Dr. Hanna Faist
Function
Junior Scientist
Center
Health & Bioresources
Competence Unit
Bioresources
Address
UFT, Konrad-Lorenz-Straße 24, 3430 Tulln
Career
Field: Exploitation of Biological Resources
Main Research: plant bacteria interactions
Experience:
Dr. Hanna Faist, a junior scientist at the AIT Austrian Institute of Technology, is part of the European
Horizon 2020 project SolACE (Solutions for improving Agroecosystem and Crop Efficiency for water
and nutrient use). Recently, Hanna Faist unraveled the role of the bacterial community in crops
exposed to combined stresses and distinct management practices. Previously, at the University of
Würzburg, she investigated the crown gall disease of plants, introduced by pathogenic agrobacteria.
This included the characterization of a gene and its influence on the lipidome of crown galls and the
bacterial community of diseased and healthy grapevines. Combining computational and molecular
biological skills, her research focuses on bacteria-plant interactions.
Horizon 2020 project SolACE (Solutions for improving Agroecosystem and Crop Efficiency for water
and nutrient use). Recently, Hanna Faist unraveled the role of the bacterial community in crops
exposed to combined stresses and distinct management practices. Previously, at the University of
Würzburg, she investigated the crown gall disease of plants, introduced by pathogenic agrobacteria.
This included the characterization of a gene and its influence on the lipidome of crown galls and the
bacterial community of diseased and healthy grapevines. Combining computational and molecular
biological skills, her research focuses on bacteria-plant interactions.
- 2013-2017: PhD-candidate
University of Würzburg / Germany - 2018-now: PostDoc / Junior Scientist
AIT / Austria
Publications
- Two Fatty Acid Desaturases, STEAROYL-ACYL CARRIER PROTEIN ?9-DESATURASE6 and FATTY ACID DESATURASE3, Are Involved in Drought and Hypoxia Stress Signaling in Arabidopsis Crown Galls
Author(s): Joern Klinkenberg, Hanna Faist, Stefanie Saupe, Sophie Lambertz, Markus Krischke, Nadja Stingl, Agnes Fekete, Martin J. Mueller, Ivo Feussner, Rainer Hedrich, Rosalia Deeken
Journal: Plant Physiology (2014) - Grapevine (Vitis vinifera) Crown Galls Host Distinct Microbiota
Author(s): Hanna Faist, Alexander Keller, Ute Hentschel, Rosalia Deeken
Journal: applied and Environmental Biology (2016)
Further Information
- Publications AIT publications database