Meet the Value Plant team

WP 1 –  Plant-Based Materials

WP1-1

Increased Cellulose Formation in Poplar by Modulating Membrane Trafficking

Ingo Heilmann, Vera Wagner, Irene Stenzel

WP1-2

Bioactive Plant Compounds from Olive Leaves as Potential Pharmaceuticals

Wim Wätjen, Lena Lodygowska

WP1-3

New Molecular Targets for Optimizing Benzylisoquinoline Alkaloid Formation in Opium Poppy

Mareike  Heilmann, Johanna Uhlenberg, Marie Lebescond

WP1-4

MAGIC-Pangenome

Establishing a pangenome of the eight donors of the MAGIC wheat population WM-800 to select genes controlling nitrogen use efficiency and baking quality for wheat breeding

Klaus Pillen, Thomas Schmutzer, Marvin Behnke, Anne-Kathrin Pfrieme

WP1-5

Using “plant tears” as a source of recombinant proteins

Martin Schattat

WP1-6

Optimizing plant productivity through targeted protein storage in plastids

Bationa Bennewitz, Ming Zhou

WP 2 – Increasing the Resilience of Cultivated Cereals

WP2-1

Drought Stress Epigenome of Cereals (TEPI)

Klaus Humbeck, Nataliia Svietlova

WP2-2

NITROG(RE)EN

Establishment of Nitrogen-Fixing Associations to Optimize Productivity with Reduced Resource Use in Cereals

Edgar Peiter, Farheen Saifi

WP2-3

Optimization of Natural Resistance Mechanisms of Maize Against Pests

Jörg Degenhardt, Janik Telleria Marloth

WP2-4

 Investigation and Optimization of Cytoplasmic Male Sterility Lines of Barley

Etienne Meyer, Kristina Kühn, Sarlita Dwiani

WP 3 – Increasing the Resilience of Rapeseed Varieties

WP3-1

The Function of Alternative Splicing in Stress Adaptation in Brassica rapa Varieties

Sascha Laubinger, Hui Sheng

WP3-2

From Model Plant to Crop: ELF3 as a Potential Tool for Acclimatizing Crops to High Temperatures

Carolin Delker, Marcel Quint, Valeria Maricel Santoro

WP3-3

Optimizing Starch Biosynthesis in Dicotyledonous Plants

Björn Junker, Manish Raorane, Stephanie Arrivault, David Klemm

WP3-4

 Combating Virus-Induced Bee Declines Using New Methods with RNA Drugs

Sven-Erik Behrens, Robert Paxton, Tamara Meckelburg

MLU BIOZENTRUM

Plant Transformation and Genome Editing (Z1)

Sophia Gerasimova, Pratibha Kumari, Sara Wambrauw

Protein Production (Z2)

Michael Zahn, Robin Schick

Microscopy (Z3)

Stephanie Krüger, José Victor dos Santos Silva