Dipl.-Ing. Dr. Verena Ibl

Group Leader CELBICS (Cell Biology in Crop Seeds)

Room: 3.054
University of Vienna Biology Building
Djerassiplatz 1
1030 Wien
Twitter: @VerenaIbl
Researchgate: Verena Ibl (former Winter)
verena.ibl@univie.ac.at

Personal details

Date of Birth: July 19, 1976
Place of Birth: Vienna
Nationality: Austria

 

Research interests

  • plant ESCRT machinery (ESCRT 0, ESCRT III) and endomembrane system
  • intracellular protein trafficking
  • microscopic studies
  • in vivo imaging
  • seed
  • proteomics

 

Higher education including obtained degrees

2020 Habilitation (Venia Docendi) in Plant Cell Biology, University of Vienna, Austria
2010 Degree Dr. rer.nat., University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna
2003 – 2010 PhD at the Department of Applied Genetics und Cell Biology (DAGZ); University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna:

Characterization of the ESCRT-III component HYADE in Arabidopsis thaliana

2004 Degree Dipl. Ing. at the Department of Biotechnology, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna
1996 – 2004 Studies of Food- and Biotechnology, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna

 

Appointments

2020 - 2024 FWF stand-alone project P 33891, Characterization of TOL proteins in barley, Molecular System Biology (Mosys), University of Vienna
2016 – 2020 2 FWF stand-alone projects; Molecular System Biology (MoSys), University of Vienna, Vienna
2013 – 2016 FWF stand-alone project “ESCRTing during barley endosperm development”, Department of Applied Genetics und Cell Biology (DAGZ); University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna
2010 – 2013 PostDoc in the group of Dr. Eva Stoger; Molecular Plant Physiology and Crop Biotechnology, Department of Applied Genetics und Cell Biology (DAGZ); University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna

 

Recent invitations to scientific conferences (invited speaker)

10/2016

“The barley ESCRT-III HvVPS24/CHMP3 and its putative special role in barley endosperm”; Lecce, Italy, Unconventional Protein and Membrane Trafficking (UPMT)-meeting

06/2016

“The barley ESCRT-III HvVPS24/CHMP3 and its putative special role in barley endosperm”; Brighton, United Kingdom, SEB Meeting

09/2014

“In situ live cell imaging of PSV dynamics in barley aleurone”; LECCE, Italy, ENPER Meeting

08/2013

“Fusing, collapsing and shrinking: the fate of PSVs in developing barley endosperm”; GENT, Belgium, ENPER Meeting

09/2011

“FM4-64 as a tool to study the dynamic endomembrane system in maize endosperm cells”; ASSISI, Italy, ENPER Meeting

06/2011

“Recombinant Pharmaceuticals from Crop Plants”; VIENNA, Austria, Expert presentations on Plant Derived Vaccines

09/2010

“New insights into the vacuolar protein transport mechanism in maize endosperm”; MARIENBURG, Zell an der Mosel, Germany, ENPER Meeting

12/2007

“The endosomal protein sorting machinery component HYADE regulates the plane of division and cytokinesis in Arabidopsis root cells; SALZBURG, Austria, University of Salzburg, Host: Ao.Univ.Prof. Dr. Ilse Foissner, Department of Cell Biology, Institut of Plantphysiology, SALZBURG, Austria

04/2007

“Interaction and functional characterization of ESCRT-III complex components of Arabidopsis“; SALZBURG, Austria, Botanical Microscopy Meeting

 

5 most important peer review activities, editorships/memberships in academic organisations

2013 – present Transgenic Research
2015 – present Journal of Experimental Botany
2013 – present Austrian Association of Molecular Life Sciences and Biotechnology (ÖGMBT)); www.oegmbt.at
2015 – present The International Society for Seed Science (ISSS); http://seedscisoc.org/
2016 – present Society for Experimental Biology (SEB); www.sebiology.org/homepage

 

Externally funded national and international projects (last 5 years)

Funding organisation Duration Research topic of the project Funding in k€
Hochschuljubiläumsstiftung

der Stadt Wien

12/2016 –

06/2017

Identification of HvVPS24-interacting protein in barley endosperm 7
FWF 12/2016 – 12/2019 Barley endosperm: stress response of endomembranes and ESCRT 276
FWF 11/2016 – 11/2019 ESCRT-III Transcriptome and Proteom of barley endosperm 331
FWF 2013 - 2020 ESCRTing during barley endosperm development 244
FWF 2020 - 2024 Characterization of TOL proteins in barley 577

 

International collaborations

Dr.nat.techn. Katarzyna Retzer Institure of Experimental Botany of the Czech Academy of Sciences Czech Republic D-root system
Prof. Dr. Thomas Nägele Ludwig - Maximilians - Universität Munich Germany Metabolomic analyses and modelling
Prof. Dr. Lorenzo Frigerio University of Warwick United Kingdom ESCRTing during barley endosperm development; immunoprecipitation analyses