Born on September 6, 1963 in Bucharest (Romania). Studies in Biology at the Technical University Munich (1982-1985) and in Molecular Biology at Princeton University (1985-1990); PhD with Jeff Stock on the mechanism of signal transduction in bacterial chemotaxis (1991). Postdoctoral fellow with Andreas Plückthun at the Gene Center of the University, Munich (1992-1993), working on antibody engineering. Research assistant with…
Joanna Rorbach is a Professor at the Department of Medical Biochemistry and Biophysics at Karolinska Institutet in Stockholm. Her research focuses on mitochondrial gene expression and its implications for human health and disease. She leads a research group investigating the molecular mechanisms underlying mitochondrial ribosome assembly, RNA processing, and protein synthesis, with particular emphasis on their roles in inherited mitochondrial…
Understanding what plant genes do is essential for tackling global food security, sustainable agriculture, and environmental change. When we know a gene’s function, we can use that knowledge to improve crops by increasing disease resistance, lowering the energy cost of growth, or reducing the need for fertilisers. Yet for most plant genes, we still lack clear functional information. This “gene…
