Team Member
Mag. Lena Fragner
T: +43-1-4277-76555
Summer term 2025
300434 UE Ecosystem and Biogeochemistry Laboratory - Techniques in Systems Biology
Kudapa, H., Ghatak, A., Barmukh, R., Chaturvedi, P., Khan, A., Kale, S., Fragner, L., Chitikineni, A., Weckwerth, W., & Varshney, R. K. (2024). Integrated multi-omics analysis reveals drought stress response mechanism in chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.). Plant Genome, 17(1), Article e20337. https://doi.org/10.1002/tpg2.20337
Ghatak, A., Schindler, F., Bachmann, G., Engelmeier, D., Bajaj, P., Brenner, M., Fragner, L., Varshney, R. K., Subbarao, G. V., Chaturvedi, P., & Weckwerth, W. (2022). Root exudation of contrasting drought-stressed pearl millet genotypes conveys varying biological nitrification inhibition (BNI) activity. Biology and Fertility of Soils, 58(3), 291-306. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00374-021-01578-w
Werning, M., Brenner, M., Dobretzberger, V., Müllner, E., Mlynek, G., Djinovic-Carugo, K., Baron, D. M., Fragner, L., Bischoff, A., Büchner, B., Klopstock, T., Weckwerth, W., & Salzer, U. (2022). A Potential Citrate Shunt in Erythrocytes of PKAN Patients Caused by Mutations in Pantothenate Kinase 2. Biomolecules, 12(2), Article 325. https://doi.org/10.3390/biom12020325
Herpell, J., Schindler, F., Fragner, L., Weckwerth, W., & Bejtovic, M. (2021). Paraburkholderia dioscoreae sp. nov., a novel plant associated growth promotor. International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology, 71(9), Article 004969. https://doi.org/10.1099/ijsem.0.004969
Schindler, F., Fragner, L., Herpell, J. B., Berger, A., Brenner, M., Tischler, S., Bellaire, A., Schoenenberger, J., Li, W., Sun, X., Schinnerl, J., Brecker, L., & Weckwerth, W. (2021). Dissecting metabolism of leaf nodules in Ardisia crenata and Psychotria punctata. Frontiers in Molecular Biosciences, 8, Article 683671. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmolb.2021.683671
Gregor, A., Fragner, L., Trajanoski, S., Li, W., Sun, X., Weckwerth, W., König, J., & Duszka, K. (2020). Cage bedding modifies metabolic and gut microbiota profiles in mouse studies applying dietary restriction. Scientific Reports, 10(1), Article 20835. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-77831-3
Herpell, J. B., Schindler, F., Bejtović, M., Fragner, L., Diallo, B., Bellaire, A., Kublik, S., Foesel, B. U., Gschwendtner, S., Kerou, M., Schloter, M., & Weckwerth, W. (2020). The Potato Yam Phyllosphere Ectosymbiont Paraburkholderia sp. Msb3 Is a Potent Growth Promotor in Tomato. Frontiers in Microbiology, 11(11), 581. Article 581. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2020.00581
Wilson, J. L., Naegele, T., Linke, M., Demel, F., Fritsch, S. D., Mayr, H. K., Cai, Z., Katholnig, K., Sun, X., Fragner, L., Miller, A., Haschemi, A., Popa, A., Bergthaler, A., Hengstschlaeger, M., Weichhart, T., & Weckwerth, W. (2020). Inverse Data-Driven Modeling and Multiomics Analysis Reveals Phgdh as a Metabolic Checkpoint of Macrophage Polarization and Proliferation. Cell Reports, 30(5), 1542-1552. Article e7. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.celrep.2020.01.011
Gregor, A., Fragner, L., Trajanoski, S., Weckwerth, W., Koenig, J., & Duszka, K. (2020). Cage Bedding affects Microbiota and Metabolism in Mice. Proceedings of the Nutrition Society, 79(OCE2), E414. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0029665120003626
Begcy, K., Nosenko, T., Zhou, L.-Z., Fragner, L., Weckwerth, W., & Dresselhaus, T. (2019). Male Sterility in Maize after Transient Heat Stress during the Tetrad Stage of Pollen Development. Plant Physiology, 181(2), 683-700. https://doi.org/10.1104/pp.19.00707
Walker, T. W. N., Weckwerth, W., Bragazza, L., Fragner, L., Forde, B. G., Ostle, N. J., Signarbieux, C., Sun, X., Ward, S. E., & Bardgett, R. D. (2019). Plastic and genetic responses of a common sedge to warming have contrasting effects on carbon cycle processes. Ecology Letters, 22(1), 159-169. https://doi.org/10.1111/ele.13178
Nagler, M., Nägele, T., Gilli, C., Fragner, L., Korte, A., Platzer, A., Farlow, A., Nordborg, M., & Weckwerth, W. (2018). Eco-metabolomics and metabolic modeling: Making the leap from model systems in the lab to native populations in the field. Frontiers in Plant Science, 9, Article 1556. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2018.01556
Leitner, M., Fragner, L., Danner, S., Holeschofsky, N., Leitner, K., Tischler, S., Doerfler, H., Bachmann, G., Sun, X., Jaeger, W., Kautzky-Willer, A., & Weckwerth, W. (2017). Combined Metabolomic Analysis of Plasma and Urine Reveals AHBA, Tryptophan and Serotonin Metabolism as Potential Risk Factors in Gestational Diabetes Mellitus (GDM). Frontiers in Molecular Biosciences, 4, Article 84. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmolb.2017.00084
Nägele, T., Fragner, L., Chaturvedi, P., Ghatak, A., & Weckwerth, W. (2017). Pollen Metabolome Dynamics: Biochemistry, Regulation and Analysis. In C. Springer (Ed.), Pollen Tip Growth: Pollen Metabolome Dynamics: Biochemistry, Regulation and Analysis (pp. 319-336). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-56645-0_12
Holland, V., Fragner, L., Jungcurt, T., Weckwerth, W., & Brueggemann, W. (2016). Girdling interruption between source and sink in Quercus pubescens does not trigger leaf senescence. Photosynthetica, 54(4), 589-597. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11099-016-0646-3
Furuhashi, T., Nakamura, T., Fragner, L., Roustan, V., Schoen, V., & Weckwerth, W. (2016). Biodiesel and poly-unsaturated fatty acids production from algae and crop plants - a rapid and comprehensive workflow for lipid analysis. Biotechnology Journal, 11(10), 1262-1267. https://doi.org/10.1002/biot.201400197
Wang, L., Nägele, T., Doerfler, H., Fragner, L., Chaturvedi, P., Nukarinen, E., Bellaire, A., Huber, W., Weiszmann, J., Engelmeier, D., Ramsak, Z., Gruden, K., & Weckwerth, W. (2016). System level analysis of cacao seed ripening reveals a sequential interplay of primary and secondary metabolism leading to polyphenol accumulation and preparation of stress resistance. The Plant Journal, 87(3), 318-332. https://doi.org/10.1111/tpj.13201
Wang, L., Fu, J., Li, M., Fragner, L., Weckwerth, W., & Yang, P. (2016). Metabolomic and Proteomic Profiles Reveal the Dynamics of Primary Metabolism during Seed Development of Lotus (Nelumbo nucifera). Frontiers in Plant Science, 7, Article 750. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2016.00750
Prezelj, N., Covington, E., Roitsch, T., Gruden, K., Fragner, L., Weckwerth, W., Chersicola, M., Vodopivec, M., & Dermastia, M. (2016). Metabolic consequences of infection of grapevine (vitis vinifera l.) cv. “modra frankinja” with flavescence dorée phytoplasma. Frontiers in Plant Science, 7, Article 711. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2016.00711
Kogovsek, P., Pompe-Novak, M., Petek, M., Fragner, L., Weckwerth, W., & Gruden, K. (2016). Primary Metabolism, Phenylpropanoids and Antioxidant Pathways Are Regulated in Potato as a Response to Potato virus Y Infection. PLoS ONE, 11(1), Article e0146135. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0146135
Functional and Evolutionary Ecology
Djerassiplatz 1 (UBB)
1030 Wien
Room: 3.055
T: +43-1-4277-76555