IMPRS Projects in 2021

Projects labelled MPI_ will be conducted at the Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research in Cologne, Germany. Projects labelled UoC_ will be conducted at the University of Cologne, Germany.

MPI_A_Schulze-Lefert:

Pathogen effector recognition by MLA immune receptors and reconstitution of receptor-mediated cell death in animal cells

The project will be supervised by Paul Schulze-Lefert at the Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research more

MPI_B_Turck:

Telomere dynamics in plant meristems and their impact on epigenetic gene repression

The project will be supervised by Franziska Turck at the Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research more

MPI_C_Garrido-Oter:

Building synthetic phototrophic microbial ecosystems

The project will be supervised by Ruben Garrido-Oter at the Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research more

MPI_D_Coupland:

Testing a bistable switch model for the floral transition

The project will be supervised by George Coupland at the Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research more

MPI_E_Tsiantis:

The role of heterochronic variation in driving morphological diversity in C. hirsuta

The project will be supervised by Miltos Tsiantis at the Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research more

MPI_F_Nakagami:

An evolutionary approach to understand the plant immune system

The project will be supervised by Hirofumi Nakagami at the Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research more

MPI_G_Parker:

In vivo analysis of an activated plant NLR receptor complex

The project will be supervised by Jane Parker at the Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research more

UoC_A_Kopriva:

Mineral nutrition in evolution of C4 photosynthesis

The project will be supervised by Stanislav Kopriva at the University of Cologne more

UoC_B_de Meaux:

Adaptation to competition in river floodplains

The project will be supervised by Juliette de Meaux at the University of Cologne more

UoC_C_Bucher:

"NACing on heaven's door": the role of NAC proteins in the regulation of beneficial plant-fungus interactions

The project will be supervised by Marcel Bucher at the University of Cologne more

UoC_D_Hülskamp:

Epidermal patterning in Arabidopsis: A novel patterning principle controlled by the basic helix-loop helix (bHLH) protein MYC1

The project will be supervised by Martin Hülskamp at the University of Cologne more