Research Portfolios

Plant Evolutionary Genomics

Evolutionary genomics of plant adaptation and speciation

Prof. Dr. Christian Lexer, BeNeFri, University of Fribourg, Dept. of Biology

Understanding the genetics of adaptation, reproductive isolation and speciation has always been of great interest to...

Molecular Plant-Microbe interactions, Plant Nutrition

Regulation of growth, nutrition, and symbiosis in plants

PD Dr. Didier Reinhardt, BeNeFri, University of Fribourg, Dept. of Biology

In symbiotic interactions with arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) fungi, the plant attracts the microbial partner with chemical...