Research Portfolios

Chloroplasts and Photosynthesis

Discovering how chloroplasts are made

Prof. Dr. Felix Kessler, BeNeFri, University of Neuchâtel, Institute of Biology

The chloroplast is the site of photosynthesis in plants. Most of the chloroplast proteins must be imported from the...

Molecular Plant Physiology - Hormone Transport

Functional interactomics of auxin transport

PD Dr. Markus Geisler, BeNeFri, University of Fribourg, Dept. of Biology

Work in our group is concentrating on the individual roles of auxin catalysts – members of ABCB/PGP- and PIN families -...

Whole Plant Physiology

Plant nutrient dynamics and ecophysiology

Prof. Dr. Urs Feller, BeNeFri, University of Bern, Institute of Plant Sciences

Nutrients and pollutants are taken up from the soil into the roots and distributed via the transpiration stream in the...

Plant Physiology

Protein import in choloroplast

Dr. Charles Andrès, BeNeFri, University of Neuchâtel, Institute of Biology

The Chloroplast is the site of photosynthesis in plants. Most of the chloroplast proteins must be imported from the...

Molecular Plant Physiology

Transport of organic nitrogen in plants and parasitic protozoa

Prof. Dr. Doris Rentsch, BeNeFri, University of Bern, Institute of Plant Sciences

Nitrogen is one of the most limiting nutritional factors for plant growth and productivity. Therefore diverse and...