Verena Siewers, PhD Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Chalmers University of Technology, Kemivägen 10, SE-412 96 Göteborg, Sweden Phone: +46(0)31 772 3853 Fax: +46(0)31 772 3801 E-mail: siewers [at] chalmers.se Office: Room 3055A     Education and degrees 2000 Diploma in Biology, University of Münster, Germany 2004 PhD (Dr. rer. nat.), University of Münster, Germany Employments 2001-2005 Research Associate, University of Münster, Germany 2005-2008 PostDoc, Technical University of Denmark 2008- Post doc, Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Chalmers Publications 2004 Tudzynski, P. and Siewers, V. 2004. Approaches to molecular genetics and genomics of Botrytis. In: Y. Elad, B. Williamson, P. Tudzynski, N. Delen (eds.). Botrytis: biology, pathology and control. Kluwer Academic Press, pp 53-66.   Rolke, Y., Liu, S., Quidde, T., Williamson, B., Schouten, A., Weltring, K.-M., Siewers, V., Tenberge, K.B., Tudzynski, B. and Tudzynski, P. 2004. Functional analysis of H2O2-generating systems in Botrytis cinerea: the major Cu-Zn-superoxide dismutase (BCSOD1) contributes to virulence on French bean, whereas a glucose oxidase (BCGOD1) is dispensable. Mol. Plant Pathol. 5:17-23.   Siewers, V., Smedsgaard, J., and Tudzynski, P. 2004. The P450 monooxygenase BcABA1 is essential for abscisic acid biosynthesis in Botrytis cinerea. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 70:3868-3876. 2005 Chagué, V., Danit, L.-V., Siewers, V., Schulze Gronover, C., Tudzynski, P., Tudzynski, B., and Sharon, A. 2005. Ethylene sensing and gene activation in Botrytis cinerea: the missing link in ethylene regulation of fungal – plant interactions? Mol. Plant-Microbe Interact. 19:33-42.   Siewers, V., Viaud, M., Jimenez-Teja, D., Collado, I.G., Schulze Gronover, C., Pradier, J.-M., Tudzynski, B., and Tudzynski, P. 2005. Functional analysis of the cytochrome P450 monooxygenase gene bcbot1 of Botrytis cinerea indicates that botrydial is a strain-specific virulence factor. Mol. Plant-Microbe Interact. 18:602-612. 2006 Siewers, V., Kokkelink, L., Smedsgaard, J., and Tudzynski, P. 2006. Identification of an abscisic acid gene cluster in the grey mould Botrytis cinerea. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 72:4619-4626.