly dependent on guard cell potassium channels
Genome-wide analysis of ABA-responsive elements ABRE and CE3 reveals divergent patterns in Arabidopsis and rice
Increased functional diversity of plant K+ channels by preferential heteromerization of the Shaker-like subunits AKT2 and KAT2
Ion homeostasis: plants feel better with proper control
PlnTFDB: an integrative plant transcription factor database
External K+ modulates the activity of the Arabidopsis potassium channel SKOR via an unusual mechanism
Mechanisms of ammonium transport, accumulation, and retention in ooyctes and yeast cells expressing Arabidopsis AtAMT1; 1
A unique voltage sensor sensitizes the potassium channel AKT2 to phosphoregulation
Inward rectification of the AKT2 channel abolished by voltage-dependent phosphorylation
Orphan transcripts in Arabidopsis thaliana: identification of several hundred previously unrecognized genes
Plant K-in and K-out channels: Approaching the trait of opposite rectification by analyzing more than 250 KAT1-SKOR chimeras
Assembly of plant Shaker-like K-out channels requires two distinct sites of the channel alpha-subunit
The Arabidopsis outward K+ channel GORK is involved in regulation of stomatal movements and plant transpiration
A plant Shaker-like K+ channel switches between two distinct gating modes resulting in either inward-rectifying or 'leak' current
VFK1, a Vicia faba K+ channel involved in phloem unloading
Channel-mediated high-affinity K+ uptake into guard cells from Arabidopsis
Identification and characterization of plant transporters
Pronounced differences between the native K+ channels and KAT1 and KST1 alpha-subunit homomers of guard cells
Cation sensitivity and kinetics of guard-cell potassium channels differ among species
Single mutations strongly alter the K+-selective pore of the K-in channel KAT1
Molecular basis of plant-specific acid activation of K+ uptake channels
Mutational analysis of functional domains within plant K+ uptake channels
Plant K+ channel alpha-subunits assemble indiscriminately
Changes in voltage activation, Cs+ sensitivity, and ion permeability in H5 mutants of the plant K+ channel KAT1
INWARD RECTIFIER POTASSIUM CHANNELS IN PLANTS DIFFER FROM THEIR ANIMAL COUNTERPARTS IN RESPONSE TO VOLTAGE AND CHANNEL MODULATORS
THE VOLTAGE-DEPENDENT POTASSIUM-UPTAKE CHANNEL OF CORN COLEOPTILES HAS PERMEATION PROPERTIES DIFFERENT FROM OTHER K+ CHANNELS

BookSection (3)

Voltage-gated ion channels
New challenges in plant ion transport research: from molecules to phenomena
On the structure and function of plant K+ channels

Proyecto (19)

Biophysical foundations of electrical signaling in plants
Role of Plant Ionotropic Glutamate Receptors in Redox Signaling
InSecTr – International Network to Study Secondary Metabolite Transport in Plants
Canales “Gap Junction” en el pulgón verde del duraznero (Myzus persicae): Potencial uso para el control de áfidos.
Mercator-Fellowship=> Computational Cell Biology
STRUCTURAL DETERMINANTS OF THE PERMEATION THROUGH TWO-PORE CHANNELS (TPC) FROM PLANTS AND ANIMALS
Structural and functional understanding of ion channels of the ALMT (Aluminum activated Malate Transporter) family
Post-translational regulation of plant weakly rectifying K+ channels
Regopoc=> Regulation of plant potassium channels
Regulacion de los canals de potassio del tipo AKT2 en plantas
Rectification of voltage-gated plant K+ channels
NiaPoc - New interdisciplinary approaches to gain molecular insights into the regulation of plant potassium channels
Syn-R-Gene - Synthetic gene-regulatory networks in microorganisms
Biophysical bases and the physiological implications of the post-translational regulation of the Arabidopsis thaliana K+ channel AKT2
Heisenberg-Fellowship=> "Regulation of plant membrane transport proteins"
Mechanisms of the regulation of plant potassium channels and their physiological role
Heterologous expression, heteromeric interaction and molecular modeling of plant inward-rectifying channels (HeMo2)
Plant Membrane Biology
Marie Curie Postdoctoral Training Research Grant "Structure-Function Relationships of plant potassium channels - mechanisms of rectification"

Review (3)

Exploring the fundamental role of potassium channels in novel model plants
The ALMT Family of Organic Acid Transporters in Plants and Their Involvement in Detoxification and Nutrient Security
K-2P channels in plants and animals
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Ingo Dreyer

Professor Titular

Bioinformatica

Universidad de Talca

Talca, Chile

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Wendy Gonzalez

Director of the Center for Bioinformatics, Simulations and Modeling (CBSM)

Bioinformática

CENTRO DE BIOINFORMÁTICA Y SIMULACIÓN MOLECULAR (CBSM)/ UNIVERSIDAD DE TALCA

Talca, Chile

10
Janin Riedelsberger

Profesora Asistente

Departamento de Bioinformática

Universidad de Talca

Talca, Chile

5
Erwan Michard

Professor

ICB

Universidad de Talca

Talca, Chile

3
Samuel Morales

Académico Conferenciante

Universidad de Talca

Talca, Chile

3
Gonzalo Riadi

Assistant Professor

Bioinformatics

Universidad de Talca

Talca, Chile

3
Julio Caballero

Full Professor

Departamento de Bioinformática

Universidad de Talca

Talca, Chile

3
Fernando Gonzalez

Titular Professor

Facultad de Ciencias de la Vida

Universidad Andres Bello

Santiago, Chile

3
David Ramirez

Profesor Asistente

Facultad de Ciencias Biológicas

Universidad de Concepción

Concepcion, Chile

2
Braulio Valdebenito

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TALCA, Chile

2
Ariela Vergara

Associate Professor

Bioinformatics

UNIVERSIDAD DE TALCA

Talca, Chile

2
María Rubio

Investigador Postdoctoral

Facultad de Ingeniería

Universidad de Talca

Talca, Chile

1
Francisco Sepúlveda

Research

Laboratorio Biología Molecular

CENTRO DE ESTUDIOS CIENTÍFICOS (CECS)

Valdivia, Chile

1
Ian Acuña

Investigador Asistente

Instituto de Investigación Interdisciplinaria (I3)

Universidad de Talca

Talca, Chile

1
Gabriel Nuñez

Jefe de Carrera, Ingeniería Civil Informática

Ciencias Naturales y Tecnología

Universidad de Aysén

Coyhaique, Chile

1
Marco Molina

Profesor Titular

Ecología y Biodiversidad

Universidad de Talca

Talca, Chile

1
Daniel Bustos

Auxiliar Professor

Vicerrectoría de Investigación y Postgrado

Universidad Católica del Maule

Talca, Chile

1
Leandro Zuñiga

Profesor Asociado

Medicine

Universidad de Talca

Talca, Chile

1
Jans Alzate

Associate Professor

Departamento de Bioinformática

UNIVERSIDAD DE TALCA

Talca, Chile

1
Melissa Alegría

Académico Asociado

Facultad de Ingeniería y Negocios

Universidad de Las Américas

Santiago, Chile

1
Miguel Garriga

Assistant Professor

Plant Production

Universidad de Concepción

Chillán, Chile