| Markus Albert (Erlangen) | Plant-Plant Interaction of Cuscuta spp. with Host Plants |
| Frédéric Brunner (PlantResponse Madrid) | Oomycete effectors suppressing plant innate immunity |
| Georg Felix (retired) | Receptor kinases and pathogen recognition |
| Jirí Friml (IST Austria) | Auxin, Polarity, Patterning |
| Wolf B. Frommer (Stanford) | Molecular physiology of metabolite transport and sensing |
| Christopher Grefen (Bochum) | Regulation of Membrane Proteins |
| Rita Gross-Hardt (Bremen) | Cell specification in the female gametophyte of Arabidopsis |
| Vera Hemleben (retired) | Genome organization and molecular evolution in higher plants |
| Andreas Hiltbrunner (Freiburg) | From Light Perception to Gene Expression |
| Frank Hochholdinger (Bonn) | Genetic analysis of root formation in maize |
| Martin Hülskamp (Köln) | Cell morphogenesis |
| Wolfgang Koch (KWS SAAT AG) | Uptake and long distance transport of organic nitrogen |
| Sascha Laubinger (Oldenburg) | MicroRNA Function and RNA Processing in Plants |
| Thomas Laux (Freiburg) | Shoot meristem development |
| Volker Lipka (Göttingen) | Molecular dissection of non-host resistance in Arabidopsis |
| Chang Liu (Hohenheim) | Plant chromatin structure and dynamics |
| Uwe Ludewig (Hohenheim) | Molecular biology and electrophysiology of nitrogen transport |
| Katharina Markmann (Würzburg) | Regulatory roles of small RNAs in nodulation symbiosis |
| Sabine Müller (Erlangen) | Molecular Control of Division Site Maintenance |
| Peter Pimpl (Shenzhen) | Sorting and Transport of Proteins |
| Doris Rentsch (Bern) | Mechanisms for nitrogen distribution |
| Gabriel Schaaf (Bonn) | Signaling by lipid transfer proteins and inositol-derived molecules / Molecular plant nutrition |
| Thomas Schmülling (Berlin) | Hormonal control of growth and differentiation |
| Frank Schleifenbaum (Tübingen) | Plant high resolution imaging/spectroscopy |
| Friedrich Schöffl (retired) | Molecular genetics and molecular physiology of plant stress |
| Kathrin Schrick (Kansas State) | Role of steroids in plant embryogenesis |
| Burkhard Schulz (Maryland) | Signal transduction in plant architecture |
| Karin Schumacher (Heidelberg) | pH-homeostasis in the endomembrane system |
| Claus Schwechheimer (München) | Regulated plant growth by regulated proteolysis |
| Hanns-Ulrich Seitz (retired) | Plant-microbe interactions |
| Thomas Stanislas | Plasma Membrane and Mechano-Perception in Plant Development |
| Suayb Üstün (Bochum) | Proteolytic degradation pathways and their role in plant immunity |
| Andreas Wachter (Mainz) | Alternative splicing in plants |
| John M. Ward (Minnesota) | Sucrose transporters in long-distance transport |
| Stephan Wenkel (Copenhagen) | Environmental control of morphogenesis in plants |
| Nicolaus von Wirén (Gatersleben) | Transport of mineral nutrients |