Research Portfolios

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...

Plant Photoreceptor-Mediated Signal Transduction

Molecular mechanisms of light-regulated growth and development in plants

Prof. Dr. Christian Fankhauser, Arc Lémanique PS, University of Lausanne, Center for Integrative Genomics

Both genetic and environmental factors influence growth and development of any living organism. Plant development is...

Plant Molecular Biology-Metabolic Pathways

Plant metabolic pathways and phosphate homeostasis

Prof. Dr. Yves Poirier, Arc Lémanique PS, University of Lausanne, Department of Plant Molecular Biology

There are presently three main axes of research within our laboratory.  ...

Plant Molecular Biology

Plant molecular biology

Prof. Dr. Edward Farmer, Arc Lémanique PS, University of Lausanne, Department of Plant Molecular Biology

We work on the jasmonate pathway which controls plant immunity to herbivores. Jasmonates are lipid-derived molecules...

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...