Research Portfolios
Chemical Ecology
Chemical signals involved in plant-insect interactions
Prof. Dr. Ted Turlings, BeNeFri, University of Neuchâtel, Institute of Biology
Plants under attack by herbivores initiate the production and release of volatiles that are attractive to the natural...
Plant Genetics and Development
Crop breeding and genomics
Dr. Zerihun Tadele, BeNeFri, University of Bern, Institute of Plant Sciences
Research in my group focuses on increasing the productivity of crops in order to contribute towards alleviating the...
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...
Cell Biology
Establishment of membrane fences and local cell wall modifications in plants
Dr. Daniele Roppolo, BeNeFri, University of Bern, Institute of Plant Sciences
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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 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 -...
Plant Ecological Genomics
Genome dynamics and reproductive isolation
Dr. Christian Parisod, BeNeFri, University of Neuchâtel, Institute of Biology