Mariette Andersson

Researcher
Plant Breeding Department
Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
Sweden

Scientist Plant Sciences
Biography

Mariette Andersson completed PhD in Biochemistry, 2004, Lund University. She has 12 years working experience from plant biotech industry and 2 years working experience from packaging industry. She is working as a SLU-employee since September 2010. Now she is a Researcher and Deputy Head of the Plant Breeding Department in Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences.

Research Intrest

Design plants to produce tailor made compounds with benefits for our health and/or our environment, by using biotechnology.

List of Publications
Ischebeck T, Turesson H, Feussner I, Carlsson Anders, Andersson M, et al., (2016) Potato tuber expression of Arabidopsis WRINKLED1 increase triacylglycerol and membrane lipids while affecting central carbohydrate metabolism. Plant Biotechnology Journal 14: 1883-1898
Muneer F, Andersson M, Koch K, Hedenqvist S, Gällstedt M , et al., (2016) Innovative Gliadin/Glutenin and Modified Potato Starch Green Composites: Chemistry, Structure, and Functionality Induced by Processing. ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering 4: 6332-6343.
Andersson MH, Turesson AN, Falt AS, Samuelsson M, Hofvander P (2017).Efficient Targeted Multiallelic Mutagenesis in Tetraploid Potato (Solanum Tuberosum) by Transient Crispr-Cas9 Expression in Protoplasts. Plant Cell Reports 36: 117-28.