U. Schurr,
Forschungszentrum Jülich and Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf
Study of plant biomechanics in growing tissues. Spatio-temporal mapping of responses of growth and transport in plants to external and internal forces as well as exchange processes with the environments by a wide range of non-invasive techniques like MRI, optical image sequence analysis, positron emission tomography, thermography and laser absorption tomography, electrophysiology and microscopy techniques.
Prof. Dr. Urich Schurr
| 1982-1988 | Study of Biology at University of Bayreuth |
| 1988-1991 | Ph.D. University of Bayreuth |
| 1991-2001 | Group leader at the Botanical Institute University of Heidelberg |
| 2000 | Habilitation in Botany University of Heidelberg |
| 1998 | Visiting Fellow at the Australian National University, Canberra, Australia |
| 2001 | Director at ICG-III, Forschungszentrum Jülich and Professor of Phytosphere Research, Univ. Düsseldorf |
A. Walter, R. Feil, U. Schurr (2002). Restriction of nyctinastic movements and application of tensile forces to leaves affects diurnal patterns of expansion growth. Functional Plant Biology 29, 1247-1258.
A. Chavarria-Krauser, U. Schurr (2004). A cellular growth model for root tips. J. Theor. Biology, 230, 21-32.
B. Osmond, G. Ananyev, J. Berry, C. Langdon, Z. Kolber, G. Gunghuilin, R. Monson, C. Nichol, U. Racher, U. Schurr, S. Smith, D. Yakir (2004). Changing the way we think about global change research: scaling up in experimental ecosystem science. Global change biology 10, 393-407.
R. Pieruschka, U. Schurr, S. Jahnke (2005). Lateral gas diffusion inside leaves. J.Exp. Bot. 56, 857-864.
A. Walter, U. Schurr (2005). Botanical Briefing: Dynamics of leaf and root growth: endogenous control versus environmental impact. Annals in Botany, 95, 891-900.
Schurr, U.; Walter, A.; Rascher, U.
'Functional dynamics of plant growth and photosynthesis - from steady-state to dynamics - from homogeneity to heterogeneity'
Plant, Cell and Environment 29 (2006), 340 - 352
Biskup, B.; Scharr, H.; Schurr, U.; Rascher, U.
'A stereo imaging system for measuring structural parameters of plant canopies'
Plant, Cell and Environment 30 (2007), 1299 – 1308
Walter, A.; Scharr, H.; Gilmer, F.; Zierer, R.*; Nagel, K. A.; Ernst, M.; Wiese, A.; Virnich, O.; Christ, M. M.; Uhlig, B.; Jünger, S.; Schurr, U.
'Dynamics of seedling growth acclimation towards altered light conditions can be quantified via GROWSCREEN: a setup and procedure designed for rapid optical phenotyping of different plant species '
New Phytologist 174 (2007), 447 – 455
Wiese, A.; Christ, M. M.; Virnich, O.; Schurr, U.; Walter, A.
'Spatio-temporal leaf growth patterns of Arabidopsis thaliana and evidence for sugar control of the diel leaf growth cycle'
New Phytologist 174 (2007), 752 – 761
Chavarria-Krauser, A.; Nagel, K. A.; Palme, K.*; Schurr, U.; Walter, A.; Scharr, H.
'Spatio-temporal quantification of differential growth processes in root growth zones based on a novel combination of image sequence processing and refined concepts describing curvature production'
New Phytologist 177 (2008) 3, 811 – 821
Pieruschka, R.; Chavarría-Krauser, A.; Cloos, K.; Scharr, H.; Schurr, U.; Jahnke, S.
'Photosynthesis can be enhanced by lateral CO2 diffusion inside leaves over distances of several millimeters '
New Phytologist 178 (2008), 335 - 347
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