Project Leaders

NameAcademic AffiliationProject NumberTitle
Prof. Dr. Julien GronnierTU MünchenB01Regulation of plasma membrane nanoscale dynamics in plant immune signaling
Prof. Dr. Caroline GutjahrMPI-MP PotsdamA02Diversity in the impact of karrikin signalling on arbuscular mycorrhiza development
Dr. Stephen HachingerLRZ MünchenI01Virtual Environement for Research Data and Analysis (VERDA)
Dr. Dagmar HannLMU MünchenÖ01Outreach project: Beneficial and harmful plant-microbe interactions – and how genetic diversity matters
Prof. Dr. Ralph HückelhovenTU München2nd Deputy Speaker, A03The contribution of transposable elements of Blumeria graminis to cross kingdom compatibility with cereal hosts
Prof. Dr. Gudrun KadereitLMU MünchenÖ01Outreach project: Beneficial and harmful plant-microbe interactions – and how genetic diversity matters
Prof. Dr. Nadia KamalTUMZ03Comparative genomics to study the diversity and conserved components inherent to the molecular interface of plant-microbe interactions
Prof. Dr. Eric KemenEKU TübingenA04Genetic diversity within the basidiomycete yeast Dioszegia modulates reproductive fitness of the obligate pathogen Albugo laibachii on Arabidopsis thaliana
PD Dr. Birgit KemmerlingEKU TübingenB02Diversification of the BIR receptor kinase family and its impact on plant health and crop yield
Prof. Dr. Andreas KlinglLMU MünchenZ02Comparative ultrastructure of plant-microbe interfaces
Dr. Jens KrügerEKU TübingenI01Virtual Environement for Research Data and Analysis (VERDA)
Prof. Dr. Thomas LahayeEKU TübingenB03Effector-induced manipulation of host polyamine levels
Prof. Dr. Rosa Lozano-DuranEKU Tübingen1st Deputy Speaker, B04Exploring the functional diversification of the C4 proteins encoded by geminiviruses
Dr. Marion MüllerTU MünchenA08Identification and characterisation of genes underlying host specificity/non-host resistance in the wheat powdery mildew pathosystem
Prof. Dr. Thorsten NürnbergerEKU TübingenB05Functional diversification within the microbial NLP superfamily
Prof. Dr. Martin ParniskeLMU MünchenSpeaker, B06, Z01Sequence adaptation of Symbiosis Receptor-like Kinase (SymRK) enabling nitrogen-fixing root nodule development
Dr. Kate ParysLMU MünchenB07Genetic and functional diversity of Lotus SymRK homologous receptor kinases in root endosymbiosis
Dr. Martina Ried-LasiIPB HalleB08Functional diversity of the Arabidopsis thaliana SHRK family
Dr. Niklas SchandryLMU MünchenA05Allelic variants underlying fitness in different biotic environments
Prof. Dr. Korbinian SchneebergerLMU MünchenA06Infection-induced germline and somatic mutation rates of resistance genes in plants
Prof. Dr. Martin StegmannU UlmB09Dissection of CrRLK1L signalling pathways regulating disease susceptibility and resistance to powdery mildew
Prof. Aurélien TellierTU MünchenA03The contribution of transposable elements of Blumeria graminis to cross kingdom compatibility with cereal hosts
Prof. Dr. Detlef WeigelMPI TübingenA07Genomic and geographic maps of NLRs and matching effectors in the A. thaliana - H. arabidopsidis pathosystem