Research Portfolios

Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions

Biological activity and role of syrbactins in host-microbe interactions

Prof. Dr. Robert Dudler, Zurich-Basel PSC, University of Zurich, Institute of Plant Biology

aaSyringolin, a representative of syrbactins, constitutes a novel class of proteasome inhibitors secreted by a group of...

Chloroplast Metabolism

Chlorophyll breakdown

Prof. Dr. Stefan Hörtensteiner, Zurich-Basel PSC, University of Zurich, Institute of Plant Biology

Chlorophyll breakdown is the most obvious sign of leaf senescence, but occurs also during fruit ripening and as response...

Plant Developmental Genetics

Cytokinin's role in embryonic root stem-cell formation

Dr. Bruno Müller, Zurich-Basel PSC, University of Zurich, Institute of Plant Biology

Despite the essential role of plants to support animal life on earth, our understanding of plant developmental processes...

Molecular Genetics of Plant Development

Regulatory factors controlling cell wall formation

PD Dr. Christoph Ringli, Zurich-Basel PSC, University of Zurich, Institute of Plant Biology

The shape of plant cells and ultimately the entire plant is defined by the cell wall surrounding each cell. Cell walls...