Английская Википедия:Birgit Nordbring-Hertz
Шаблон:Short description Шаблон:Infobox scientist Birgit Ann-Marie Margareta Nordbring-Hertz, (16 May 1923 – 16 March 2020 in Lund, Sweden) was a Swedish scientist at Lund University known for her work on the interactions between fungi and nematodes.
Education
Nordbring-Hertz graduated with a medical licentiate degree with a thesis on the opportunistic human pathogenic fungus, Candida albicans, 1956 at Lund University,[1] and received a doctorate in microbiology in 1974 at the same university, working on nematode-trapping fungi.[2] After her doctorate she took over responsibility for the department of microbial ecology, a position she held from 1975 until 1989.[1] In 1987, she was promoted to professor at Lund University,[3][4] and in 1989 she transitioned to an emeritus position.[1] She was the first female professor at the natural science faculty at Lund University.[3]
Research
Nordbring-Hertz's research mainly dealt with a type of microfungi, so-called nematophagous fungi, that infect and digest nematodes. She concentrated on the nematode-trapping fungus Arthrobotrys oligospora.[5][6] Nordbring-Hertz used scanning electron microscopy to study the trapping organs of A. oligospora.[7] Her early research was concentrated on how trapping organs were induced,[8] apart from nematode touching the hyphae also chemically by small peptides will induce trap formation. Her work was later focussed on specific recognition mechanisms, e.g. by lectins (carbohydrate-binding glycoproteins) on the trap surface that recognise specific carbohydrates on the nematode surface and start the infection process.[9][10] Her research also examined volatile exudates from nematodes,[11] the fungal plant pathogen Verticillium dahliae,[12] and quantifying the presence of the fungus in soil ecosystems.[13]
Selected publications
Personal life
Nordbring-Hertz married in 1953 to a professor in electrical measurement technology, Hellmuth Hertz,[14] and they had two sons, Thomas and Hans Hertz.[15]
References
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