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Virginia Zahn
Institut für Forstgenetik
Sieker Landstraße 222927 Großhansdorf
- Telephone
- +49 4102 696 168
- Fax
- +49 4102 696 200
- virginia.zahn@thuenen.de
PhD student - research group Genetic Technologies
Since 2021: PhD student at the junior research group Genetic Technologies in the project 'TreeEdit'
2017 to 2020: Master of Science Plant Biotechnology with focus on plant molecular biology at Leibniz University Hanover.
Master thesis: ‘A FLP recombinase-based transformation system in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii’.
2013 to 2017: Bachelor of Science Plant Biotechnology at Leibniz University Hanover.
Bachelor thesis: ‘creation and physiological characterization of transgenic ethylene-insensitive (etr1-1) ornamentals'
2011 to 2013: Training as BTA at the School of Life Science Hamburg
Publications
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Zahn V, Fendel A, Sievers A-J, Fladung M, Brügmann T (2025) Benefiting from the past: establishing in vitro culture of European beech (Fagus sylvatica L.) from provenance trial trees and seedlings. Plant Methods 21:31, DOI:10.1186/s13007-025-01350-3
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Brügmann T, Fendel A, Zahn V, Fladung M (2024) Genome editing in forest trees. In: Ricroch A, Eriksson D, Miladinovic D, Sweet JB, Laere K van, Wozniak-Gientka E (eds) A roadmap for plant genome editing. Cham: Springer, pp 347-372, DOI:10.1007/978-3-031-46150-7_20
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Rupps A, Thiesen T, Raschke J, Walther M, Ehmke E, Safranek L, Eckardt J, Schmidt A, Beck W, Bubner B, Eisold A-M, Zahn V, Fendel A, Brügmann T (2024) PInK-NET: Resuming the network idea of in vitro tree labs in Germany. In: Sota V, Werbrouck S (eds) In vitro culture of woody crops: problem solving by new approaches : The 2nd Conference of Cost Action CA21157 CopyTree, 22-24 April, 2024, Bulduri Technical School, Jurmala, Latvia ; Book of proceedings. pp 221-230
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Zahn V, Sievers A-J, Fladung M, Brügmann T (2023) Etablierung einer stabilen in vitro-Kultur für Fagus sylvatica - Ein erster Schritt hin zur Genomeditierung in Buchen. Thünen Rep 105:9-10
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Brügmann T, Zahn V, Fendel A, Zebbedies S, Sievers A-J, Becker D, Fladung M (2023) Neue biotechnologische Methoden für Gehölze. Thünen Rep 105:6-8
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Zahn V, Sievers A-J, Fladung M, Brügmann T (2022) A reliable in vitro culture system for Fagus sylvatica - first steps to expend the scope of genome editing in forest trees to beech. In: Plant Sciences for a Sustainable Future : Botanik-Tagung, International Conference of the German Society for Plant Sciences, 2022 Bonn, 28 August - 01 September ; Programme. Deutsche Botanische Gesellschaft, p 249
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Zahn V, Brügmann T, Fladung M (2022) Combining bacterial and viral elements for efficient gene targeting in poplar. In: Plant Sciences for a Sustainable Future : Botanik-Tagung, International Conference of the German Society for Plant Sciences, 2022 Bonn, 28 August - 01 September ; Programme. Deutsche Botanische Gesellschaft, p 85
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Zahn V, Fladung M, Brügmann T (2022) Combining bacterial and viral elements for efficient gene targeting in poplar. In: COST Action CA18111 "Genome Editing in Plants" : Book of Abstracts ; 3rd PlantEd Conference, 5 - 7 September 2022, Düsseldorf, Germany. p 24
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Brügmann T, Zebbedies S, Zahn V, Fladung M (2022) Diverse mutation patterns include large deletions in a CRISPR/nCas9 double nicking approach poplar. In: COST Action CA18111 "Genome Editing in Plants" : Book of Abstracts ; 3rd PlantEd Conference, 5 - 7 September 2022, Düsseldorf, Germany. p 48
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Brügmann T, Zebbedies S, Zahn V, Fladung M (2022) Diverse mutation patterns include large deletions in a CRISPR/nCas9 double nicking approach poplar. In: Plant Sciences for a Sustainable Future : Botanik-Tagung, International Conference of the German Society for Plant Sciences, 2022 Bonn, 28 August - 01 September ; Programme. Deutsche Botanische Gesellschaft, p 248
