Research Portfolios

Plant Ecological Genomics

Genome dynamics and reproductive isolation

Dr. Christian Parisod, BeNeFri, University of Neuchâtel, Institute of Biology

Our research is mainly focused on the impact of Transposable Elements - or jumping genes - on polyploid evolution (i.e....

Evolutionary Biology

Limits to the adaptive evolution process

Prof. Dr. Yvonne Willi, BeNeFri, University of Neuchâtel, Institute of Biology

The process of adaptive evolution – in the simplest models – occurs as long as selection acts on the population and...

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...