Research Portfolios

Crop Improvement

Cassava biotechnology research

Dr. Hervé Vanderschuren, Zurich-Basel PSC, ETH Zurich, Institute of Agricultural Sciences

Cassava (<i>Manihot esculenta</i> Crantz) is an important starchy food crop in the tropics and subtropics. Our cassava...

Plant Biotechnology

Cereal biotechnology research for crop improvement

Dr. Navreet K. Bhullar, Zurich-Basel PSC, ETH Zurich, Institute of Agricultural Sciences

Cereals, such as rice and wheat, are important source of food worldwide but they contain very low levels of bioavailable...

Plant Biotechnology

Model organism proteomics and protein regulation

Dr. Katja Bärenfaller, Zurich-Basel PSC, ETH Zurich, Institute of Agricultural Sciences

Protein level and protein activity are not solely determined by their respective mRNA levels, but regulation occurs also...

Functional Genomics

Plant genetic networks – from databases to computational modeling

Prof. Dr. Wilhelm Gruissem, Zurich-Basel PSC, ETH Zurich, Institute of Agricultural Sciences

Using a systems biology approach, we are modeling biochemical pathways and regulatory processes that affect plant...

Plant Pathology

Plant pathology

Prof. Dr. Cesare Gessler, Zurich-Basel PSC, ETH Zurich, Institute of Integrative Biology

Cesare Gessler has been active in plant pathology at ETH for 35 years. During 2003-2008 he also led a research centre in...