Professor Gero Steinberg
Professor of Cell Biology
G.Steinberg@exeter.ac.uk
3476
Geoffrey Pope 218
Geoffrey Pope Building, University of Exeter , Stocker Road, Exeter, EX4 4QD, UK
Overview
I am a molecular cell biologist interested in the dynamic behaviour of eukaryotic cells, with emphasis on filamentous fungi. My research focuses on the cytoskeleton and associated motor proteins. We recently discovered unexpected interaction and cooperation between motor proteins and have shown that motor activity is determined by a combination of stochastic behaviour, deterministic control of motors and the organization of the underlying microtubule array. Our goal is to find a fundamental rule for motor activity that underlies the organization and function of the fungal cell.
I am the leader of the Cell Biology research group.
Qualifications
1991-1995 PhD Cell Biology, University of Munich, Germany
1984-1991 Diploma in Biology, Technical University Darmstadt and University Kiel, Germany
Career
2008 Honorary Professor, Peninsula School of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Exeter, UK
2007-present Director of Bioimaging Facility, School of Biosciences, University of Exeter, UK
2007-present Professor of Cell Biology, School of Biological Sciences, University of Exeter, UK
2006-present Honorary Professor, Philipps-Universitat Marburg, Germany
2001-2007 Head of a research group at the Max-Planck-Institute for Terrestrial Microbiology, Marburg, Germany
2001 Habilitation in Genetics and Cell Biology at University of Munich, Germany
1997-2000 Hochschulassistent (=Assistant Professor) at the Department of Genetics and Microbiology of the University of Munich, Germany
1996-1997 Postdoctoral Research Fellow with J.R. McIntosh, University of Colorado, Co, USA
1995-1996 Postdoctoral Research Fellow, University of Munich, Germany
1991-1995 PhD in Cell Biology (supervised by Manfred Schliwa), University of Munich, Germany
1984-1991 Diploma in Biology, Technical University Darmstadt and University Kiel, Germany
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Research
Research interests
The lab is interested in the molecular basis and cellular role of cytoskeleton-based dynamics. We make use of the fungal model system U. maydis. This pathogenic basidiomycete switches between a yeast-like and hyphal stage and is able to infect maize plants. It combines technical advantages (molecular genetics, published genome, excellent live cell imaging) with biological similarities to animal cells on both genomic and functional levels. This enables us to address important cellular processes relevant for higher eukaryotes that cannot be addressed in other fungal model organisms such as Saccharomyces cerevisiae or Schizosaccaromyces pombe. Moreover, U. maydis is an important plant pathogen that causes smut disease on corn. Thus, our work aims to answer fundamental cell biology questions, but also provides important insights into the basis of fungal plant pathogenicity.
During recent years we have focused our work on 5 research topics that are partially overlapping.
Research Topic A - Microtubule organisation and interphase function
Microtubules serve as tracks for intracellular motility. This topic focuses on the mechanism by which the interphase microtubule array gets organized. Furthermore, some work addresses the role of the cytoskeleton, and in particular of the prominent microtubule array.
Research Topic B - Molecular motors in hyphal growth and pathogenicity of U. maydis
We have identified and cloned most motors in U. maydis. This research topic addresses their function and role in fungal growth and pathogenicity.
Research Topic C - Endocytosis and early endosome motility
We discovered that hyphal growth and pathogenicity of U. maydis requires endocytosis, which involves rapidly moving early endosomes. Their biological function, as well as the molecular basis of early endosome motility is the focus of this research area.
Research Topic D - Open fungal mitosis
The removal of the nuclear envelope in mitosis is characteristic for mammalian cells, whereas fungi are thought to form the mitotic spindle within the closed nuclear envelope. However, U. maydis removes the envelope in mitosis and this research topic addresses the mechanism and dynamics of this 'open fungal mitosis'.
Research Topic E - U. maydis, a model for cell biology
This is a new project that aims to make use of U. maydis to address the function of conserved hypothetical proteins that are not present in other fungal model systems.
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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, Gurr SJ, Steinberg G (2021). Asynchronous development of Zymoseptoria tritici infection in wheat. Fungal Genet Biol, 146 Abstract. Author URL.
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.
Lin C, Ashwin P, Steinberg G (2021). Modelling the motion of organelles in an elongated cell
via the coordination of heterogeneous drift–diffusion and
long-range transport. The European Physical Journal E: soft Matter and Biological Physics
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.
Fones HN, Bebber DP, Chaloner TM, Kay WT, Steinberg G, Gurr SJ (2020). Author Correction: Threats to global food security from emerging fungal and oomycete crop pathogens. Nature Food, 1(7), 455-456.
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.
Steinberg G, Gurr SJ (2020). Fungi, fungicide discovery and global food security. Fungal Genet Biol, 144 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.
Fones HN, Bebber DP, Chaloner TM, Kay WT, Steinberg G, Gurr SJ (2020). Threats to global food security from emerging fungal and oomycete crop pathogens. Nature Food, 1(6), 332-342.
Derbyshire MC, Gohari AM, Mehrabi R, Kilaru S, Steinberg G, Ali S, Bailey A, Hammond-Kosack K, Kema GHJ, Rudd JJ, et al (2019). Phosphopantetheinyl transferase (Ppt)-mediated biosynthesis of lysine, but not siderophores or DHN melanin, is required for virulence of <i>Zymoseptoria tritici</i> on wheat (vol 8, 17069, 2018). SCIENTIFIC REPORTS, 9 Author URL.
Derbyshire MC, Gohari AM, Mehrabi R, Kilaru S, Steinberg G, Ali S, Bailey A, Hammond-Kosack K, Kema GHJ, Rudd JJ, et al (2018). Phosphopantetheinyl transferase (Ppt)-mediated biosynthesis of lysine, but not siderophores or DHN melanin, is required for virulence of Zymoseptoria tritici on wheat. Scientific Reports, 8(1). Abstract.
Duan YB, Yang Y, Wang JX, Chen CJ, Steinberg G, Fraaije BA, Zhou MG (2018). Simultaneous Detection of Multiple Benzimidazole-Resistant β-Tubulin Variants of Botrytis cinerea using Loop-Mediated Isothermal Amplification. Plant Dis, 102(10), 2016-2024. 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, Peñalva MA, Riquelme M, Wösten HA, Harris SD (2017). Cell Biology of Hyphal Growth. Microbiol Spectr, 5(2). Abstract. Author URL.
Lin C, Steinberg G (2017). Spatial organization of organelles in fungi: Insights from mathematical modelling. Fungal Genet Biol, 103, 55-59. Abstract. Author URL.
Geoghegan I, steinberg, gurr (2017). The Role of the Fungal Cell Wall in the Infection of Plants. Trends in Microbiology
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.
Steinberg G (2016). Editorial overview: Parasitic and fungal diseases. Curr Opin Microbiol, 34, v-vi. Author URL.
Steinberg G (2016). The mechanism of peroxisome motility in filamentous fungi. Fungal Genet Biol, 97, 33-35. Abstract. Author URL.
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.
Steinberg G (2015). Cell biology of Zymoseptoria tritici: Pathogen cell organization and wheat infection. Fungal Genet Biol, 79, 17-23. 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.
Higuchi Y, Steinberg G (2015). Early endosomes motility in filamentous fungi: How and why they move. Fungal Biology Reviews, 29(1), 1-6. Abstract.
Mehrabi R, Mirzadi Gohari A, da Silva GF, Steinberg G, Kema GHJ, de Wit PJGM (2015). Flexible gateway constructs for functional analyses of genes in plant pathogenic fungi. Fungal Genet Biol, 79, 186-192. 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.
Steinberg G (2015). Kinesin-3 in the basidiomycete Ustilago maydis transports organelles along the entire microtubule array. Fungal Genet Biol, 74, 59-61. Abstract. Author URL.
Ma W, Kilaru S, Collins C, Courbot M, Steinberg G (2015). Libraries for two-hybrid screening of yeast and hyphal growth forms in Zymoseptoria tritici. Fungal Genet Biol, 79, 94-101. Abstract. Author URL.
Fones HN, Steinberg G, Gurr SJ (2015). Measurement of virulence in Zymoseptoria tritici through low inoculum-density assays. Fungal Genet Biol, 79, 89-93. 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.
Kilaru S, Steinberg G (2015). Yeast recombination-based cloning as an efficient way of constructing vectors for Zymoseptoria tritici. Fungal Genet Biol, 79, 76-83. Abstract. Author URL.
Higuchi Y, Ashwin P, Roger Y, Steinberg G (2014). Early endosome motility spatially organizes polysome distribution. J Cell Biol, 204(3), 343-357. Abstract. Author URL.
Higuchi Y, Steinberg G (2014). Early endosomes motility in filamentous fungi: How and why they move. Fungal Biology Reviews Abstract.
Steinberg G (2014). Endocytosis and early endosome motility in filamentous fungi. Curr Opin Microbiol, 20, 10-18. 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.
Mirzadi Gohari A, Mehrabi R, Robert O, Ince IA, Boeren S, Schuster M, Steinberg G, de Wit PJGM, Kema GHJ (2013). Molecular characterization and functional analyses of ZtWor1, a transcriptional regulator of the fungal wheat pathogen Zymoseptoria tritici. Molecular Plant Pathology
Lin C, Ashwin P, Steinberg G (2013). Motor-mediated bidirectional transport along an antipolar microtubule bundle: a mathematical model. Physical Review E - Statistical, Nonlinear, and Soft Matter Physics, 87(5). Abstract.
Steinberg G (2012). Cytoplasmic fungal lipases release fungicides from ultra-deformable vesicular drug carriers. PLoS One, 7(5). Abstract. Author URL.
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.
Dagdas YF, Yoshino K, Dagdas G, Ryder LS, Bielska E, Steinberg G, Talbot NJ (2012). Septin-mediated plant cell invasion by the rice blast fungus, Magnaporthe oryzae. Science, 336(6088), 1590-1595. Abstract. Author URL.
Steinberg G (2012). The transport machinery for motility of fungal endosomes. Fungal Genetics and Biology, 49(9), 675-676.
Steinberg G (2012). The transport machinery for motility of fungal endosomes. Fungal Genet Biol, 49(9), 675-676. Author URL.
Lin C, Steinberg G, Ashwin P (2011). Bidirectional transport and pulsing states in a multi-lane ASEP model. 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 (2011). Motors in fungal morphogenesis: cooperation versus competition. Curr Opin Microbiol, 14(6), 660-667. 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.
Ashwin PB, Lin C, Steinberg G (2010). Queueing induced by bidirectional motor motion near the end of a microtubule. Phys. Rev. E, 82
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.
Steinberg G, Perez-Martin J (2008). <em>Ustilago maydis</em>, a new fungal model system for cell biology. Trends in Cell Biology, 18, 61-67.
Theisen U, Straube A, Steinberg G (2008). Dynamic rearrangement of nucleoporins during fungal 'open' mitosis. Molecular Biology of the Cell, 19, 1230-1240.
Read ND, Steinberg G (2008). Editorial. Fungal Biology Reviews, 22(2).
Werner S, Janyce A, Sugui A, Steinberg G & Deising HB (2007). A chitin synthase with a myosin-like motor domain is essential for hyphal growth, appressorium differentiation, and pathogenicity of the maize anthracnose fungus <em>Colletotrichum graminicola</em>. Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions, 20, 1555-1567.
Steinberg, G. (2007). Hyphal growth: a tale of motors, lipids and the Spitzenkörper. Eukaryotic Cell, 6, 351-360
Steinberg, G. (2007). On the move: Endosomes in fungal growth and pathogenicity. Nature Reviews Microbiology, 5, 309-316
Steinberg, G. (2007). Preparing the way: Fungal motors in microtubule organization. Trends in Microbiology, 15, 14-21
Castillo-Lluval S, Alvarez-Tabares I, Weber I, Steinberg G & Perez-Martin J (2007). Sustained cell polarity and virulence in the phytopathogenic fungus <em>Ustilago maydis</em> depends on an essential cyclin-dependent kinase from the Cdk5/Pho85 family. Journal of Cell Science, 120, 1584-1595.
Münsterkötter, M & Steinberg G (2007). The fungus <em>Ustlilago maydis</em> and humans share disease-related proteins that are not found in <em>Saccharomyces cerevisiae</em>. BMC Genomics, 8, 473-483.
Steinberg, G. (2007). Tracks for traffic: Microtubules in the plant pathogen Ustilago maydis. New Phytologist, 721-733.
Lenz JH, Schuchardt I, Straube A, Steinberg G (2006). A dynein loading zone for retrograde endosome motility at microtubule plus-ends. EMBO J, 25(11), 2275-2286. Abstract. Author URL.
Straube, A. Hause, G. Fink, G. Steinberg, G. (2006). Conventional kinesin mediates microtubule-microtubule interactions in vivo. Mol Biol Cell, 17(2), 907-916. Abstract.
Fink G, Steinberg G (2006). Dynein-dependent motility of microtubules and nucleation sites supports polarization of the tubulin array in the fungus Ustilago maydis. Mol Biol Cell, 17(7), 3242-3253. Abstract. Author URL.
Fink, G. Schuchardt, I. Colombelli, J. Stelzer, E. Steinberg, G. (2006). Dynein-mediated pulling forces drive rapid mitotic spindle elongation in <em>Ustilago maydis</em>. EMBO Journal, 25, 4897-4808
Fuchs, U, Hause, G. Schuchardt, I. Steinberg, G. (2006). Endocytosis is essential for pathogenic development in the corn smut fungus <em>Ustilago maydis</em>. The Plant Cell, 18, 2066-2081
Kämper J, Kahmann R, Bölker M, Ma L-J, Brefort T, Saville BJ, Banuett F, Kronstad JW, Gold SE, Müller O, et al (2006). Insights from the genome of the biotrophic fungal plant pathogen Ustilago maydis. Nature, 444(7115), 97-101. Abstract. Author URL.
Weber I, Assmann D, Thines E, Steinberg G (2006). Polar localizing class V myosin chitin synthases are essential during early plant infection in the plant pathogenic fungus Ustilago maydis. Plant Cell, 18(1), 225-242. Abstract. Author URL.
Straube A, Weber I, Steinberg, G. (2005). A novel mechanism of nuclear envelope break-down in a fungus: nuclear migration strips off the envelope. The EMBO Journal, 24(9), 2275-2286.
Fuchs, U. & Steinberg, G. (2005). Endocytosis in the plant pathogenic fungus <em>Ustilago maydis</em>. Protoplasma, 226, 75-80.
Schirawski J, Böhnert HU, Steinberg G, Snetselaar K, Adamikowa L, Kahmann R (2005). Endoplasmic reticulum glucosidase II is required for pathogenicity of Ustilago maydis. Plant Cell, 17(12), 3532-3543. Abstract. Author URL.
Fuchs, U. Manns, I. & Steinberg, G. (2005). Microtubules are dispensable for the initial pathogenic development but required for long-distance hyphal growth in the corn smut fungus <em>Ustilago maydis</em>. Molecular Biology of the Cell, 16, 2746-2758.
Schuchardt I, Assmann D, Thines E, Schuberth C, Steinberg G (2005). Myosin-V, Kinesin-1, and Kinesin-3 cooperate in hyphal growth of the fungus Ustilago maydis. Mol Biol Cell, 16(11), 5191-5201. Abstract. Author URL.
Adamíková L, Straube A, Schulz I, Steinberg G (2004). Calcium signaling is involved in dynein-dependent microtubule organization. Mol Biol Cell, 15(4), 1969-1980. Abstract. Author URL.
García-Muse T, Steinberg G, Pérez-Martín J (2004). Characterization of B-type cyclins in the smut fungus <i>Ustilago maydis</i>:: roles in morphogenesis and pathogenicity. JOURNAL OF CELL SCIENCE, 117(3), 487-506. Author URL.
Feldbrügge M, Kämper J, Steinberg G, Kahmann R (2004). Regulation of mating and pathogenic development in Ustilago maydis. Curr Opin Microbiol, 7(6), 666-672. Abstract. Author URL.
Steinberg G, Fuchs U (2004). The role of microtubules in cellular organization and endocytosis in the plant pathogen Ustilago maydis. J Microsc, 214(Pt 2), 114-123. Abstract. Author URL.
Basse CW, Steinberg G (2004). Ustilago maydis, model system for analysis of the molecular basis of fungal pathogenicity. Mol Plant Pathol, 5(2), 83-92. Abstract. Author URL.
Weber I, Gruber C, Steinberg G (2003). A class-V myosin required for mating, hyphal growth, and pathogenicity in the dimorphic plant pathogen Ustilago maydis. Plant Cell, 15(12), 2826-2842. Abstract. Author URL.
Straube A, Brill M, Oakley BR, Horio T, Steinberg G (2003). Microtubule organization requires cell cycle-dependent nucleation at dispersed cytoplasmic sites: polar and perinuclear microtubule organizing centers in the plant pathogen Ustilago maydis. Mol Biol Cell, 14(2), 642-657. Abstract. Author URL.
García-Muse T, Steinberg G, Pérez-Martín J (2003). Pheromone-induced G<inf>2</inf> arrest in the phytopathogenic fungus Ustilago maydis. Eukaryotic Cell, 2(3), 494-500. Abstract.
GSteinb, Friedrich MW, Straube A, Wedlich-Soldner R (2002). Balance of KIF1A-like kinesin and dynein organizes early endosomes in the fungus Ustilago maydis. The EMBO Journal, 21(12), 2946-2957.
Wedlich-Söldner R, Schulz I, Straube A, Steinberg G (2002). Dynein supports motility of endoplasmic reticulum in the fungus Ustilago maydis. Mol Biol Cell, 13(3), 965-977. Abstract. Author URL.
Straube, A. Berner A, Enard W, Kahmann R, Steinberg, G. (2001). A split motor domain in a cytoplasmic dynein. The EMBO Journal, 20(18), 5091-5100.
Steinberg G, Wedlich-Söldner R, Brill M, Schulz I (2001). Microtubules in the fungal pathogen Ustilago maydis are highly dynamic and determine cell polarity. J Cell Sci, 114(Pt 3), 609-622. Abstract. Author URL.
Wedlich-Söldner, R. Bölker, M. Kahmann, R. & Steinberg, G. (2000). A putative endosomal t-SNARE links exo- and endocytosis in the phytopathogenic fungus <em>Ustilago maydis</em>. EMBO Journal, 19, 1974-1986.
Steinberg G (2000). The cellular roles of molecular motors in fungi. TRENDS IN MICROBIOLOGY, 8(4), 162-168. Author URL.
Heath IB, Steinberg G (1999). Mechanisms of hyphal tip growth: Tube dwelling amebae revisited. FUNGAL GENETICS AND BIOLOGY, 28(2), 79-93. Author URL.
Steinberg G, McIntosh JR (1998). Effects of the myosin inhibitor 2,3-butanedione monoxime on the physiology of fission yeast. EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF CELL BIOLOGY, 77(4), 284-293. Author URL.
Steinberg G, Schliwa M, Lehmler C, Bölker M, Kahmann R, McIntosh JR (1998). Kinesin from the plant pathogenic fungus <i>Ustilago maydis</i> is involved in vacuole formation and cytoplasmic migration. JOURNAL OF CELL SCIENCE, 111, 2235-2246. Author URL.
Steinberg G (1998). Organelle transport and molecular motors in fungi. Fungal Genet Biol, 24(1-2), 161-177. Abstract. Author URL.
Steinberg G (1997). A kinesin-like mechanoenzyme from the zygomycete Syncephalastrum racemosum shares biochemical similarities with conventional kinesin from Neurospora crassa. EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF CELL BIOLOGY, 73(2), 124-131. Author URL.
Lehmler C, Steinberg G, Snetselaar K, Schliwa M, Kahmann R, Bolker M (1997). Identification of a motor protein required for filamentous growth in Ustilago maydis. EMBO JOURNAL, 16(12), 3464-3473. Author URL.
Seiler S, Nargang FE, Steinberg G, Schliwa M (1997). Kinesin is essential for cell morphogenesis and polarized secretion in Neurospora crassa. EMBO J, 16(11), 3025-3034. Abstract. Author URL.
Steinberg G, Schliwa M (1996). Characterization of the biophysical and motility properties of kinesin from the fungus Neurospora crassa. J Biol Chem, 271(13), 7516-7521. Abstract. Author URL.
Steinberg G, Schliwa M (1995). The Neurospora organelle motor: a distant relative of conventional kinesin with unconventional properties. Mol Biol Cell, 6(11), 1605-1618. Abstract. Author URL.
Steinberg G, Kollmann R (1993). A quantitative analysis of the interspecific plasmodesmata in the non-division walls of the plant chimera Laburnocytisus adamii (Poit.) Schneid. Planta, 192(1), 75-83. Abstract.
PATTERSON DJ, NYGAARD K, STEINBERG G, TURLEY CM (1993). HETEROTROPHIC FLAGELLATES AND OTHER PROTISTS ASSOCIATED WITH OCEANIC DETRITUS THROUGHOUT THE WATER COLUMN IN THE MID NORTH-ATLANTIC. JOURNAL OF THE MARINE BIOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION OF THE UNITED KINGDOM, 73(1), 67-95. Author URL.
Steinberg G, Schliwa M (1993). Organelle movements in the wild type and wall-less fz;sg;os-1 mutants of Neurospora crassa are mediated by cytoplasmic microtubules. J Cell Sci, 106 ( Pt 2), 555-564. Abstract. Author URL.
Chapters
Steinberg, G. Schliwa, M. (In Press). A molecular motor for microtubule-dependent organelle transport in Neurospora crassa. In Jockusch BM, Mandelkow E, Weber K (Eds.) 45. Colloquium Mosbach: the Cytoskeleton, Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer, 23-28.
Steinberg G, Penalva MA, Riquelme M, Wösten HA, Harris SD (2017). Cell biology of hyphal growth. In (Ed) The Fungal Kingdom, 231-265. Abstract.
Feldbrügge, M, Bölker, M. Steinberg, G. Kämper, J. & Kahmann, R. (2005). Regulatory and structural networks orchestrating mating, dimorphism, cell shape, and pathogenesis in <em>Ustilago maydis</em>. In Fischer K (Ed) The Mycota I, Growth, Differentiation and Sexuality.
Kahmann, R, Steinberg, G. Basse, C. Feldbrügge, M. Kämper, J. (2000). Ustilago maydis, the causive agent of corn smut disease. In Kronstadt J (Ed) Fungal Pathology, Amsterdam: Kluwer Academic Publisher, 347-371.
External Engagement and Impact
Editorial responsibilities
Mycological Progess, since 2002
Mycological Research, 2009
Fungal Genetics & Biology, since 2009
Fungal Genetics & Biology, Video Editor, since 2011
Fungal Biological Reviews, since 2010
Molecular Biology of the Cell, since 2010
European Journal of Cell Biology, since 2010
Invited lectures
07.04.2008 Plenartalk at the European Conference on Fungal Genetics (ECFG9) in Edinburgh
01-04.09.09 Plenary talk at the British Mycological Society Meeting, Dundee, UK
02.08.2010 Plenary Talk, International Mycological Congress 9, Edinburgh, UK
01.10.2013 Plenary talk at the XI International Fungal Biology Conference, Karlsruhe, Germany
Supervision / Group
Postdoctoral researchers
- Dr Jerome Collemare
- Dr Sreedhar Kilaru
- Dr Magdalena Martin-Urdiroz
Postgraduate researchers
- Ewa Bileska
- Anna Lewandowska
- Yvonne Roger
- Martin Schuster
- Steffi Teitschke
