Dr Gustaf Degen

School of Biosciences

Postdoctoral Researcher

Dr Gustaf Degen
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g.degen@sheffield.ac.uk

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Dr Gustaf Degen
School of Biosciences
Firth Court
Western Bank
Sheffield
S10 2TN
Profile
  • 2010-2016: Bachelor's and Master's degrees at Heinrich-Heine University Dusseldorf, Michigan State University and Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research
  • 2016-2020: PhD in Biological Sciences at Lancaster University
  • 2020-present: PostDoc in the Johnson lab, University of Sheffield
Research interests

I am interested in the regulation of the light reactions of photosynthesis, in particular dynamic thylakoid stacking via STN7 and regulation of cyclic electron flow.

Publications

Journal articles

  • Emrich-Mills TZ, Proctor MS, Degen GE, Jackson PJ, Richardson KH, Hawkings FR, Buchert F, Hitchcock A, Hunter CN, Mackinder LCM , Hippler M et al (2025) . The Plant Cell, 37(3).
  • Degen GE (2024) . Plant Physiology, 195(2), 1111-1113.
  • Degen GE, Pastorelli F & Johnson MP (2024) . Journal of Experimental Botany, 75(3), 947-961.
  • Burgess AJ & Degen GE (2023) . Plant Physiology, 194(1), 317-318.
  • Burgess AJ & Degen GE (2023) . Plant Physiology, 193(2), 886-887.
  • Degen GE (2023) . Plant Physiology, 192(1), 7-9.
  • Degen GE, Jackson PJ, Proctor MS, Zoulias N, Casson SA & Johnson MP (2023) . Plant Physiology, 192(1), 370-386.
  • Degen GE (2022) . Plant Physiology.
  • Degen GE (2022) . Plant Physiology, 189(4), 1890-1892.
  • Zoulias N, Rowe J, Thomson EE, Dabrowska M, Sutherland H, Degen GE, Johnson MP, Sedelnikova SE, Hulmes GE, Hettema EH & Casson SA (2021) . Current Biology, 31(24), 5622-5632.e7.
  • Degen GE, Orr DJ & Carmo‐Silva E (2021) . New Phytologist, 229(3), 1298-1311.
  • Degen GE, Worrall D & Carmo‐Silva E (2020) . The Plant Journal, 103(2), 742-751.
  • Perdomo JA, Degen GE, Worrall D & Carmo-Silva E (2019) . Biochemical Journal, 476(18), 2595-2606.
  • Andralojc PJ, Carmo-Silva E, Degen GE & Parry MAJ (2018) . Essays in Biochemistry, 62(1), 109-118.
  • Degen GE & Johnson MP () . The Plant Cell.

Book chapters

  • Sales CRG, Degen GE, da Silva AB & Carmo-Silva E (2018) , Methods in Molecular Biology (pp. 239-250). Springer New York

Preprints

  • Emrich-Mills TZ, Proctor MS, Degen GE, Jackson PJ, Richardson KH, Hawkings FR, Buchert F, Hitchcock A, Hunter CN, Mackinder LCM , Hippler M et al (2024) , Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory.
  • Degen GE, Pastorelli F & Johnson MP (2023) , Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory.
  • Degen GE, Jackson PJ, Proctor MS, Zoulias N, Casson SA & Johnson MP (2022) , Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory.
Teaching activities

Round Robin Tutorials volunteer (2020-2021)