Dr. Maribel Schönewolff

Maribel obtained her undergraduate and Master’s degree in Biology from the University of Cologne focussing on molecular genetics and cell biology. As a researcher at the Max-Planck-Institute for Biology of Ageing she investigated the metabolic regulation of ageing and proteotoxicity in the round worm C. elegans (https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-021-23856-9).

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In 2019, Maribel received the Oxford-Wolfson-Marriott Scholarship in Biochemistry and went on to study the ubiquitin-dependent regulation of innate immunity in Oxford, UK where she received her PhD in 2023.

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Maribel joined the Zuccaro group in 2024 to research the interference of fungal root microbiota with TIR-mediated plant immunometabolism.