Isabel Bäurle

Bäurle was appointed a group leader at the University of Potsdam in 2010. She was made a Junior Professor in 2013 and full Professor in 2019.^[3]

Bäurle studies the adaptation of plants to abiotic stress, and the roles of epigenetics in the adaptation processes. Abiotic stress, which include extreme temperatures and restricted water, are likely to be exacerbated during the climate crisis. She has shown that plants remember their previous exposure to abiotic stresses, and that whilst their future responses are modified, the fundamental mechanisms that underpin these responses are not understood. Cellular memory in plants is surprising given that they do not have a nervous system. The outputs of Bäurle's research are being used to design new strategies for crop management.^[1]

Bäurle serves on the editorial board of the Current Opinion in Plant Biology.^[4]

• Isabel Bäurle; Caroline Dean (1 May 2006). "The timing of developmental transitions in plants". Cell. 125 (4): 655–664. doi:10.1016/J.CELL.2006.05.005. ISSN 0092-8674. PMID 16713560. Wikidata Q36483601.
• Thorsten Hamann; Eva Benkova; Isabel Bäurle; Marika Kientz; Gerd Jürgens (1 July 2002). "The Arabidopsis BODENLOS gene encodes an auxin response protein inhibiting MONOPTEROS-mediated embryo patterning". Genes & Development. 16 (13): 1610–1615. doi:10.1101/GAD.229402. ISSN 0890-9369. PMC 186366. PMID 12101120. Wikidata Q33337383.
• Thorsten Hamann; Eva Benkova; Isabel Bäurle; Marika Kientz; Gerd Jürgens (1 July 2002). "The Arabidopsis BODENLOS gene encodes an auxin response protein inhibiting MONOPTEROS-mediated embryo patterning". Genes & Development. 16 (13): 1610–1615. doi:10.1101/GAD.229402. ISSN 0890-9369. PMC 186366. PMID 12101120. Wikidata Q33337383.