الانتماءات

• علوم النبات

المؤهل العلمي

• شهادة التأهيل لدرجة برفسور ، جامعة فرايبورغ، ألمانيا، 2007
• دكتوراه، علم الأحياء الخلوي، جامعة فرايبورغ، ألمانيا، 1996
• دبلوم، علم الأحياء الجزيئي الرئيسي والوراثة ، جامعة فرايبورغ، ألمانيا، 1992

الاهتمامات البحثية

مؤلفات مختارة

• ​Alder, A., Jamil, M., Marzorati, M., Bruno, M., Vermathen, M., Bigler, P., Ghisla, S., Bouwmeester, H., Beyer, P. and Al-Babili, S. (2012) The path from -carotene to carlactone, a strigolactone-like plant hormone. Science 335, 1348-1351. Ruch, S., Beyer, P., Ernst, HG. and Al-Babili, S. (2005) Retinal biosynthesis in eubacteria: In vitro characterization of a novel carotenoid oxygenase from Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803. Mol. Microbiol. 55, 1015-1024. Kloer, D.P., Ruch, S., Al-Babili, S., Beyer, P. and Schulz, G.E. (2005) The structure of a retinal forming oxygenase. Science 308, 267-269. Al-Babili, S. and Beyer, P. (2005) Golden Rice--five years on the road--five years to go? Trends Plant Sci. 10, 565-573. Ye*, X., Al-Babili*, S., Klöti, A., Zhang, J., Lucca, P., Beyer, P. and Potrykus, I. (2000) Engineering the complete provitamin A (-carotene) biosynthetic pathway into (carotenoid-free) rice endosperm. Science 287, 303-305.

• Zaxinone, a natural apocarotenoid, regulates growth and strigolactone biosynthesis in rice, J.Y. Wang, I. Haider, M. Jamil, V. Fiorilli, Y. Saito, J., Mi, L. Baz, B., Kountche, K.P. Jia, X. Guo, A. Balakrishna, V. Ntui, B. Reinke, V. Volpe, T. Gojobori, I. Blilou, L. Lanfranco, P. Bonfante, S. Al-Babili, Nature Communications, 2019.

• Anchorene is a carotenoid-derived regulatory metabolite required for anchor root formation in Arabidopsis, K.P. Jia, A.J. Dickinson, J. Mi, G. Cui, T.T. Xiao, N.M. Kharbatia, X. Guo, E. Sugiono, M. Aranda, I. Blilou, M. Rueping, P.N. Benfey, S. Al-Babili, Science Advances, 2019.

• Implementing suicidal germination strategy for sustainable witchweed control in sub-Saharan Africa, B. Kountche, M. Jamil, D. Yonli, P. Nikiema, T. Asami, B. Zwanenburg, S. Al-Babili, Plant People Planet, 2019.

• Strigolactones, a novel carotenoid-derived plant hormone, S. Al-Babili, H.J. Bouwmeester, Annual Review in Plant Biology, 2015.

• The path from β-carotene to carlactone, a strigolactone-like plant hormone, A. Alder, M. Jamil, M. Marzorati, M. Bruno, M. Vermathen, P. Bigler, S. Ghisla, H.J. Bouwmeester, P. Beyer, S. Al-Babili, Science, 2012.

• Engineering the provitamin A (beta-carotene) biosynthetic pathway into (carotenoid-free) rice endosperm, X. Ye*, S. Al-Babili*, A. Klöti, J. Zhang, P. Lucca, P. Beyer, I. Potrykus, Science, 2000.