Juniorprofessor
Labor für molekulare und zelluläre Pflanzenbiologie
Sethu Madhavan, A., Müller, L.M. Balancing mutualism: choice and sanctions in root-microbe symbioses. (2026) New Phytol. DOI: 10.1111/nph.71107
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Bashyal, S., Gautam, C.K., Müller, L.M. CLAVATA signaling in plant-environment interactions. (2023) Pflanzenphysiologie. DOI: 10.1093/plphys/kiad591
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
BSc/MSc, Biology, University of Tuebingen, Germany
PhD, University of Zurich, Switzerland
Postdoctoral Fellow, Boyce Thompson Institute, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY