Center for Plant Molecular Biology

Former Group Leaders

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