Mitglied des Wissenschaftlichen Beirats
Pflanzenphysiologe, Evolutionsbiologe
• geb. 1955 in Freiburg/Br.
• 1975 - 1981 Studium an der Universität Freiburg
• 1979 - 1985 Staatsexamen Biologie/Chemie; wiss. Arbeiten zur zoologischen
Systematik/Evolution unter der Leitung von Herrn Prof. Dr. G. Osche und
Herrn Prof. Dr. P. Wirtz
• 1981 - 1985 Wiss. Mitarbeiter am Institut für Biologie II (Botanik);
Dissertation zum Thema "Auxinwirkung" unter der Leitung von Herrn
Prof. Dr. P. Schopfer 1985 Promotion zum Dr. rer. nat., Universität
Freiburg (Gesamturteil: "summa cum laude") 1986 Goedecke-Forschungspreis
• 1985 - 1988 Forschungsaufenthalt in den U.S.A.(Feodor Lynen-Stipendiat
der Alexander von Humboldt-Stiftung)
• 1985 - 1987 am Department of Plant Biology, Carnegie Institution
of Washington, Stanford, Kalifornien bei Herrn Prof. Dr. W.R. Briggs; Zusammenarbeit
mit Herrn Prof. Dr. P.M. Ray, Department of Biological Sciences, Stanford
University
• 1987 - 1988 am MSU-DOE Plant Research Laboratory, Michigan State
University, East Lansing, Michigan bei Herrn Prof. Dr.H. Kende
• 1988 Wiss. Mitarbeiter am Botanischen Institut der Universität
Bonn (Abt. Zellbiologie, Leiter: Prof. Dr. A. Sievers)
• 1990 Habilitation, Verleihung der venia legendi für das Fach
Botanik
• 1991 Ernennung zum Hochschuldozent (C2 auf Zeit)
• 1992 Ruf auf die C4-Professur (Lehrstuhl) für Pflanzenphysiologie
an die Universität Kassel
seit 1993 Leiter der Abt. Pflanzenphysiologie im FB 19 Biologie/Chemie der
Universität Kassel seit
• 1999 Übernahme des zusätzlichen Lehrgebiets Evolutionsbiologie
Buchveröffentlichungen
• Streitpunkt Evolution. Darwinismus und Intelligentes Design. Reihe
: Philosophie: Forschung und Wissenschaft. 2004
• Prinzipien der Pflanzenphysiologie. Spektrum Akademischer Verlag,
Heidelberg, 2. Auflage 2002
• Evolutionsbiologie. Eine allgemeine Einführung. Verlag Eugen
Ulmer, Stuttgart, 2001.
• Kurzes Lehrbuch der Pflanzenphysiologie. Quelle & Meyer, Wiesbaden
1995
• Grundpraktikum zur Pflanzenphysiologie. Quelle & Meyer, Wiesbaden
1998
Sonstige Veröffentlichungen
Kutschera, U. (1983) Dichteregulation durch intraspezifische Kokonzerstörung
und Untersuchungen zur Fortpflanzungsbiologie beim Egel Erpobdella octoculata
L. (Hirudinea: Erpobdellidae). Zool. Jb. Syst. 110, 17 - 29.
Kutschera, U. (1984) Untersuchungen zur Brutpflege und Fortpflanzungsbiologie
beim Egel Glossiphonia complanata L. (Hirudinea: Glossiphoniidae). Zool.
Jb. Syst. 111, 427 - 438.
Kutschera, U. (1985) Beschreibung einer neuen Egelart, Helobdella striata
nov. sp. (Hirudinea: Glossiphoniidae) Zool. Jb. Syst. 112, 469 - 476.
Kutschera, U., Wirtz, P. (1986) A leech that feeds its young. Anim. Behav.
34, 941 - 942.
Kutschera, U., Wirtz, P. (1986) Reproductive behaviour and parental care
of Helobdella striata (Hirudinea: Glossiphoniidae): a leech that feeds its
young. Ethology 72, 132 - 142.
Kutschera, U., Wirtz, P. (1986) Jungenfütterung beim Egel Helobdella
stagnalis. Mikrokosmos 75, 340 - 343.
. Kutschera, U. (1986) Zur Fortpflanzungsbiologie von Trocheta bykowskii
Gedr. (Hirudinea: Erpobdellidae), einer erstmals für Deutschland nachgewiesenen
Egelart. Arch. Hydrobiol. 108, 97 - 105.
Kutschera, U. (1987) Notes on the taxonomy and biology of leeches of the
genus Helobdella Blanchard 1896 (Hirudinea: Glossiphoniidae) Zool. Anz.
219, 321 - 323.
Kutschera, U. (1988) A new leech species from North America, Helobdella
californica nov. sp. (Hirudinea: Glossiphoniidae). Zool. Anz. 220, 173 -
178
Kutschera, U. (1989) Reproductive behaviour and parental care of the leech
Helobdellacalifornica (Hirudinea: Glossiphoniidae). Zool. Anz. 222, 122-128.
Kutschera, U. (1989) Innerartliche Kokonzerstörung beim Egel Erpobdella
octoculata. Beobachtungen an Aquarienkulturen. Mikrokosmos 78, 237 - 241.
Kutschera, U. (1990) Brutfürsorge beim Egel Haemopis sanguisuga. Mikrokosmos
79, 340 - 342.
Kutschera, U. (1992) Beobachtungen zum Brutpflegeverhalten beim Egel Glossiphonia
complanata.Mikrokosmos 81, 70 - 73.
Kutschera, U. (1992) Reproductive behaviour and parental care of the leech
Helobdellatriserialis (Hirudinea: Glossiphoniidae). Zool. Anz. 228, 74 -
81.
Kutschera, U., Schopfer, P. (1985) Evidence against the acid-growth theory
of auxin action. Planta 163, 483 - 493.
Kutschera, U., Schopfer, P. (1985) Evidence for the acid-growth theory of
fusicoccin action. Planta 163, 494 - 499.
Kutschera, U., Schopfer, P. (1986) Effect of auxin and abscisic acid on
cell wall extensibility in maize coleoptiles. Planta 167, 527 - 535.
Kutschera, U., Schopfer, P. (1986) In-vivo measurement of cell-wall extensibility
in maize coleoptiles: Effects of auxin and abscisic acid. Planta 169, 437
- 442.
Kutschera, U., Bergfeld, R., Schopfer, P. (1987) Cooperation of epidermis
and inner tissues in auxin-mediated growth of maize coleoptiles. Planta
170, 168 - 180.
Kutschera, U., Briggs, W.R. (1987) Rapid auxin-induced stimulation of cell
wall synthesis in pea internodes. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci USA 84, 2747 - 2751.
Kutschera, U., Briggs, W.R. (1987) Differential effect of auxin on in vivo
extensibility of cortical cylinder and epidermis in pea internodes. Plant
Physiol. 84, 1361 - 1366.
Kutschera, U. (1987) Cooperation between outer and inner tissues in auxin-mediated
plant organ growth. In: Physiology of cell expansion during plant growth,
215-226, Cosgrove, D.J., Knievel, D.P., eds., American Society of Plant
Physiologists, Rockville, Md., USA.
Kutschera, U., Briggs, W. R. (1988) Growth, in vivo extensibility, and tissue
tension in developing pea internodes. Plant Physiol. 86, 306 - 311.
Kutschera, U., Briggs, W.R. (1988) Interaction between cortical cylinder
and epidermis during auxin-mediated growth in pea internodes. Plant Sci.
54, 23 - 28.
Kutschera, U., Kende, H. (1988) The biophysical basis of elongation growth
in internodes of deepwater rice. Plant Physiol. 88, 361 - 366.
Kutschera, U., Kende, H. (1989) Particles associated with the outer epidermal
wall in internodes of deepwater rice. Ann. Bot. 63, 385 - 388.
Kutschera, U. (1989) Growth, in vivo extensibility and tissue tension in
mung bean seedlings subjected to water stress. Plant Sci. 61, 1 - 7.
Kutschera, U. (1989) Tissue stresses in growing plant organs. Physiol. Plant
77, 157 -163.
Dietz, A., Kutschera, U., Ray, P.M. (1990) Auxin enhancement of mRNAs in
epidermis and internal tissues of the pea stem and its significance for
control of elongation. Plant Physiol. 93, 432 - 438.
Kutschera, U. (1990) Cell-wall synthesis and elongation growth in hypocotyls
of Helianthus annuus L. Planta 181, 316-323.
Kutschera, U., Siebert, C., Masuda, Y., Sievers, A. (1990) Effects of submergence
on development and gravitropism in the coleoptile of Oryza sativa L. Planta
183, 112-119.
Kutschera, U. (1991) Regulation of cell expansion. In: The cytoskeletal
basis of plant growth and form, C. Lloyd, ed., Academic Press, London, 149
- 158.
Kutschera, U. (1991) Osmotic relations during elongation growth in hypocotyls
of Helianthus annuus L. Planta 184, 61 - 66.
Kutschera, U. (1991) Determination of the longitudinal tissue stresses in
the growing and non-growing regions of sunflower hypocotyls. J. Plant Physiol.
138, 460 - 465.
Kutschera, U., Fröhlich, M. (1992) Osmotic relations during elongation
growth in coleoptiles of five cereal species. J. Plant Physiol. 139, 519
- 522.
Hodick, D., Kutschera, U. (1992) Light-induced inhibition of elongation
growth in sunflower hypocotyls. Biophysical and ultrastructural investigations.
Protoplasma 168, 7-13.
Kutschera, U. (1992) Role of the cotyledons in the maintenance of hypocotyl
growth in Helianthus annuus L. J. Plant Physiol. 140, 319 - 323.
Kutschera, U. (1992) The control of stem elongation by light. In: Plant
cell walls as biopolymers with physiological functions. Proceedings of the
Yamada Conference XXXII, Osaka, Japan, 199 - 204.
Kutschera, U. (1992) Effect of submergence on growth and gravitropism in
rice coleoptiles. In: Human and Environmental Sciences Vol. 1, Nara, Japan,
125 - 128.
Kutschera, U. (1992) The role of the epidermis in the control of elongation
growth in stems and coleoptiles. Bot. Acta 105, 246 - 252.
Kutschera, U., Köhler, K. (1992) Turgor and longitudinal tissue pressure
in hypocotyls of Helianthus annuus L. J. Exp. Bot. 43, 1577 - 1581.
Kutschera, U., Köhler, K. (1993) Turgor pressure and elongation growth
in developing sunflower hypocotyls. J. Plant Physiol. 141, 757 - 758.
Kutschera, U., Hoss, R., Fröhlich, M., Hoson, T. (1993) Analysis of
the growth response of air-grown rice coleoptiles to submergence. Bot. Acta
106, 164 - 169.
Edelmann, H.G., Kutschera, U. (1993) Rapid auxin-induced enhancement of
protein biosynthesis in rye coleoptiles. J. Plant Physiol. 142, 343-346.
Edelmann, H.G., Kutschera, U. ( 1993) Tissue pressure and cell-wall metabolism
in auxin-mediated growth of sunflower hypocotyls. J. Plant Physiol. 142,
467 - 473.
Fröhlich, M., KutscheraU. (1994) Chloroplast development in rye coleoptiles.
Bot. Acta 107, 12 - 17.
Kutschera, U., Köhler, K. (1994) Cell elongation, turgor and osmotic
pressure in developing sunflower hypocotyls. J. Exp. Bot. 45, 591 - 595.
Fröhlich, M., Hodick, D., Kutschera, U. (1994) Thickness and structure
of the cell walls in developing rye coleoptiles. J. Plant Physiol.144, 714
- 719.
Kutschera, U. (1994) The current status of the acid-growth hypothesis. New
Phytol. 126, 549 - 569.
Kutschera, U. (1995) Wilhelm Pfeffer aus Grebenstein. Dem Begründer
der Pflanzenphysiologie zum 150.Geburtstag. Prisma 50, 10 - 13.
Fröhlich, M., Kutschera, U. (1995) Changes in soluble sugars and proteins
during development of rye coleoptiles. J. Plant Physiol. 146, 121 - 125.
Kutschera, U., Hoss, R. (1995) Mobilization of starch after submergence
of air-grown rice coleoptiles. Implications for growth and gravitropism.
Bot. Acta 108, 266 - 269.
Kutschera, U. (1995) Tissue pressure and cell turgor in stems and coleoptiles:
Implications for the organismal theory of multicellularity. J. Plant Physiol.
146, 126 - 132.
Pfeiffer, I., Kutschera, U. (1995) Sucrose metabolism and cell elongation
in developing sunflower hypocotyls. J. Exp. Bot. 46, 631 - 638.
Pfeiffer, I.,Kutschera, U. (1996) Sucrose metabolism and lipid mobilization
during light-induced expansion of sunflower cotyledons. J. Plant Physiol.
147, 553 - 558.
Heupel, T., Kutschera, U. (1996) Pigment accumulation, dark respiration
and photosynthesis during the greening of sunflower cotyledons. J. Plant
Physiol. 147, 567 - 572.
Bette, A., Kutschera, U. (1996) Pigment accumulation and photosynthesis
in developing rye coleoptiles. Bot. Acta 109, 194 - 198.
Heupel, T., Kutschera, U. (1996) Effect of white light on meristematic activity
in developing sunflower hypocotyls. Protoplasma 192, 123 - 129.
Kutschera, U. (1996) Cessation of cell elongation in rye coleoptiles is
accompanied by a loss of cell-wall plasticity. J. Exp. Bot. 47, 1387 - 1394.
Heupel, T., Kutschera, U. (1997) Cell number and organ size in developing
sunflower hypocotyls. J. Plant Physiol. 151, 379 - 381.
Pfeiffer, I., Kutschera, U. (1997) Effect of white light on cell expansion
and lipid metabolism in sunflower cotyledons. J. Plant Physiol. 151, 590
- 594.
Kutschera, U., Bette, A (1998) In growing epidermal cells of rye coleoptiles
microtubules are associated with the nuclei. J. Plant Physiol. 152, 463
- 467.
Rabe, C., Kutschera, U. (1998) Sucrose metabolism during apical hook opening
in sunflower hypocotyls. Plant Physiol. Biochem. 36, 389 - 394.
Kördel, B., Kutschera, U. (1998) Re-examination of the solute-import
hypothesis of gibberellin action in developing pea internodes. J. Plant
Physiol. 153, 693 - 699.
Jucknischke, A., Kutschera, U. (1998) The role of the cotyledons and primary
leaves during seedling etablishment in sunflower. J. Plant Physiol. 153,
700 - 705.
Kutschera, U. (1999) Fusicoccin-induced growth and dark respiration in rye
coleoptiles. J. Plant Physiol. 154, 554 - 556.
Josten, P., Kutschera, U. (1999) The micronutrient boron causes the development
of adventitious roots in sunflower cuttings. Ann. Bot. 84, 337 - 342, 1999.
Rabe, C., Kutschera, U. (1999) Rapid light-induced enhancement of sucrose
catabolism in the apical hook of sunflower hypocotyls. J. Plant. Physiol.
155, 538 - 542.
Kördel, B., Kutschera, U. (2000) Effects of gibberellin on cellulose
biosynthesis and membrane-associated sucrose synthase activity in pea internodes.J.
Plant Physiol. 156, 570 - 573.
Kutschera, U. (2000)Cell expansion in plant development. Rev. Brasil. Fisiol.
Veg. 12, 65 - 95.
Kutschera, U., Bahrami, M., Grotha, R. (2000) Sucrose metabolism during
Agrobacterium tumefaciens-induced tumor growth in sunflower hypocotyls.
J. Plant Physiol. 157, 1 – 6.
Scherp, P., Grotha, R., Kutschera, U. (2001) Occurrence and phylogenetic
significance of cytokinesis-related callose in green algae, bryophytes,
ferns and seed plants. Plant Cell Rep. 20, 143 - 149.
Scherp, P., Grotha, R., Kutschera, U. (2001) Deposition of cytokinesis-related
callose in Riella helicophylla and Arabidopsis thaliana. Effects of photolytically
altered nifedipine. Plant Biol. 3, 311 - 318.
Kutschera, U. (2001) Gravitropism of axial organs in multicellular plants.
Adv. Space Res. 27, 851 - 860.
Kutschera, U. (2001)Stem elongation and cell wall proteins in flowering
plants. Plant Biol. 3, 466 - 480.
Kutschera, U., Wirtz, P. (2001) The evolution of parental care in freshwater
leeches. Theory Biosci. 120, 115 - 137.
Kutschera, U. (2002) Kreationismus. Naturwiss. Rundschau 55, 61 - 62.
Kutschera, U. (2002) Stephen Jay Gould (1941-2002): Paläobiologie,
Evolutionstheoretiker und Anti-Kreationist. Biologen heute 462/4, 18 - 19.
Kutschera, U. (2002) Intelligentes Design und Evolution. Biologen heute
464/6, 13 - 14.
Kutschera, U. (2002) Evolution und christlicher Glaube: Kreationismus in
Deutschland. Verh. Gesch. Theorie Biol. 9, 195 - 208.
Kutschera, U., Heiderich, A. (2002) Sucrose metabolism and cellulose biosynthesis
in sunflower hypocotyls. Physiol. Plant. 114, 372 - 379.
Kutschera, U. (2002)Bacterial colonization of sunflower cotyledons during
seed germination. J. Appl. Bot. 76, 96 - 98.
Kutschera, U., Koopmann, V., Grotha, R. (2002) Plant development in the
absence of epiphytic microorganisms. Naturwissenschaften 89, 319 - 321.
Edelmann, H.G., Kutschera, U. (2002) Long-term effect of auxin on cell elongation
in rye coleoptils: ultrastructural investigations. J. Appl. Bot. 76, 159
- 162.
Scherp, P., Grotha, R., Kutschera, U. (2002) Interaction between cytokinesis-related
callose and cortical microtubules in dividing cells of the liverwort Riella
helicophylla. Plant Biol. 4, 619 - 624.
Hornschuh, M., Grotha, R., Kutschera, U. (2002) Epiphytic bacteria associated
with the bryophyte Funaria hygrometrica: Effects of Methylobacterium strains
on protonema development. Plant Biol. 4, 682 - 687.
Kutschera, U. (2003)The feeding strategies of the leech Erpobdella octoculata
(L.): A laboratory study. Internat. Rev. Hydrobiol. 8, 94 - 101.
Kutschera, U. (2003) The Creationist movement in modern Germany. In: Levit,
G. S., Popov, I. Y., Hoßfeld, U., Olsson, L., Breidbach, O. (eds.):
In the Shadow of Darwinism. Alternative Evolutionary Theories in the 20th
Century, 138 - 148. Fineday Press, St. Petersburg.
Josten, P., Kutschera, U. (2003)Effects of mineral nutrient deficiencies
on growth and sucrose metabolism in sunflower hypocotyls. J. Appl. Bot.
77, 32 - 36.
Kutschera, U. (2003)A comparative analysis of the Darwin-Wallace papers
and the development of the concept of natural selection. Theory Biosci.
122, 343 - 359.
Kutschera, U. (2003) Designer scientific literature. Nature 423, 116.
Kutschera, U. (2003) Evolution: Generaldisziplin der modernen Biologie.
Biologen heute 467/3, 2 - 7.
Kutschera, U. (2003) Biologischer Artbegriff und Grundtypen-Modell. Praxis
d. Naturwiss. 52, 31 –34.
Assion, A., Wollenhaupt, M., Haag, L., Mayorov, F., Sarpe-Tudoran, C., Winter,
M., Kutschera, U., Baumert, T. (2003) Femtosecond laser-induced breakdown
spectrometry for Ca2+ analysis of biological samples with high spatial resolution.
Appl. Physics B 77, 391 - 398.
Kutschera, U. (2003) Vorwort. In: Kotthaus, J., Propheten des Aberglaubens
– Der deutsche Kreationismus zwischen Mystizismus und Pseudowissenschaft,
7 - 8. Lit-Verlag, Münster Hamburg Berlin London.
Kutschera, U. (2003) Auxin-induced cell elongation in grass coleoptiles:
a phytohormone in action. Curr. Topics Plant Biol. 4, 27 – 46.
Kutschera, U. (2003) Darwinism and intelligent design: The new Anti-Evolutionism
spreads in Europe. Rep. Natl. Cent. Sci. Edu. 23, 17 – 18.
Scherp, P. , Grotha, R., Kutschera, U. (2004) Callose biosynthesis in developing
gemmalings of the liverwort Riella helicophylla: Effects of aromatic nitroso-compounds.
Journal of Bryology 26, 21 - 28.
Kutschera, U., Roth, M. (2004) Cannibalism in a population of the medicinal
leech (Hirudo medicinalis L.). Biology Bull. (in press).
Kutschera, U. (2004) The biophysical basis of cell elongation and organ
maturation in coleoptiles of rye seedlings: implications for shoot development.
Plant Biol. 6, 158 – 164.
Kutschera, U., Niklas, K. J. (2004) The modern theory of biological evolution:
an expanded synthesis. Naturwissenschaften 91, 255 – 276.
Pfeiffer, I. Brenig, B., Kutschera, U. (2004) The occurrence of an Australian
leech species (genus Helobdella) in German freswater habitats as revealed
by mitochondrial DNA sequences. Mol. Phylogenet. Evol. .
Kutschera, U. (2004) The freshwater leech Helobdella europaea ( Hirudinea:
Glossiphoniidae): an invasive species from South America ? Lauterbornia
Kutschera, U. (2004) Description of a new leech species, Erpobdella wuttkei
nov. sp. (Hirudinea: Erpobdellidae). Lauterbornia
Grosser, C., Kutschera, U. (2004) Feeding behaviour and reproductive biology
of the semiaquatic leech Trocheta haskonis (Hirudinea: Erpobdellidae). Lauterbornia
(in press)
Kutschera, U. (2004) Species concepts: leeches versus bacteria. Lauterbornia
Kutschera, U. (2004) Evolution, Kreation und Lyssenkoismus. Biologen heute
Kutschera, U. (2004) Methodischer Naturalismus und geistlose Evolutionsforschung.
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