During her PhD studies, Camilla Salomonsen researched the chemical signaling in the model legume Lotus japonicus that are involved in recruiting symbiotic nitrogen-fixing bacteria. Camilla has studied how legume plants communicate with soil bacteria through specific molecules to attract beneficial microbes that provide plants with essential nutrients. The findings contribute to the understanding of how plant adjust their metabolic output in response to microbe interactions, and is a step towards reducing chemical fertilizer by utilizing soil microbes.
The PhD study was completed at the Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Aarhus University.

This summary was prepared by the PhD student.

Time: Friday, 22 August 2025, at 13:00
Place: Building 1510 room 213, Lecture Theatre Aud VI, Department of Chemistry, Aarhus University, Langelandsgade 140, 8000 Aarhus C
Title of PhD thesis: Molecular signatures in the rhizosphere
Contact information: Camilla Lind Salomonsen, e-mail: lind@forens.au.dk, tel.: +45 51863303
Members of the assessment committee:
Associate Professor  Nikoline Juul Nielsen, Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences, Copenhagen University, Denmark
Professor Paul Fraser, Department of Biological Sciences, Royal Holloway, University of London, United Kingdom
Associate Professor Steen Uttrup Pedersen (chair), Department of Chemistry, Aarhus University, Denmark
Main supervisor: Associate Professor Marianne Glasius, Department of Chemistry, Aarhus University, Denmark
Co-supervisor: Professor Simona Radutoiu, Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Aarhus University, Denmark
Language: The PhD dissertation will be defended in English

The defence is public.
The PhD thesis is available for reading at the Graduate School of Natural Sciences/GSNS, Ny Munkegade 120, building 1521, 8000 Aarhus C