Erik Teutloff
Contact / Address
Erik Teutloff
PhD Student
Department of Soil Ecology
Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ
Theodor-Lieser-Strasse 4 | D-06120 Halle/Saale
Germany
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Research Interests
Erik is an early career scientist and PhD student in the department of Soil Ecology working for Prof. Mika Tarkka. He is especially interested in the interactions between plants, bacteria, and fungi. So far, Erik's research dealt with the phyllosphere (leaf microbiome) of Arabidopsis thaliana and its interaction with the fungal pathogen Sclerotinia sclerotiorum. As part of this work he gained experience in 16S metabarcoding, fluorescence microscopy, and analysis of phytohormones as a member of the Plant-Microbiosis junior research group of Dr. Matthew T. Agler at Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena.
In November 2023, Erik joined the UFZ, where his new research focus lies below ground as a part of the project PhytOakmeter.
Research Projects
PhytOakmeter SP5a "Adaptation and acclimation of the clonal oak’s ectomycorrhizal fungi to biotic and abiotic environmental factors"
Currently, Erik is a member of subproject 5 "Ectomycorrhiza" of the PhytOakmeter research team. The DFG-funded project PhytOakmeter investigates the adaption and acclimation of the oak clone DF159 to biotic and abiotic factors. The aim is to establish DF159 as a "plant measurement tool" ("phytometer") for environmental conditions. For this purpose, the clonal oak (Quercus robur L. DF159) serves as a representative for forest trees to eventually be able to better gauge the results of climate change.
Subproject 5a is lead by Prof. Mika Tarkka und Prof. Martina Peter and deals with the role of ectomycorrhizal (ECM) fungal communities during the adaption and acclimation of DF159. Erik uses methods reaching from microscopic morphotyping of ECM root tips, metabarcoding of ECM- and root fungi (ITS) and ECM-assiciated bacteria (16S), to determining excreted enzyme activities of the ECM communities to unravel the plant-microbial interactions of the DF159 holobiont.
CV / Scientific Career
since October 2023
Doktorand
Helmholtz-Zentrum für Umweltforschung - UFZ in Halle (Saale) in der Abteilung Bodenökologie
Project: "Adaptation and acclimation of the clonal oak’s ectomycorrhizal fungi to biotic and abiotic environmental factors"
March 2023 to October 2023
Research Associate
Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena, Institute of Microbiology: Plant-Microbiosis junior research group
Project: Investigation of the early bacterial colonization of the Arabidopsis thaliana phyllosphere from soil
October 2020 to February 2023
M. Sc. Microbiology
Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena, Institute of Microbiology: Plant-Microbiosis junior research group
Master's thesis: "Balance in plant bacterial recruitment affects resilience to fungal invasion of the phyllosphere"
October 2017 to October 2020
B. Sc. Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena, Matthias-Schleiden-Institute of Plant Physiology, Molecular Botany
Bachelor's thesis: "Analysis of systemic jasmonic acid signaling via Arabidopsis thaliana reporter lines"
Conference Contributions
Posters
September 2023:
Erik Teutloff, Jisna Jose, Rayko Halitschke, Aurélie Jost, Patrick Then, Matthew Agler (2023), "Balance in plant bacterial recruitment affects resilience to fungal invasion of the phyllosphere", VAAM 2023 (Vereinigung für Allgemeine und Angewandte Mikrobiologie), Göttingen (Germany)
April 2023: