Dr Martin Schuster
Experimental Officer
M.Schuster@exeter.ac.uk
Geoffrey Pope
Geoffrey Pope Building, University of Exeter , Stocker Road, Exeter, EX4 4QD, UK
Overview
I studied biology at the University of Marburg (Germany). During my diploma thesis I focused on the nicotinate catabolism in proteobacteria (Dr. A.J. Pierik, Marburg, Germany). After that I moved to Prof. K. Forchhammer (Giessen, Germany) group to work on the Global Carbon/Nitrogen regulation and signal transduction system in cyanobacteria. At the end of 2006 I started my PhD in the Lab of Prof. G. Steinberg (Marburg, Germany). In 2007 I moved with his group to University of Exeter. During my PhD I studied Motor cooperation in bi-directional early endosome motility in the fungus Ustilago maydis. For this I established several microscopic techniques like FRAP, TIRF or photo-activation of fluorescent proteins. After my PhD I became Senior Experimental Officer at the Bioimaging Centre in Exeter to run the light microscopy part of the Centre.
Publications
Journal articles
Steinberg G, Kilaru S, Schuster M, Ma W (In Press). Fluorescent markers of various organelles in the wheat pathogen Zymoseptoria tritici. Fungal Genetics and Biology
Cannon S, Kay W, Kilaru S, Schuster M, Gurr SJ, Steinberg G (2022). Multi-site fungicides suppress banana Panama disease, caused by Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. cubense Tropical Race 4. PLOS Pathogens, 18(10), e1010860-e1010860. Abstract.
Kilaru S, Fantozzi E, Cannon S, Schuster M, Chaloner TM, Guiu-Aragones C, Gurr SJ, Steinberg G (2022). Zymoseptoria tritici white-collar complex integrates light, temperature and plant cues to initiate dimorphism and pathogenesis. Nature Communications, 13(1). Abstract.
Fantozzi E, Kilaru S, Cannon S, Schuster M, Gurr SJ, Steinberg G (2021). Conditional promoters to investigate gene function during wheat infection by Zymoseptoria tritici. Fungal Genet Biol, 146 Abstract. Author URL.
Steinberg G, Schuster M, Gurr SJ, Schrader TA, Schrader M, Wood M, Early A, Kilaru S (2020). A lipophilic cation protects crops against fungal pathogens by multiple modes of action. Nat Commun, 11(1). Abstract. Author URL.
Wu H, Zhang W, Schuster M, Moch M, Windoffer R, Steinberg G, Staiger CJ, Panstruga R (2020). Alloxan Disintegrates the Plant Cytoskeleton and Suppresses mlo-Mediated Powdery Mildew Resistance. Plant Cell Physiol, 61(3), 505-518. Abstract. Author URL.
Schuster M, Guiu-Aragones C, Steinberg G (2020). Class V chitin synthase and β(1,3)-glucan synthase co-travel in the same vesicle in Zymoseptoria tritici. Fungal Genet Biol, 135 Abstract. Author URL.
Kilaru S, Schuster M, Murray R, Steinberg G (2020). Optimal timing for Agrobacterium-mediated DNA transformation of Trichoderma reesei conidia revealed by live cell imaging. Fungal Genet Biol, 142 Abstract. Author URL.
Kilaru S, Schuster M, Cannon S, Steinberg G (2020). Optimised red- and green-fluorescent proteins for live cell imaging in the industrial enzyme-producing fungus Trichoderma reesei. Fungal Genet Biol, 138 Abstract. Author URL.
Schuster M, Steinberg G (2020). The fungicide dodine primarily inhibits mitochondrial respiration in Ustilago maydis, but also affects plasma membrane integrity and endocytosis, which is not found in Zymoseptoria tritici. Fungal Genet Biol, 142 Abstract. Author URL.
Steinberg G, Schuster M, Hacker C, Kilaru S, Correia A (2017). ATP prevents Woronin bodies from sealing septal pores in unwounded cells of the fungus Zymoseptoria tritici. Cell Microbiol, 19(11). Abstract. Author URL.
Steinberg G, Harmer NJ, Schuster M, Kilaru S (2017). Woronin body-based sealing of septal pores. Fungal Genet Biol, 109, 53-55. Abstract. Author URL.
Lin C, Schuster M, Guimaraes SC, Ashwin P, Schrader M, Metz J, Hacker C, Gurr SJ, Steinberg G (2016). Active diffusion and microtubule-based transport oppose myosin forces to position organelles in cells. Nat Commun, 7 Abstract. Author URL.
Schuster M, Martin-Urdiroz M, Higuchi Y, Hacker C, Kilaru S, Gurr SJ, Steinberg G (2016). Co-Delivery of Cell-Wall-Forming enzymes in the same vesicle for coordinated fungal cell wall formation. Nature Microbiology, 1 Abstract.
Kilaru S, Schuster M, Studholme D, Soanes D, Lin C, Talbot NJ, Steinberg G (2015). A codon-optimized green fluorescent protein for live cell imaging in Zymoseptoria tritici. Fungal Genet Biol, 79, 125-131. Abstract. Author URL.
Kilaru S, Schuster M, Latz M, Das Gupta S, Steinberg N, Fones H, Gurr SJ, Talbot NJ, Steinberg G (2015). A gene locus for targeted ectopic gene integration in Zymoseptoria tritici. Fungal Genet Biol, 79, 118-124. Abstract. Author URL.
Kilaru S, Ma W, Schuster M, Courbot M, Steinberg G (2015). Conditional promoters for analysis of essential genes in Zymoseptoria tritici. Fungal Genet Biol, 79, 166-173. Abstract. Author URL.
Guo M, Kilaru S, Schuster M, Latz M, Steinberg G (2015). Fluorescent markers for the Spitzenkörper and exocytosis in Zymoseptoria tritici. Fungal Genet Biol, 79, 158-165. Abstract. Author URL.
Kilaru S, Schuster M, Latz M, Guo M, Steinberg G (2015). Fluorescent markers of the endocytic pathway in Zymoseptoria tritici. Fungal Genet Biol, 79, 150-157. Abstract. Author URL.
Schuster M, Kilaru S, Latz M, Steinberg G (2015). Fluorescent markers of the microtubule cytoskeleton in Zymoseptoria tritici. Fungal Genet Biol, 79, 141-149. Abstract. Author URL.
Camões F, Islinger M, Guimarães SC, Kilaru S, Schuster M, Godinho LF, Steinberg G, Schrader M (2015). New insights into the peroxisomal protein inventory: Acyl-CoA oxidases and -dehydrogenases are an ancient feature of peroxisomes. Biochim Biophys Acta, 1853(1), 111-125. Abstract. Author URL.
Guimaraes SC, Schuster M, Bielska E, Dagdas G, Kilaru S, Meadows BRA, Schrader M, Steinberg G (2015). Peroxisomes, lipid droplets, and endoplasmic reticulum "hitchhike" on motile early endosomes. J Cell Biol, 211(5), 945-954. Abstract. Author URL.
Schuster M, Kilaru S, Guo M, Sommerauer M, Lin C, Steinberg G (2015). Red fluorescent proteins for imaging Zymoseptoria tritici during invasion of wheat. Fungal Genet Biol, 79, 132-140. Abstract. Author URL.
Bielska E, Schuster M, Roger Y, Berepiki A, Soanes DM, Talbot NJ, Steinberg G (2014). Hook is an adapter that coordinates kinesin-3 and dynein cargo attachment on early endosomes. J Cell Biol, 204(6), 989-1007. Abstract. Author URL.
Bielska E, Higuchi Y, Schuster M, Steinberg N, Kilaru S, Talbot NJ, Steinberg G (2014). Long-distance endosome trafficking drives fungal effector production during plant infection. Nat Commun, 5 Abstract. Author URL.
Mirzadi Gohari A, Mehrabi R, Robert O, Ince IA, Boeren S, Schuster M, Steinberg G, de Wit PJGM, Kema GHJ (2014). Molecular characterization and functional analyses of ZtWor1, a transcriptional regulator of the fungal wheat pathogen Zymoseptoria tritici. Molecular Plant Pathology, 15(4), 394-405. Abstract.
Ryder, LS, Mentlak TA, Dagdas YF, Kershaw MJ, Thornton CR, Chen J, Wang Z, Talbot, NJ (2013). NADPH oxidases regulate septin-mediated cytoskeletal re-modeling during plant infection by the rice blast fungus. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of USA, 110, 3179-3184.
Steinberg G, Schuster M, Theisen U, Kilaru S, Forge A, Martin-Urdiroz M (2012). Motor-driven motility of fungal nuclear pores organizes chromosomes and fosters nucleocytoplasmic transport. J Cell Biol, 198(3), 343-355. Abstract. Author URL.
Schuster M, Treitschke S, Kilaru S, Molloy J, Harmer NJ, Steinberg G (2012). Myosin-5, kinesin-1 and myosin-17 cooperate in secretion of fungal chitin synthase. EMBO J, 31(1), 214-227. Abstract. Author URL.
Schuster M, Kilaru S, Ashwin P, Lin C, Severs NJ, Steinberg G (2011). Controlled and stochastic retention concentrates dynein at microtubule ends to keep endosomes on track. EMBO J, 30(4), 652-664. Abstract. Author URL.
Schuster M, Kilaru S, Fink G, Collemare J, Roger Y, Steinberg G (2011). Kinesin-3 and dynein cooperate in long-range retrograde endosome motility along a nonuniform microtubule array. Mol Biol Cell, 22(19), 3645-3657. Abstract. Author URL.
Steinberg G, Schuster M (2011). The dynamic fungal cell. Fungal Biology Reviews, 25(1), 14-37. Abstract.
Schuster M, Lipowsky R, Assmann M-A, Lenz P, Steinberg G (2011). Transient binding of dynein controls bidirectional long-range motility of early endosomes. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A, 108(9), 3618-3623. Abstract. Author URL.
Treitschke S, Doehlemann G, Schuster M, Steinberg G (2010). The myosin motor domain of fungal chitin synthase V is dispensable for vesicle motility but required for virulence of the maize pathogen Ustilago maydis. Plant Cell, 22(7), 2476-2494. Abstract. Author URL.
Chapters
Guimarães S, Kilaru S, Schrader M, Schuster M (In Press). Labeling of Peroxisomes for Live Cell Imaging in the Filamentous Fungus Ustilago maydis. In (Ed) , Humana Press (Springer Imprint).
