Lena Müller, PhD

Juniorprofessor

Labor für molekulare und zelluläre Pflanzenbiologie

Salk Institut für Biologische Studien - Veröffentlichungen

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Sethu Madhavan, A., Müller, L.M. Balancing mutualism: choice and sanctions in root-microbe symbioses. (2026) New Phytol. DOI: 10.1111/nph.71107

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Ivanov, S., Müller, L.M., Lefèvre, F.M., Harrison, M.J. Yeast two-hybrid-sequencing and bifluorescence complementation resources for assessing protein-protein interactions in arbuscular mycorrhizal roots: CKL2 as a case study. (2025) New Phytol. DOI: 10.1111/nph.70832

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Rodriguez-Garcia, D.R., Müller, L.M. Signaling at the interface: The cell wall, peptides, and extracellular vesicles mediate partner communication during arbuscular mycorrhizal symbiosis. (2025) Aktuelle Meinungen in der Pflanzenbiologie. 89:102849. DOI: 10.1016/j.pbi.2025.102849

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Orosz, J., Lin, E.X., Torres Ascurra, Y.C., Kappes, M., Lindsay, P., Bashyal, S., Everett, H., Gautam, C.K., Jackson, D., Müller, L.M. CORYNE modulates Medicago truncatula inflorescence meristem branching and plays a conserved role in the regulation of arbuscular mycorrhizal symbiosis. (2025) J Exp Bot. DOI: 10.1093/jxb/eraf386

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Torres Ascurra, Y.C., Müller, L.M. Signaling peptides control beneficial and pathogenic plant-microbe interactions. (2025) J Exp Bot. DOI: 10.1093/jxb/eraf180

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Bashyal, S., Müller, L.M., Chory, J., Bürger, M. Protokoll für die effiziente Keimung von Castilleja (Orobanchaceae) zur chemischen Haustorieninduktion und für Studien zur Parasit-Wirt-Interaktion. (2025) STAR Protokoll. 6(2):103753. DOI: 10.1016/j.xpro.2025.103753

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Bashyal, S., Everett, H., Matsuura, S., Müller, L.M. A plant CLE peptide and its fungal mimic promote arbuscular mycorrhizal symbiosis via CRN-mediated ROS suppression. (2025) Verhandlungen der Nationalen Akademie der Wissenschaften der Vereinigten Staaten von Amerika. 122(16):e2422215122. DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2422215122

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Chaulagain, D., Schnabel, E., Kappes, M., Lin, E.X., Müller, L.M., Frugoli, J.A. TML1 and TML2 synergistically regulate nodulation and affect arbuscular mycorrhiza in Medicago truncatula (2024) Frontiers in Plant Science. 15:1504404. DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2024.1504404

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Schnabel, E., Bashyal, S., Corbett, C., Kassaw, T., Nowak, S., Rosales-García, R.A., Noorai, R.E., Müller, L.M., Frugoli, J. The Defective in Autoregulation (DAR) gene of Medicago truncatula encodes a protein involved in regulating nodulation and arbuscular mycorrhiza. (2024) BMC Pflanzenbiologie. 24(1):766. DOI: 10.1186/s12870-024-05479-6

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Chaulagain, D., Schnabel, E., Lin, E.X., Garcia, R.R., Noorai, R.E., Müller, L.M., Frugoli, J.A. TML1 AND TML2 SYNERGISTICALLY REGULATE NODULATION BUT NOT ARBUSCULAR MYCORRHIZA IN MEDICAGO TRUNCATULA. (2023) bioRxiv. DOI: 10.1101/2023.12.07.570674

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Bashyal, S., Gautam, C.K., Müller, L.M. CLAVATA signaling in plant-environment interactions. (2023) Pflanzenphysiologie. DOI: 10.1093/plphys/kiad591

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Roy, S., Müller, L.M. A rulebook for peptide control of legume-microbe endosymbioses. (2022) Trends in der Pflanzenwissenschaft. 27(9):870-889. DOI: 10.1016/j.tplants.2022.02.002

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Zhang, S., Daniels, D.A., Ivanov, S., Jurgensen, L., Müller, L.M., Versaw, W.K., Harrison, M.J. A genetically encoded biosensor reveals spatiotemporal variation in cellular phosphate content in Brachypodium distachyon mycorrhizal roots. (2022) New Phytol. 234(5):1817-1831. DOI: 10.1111/nph.18081

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Müller, L.M. Underground connections: arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi influence on interspecific plant-plant interactions. (2021) Pflanzenphysiologie. 187(3):1270-1272. DOI: 10.1093/plphys/kiab397


Müller, L.M., Campos-Soriano, L., Levesque-Tremblay, V., Bravo, A., Daniels, D.A., Pathak, S., Park, H.J., Harrison, M.J. Constitutive Overexpression of Leads to an Increase in Arbuscule Density in . (2020) Pflanzenphysiologie. 184(3):1263-1272. DOI: 10.1104/pp.20.00997

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Müller, L.M. An Evolutionary Perspective on LysM Receptors Reveals Conserved Mechanisms for Microbial Signal Perception. (2020) Pflanzenphysiologie. 184(2):562-563. DOI: 10.1104/pp.20.01160


Müller, L.M. Timing Is Everything: Regulates Meristem Phase Change in Barley. (2020) Pflanzenphysiologie. 183(3):816-817. DOI: 10.1104/pp.20.00648


Müller, L.M., Flokova, K., Schnabel, E., Sun, X., Fei, Z., Frugoli, J., Bouwmeester, H.J., Harrison, M.J. A CLE-SUNN module regulates strigolactone content and fungal colonization in arbuscular mycorrhiza. (2019) Nature Plants. 5(9):933-939. DOI: 10.1038/s41477-019-0501-1

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Müller, L.M., Harrison, M.J. Phytohormones, miRNAs, and peptide signals integrate plant phosphorus status with arbuscular mycorrhizal symbiosis. (2019) Aktuelle Meinungen in der Pflanzenbiologie. 50:132-139. DOI: 10.1016/j.pbi.2019.05.004

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Floss, D.S., Gomez, S.K., Park, H.J., MacLean, A.M., Müller, L.M., Bhattarai, K.K., Lévesque-Tremblay, V., Maldonado-Mendoza, I.E., Harrison, M.J. A Transcriptional Program for Arbuscule Degeneration during AM Symbiosis Is Regulated by MYB1. (2017) Current Biology. 27(8):1206-1212. DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2017.03.003

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Müller, L.M., Lindner, H., Pires, N.D., Gagliardini, V., Grossniklaus, U. A subunit of the oligosaccharyltransferase complex is required for interspecific gametophyte recognition in Arabidopsis. (2016) Nature Communications. 7:10826. DOI: 10.1038/ncomms10826

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Pires, N.D., Bemer, M., Müller, L.M., Baroux, C., Spillane, C., Grossniklaus, U. Quantitative Genetics Identifies Cryptic Genetic Variation Involved in the Paternal Regulation of Seed Development. (2016) PLOS Genetics. 12(1):e1005806. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1005806

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Lindner, H., Kessler, S.A., Müller, L.M., Shimosato-Asano, H., Boisson-Dernier, A., Grossniklaus, U. TURAN and EVAN mediate pollen tube reception in Arabidopsis Synergids through protein glycosylation. (2015) PLOS Biologie. 13(4):e1002139. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.1002139

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Lindner, H., Müller, L.M., Boisson-Dernier, A., Grossniklaus, U. CrRLK1L receptor-like kinases: not just another brick in the wall. (2012) Aktuelle Meinungen in der Pflanzenbiologie. 15(6):659-69. DOI: 10.1016/j.pbi.2012.07.003

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Richter, S., Müller, L.M., Stierhof, Y.D., Mayer, U., Takada, N., Kost, B., Vieten, A., Geldner, N., Koncz, C., Jürgens, G. Polarized cell growth in Arabidopsis requires endosomal recycling mediated by GBF1-related ARF exchange factors. (2011) Nature Cell Biology. 14(1):80-6. DOI: 10.1038/ncb2389

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El-Kasmi, F., Pacher, T., Strompen, G., Stierhof, Y.D., Müller, L.M., Koncz, C., Mayer, U., Jürgens, G. Arabidopsis SNARE protein SEC22 is essential for gametophyte development and maintenance of Golgi-stack integrity. (2011) Pflanztagebuch. 66(2):268-79. DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-313X.2011.04487.x

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BSc/MSc, Biology, University of Tuebingen, Germany
PhD, University of Zurich, Switzerland
Postdoctoral Fellow, Boyce Thompson Institute, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY


Auszeichnungen & Ehrungen

  • Sharon Grey Women’s Young Investigator Award, American Society of Plant Biologists, 2020
  • Postdoctoral research fellowship, German Research Foundation, 2017
  • Advanced postdoc mobility research fellowship, Swiss National Science Foundation, 2017
  • Early postdoc mobility research fellowship, Swiss National Science Foundation, 2015
  • Best oral presentation award, XXIII International Conference on Sexual Plant Reproduction, Porto, Portugal, 2014