Sina Fischer

Contact

• workPlant Sciences
  Sutton Bonington Campus
  Sutton Bonington
  Leicestershire
  LE12 5RD
  UK
• Sina.Fischer@nottingham.ac.uk

Biography

From a back ground of genetics and plant physiology, I developed an interest in the plant ionome during my PhD in Bayreuth (Germany). There I studied natural variation in heavy metal tolerance in Arabidopsis thaliana in the research group of Prof. Stephan Clemens. During the course of my studies I developed an assay system for lead toxicity (Fischer et al. 2014, EST), assessed Cd-tolerance through QTL mapping (Fischer et al. 2017, Sci. Rep.), performed Bulk-Segregant Analysis to determine the genetic cause for Mn-tolerance and studied lead-tolerance through GWAS (Genome Wide Association Studies). I continued my investigations in plant ionome when I joined the group of Prof. David E. Salt in 2015 with focus on potassium homeostasis in neo-tetraploid A. thaliana. Since then I have broadened my research scope to understand the molecular basis for physiological differences in Arabidopsis thaliana neo-tetraploids. RNAseq analysis have led me to focus on abiotic stress and ABA signaling as well as changes in low-potassium responses. In the future I am interested in translating the knowledge gained in A. thaliana to barley and rice.

Recent Publications

• PONGRAC, PAULA, FISCHER, SINA, THOMPSON, JACQUELINE A., WRIGHT, GLADYS and WHITE, PHILIP J., 2020. Early Responses of Brassica oleracea Roots to Zinc Supply Under Sufficient and Sub-Optimal Phosphorus Supply Frontiers in Plant Science. 10, 1645
• FISCHER, SINA, SPIELAU, THOMAS and CLEMENS, STEPHAN, 2017. Natural variation in Arabidopsis thaliana Cd responses and the detection of quantitative trait loci affecting Cd tolerance Scientific Reports. 7(1), 3693
• FISCHER, SINA, KÜHNLENZ, TANJA, THIEME, MICHAEL, SCHMIDT, HOLGER and CLEMENS, STEPHAN, 2014. Analysis of Plant Pb Tolerance at Realistic Submicromolar Concentrations Demonstrates the Role of Phytochelatin Synthesis for Pb Detoxification Environmental Science & Technology. 48(13), 7552-7559
• HERZOG, SABINE, NAGARKAR JAISWAL, SONAL, URBAN, EVELIN, RIEMER, ANNA, FISCHER, SINA and HEIDMANN, STEFAN K., 2013. Functional Dissection of the Drosophila melanogaster Condensin Subunit Cap-G Reveals Its Exclusive Association with Condensin I PLoS Genetics. 9(4),

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• PONGRAC, PAULA, FISCHER, SINA, THOMPSON, JACQUELINE A., WRIGHT, GLADYS and WHITE, PHILIP J., 2020. Early Responses of Brassica oleracea Roots to Zinc Supply Under Sufficient and Sub-Optimal Phosphorus Supply Frontiers in Plant Science. 10, 1645
• FISCHER, SINA, SPIELAU, THOMAS and CLEMENS, STEPHAN, 2017. Natural variation in Arabidopsis thaliana Cd responses and the detection of quantitative trait loci affecting Cd tolerance Scientific Reports. 7(1), 3693
• FISCHER, SINA, KÜHNLENZ, TANJA, THIEME, MICHAEL, SCHMIDT, HOLGER and CLEMENS, STEPHAN, 2014. Analysis of Plant Pb Tolerance at Realistic Submicromolar Concentrations Demonstrates the Role of Phytochelatin Synthesis for Pb Detoxification Environmental Science & Technology. 48(13), 7552-7559
• HERZOG, SABINE, NAGARKAR JAISWAL, SONAL, URBAN, EVELIN, RIEMER, ANNA, FISCHER, SINA and HEIDMANN, STEFAN K., 2013. Functional Dissection of the Drosophila melanogaster Condensin Subunit Cap-G Reveals Its Exclusive Association with Condensin I PLoS Genetics. 9(4),
• WEBER, MICHAEL, DEINLEIN, ULRICH, FISCHER, SINA, ROGOWSKI, MICHAELA, GEIMER, STEFAN, TENHAKEN, RAIMUND and CLEMENS, STEPHAN, 2013. A mutation in the Arabidopsis thaliana cell wall biosynthesis gene pectin methylesterase 3 as well as its aberrant expression cause hypersensitivity specifically to Zn The Plant Journal. 76(1), 151-164