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The ICIPS research unit groups six different DFG-funded projects which are conducted by six PhD students and two postdoctoral researchers within five different universities.

Workers of Group P1People
PIAnnette Becker
PhD studentJulian Garrecht
PhD studentClemens Rössner

The group P1 is working on the DFG project :“400 million years of faith – how the transcriptional regulators LEUNIG and SEUSS co-evolved to become key regulators of reproductive development in Arabidopsis thaliana“ and is located at the institute of Botany of the Justus Liebig university in Giessen (Address: Heinrich-Buff-Ring 38, 35392 Giessen). They are part of the working group “Developmental Biology of Plants“.

In Becker´s group, researchers study the evolution of plant development (evodevo) and concentrate on the evolution of flowers. Further, they are interested in the molecular base of phenotypic plasticity.

We work with different organisms like Arabidopsis thaliana, Eschscholzia californica (basal eudicot), Trifolium pratense (legume) and even Physcomitrella patens (moss), using a multitude of molecular genetics tools and microscopy.

Workers of Group P2People
PIThomas Dresselhaus
Postdoctoral researcherXia Chen

The group P2 is working on the DFG project: “Evolution of gametophytic communication systems by analyzing RALF and ROS signaling“at the institute of Plant Sciences of the university of Regensburg (Address: Universitätsstrasse 31, 93053 Regensburg). They are part of the Department of Cell Biology and Plant Biochemistry.

Workers of Group P3People
PIStefanie Müller-Schüssele
PhD studentJulian Ingelfinger

The group P3 is working on the DFG project: “ROS bursts in plant growth and fertility: evolution and diversification of the NADPH oxidase family“at the department of Biology of the technical university of Kaiserslautern (Address: Erwin-Schrödinger-Strasse, 67663 Kaiserslautern). They are part of the working group “Molecular Botany“.

Workers of Group P4People
PIStefanie Sprunck
PhD studentSophie Tiedemann

The group P4 is working on the DFG project: “Evolutionary history of ECA1 gametogenesis-related proteins and their roles in seed plant reproduction“ at the institute of Plant Sciences of the university of Regensburg (Address: Universitätsstrasse 31, 93053 Regensburg). They are part of the working group “Gamete Interactions and Cell Polarity“.

Workers of Group P5People
PIGünter Theißen
PhD studentRobin Schulz

The group P5 is working on the DFG project: “On the origin of the seed habit“ at the Matthias Schleiden institute of the Friedrich Schiller university in Jena (Address: Philosophenweg 12, D-07743 Jena). They are part of the department of Genetics.

Workers of Group P6People
PISabine Zachgo
PhD studentMelanie Trupp

The group P6 is working on the DFG-project: “Contribution of the TGA/NPR network and redox regulation to the evolution of sexual reproduction“ at the division of Botany of the university of Osnabrück (Address: Barbarastrasse 11, D-49076 Osnabrück). They are part of the working group “Genetics and Evolution of Plant Diversity“.

Workers of Group Z1People
PIAnnette Becker
Scientific CoordinatorRomain Scalone
Budget CoordinatorAnnalena Kurzweil

The group Z1 is coordinating the different research activities, meetings, budgets and is located at the institute of Botany of the Justus Liebig university in Giessen (Address: Heinrich-Buff-Ring 38, 35392 Giessen). They are part of the working group “Developmental Biology of Plants“.

Workers of Group Z2People
PIAlexander Goesmann
Postdoctoral researcherKarina Brinkrolf

The group Z2 is helping all the different research groups with bioinformatics support and training and is located within the working group “Bioinformatics and System Biology” of the Justus Liebig university in Giessen (Address: Heinrich-Buff-Ring 58, 35392 Giessen).