{"id":344,"date":"2026-01-21T14:48:08","date_gmt":"2026-01-21T13:48:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.urz.uni-halle.de\/valueplant\/?page_id=344"},"modified":"2026-01-29T09:57:38","modified_gmt":"2026-01-29T08:57:38","slug":"meet-the-value-plant-team","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.urz.uni-halle.de\/valueplant\/meet-the-value-plant-team\/","title":{"rendered":"Meet the Value Plant team"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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WP 1 \u2013  Plant-Based Materials<\/strong><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

WP1-1<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Increased Cellulose Formation in Poplar by Modulating Membrane Trafficking<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Ingo Heilmann (PI), Vera Wagner (Postdoc), Irene Stenzel (Postdoc)
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WP1-2<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bioactive Plant Compounds from Olive Leaves as Potential Pharmaceuticals<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Wim W\u00e4tjen (PI), Lena Lodygowska (PhD student)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

WP1-3<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

New Molecular Targets for Optimizing Benzylisoquinoline Alkaloid Formation in Opium Poppy<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Mareike\u00a0 Heilmann (PI), Johanna Uhlenberg (Postdoc),\u00a0Marie Lebescond (Postdoc)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

WP1-4<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

MAGIC-Pangenome<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Klaus Pillen (PI), Thomas Schmutzer (PI), Marvin Behnke (PhD student), Anne-Kathrin Pfrieme (PI)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

WP1-5<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Using \u201cplant tears\u201d as a source of recombinant proteins<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Martin Schattat (PI)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

WP1-6<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Optimizing plant productivity through targeted protein storage in plastids<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Bationa Bennewitz (PI), Ming Zhou (Postdoc)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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WP 2 \u2013 Increasing the Resilience of Cultivated Cereals<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

WP2-1<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Drought Stress Epigenome of Cereals (TEPI)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Klaus Humbeck (PI), Nataliia Svietlova (Postdoc)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

WP2-2<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

NITROG(RE)EN<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Establishment of Nitrogen-Fixing Associations to Optimize Productivity with Reduced Resource Use in Cereals<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Edgar Peiter (PI), Farheen Saifi (Postdoc)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

WP2-3<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Optimization of Natural Resistance Mechanisms of Maize Against Pests<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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J\u00f6rg Degenhardt (PI), Janik Telleria Marloth (Postdoc)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

WP2-4<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

 Investigation and Optimization of Cytoplasmic Male Sterility Lines of Barley<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Etienne Meyer (PI), Kristina K\u00fchn (PI), Sarlita Dwiani (Postdoc)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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WP 3 \u2013 Increasing the Resilience of Rapeseed Varieties<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

WP3-1<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Function of Alternative Splicing in Stress Adaptation in Brassica rapa<\/em> Varieties<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Sascha Laubinger (PI), Hui Sheng (Postdoc)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

WP3-2<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

From Model Plant to Crop: ELF3 as a Potential Tool for Acclimatizing Crops to High Temperatures<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Carolin Delker (PI),\u00a0Marcel Quint (PI), Valeria Maricel Santoro (Postdoc)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

WP3-3<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Optimizing Starch Biosynthesis in Dicotyledonous Plants<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Bj\u00f6rn Junker (PI), Manish Raorane (PI), Stephanie Arrivault (Postdoc), David Klemm (PhD student)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

WP3-4<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

 Combating Virus-Induced Bee Declines Using New Methods with RNA Drugs<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Sven-Erik Behrens (PI), Robert Paxton (PI), Tamara Meckelburg (PhD student)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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MLU BIOZENTRUM<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Plant Transformation and Genome Editing<\/strong> (Z1)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Sophia Gerasimova (PI), Pratibha Kumari (Postdoc), Sara Wambrauw (Technician)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Protein Production (Z2)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Michael Zahn (PI), Robin Schick (Postdoc)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Microscopy (Z3)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Stephanie Kr\u00fcger (PI), Jos\u00e9 Victor dos Santos Silva (Postdoc)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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WP 1 \u2013  Plant-Based Materials WP1-1 Increased Cellulose Formation in Poplar by Modulating Membrane Trafficking WP1-2 Bioactive Plant Compounds from Olive Leaves as Potential Pharmaceuticals WP1-3 New Molecular Targets for Optimizing Benzylisoquinoline Alkaloid Formation in Opium Poppy WP1-4 MAGIC-Pangenome Establishing a pangenome of the eight donors of the MAGIC wheat population WM-800 to select genes […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6320,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.urz.uni-halle.de\/valueplant\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/344"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.urz.uni-halle.de\/valueplant\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.urz.uni-halle.de\/valueplant\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.urz.uni-halle.de\/valueplant\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6320"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.urz.uni-halle.de\/valueplant\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=344"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.urz.uni-halle.de\/valueplant\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/344\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":413,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.urz.uni-halle.de\/valueplant\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/344\/revisions\/413"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.urz.uni-halle.de\/valueplant\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=344"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}