Ecology and Evolution of Plant Sexual Systems

Ecology and Evolution of Plant Sexual Systems

Prof. Dr. John Pannell, Arc Lémanique PS, University of Lausanne, Department of Ecology and Evolution

Molecular Genetics and Evolution

Genetics and evolution of the mycorrhizal symbiosis

Prof. Dr. Ian R. Sanders, Arc Lémanique PS, University of Lausanne, Department of Ecology and Evolution

Our work focuses on the mycorrhizal symbiosis between plants and arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) fungi. The symbiosis occurs...

Biochemistry

Structure – function analysis of cutin and the cuticle in Arabidopsis

Dr. Christiane Nawrath, Arc Lémanique PS, University of Lausanne, Department of Plant Molecular Biology

One of the important steps in the evolution of land plants is the formation of a primary barrier at the surface of...

Molecular Genetics & Natural Genetic Variation

The molecular basis of plant growth & development

Prof. Dr. Christian Hardtke, Arc Lémanique PS, University of Lausanne, Department of Plant Molecular Biology

A central feature of plant development is the post-embryonic formation of the majority of plant organs in a reiterative...